PRODIGY™ – a strong portfolio of dynamic e-learning content that addresses the learning needs
of Kindergarten to Class XII (K12). PRODIGY™ has a vast repository of visually rich, instructionally sound content that closely matches the syllabus of CBSE, ICSE, State and Matriculation boards. It has been developed according to the stringent SCORM norms and international standards of
graphic animation and instructional design.
PRODIGY™ is a complementary teaching aid that is intended to assist the teacher in delivering
her lessons and to facilitate better, more effective student learning. It is not a replacement for the teacher. |
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| Content structure |
| PRODIGY™ redefines and structures the classroom delivery model by disintegrating every lesson into multiple learning objectives. Every learning objective is then delivered divided into a logical sequence of sessions that facilitate classroom delivery. |
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| All the above sessions are modeled and timeline tagged to run for 45 minutes including student participation in concepts, exercises and activities. |
| Content Repository |
The content repository is in the form of learning objects. A group of learning objects forms a
learning module or a lesson. A learning module delivers a set of learning objectives. The repository is loaded onto the LMS. |
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| Key Features and Benefits |
Using PRODIGY™ in a classroom visibly improves attention span and has been proven to enhance understanding and retention. Further, it has various advantages for all the other stakeholders – the school management, parents and teachers – as listed below.
Attention Span: It addresses the most universal problem in any classroom – short attention
spans! PRODIGY™ involves the student, captures her attention and encourages active classroom participation. Its unique hybrid model offers a range of learning options with self-paced, interactive and teacher-aided design. This design adopts simple and worldwide proven learning techniques.
The interactive video sessions embedded in PRODIGY™ augment faster learning capabilities.
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Involvement: The learning process must require the learner to do more than just read. The PRODIGY™ learning process requests frequent responses and interaction. The content is also lively and attractive with several relevant pictures/short video clippings that not only draw the attention of the student but also say a lot more about the concept than several paragraphs of text.
User Appeal: PRODIGY™ is robust and appealing with graphics and animations in 2D and 3D, hyperlinks and voice recognition to captivate the user and engage her for long periods of time.
Learning Retention & Reinforcement: PRODIGY™ fares well over traditional learning
reinforcement methods. While the traditional retention methods are standard monthly/quarterly
revisions, PRODIGY™ adopts not only the traditional methods but also simple exercises and
activities (both online and offline) at the end of content learning sessions. Thus effective
reinforcements of learning objectives are met.
Immediate feedback: PRODIGY™ addresses yet another universal problem of time lag between the assessments and evaluation for any teacher-assisted objective and MCQ type of
assessments/examination. Be it a practice assessment or actual examination, the results are
instantaneous.The assessment/examination engine of PRODIGY™ is intelligent and increases the
difficulty level of the practice test gradually while the actual assessment/ examination generates
standard teacher-controlled questions. The actual examination engine randomly generates
questions from the teacher-controlled question bank resources.
Teacher friendly: It delivers each lesson in a logical sequence consistently across various sections. It also includes activities that the teacher can use as additional exercises. It is easy to use and is also flexible to accommodate teacher intervention and additional explanations, thus retaining the teacher’s touch in the classroom.
Online Access: PRODIGY™ is powered with a Learning Management System (LMS) that offers seamless online access to all its stakeholders – students, teachers and the school administrators. It provides access to its rich repository of content within school premises for students whereas the other stakeholders could have active participation online. It is flexible enough to provide access to the parents to apprise them of the curricular and extra-curricular growth of the students. It also has optional capabilities to handle, Local community network.
Measurement: PRODIGY™ offers two optional methods of measuring achievement of learning objectives:
Class-wise measurement of learning objective/understanding level and skill set analysis
Personalized (every student) measurement of learning competencies/understanding level and skill
set analysis
While the former is a generic tracking method at the end of every content learning session for the classroom as a whole, the latter offers personalized data on the learning progress of every student. This requires personalized infrared gadget for every student and is an optional feature. Though this is optional, it offers tremendous insight into every student’s skill set with a detailed competency analysis and evaluates the teacher’s delivery capabilities at the click of a button.
Dynamic repository: PRODIGY™ features 5000+ hours of e-content in its ever-growing dynamic
repository. The content features instructionally enriched e-content focusing more on Mathematics
and Science subjects along with virtual lab to enhance the learning experience and enthusiasm
amongst students. It also augments learning EVS. |
| Best Value-for-money: PRODIGY™ is the most cost-effective technology available for educational institutions for the following reasons: |
| Works even on lower bandwidth. |
| Intranet/ Internet solution. |
| No separate LMS cost. |
| No third-party software required for content deployment. |
| Zero maintenance cost on content management. |
| Saves time on assessment/examination evaluation. |
| Works on Linux, Mac and Windows. |
| Less training time. |
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| PRODIGY – Unique Advantages |
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