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Tata Trusts in association with MIT, and TISS collaborate to bring connected learning experiences to Indian students and teachers

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28 Jan Education key to harnessing India's Forbes India Online Web 40000 Aveek Datta 2016 potential: Ratan Tata Amina 28 Jan Using 'Blended Learning' To Reform The Huffington Online Web 40000 Charania[Guest 2016 The Education System Post Writer] 28 Jan Tata Trusts collaborates with MIT to Business Standard Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 improve learning at school

28 Jan Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS Business Standard Online Web 40000 PTI 2016 for upskilling students

28 Jan Connected Learning Initiative to Business Standard Online Web 40000 IANS 2016 benefit students in four states Policy imperatives for creating 01 Feb The Economic Archana pathways for digital learning in Online Web 40000 2016 Times Mehendale School Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS in pact 28 Jan The Economic Rica to bring connected learning Online Web 40000 2016 Times Bhattacharyya experiences in India MIT, TISS collaborates with Tata 28 Jan Trust to launch tech platform for The Times Of India Online Web 40000 Yogita Rao 2016 secondary schools MIT ties up with TISS and Tata 28 Jan Trusts to launch connected learning The Times Of India Online Web 40000 TNN 2016 initiative 28 Jan Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS India Today Online Web 40000 PTI 2016 for upskilling students

29 Jan Connected Learning Initiative to The Hindu Online Web 40000 IANS 2016 benefit students in four states

28 Jan Tata Trusts, MIT, TISS in online The Hindu Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 education venture

01 Feb New Education Policy: Filling The Financial Archana Online Web 40000 2016 educational gaps using ICT Express Mehendale

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01 Feb Ratan Tata's Latest Investment: NDTV Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 Education

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28 Jan Tata Trusts, MIT TISS in online The Hindu Mumbai 7 100020 Bureau 2016 education venture

28 Jan Tata Trusts joins MIT, TISS for The Indian Express Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 upskilling students

28 Jan Tata Trusts joins MIT, TISS for The Indian Express Kolkata 14 15237.81 Bureau 2016 upskilling students

28 Jan We Have and Entrepreneural The Indian Express Kolkata 13 63365.9 Bureau 2016 Population : Tata

28 Jan Tata Trusts joins MIT, TISS for The Indian Express Mumbai 20 49268.5 Bureau 2016 upskilling students

28 Jan We Have and Entrepreneural The Indian Express Mumbai 19 246649.19 Bureau 2016 Population : Tata

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28 Jan MIT, TISS, Tata Trusts launch The Times of India Mumbai 4 268888.11 TNN 2016 connected learning tool

28 Jan Improved learning system by Tata The Asian Age Mumbai 4 90987.15 Bureau 2016

28 Jan Standing ovation Mid Day Mumbai 4 41821.86 Atul Kamble 2016

28 Jan MIT, TISS tie-up for secondary Business Standard New Delhi 8 9002.19 Bureau 2016 education

28 Jan Tata Trust announces tie up Business Standard Bangalore 8 3839.1 Bureau 2016 between MIT and TISS

29 Jan MIT, TISS tie up to skill students The Hans India Hyderabad 13 47152.5 PTI 2016

29 Jan MIT President Rafael Reif meets Netindian Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 Modi

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MIT ties up with TISS and Tata 28 Jan Trusts to launch connected learning Nyoooz Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 initiative 28 Jan Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS Niticentral Online Web 40000 PTI 2016 for upskilling students MIT joins collaboration to bring 28 Jan connected learning experiences to MIT Online Web 40000 Bureau 2016 Indian students and teachers 28 Jan Connected Learning Initiative to New Kerala Online Web 40000 IANS 2016 benefit students in four states

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Publication: Forbes India Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Education key to harnessing India's potential: Ratan Tata http://forbesindia.com/article/special/education-key-to-harnessing-indias-potential-ratan-tata/42021/1

Education key to harnessing India's potential: Ratan TataThe strength that India has as a country, of a young, entrepreneurial population, cannot be marshalled to its full extent in the absence of access to education, says Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Trusts.

Tata was speaking at an event in Mumbai on Wednesday, which saw Tata Trusts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) come together to create an open-access, digital education platform. The so-called Connected Learning Initiative, or CLIx, seeks to improve the quality of and access to the public education system in the country, comprising government-run schools.

Developers of this online learning technology have reached an agreement with the state governments of four Indian states - Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Rajasthan - to roll out CLIx across 1,100 schools comprising 1.65 lakh students and 4,400 teachers.

The programme seeks to "create new learning experiences and educational opportunities for secondary school students (class VIII onwards) in India," according to a statement issued on Wednesday, and will integrate technology-integrated offerings with existing school curricula.

CLIx will target subjects, including mathematics, science and English language, and impart information to students, mostly from lower and middle income households in rural areas, using technological tools such as virtual laboratories, simulations, games and online learning resources.

The initiative is also being supported by the Union ministry of human resource development and the United Nations Children's Fund, or Unicef.

Tata reminisced that on many occasions when his car would be standing at a traffic signal, he would come across young boys and girls selling books and magazines. "You look into their eyes and see great intelligence and brightness. But they are unemployable because they have no skills due to lack of access to education," the 78-year-old said. "They want to be able to speak English, be

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educated and find their place under the sun. This is what we are trying to do: Convert them into young, educated people who can have their choice of skill and make a contribution to the country."

CLIx has its roots in one of Tata's earlier visits to MIT some years ago, when he was introduced to edX - an online learning platform, launched by MIT and Harvard University, that offers university-level coursework to learner worldwide. Inspired by the potential to use digital tools to enhance secondary education in the country, Tata began discussions with MIT to design a programme such as the one launched on Wednesday.

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Publication: The Huffington Post Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Using 'Blended Learning' To Reform The Education System http://www.huffingtonpost.in/amina-charania-/using-blended-learning-to_b_9085300.html

Amina Charania

Senior Program Officer, Tata Trusts

Technology continuously proves itself to be indispensable to our lives, to an extent where it holds a degree of influence over us. In India, the widespread usage of mobile phones, ATMs and the Internet, in spite of vast differences in terms of incomes, ethnicities and rural-urban divides, has proved that most individuals have effectively adapted to technological innovations and are able to incorporate it seamlessly into their lives.

However, the one space where technology has surprisingly missed its mark is the Indian education sector, which needs a serious overhaul to make it relevant to the technological advancements of the current age.

While most students are savvy in using technology for recreational purposes, they are not introduced to the benefits of technology as an enabling tool. Teachers, administrators, and policy makers who constitute a fundamental part of the Indian education ecosystem have not adopted technology as an integral (and not peripheral) tool for teaching and learning processes. Only a few private schools have seen the introduction of smart boards, media clips, and tablets in classrooms, but these are add-ons rather than elemental tools of learning.

Further, many education tools and applications in the market today claim to be able to replace teachers or address teacher shortage. While this may sound like a noble cause, the need of the hour is to replace the existing methodology of teaching, not the teachers. This mismatch exists partly due to the reason that most of these applications are designed by companies which target only the students as their primary customers, instead of considering the teacher and the administrators who needs to be enabled to integrate technology effectively. Hence, the existing applications are yet to dent the education system significantly.

Moreover, when one does a thorough examination, it becomes clear that majority of the applications and demonstrations are meant for students in elementary school. There are very few tools aimed to ease the learning of high-school students, the level at which conceptual understanding is complex and where harnessing the 21st-century skills to enter the higher education of vocational space would be most beneficial.

Therefore, educationists and experts have agreed on the need for an intervention wherein the focus of the Indian education system shifts to harnessing "blended learning" -- a combination of the physical and digital tools which integrate face-to-face pedagogical methods with innovative connected learning -- to deliver quality education at scale to Indian students. These are interactive, innovative and are able to provide learning experiences which are technology enabled, engaging the students and also supporting the efforts by the teachers, leading to a connected and authentic learning.

There is scope for content being taught in local languages, which enables effective learning experience even in rural parts of India. Students in these non-urban centres present a unique opportunity to address the persisting problem of limited access to quality education--a problem that this blended learning can address, if scaled in a proper manner.

Fortunately, the very nature of these technologically advanced tools can reassure their effective scalability across India, as they comprise features which connect with global and open educational resources, and harness distance and flexible learning. The Page 7 of 70

likelihood is high of these innovative tools succeeding in addressing the problems that plague our system - after all, they have been created by educationists who understand the reality which persists in the education sector.

What is now required is a support structure to enhance the scaling of these tools across India. Teachers must be trained and ready to adopt such systems; school administrators and policy makers must prepare schools and classrooms to integrate technology innovations in their curricula. They should note that if incorporated, technology-based tools of blended learning can not only lead to academic achievement, and better teaching and learning outcomes, but also encourage students to a path in which they actively explore, customise, and authenticate their learning experiences in connection with the outside world of knowledge and opportunities.

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Publication: Business Standard Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts collaborates with MIT to improve learning at school http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/tata-trusts-collaborates-with-mit-to-improve-learning-at-school- 116012700723_1.html

Tata Trusts collaborates with MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to improve learning at secondary school level. The collaboration called Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) plans to reach 1,65,000 students across 1,000 schools in four states: Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh by 2018-19. This will offer content in both English and in regional languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu. It will offer curriculum in English, science, mathematics, and professional values. An additional major focus will be professional development for roughly 4,400 teachers in the four states. "Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India," says Ratan Tata, chairman Tata Trusts. "Indian education is at a crossroads: With large numbers of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, on one hand, and new advances in technology and connectivity, on another, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education at scale. Through focus on English, science, mathematics, and values for work preparedness, CLIx promises to break new ground."

CLIx will align technology-integrated offerings with existing school curricula. In sync with India's national goal of improving the quality of secondary education, the initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation.

CLIx has its roots in a visit Ratan Tata made to MIT several years ago, in which MIT president L Rafael Reif described edX - an online-learning platform, launched by MIT and Harvard University, that offers university-level coursework to learners worldwide.

Inspired by the potential to use digital tools to enhance secondary education on a very large scale, Tata began the conversations that led to CLIx. Now CLIx will leverage OpenEdX, along with other educational technology, to deliver active learning resources and experiences to students at secondary schools.

"At MIT, we believe online learning technologies can offer teachers (and learners) everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable, and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," says Reif. "CLIx is the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice," he says.

CLIx's instruction is largely interactive and hands-on, making it a valuable complement to the education currently offered in India's secondary schools. It augments the existing curriculum in grades 8, 9, and 11, so that it does not interfere with the board exams in grades 10 and 12.

A central focus for CLIx is building capacity in the system to help these educational enhancements take root and spread. Accordingly, the initiative will not only prepare teachers to blend online technologies into their teaching, but will build a cadre of educators prepared to become digital learning innovators themselves. The Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx, and will serve as the key Indian collaborator with MIT.

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Publication: Business Standard Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS for upskilling students http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tata-trusts-ties-up-with-mit-tiss-for-upskilling-students- 116012700966_1.html

Tata Trusts has tied up with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to upskill rural secondary school students in four states using digital interactive tools.

The Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) will offer access to interactive and hands-on learning experiences to advance their knowledge and skills and also seeks to instill values to help them succeed as professionals and citizens, a statement said today.

The programme will be carried out in over 1,000 schools in Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and benefit an estimated 1.65 lakh students in classes 8 to 11 and 4,400 teachers till fiscal 2019.

Tata said the initiative will focus on English, Science and Mathematics. Details with regards to investment in the programme by the entities were not immediately available.

CLIx will align technology-integrated offerings with the school curricula, and aims to enhance professional development for teachers, apart from helping the students by leveraging new technologies, the statement said.

As part of the tie-up, a Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx and will serve as the Indian collaborator with MIT.

"We believe online learning technologies can offer teachers (and learners) everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," MIT's president L Rafael Reif said.

The programme will also have a component, which will focus on research, measurement and impact assessment that will help in the future scale-up of CLIx, the statement said.

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Publication: Business Standard Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Connected Learning Initiative to benefit students in four states http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/connected-learning-initiative-to-benefit-students-in-four-states- 116012701087_1.html

Around 165,000 students in 1,000 schools across India will benefit from Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), launched by Tata Trusts, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The CLIx will create new learning experiences and educational opportunities for students in Classes VIII, IX and XI, begining with Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, said Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata said here on Wednesday.

The programme will offer content in English and regional languages, begining with Hindi and Telugu, and curricula in English, Science, Maths and professional values, besides focusing on professional development for around 4,400 teachers in these four states, he said.

"Indian education is at a crossroads: With large numbers of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, and new advances in technology and connectivity, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education," Tata said.

For this, he added, Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India.

Present on the occasion were TISS Director S. Parasuraman, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, officials of the four states and Human Resource Development Ministry.

Explaining CLIx, Tata said it would align technology-integrated offerings with existing school curricula and would be in sync with India's national goal of improving the quality of secondary education.

"The initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation," Tata said.

CLIx took roots after Tata's visit to MIT several years ago when Reif and others from MIT's Office of Digital Learning described edX - an online-learning platform launched jointly by MIT and Harvard University to offer university-level coursework to learners worldwide.

"At MIT, we believe online learning technologies can offer teachers and learners everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable, and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," Reif said.

He said CLIx was the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice for quality learning for all.

CLIx will offer young people, especially from lower- and middle-income rural areas of India, access to interactive, hands-on learning experiences to advance their knowledge and skills, and to instill values to help them succeed as professionals and citizens, with a focus on cultivating students' sense of professionalism.

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"The scale proposed and the effort to reach and connect with rural and semi-rural schools using Indian languages makes CLIx a unique initiative. Indian education needs scalable solutions to improve quality education for the large cohort of youth who are first generation school goers," Parasuraman said.

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Publication: The Economic Times Edition: Online Web Published Date: 1 Feb 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Policy imperatives for creating pathways for digital learning in schools http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/policy-imperatives-for-creating-pathways-for-digital-learning-in- schools/articleshow/50802521.cms

The rapidly evolving landscape of digital learning has the potential to change how education is transacted and how both teachers and learners engage and participate in the pedagogical processes. Over the past few years, the design and development of new technological affordances in the form of repositories of open educational resources, games, simulations, online learning platforms has been growing. However, one of the key challenges has been to integrate it organically within the school curriculum while simultaneously empowering the teachers to use these affordances as effective pedagogical tools.

In the Indian context, large scale adoption and diffusion of such innovative educational practices can be facilitated only through a conducive policy framework that can inform the manner in which digital learning can be leveraged in schools with the teacher as a central driver of the innovation. On the policy front, India is now awaiting the release of a draft proposal for a New Education Policy by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD). As a result, there is interest in understanding how the goal of making ''India a knowledge superpower by equipping its students with the necessary skills and knowledge and eliminating the shortage of manpower in science, technology, academics and industry'' is intended to be achieved. The consultative processes undertaken by the MHRD during 2015 had structured inputs on two new themes viz.

Promotion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems in school for adult education, new knowledge, pedagogies and varied approaches for teaching of math, science and technology in schools to improve learning outcomes. The manner in which the MHRD delivers on these two themes will be of particular interest to the small yet emerging community of educationists in the country. It is expected that the new policy provisions will commit to leveraging technological affordances for enhancing classroom processes, strengthening the role of the teacher, and creating digital pathways of learning.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 acknowledged that there is great scope in accelerating the human progress by eliminating digital gaps, which is only possible by educating the society on the spread of information and communications technology. This in turn will require facilitating exchange of thought at all levels between the learners, teachers and the larger ecosystem to build interconnectedness. In the Indian context, the existing inequities in educational opportunities are further exacerbated by a digital divide and there is a need to facilitate connectedness at all levels between the learners, teachers and the larger ecosystem.

Technology enabled ''connected learning'' has the potential to address geographical and social disparities, but there needs to be a policy imperative to ensure these are used with broader goals of equity and social inclusion. Furthermore, the possibility of "working at scale" provided by these tools can also become a key ingredient to foster connectedness.

While the MHRD continues to work on policy proposals that allow us to reap this potential, it would be useful to take on board the ideas and insights of educationists, researchers and education technology designers working towards demonstrating the efficiency of technology enabled learning experiences in transforming quality of secondary education in India. First, there is a need to reformulate the vision of role of ICT in schools and education as a whole. The current vision for ICT (as reflected in the National Policy on ICT in School Education) is largely limited to provisioning of infrastructure and setting up of ICT labs. While availability of both core and enabling technology infrastructure is a prerequisite, there is a need to focus on curricular resources. There is a need to move away from pre-packaged ICT resources meant for passive uptake to providing access to tools and open resources which learners (both teachers and students) can actively engage with for their own learning.

Second, with respect to teachers, instead of using technology to teacher-proof the curriculum, there is a need to respect teacher agency and build her ''technology, pedagogical, content knowledge'' so that technology actually empowers her by connecting her to curriculum specialists as well as peers. There is also a need to work with teachers and and engage them actively in shaping the use of technological tools in the classrooms and labs.

Third, the government should ensure that students and teachers have increased access (before and after school hours) to computer labs backed by pedagogical resources to achieve purposeful integration of ICT in schools. Teachers need more time on the computers themselves to be able to integrate technology in their teaching. The government should also think of providing separate access to computers for the teachers, requiring that all faculty will have and use computing devices.

Fourth, there is a need for an integrated system of collaborative knowledge structures, strengthened by technology which works in tandem with what is being transacted through the structured curriculum. Such knowledge structures should be made available to schools in both English and regional/state language. The much anticipated New Education Policy can draw from these field level experiences which show what learning resources can be created, curated and made available with the use of technology and what is required to be done at the systemic level to make such educational transformation possible. (The author is professor at Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research at Tata Institute of Social Sciences)

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Publication: The Economic Times Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS in pact to bring connected learning experiences in India http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/tata-trusts-mit-and-tiss-in-pact-to-bring-connected- learning-experiences-in-india/articleshow/50743996.cms

Over 1,000 schools across four Indian states have agreed to participate in CLIx, allowing it to reach an estimated 165,000 students by 2018-19Tata Trusts, a philanthropic organisation in the area of community and educational development, will collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to launch the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx). The programme aims to create new learning experiences and educational opportunities for secondary school students in India, in grades 8 through 11.

Over 1,000 schools across four Indian states - Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh - have agreed to participate in CLIx, allowing it to reach an estimated 165,000 students by 2018-19. The program will offer content in both English and in regional languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu, and will offer curriculum in English, science, mathematics, and professional values. An additional major focus will be professional development for roughly 4,400 teachers in the four states.

Today's announcement of the launch of CLIx, in Mumbai, was attended by Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts; MIT President L. Rafael Reif; S. Ramadorai, Chairperson of the Board and S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and representatives of the four Indian states and Ministry of Human Resource Development that will participate in CLIx.

"Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India," said Tata. "Indian education is at a crossroads: With large numbers of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, on one hand, and new advances in technology and connectivity, on another, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education at scale. Through focus on English, science, mathematics, and values for work preparedness, CLIx promises to break new ground," he said.

CLIx has its roots in a visit Ratan Tata made to MIT several years ago, in which President Reif and others from MIT's Office of Digital Learning described edX - an online-learning platform, launched by MIT and Harvard University, that offers university-level coursework to learners worldwide. Inspired by the potential to use digital tools to enhance secondary education on a very large scale, Tata began the conversations that led to CLIx. After a year of work by Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS, CLIx will leverage OpenEdX, along with other educational technology, to deliver active learning resources and experiences to students in Indian secondary schools. Page 14 of 70

"At MIT, we believe online learning technologies can offer teachers (and learners) everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable, and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," said President Reif. "CLIx is the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice, and we are honored to be working with the Tata Trusts toward our shared vision of quality learning for all."

The Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx, and will serve as the key Indian collaborator with MIT.

"We believe that the CLIx initiative will help to energize and transform secondary schools by providing innovative and powerful experiences for students and for teachers," said S. Parasuraman, director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

A strong focus on research, measurement, and impact assessment will inform the future scale-up of CLIx. Agreements signed with the four state governments participating in CLIx will leverage and strengthen existing infrastructure in those states' high schools. The project will also draw upon the expertise of carefully selected curriculum development partners such as Eklavya, the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, and the National Institute of Advanced Studies, as well as implementation partners like Mizoram University, State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT) Telangana, the Centre for Education Research and Practice, and UNICEF Chhattisgarh.

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Publication: The Times Of India Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

MIT, TISS collaborates with Tata Trust to launch tech platform for secondary schools http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/MIT-TISS-collaborates-with-Tata-Trust-to-launch-tech-platform- for-secondary-schools/articleshow/50746352.cms

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) collaborated with the Tata Trust to launch the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), a program that will alleviate learning experiences for students from secondary schools in the country by making effective use of information and communication technology (ICT).While phase-I will include over 1,000 state-run schools across four states - Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - and reach out to an estimated 1.65 lakh students in less than three years, in phase II, the initiative will look at extending the scope to other states, including Maharashtra, and in more Indian languages. An additional major focus will be professional development for roughly 4,400 teachers in the four states.

The announcement was made on Wednesday in Mumbai in the presence of chairman of Tata Trusts, Ratan Tata, MIT president Rafael Reif, S Ramadorai, chairperson of the board and Director, TISS, S Parasuraman.

Initially, the focus will be to offer content in English, Hindi and Telugu for subjects such as English, Science, mathematics and professional values. CLIx will support the existing school curricula in the country with their technology-integrated aids. "It will also be in sync with India's national goal of improving the quality of secondary education, enhancing professional development of teachers and creating an open ecosystem to nurture collaboration for innovation," said the press statement issued by Tatas. The programme will be making use of visuals, 3D images, videos, and educational games, simulation tools to make education exciting and interactive for children. Open-education resources and massive open online courses will be made available to all students.

"With large numbers of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, on one hand, and new advances in technology and connectivity, on another, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education at scale. Through focus on English, science, mathematics, and values for work preparedness, CLIx promises to break new ground," said Tata.

"Online learning technologies can offer teachers (and learners) everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable, and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," said president Reif.

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Publication: The Times Of India Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

MIT ties up with TISS and Tata Trusts to launch connected learning initiative http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/MIT-ties-up-with-TISS-and-Tata-Trusts-to-launch-connected-learning- initiative/articleshow/50748769.cms

Initially, the focus will be to offer content in English, Hindi and Telugu for subjects such as English, science, mathematics and professional values. CLIx will support the existing school curricula with technology integrated aids.

While Phase I will include over 1,000 state-run schools from Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram and reach out to around 1.65 lakh students in less than three years, in Phase II, the initiative will look at extending the scope to other states, including Maharashtra, and in more languages. An additional focus will be professional development for 4,400 teachers in the four states.

The announcement was made on Wednesday in Mumbai in the presence of Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata, MIT president Rafael Reif, board chairperson S Ramadorai, and TISS director S Parasuraman.

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Publication: India Today Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS for upskilling students http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tata-trusts-ties-up-with-mit-tiss-for-upskilling-students/1/580962.html

"We have the strength of a large and young population, an entrepreneurial population, (but) the one thing that they dont have is the chance of and the ability to be educated," Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata said at an event here.

Tata said the initiative will focus on English, Science and Mathematics. Details with regards to investment in the programme by the entities were not immediately available.

As part of the tie-up, a Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx and will serve as the Indian collaborator with MIT.

The programme will also have a component, which will focus on research, measurement and impact assessment that will help in the future scale-up of CLIx, the statement said.

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Publication: The Hindu Edition: Online Web Published Date: 29 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Connected Learning Initiative to benefit students in four states http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/connected-learning-initiative-to-benefit-students-in-four- states/article8164310.ece

1.65 lakh students across 1,000 schools to be covered under the programme initiated by Tata Trust, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The programme will offer content in English and regional languages, beginning with Hindi and Telugu, and curricula in English, Science, Maths and professional values, besides focusing on professional development for around 4,400 teachers in these four states, he said.

For this, he added, Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India.

Present on the occasion were TISS Director S. Parasuraman, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, officials of the four states and Human Resource Development Ministry.

"The initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation," Tata said.

He said CLIx was the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice for quality learning for all.

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CLIx will offer young people, especially from lower and middle income rural areas of India, access to interactive, hands-on learning experiences to advance their knowledge and skills, and to instill values to help them succeed as professionals and citizens, with a focus on cultivating students' sense of professionalism.

CLIx's instruction is largely interactive and hands-on, making it a valuable complement to the education currently offered in India's secondary schools.

It augments the existing curriculum in grades 8, 9, and 11, so that it does not interfere with the all-important Board Exams that Indian students take in grades 10 and 12.

With large numbers of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, and new advances in technology and connectivity, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education

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Publication: The Hindu Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts, MIT, TISS in online education venture http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/business/tata-trusts-mit-tiss-in-online-education-venture/article8161025.ece

Ratan Tata, chairman Tata Trusts, and L Rafael Reif, president, MIT, at the launch of Connected Learning in Mumbai on Wednesday.- . Photo: Vivek BendreInspired by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) and Harvard University's online learning platform Open edX, the Ratan Tata-led Tata Trusts will collaborate with MIT and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for Connected Learning (CLIx), to create new learning experiences and educational opportunities for secondary school students in India.

Over 1,000 schools across four states - Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh - have agreed to participate in the initiative, which will reach an estimated 165,000 students of Grades 8-11 by 2018-19. The programme will offer content in both English and in regional languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu, and will offer curriculum in English, science, mathematics, and professional values. It will also focus on professional development for roughly 4,400 teachers in the four states. Thereafter, it will focus on extending the scope and reach in more Indian languages and more states. A Tata Trusts statement said it will also focus on "wider geographies, additional areas of the curriculum, broader levels of school, expanded opportunities for professional development, more Indian languages and multiple technologies."

"CLIx is the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice, and we are honoured to be working with Tata Trusts toward our shared vision of quality learning for all," MIT's president L. Rafael Reif said in Mumbai on Wednesday.

CLIx has its roots in a visit to Mr. Tata made to MIT years back, in which Mr Reif and others from MIT's office of digital learning explained about an online learning platform edX, launched by MIT and Harvard University. CLIx will leverage Open edX along with other educational technology to deliver active learning resources and experiences to students in Indian secondary schools.

"Indian education is at a crossroads. With a large number of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, on the one hand and new advances in technology and connectivity, on another, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education at scale. Through focus on English, science, mathematics, and values for preparedness, CLIx promises to break new ground," Mr Tata said in a statement.

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In December 2015, Tata Trusts had announced a partnership with Khan Academy, an online education non-profit. CLIx will use Khan Academy resources as supplementary curricular resources for mathematics along with other Open Education Resources and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) such as MIT Open Courseware with several other technology innovations, a statement said.

Over 1,000 schools across four states have agreed to participate in the initiative

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Publication: The Financial Express Edition: Online Web Published Date: 01 Feb 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

New Education Policy: Filling educational gaps using ICT http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/jobs/new-education-policy-filling-educational-gaps-using-ict/204935/

The evolving landscape of digital learning has the potential to change how education is transacted, and how teachers and learners engage and participate in the pedagogical processes. Over the years, the design and development of new technological affordances in the form of repositories of open educational resources, games, simulations and online learning platforms has been growing. But one of the key challenges has been to integrate it organically within the school curriculum, while empowering teachers to use these affordances as effective pedagogical tools. In the Indian context, large-scale adoption and diffusion of such innovative educational practices can be facilitated only through a conducive policy framework that can inform the manner in which digital learning can be leveraged in schools, with the teacher as a central driver of innovation.

On the policy front, India is awaiting the release of a draft proposal for a New Education Policy by the ministry of human resource development (MHRD). There is a lot of interest in understanding how the goal of making "India a knowledge superpower by equipping its students with the necessary skills and knowledge, and eliminating the shortage of manpower in science, technology, academics and industry" is intended to be achieved. The consultative processes undertaken by the MHRD during 2015 had structured inputs on two new themes-Promotion of information & communication technology (ICT) systems in schools for adult education, and new knowledge, pedagogies and varied approaches for teaching of maths, science and technology in schools to improve learning outcomes. The manner in which the MHRD delivers on these two themes will be of particular interest to the small yet emerging community of educationists in the country. It is expected that the new policy provisions will commit to leveraging technological affordances for enhancing classroom processes, strengthening the role of the teacher, and creating digital pathways of learning.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 acknowledged that there is great scope in accelerating the human progress by eliminating digital gaps, which is only possible by educating the society on the spread of ICT. This will require facilitating exchange of thought at all levels between learners, teachers and the larger ecosystem to build interconnectedness. In the Indian context, the existing inequities in educational opportunities are further exacerbated by a digital divide and there is a need to facilitate connectedness at all levels between learners, teachers and the larger ecosystem. Technology-enabled connected learning has the potential to address geographical and social disparities, but there has to be a policy imperative to ensure these are used with broader goals of equity and social inclusion. The possibility of "working at scale" provided by these tools can also become a key ingredient to foster connectedness.

First, we have to reformulate the role of ICT in schools and education as a whole. The current vision for ICT-as reflected in the National Policy on ICT in School Education-is largely limited to provisioning of infrastructure and setting up of ICT labs. While availability of both core and enabling technology infrastructure is a prerequisite, there is a need to focus on curricular resources. We also have to move away from pre-packaged ICT resources meant for passive uptake to providing access to tools and open resources which learners-both teachers and students-can actively engage with for their own learning.

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Second, with respect to teachers, instead of using technology to teacher-proof the curriculum, we have to respect teacher agency and build her "technology, pedagogical and content knowledge" so that technology empowers her by connecting her to curriculum specialists as well as peers. We have to work with teachers and engage them actively in shaping the use of technological tools in classrooms and labs.

Third, the government should ensure that students and teachers have increased access (before and after school hours) to computer labs backed by pedagogical resources to achieve purposeful integration of ICT in schools. Teachers need more time on the computers to be able to integrate technology in their teaching. The government can think of providing separate access to computers for teachers, requiring that all faculty will have and use computing devices.

Fourth, we need an integrated system of collaborative knowledge structures which work in tandem with what is being transacted through the structured curriculum. Such structures should be made available to schools in both English and regional languages.

The much-anticipated New Education Policy can draw from these field-level experiences which show what learning resources can be created, curated and made available with the use of technology, and what is required to be done at the systemic level to make such educational transformation possible.

The author is professor, Centre for Education Innovation & Action Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She is co-leading the Research Group of the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), an initiative of Tata Trusts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and TISS.

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Publication: NDTV Edition: Online Web Published Date: 01 Feb 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Ratan Tata's Latest Investment: Education http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-ndtv-dialogues/ratan-tata-s-latest-investment-education/401583

We look at a crucial issue facing young India today: Education, equality, quality and quantity. It's an elusive triangle. How can technology provide the answers? Tata Trusts launches a game changer project in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). The Connected Learning Initiative-X (CLIx) is a platform that aims to create new learning experiences and educational opportunities by leveraging innovative technology. Joining me, Ratan N Tata, Chairman, Tata Trusts; Dr. Rafael Reif, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Subrat Sahoo, Principle Secretary, School Education, Chhattisgarh.

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Publication: The Hindu Edition: Mumbai Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: 7 Display: 1/1

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Publication: The Indian Express Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts joins MIT, TISS for upskilling students http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/tata-trusts-joins-mit-tiss-for-upskilling-students/

Tata Trusts, headed by Ratan Tata, has tied up with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to upskill rural secondary school students in four states using digital interactive tools.

The initiative, Connected Learning Initiative will offer access to interactive and hands-on learning experiences to advance their knowledge and skills, said a statement. The programme will be carried out in over 1,000 schools in Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and benefit an estimated 1.65 lakh students in classes 8 to 11 and 4,400 teachers till FY 2019.

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Publication: Netindian Edition: Online Web Published Date: 29 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

MIT President Rafael Reif meets Modi http://netindian.in/news/2016/01/28/00036653/mit-president-rafael-reif-meets-modi sachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President L. Rafael Reif calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on January 28, 2016. Former Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata is also seen.Dr. L. Rafael Reif, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

During their discussions, Dr. Reif apprised Mr. Modi of the work being done by the institute in the areas of education, health, water and innovation. He invited the Prime Minister to visit MIT and interact with its students and faculty.

Mr. Modi urged Dr. Reif to explore the possibility of using MIT's expertise in the government's flagship programmes of Skill India, Digital India and Start-Up India.

He also suggested that senior or retired faculty members from MIT could visit India for a few months to teach in Indian universities.

Dr. Reif appreciated the suggestion, and offered his assistance in this regard.

Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Trusts, and former Chairman, Tata Sons was also present on the occasion.

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Publication: Sify Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Connected Learning Initiative to benefit students in four states http://www.sify.com/news/connected-learning-initiative-to-benefit-students-in-four-states-news-others- qb1uEkiggfhbf.html

For this, he added, Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India.

Present on the occasion were TISS Director S. Parasuraman, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, officials of the four states and Human Resource Development Ministry.

"The initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation," Tata said.

He said CLIx was the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice for quality learning for all.

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Publication: Webindia123 Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS collaborate to bring connected learning experiences to Indian students and teachers http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160127/2779955.html

Over 1,000 schools across four Indian states ' Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh ' have agreed to participate in CLIx, allowing it to reach an estimated 165,000 students by 2018-19.

The programme will offer content in both English and in regional languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu, and will offer curriculum in English, science, mathematics, and professional values.

An additional major focus will be professional development for roughly 4,400 teachers in the four states.

Announcement of the launch of CLIx, in Mumbai, was attended by Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts; MIT President L. Rafael Reif; S. Ramadorai, Chairperson of the Board and S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and representatives of the four Indian states and Ministry of Human Resource Development that will participate in CLIx.

Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India,

CLIx will align technology-integrated offerings with existing schoolcurricula.

In sync with Indias national goal of improving the quality of secondary education, the initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation.

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Publication: UNI India Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS collaborate to bring connected learning experiences to Indian students and teachers http://www.uniindia.com/tata-trusts-mit-and-tiss-collaborate-to-bring-connected-learning-experiences-to-indian-students- and-teachers/other/news/359115.html

Tata Trusts, a philanthropic organisation that works to advance community and educational development in India, will collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to launch the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), a program to create new learning experiences and educational opportunities for secondary school students in India, in grades 8 through 11. Over 1,000 schools across four Indian states ' Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh ' have agreed to participate in CLIx, allowing it to reach an estimated 165,000 students by 2018-19. The programme will offer content in both English and in regional languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu, and will offer curriculum in English, science, mathematics, and professional values.

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Publication: Nyoooz Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

MIT ties up with TISS and Tata Trusts to launch connected learning initiative http://www.nyoooz.com/mumbai/335075/mit-ties-up-with-tiss-and-tata-trusts-to-launch-connected-learning-initiative

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) collaborated with Tata Trusts to launch the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), a programme that will alleviate learning experiences for secondary schoolchildren by making effective use of information and communication technology. Initially, the focus will be to offer content in English, Hindi and Telugu for subjects such as English, science, mathematics and professional values. CLIx will support the existing school curricula with technology integrated aids. While Phase I will include over 1,000 state-run schools from Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram and reach out to around 1.65 lakh students in less than three years, in Phase II, the initiative will look at extending the scope to other states, including Maharashtra, and in more languages. An additional focus will be professional development for 4,400 teachers in the four states. The announcement was made on Wednesday in Mumbai in the presence of Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata, MIT president Rafael Reif, board chairperson S Ramadorai, and TISS director S Parasuraman.. Back to Index

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Publication: Niticentral Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS for upskilling students http://news.niticentral.com/2016/01/28/tata-trusts-ties-up-with-mit-tiss-for-upskilling-students/

Tata said the initiative will focus on English, Science and Mathematics.

Details with regards to investment in the programme by the entities were not immediately available.

As part of the tie-up, a Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx and will serve as the Indian collaborator with MIT.

The programme will also have a component, which will focus on research, measurement and impact assessment that will help in the future scale-up of CLIx, the statement said.

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Publication: MIT Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

MIT joins collaboration to bring connected learning experiences to Indian students and teachers http://news.mit.edu/2016/collaboration-connected-learning-experiences-indian-students-teachers-0127

Tata Trusts, a philanthropic organization that works to advance community and educational development in India, will collaborate with MIT and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to launch the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), a program to create new learning experiences and educational opportunities for secondary school students in India, in grades 8 through 11.

Over 1,000 schools across four Indian states - Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh - have agreed to participate in CLIx, allowing it to reach an estimated 165,000 students by 2018-19. The program will offer content in both English and regional languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu, and will offer curricula in English, science, mathematics, and professional values. An additional major focus will be professional development for roughly 4,400 teachers in the four states.

Today's announcement of the launch of CLIx, in Mumbai, was attended by Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts; MIT President L. Rafael Reif; S. Ramadorai, chairperson of the board at TISS; S. Parasuraman, director of TISS; and representatives of the four Indian states that will participate in CLIx and of India's Ministry of Human Resource Development.

"Tata Trusts have initiated partnership with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India," Mr. Tata says. "Indian education is at a crossroads: With large numbers of students entering secondary education for the first time in Indian education history, on one hand, and new advances in technology and connectivity, on another, we have a unique opportunity to provide quality education at scale. Through focus on English, science, mathematics, and values for work preparedness, CLIx promises to break new ground."

CLIx will align technology-integrated offerings with existing school curricula. In sync with India's national goal of improving the quality of secondary education, the initiative intends to leverage new technologies, enhance professional development of teachers, and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation.

CLIx has its roots in a visit Mr. Tata made to MIT several years ago, in which President Reif and others from MIT's Office of Digital Learning described edX - an online-learning platform, launched by MIT and Harvard University, that offers university-level coursework to learners worldwide. Inspired by the potential to use digital tools to enhance secondary education on a very large scale, Mr. Tata began the conversations that led to CLIx. After a year of work by Tata Trusts, MIT, and TISS, CLIx will leverage Open edX, along with other educational technology, to deliver active learning resources and experiences to students in Indian secondary schools.

"At MIT, we believe online learning technologies can offer teachers (and learners) everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable, and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," President Reif says. "CLIx is the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice, and we are honored to be working with the Tata Trusts toward our shared vision of quality learning for all."

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The Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx, and will serve as the key Indian collaborator with MIT.

"We believe that the CLIx initiative will help to energize and transform secondary schools by providing innovative and powerful experiences for students and for teachers," says TISS Director S. Parasuraman. "The scale proposed and the effort to reach and connect with rural and semi-rural schools using Indian languages makes CLIx a unique initiative. Indian education needs scalable solutions to improve quality education for the large cohort of youth who are first-generation school-goers. It is a privilege for us to be working with the Tata Trusts and MIT and to lead CLIx in India."

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Publication: New Kerala Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Connected Learning Initiative to benefit students in four states http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-12791.html

For this, he added, Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India.

Present on the occasion were TISS Director S. Parasuraman, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, officials of the four states and Human Resource Development Ministry.

"The initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation," Tata said.

He said CLIx was the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice for quality learning for all.

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Connected Learning Initiative to benefit students in four states http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/240666373/connected-learning-initiative-to-benefit-students-in-four-states

For this, he added, Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India.

Present on the occasion were TISS Director S. Parasuraman, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, officials of the four states and Human Resource Development Ministry.

"The initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation," Tata said.

He said CLIx was the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice for quality learning for all.

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Publication: Assam Tribune Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Connected Learning Initiative in four states http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2816/oth053

For this, he added, Tata Trusts have initiated partnerships with the finest institutions globally to find innovative solutions to pressing social issues in India.

Present on the occasion were TISS Director S. Parasuraman, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, officials of the four states and Human Resource Development Ministry.

"The initiative intends to leverage new technologies; enhance professional development of teachers; and create an open ecosystem to foster collaboration for innovation," Tata said.

He said CLIx was the most ambitious effort to date to put these ideas into practice for quality learning for all.

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Publication: Prep Sure Edition: Online Web Published Date: 28 Jan 2016 Page No.: Display: 1/1

Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS for upskilling students http://www.prepsure.com/news/tata-trusts-ties-up-with-mit-tiss-for-upskilling-students/

Tata Trusts ties up with MIT, TISS for upskilling studentsTata Trusts has tied up with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to upskill rural secondary school students in four states using digital interactive tools. The Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) will offer access to interactive and hands-on learning experiences to advance their knowledge and skills and also seeks to instill values to help them succeed as professionals and citizens, a statement said.

"We have the strength of a large and young population, an entrepreneurial population, (but) the one thing that they don't have is the chance of and the ability to be educated," Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata said at an event. The programme will be carried out in over 1,000 schools in Mizoram, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and benefit an estimated 1.65 lakh students in classes 8 to 11 and 4,400 teachers till fiscal 2019.

Tata said the initiative will focus on English, Science and Mathematics. Details with regards to investment in the programme by the entities were not immediately available. CLIx will align technology-integrated offerings with the school curricula, and aims to enhance professional development for teachers, apart from helping the students by leveraging new technologies, the statement said. As part of the tie-up, a Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research has been created at TISS to incubate CLIx and will serve as the Indian collaborator with MIT. "We believe online learning technologies can offer teachers (and learners) everywhere the tools to transform the educational experience by engaging students in active learning that stimulates their curiosity, makes every lesson more memorable and helps build skills relevant to students' experiences," MIT's president L Rafael Reif said. The programme will also have a component, which will focus on research, measurement and impact assessment that will help in the future scale-up of CLIx, the statement said.

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