One School One Portal
Description
Recognizing the importance of innovative educational practices, Relief International-Schools Online in Bangladesh feels it is time to revolutionize the way that Bangladeshi schools make use of the information and Communication Technology ( ICT) such as Internet.That is why RI-SOL , an international organization having interest in use of technology in education, believes that it is imperative to develop a common online platform for all the Bangladesh schools where they will get an individual portal (school web site) for each school, and be able to establish their own identity on the Information Superhighway.It will be a one stop clearinghouse of information for students, teachers, parents, administrators and community members. RI wants to enhance visibility of Bangladeshi schools, connect them to the world, provide an interactive virtual space to ehnace their educational experiences and transform the way they share educational resources, collaborate and communicate with their stakeholders and contribute to overall educational development of Bangladesh. The One School One Portal ( OSOP) project assists Bangladeshi educators to be part of the world and surpass the boundaries of their classrooms enabling their students to become 21st century global citizens. The OSOP is built on RI SOL’ project ‘ Global Connections and Exchange Program ( www.gcepbd.ning.com )
What we deliver
The project actvities includes deployment of an online portal which allows schools to create their own website, training for teachers and students on content management system for their websites, sharing educational information and communicate and collaborate school stakeholders and communitities in an interactive virtual environment. The members will be posting news, events, articles and the like on the site so that all members of the OSOP can access the resources online at any time. The key benefit of the portal is that it will allow educators to deliver lectures online by uploading lessons on the site, so that students who are unable to attend classes for any reason can later access the lesson taught. Thus RI believes the quality of lesson delivery and therefore education itself will be enriched through the use fo this portal.
Whom we deliver
Promoting interactivity and collaboration between diverse groups of populations remains one of the key goals of the project.Any student can access the online portal remotely at any time regardless of distance, physical ability, social status, and the like. It includes all populations with an access to school information over Internet and keep tracking activities of schools.Moreover, acquiring education no longer depends solely on the teachers. RI-SOL understands that while delivering class lectures , reception by different students may be different and that can leave some students with lesser amount of information than others. The OSOP makes it easy for students to access information through the site, and the quality of lecture delivery no longer poses as a problem. Thus the portal promotes interactivity at its best by creating a strong network of members who share information and collaborate regularly through the site.
Why is the project unique?
Previously educational resources and information was shared manually between interested stakeholders, making the process of information dissemination lengthy and time consuming. The project enables teachers to share educational materials and supplementary resources through the portal itself, making it highly accessible. This is a completely new approach to education and dissemination of information in Bangladesh. The innovation lies in the fact that the practice makes it easier for a larger mass of students to access the information, and share digital books, journals, articles, and the like. The capacity of reproduction of content and resources on the portal are of key importance here.
Roadmap
With the vision for a Digital Bangladesh, need for digital contents will continue to be crucial and important for e development of the country. It is important that educational institutions are coming forward to utilize online platform to generate and create contents which are useful for students and teachers.
Contact
M. Nazrul Islam
Relief International-Schools Online
House 322, Road 5 West, DOHS, Baridhara
Dhaka 1206
Bangladesh
URL/Website – www.ri.org
