Impact of Technology Assisted Learning Programme (TALP) on Learning and Achievement

Government of Karnataka has redesigned ICT programme in school education and is implemented Technology Assisted Learning Programme (TALP) with an objective to complement normal classroom teaching with ICT enabled teaching and learning in all subjects as well as to ensure digital literacy for all secondary school students for enhancing learning achievement. TALP is an integration of the existing technology assisted programmes of the department such as EDUSAT, Computer based learning under SSA, Tele-Education and ICT-3. Use of digital contents in the form of e-content is promoted under TALP to engage the interest of students and enhance their understanding. The department has mapped the available digital resources in mathematics and science subjects to the state curriculum under various programmes such as Karnataka Open Educational Resources, EDUSAT, Radio, Tele-Education, Amrita O'Labs, Agasthya Foundation Science Experiments and many more. The mapping of resources to other subjects has been initiated. These resources have been pre-loaded to the laptops which are being supplied to schools. A repository of all such e-contents will be made available on the servers located at State Data Centre and schools will be connecting to SDC for updates. TALP aims to combine classroom teaching with ICT enabled teaching and learning in all subjects. Through digital content, the government aims to engage students and enhance their understanding; in this connection this paper seeks the answers to the questions; How TALP is actually being used, the impact of TALP on student learning, motivation and engagement for learning.