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A Timed Discussion Forum for Novice Users and Self-learners of Spoken Tutorials

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Visions and Concepts for Education 4.0 (ICBL 2020)

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Abstract

Spoken Tutorials are an instructional methodology to train students on IT topics at a national level through self learning. Problems that beginner users face in accessing information from online resources are explained. A timed online discussion forum, through which users of Spoken Tutorials can ask their questions, and also learn from previous discussions, is presented. In this Timed Question and Answer Forum, learners access information by pinpointing the exact time of the Spoken Tutorial at which one may have questions. This forum is helpful not only to the beginners, but also to other learners who participate in massive distributed workshops as well. Discussions in this forum double as document/FAQ for the software.

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Acknowledgement

Generous funding to the Spoken Tutorial project from the National Mission on Education through ICT, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, is acknowledged. Enthusiastic supported provided by the members of FOSSEE and Spoken Tutorial teams is appreciated.

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400 076, India

    Kannan M. Moudgalya, Nancy Varkey, Vishnu K. Raj & K. Sanmugasundaram

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Moudgalya, K.M., Varkey, N., Raj, V.K., Sanmugasundaram, K. (2021). A Timed Discussion Forum for Novice Users and Self-learners of Spoken Tutorials. In: Auer, M.E., Centea, D. (eds) Visions and Concepts for Education 4.0. ICBL 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1314. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67209-6_46

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