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Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic got acquainted with the ilimbox platform
At the end of October 2020, the ilimbox team presented the ilimbox educational platform to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic. Team manager Zhazgul and project engineer Erjigit spoke in detail about the platform. The advantages of the platform and the purpose of the work are explained in detail.
In turn, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic asked their questions of interest, expressed support for the project and readiness for cooperation.
We inform you that further work will be carried out jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Ilimbox Distance Learning Educational Platform for Schoolchildren project is funded by the Democratic Commission’s Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2021.The Ilimbox project is funded by the Democratic Commission Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.
The creators of the ilimbox educational platform
ilimbox team. December 2020.
“Ilimbox – Educational platform for schoolchildren in Kyrgyzstan.”
An educational platform for teachers and students of all Kyrgyz-language schools in Kyrgyzstan is available on the website www.ilimbox.kg. All materials comply with the standards of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.
A distance learning system, an educational platform is created by educated and honest citizens of our country. The ilimbox project unites people who want to make a significant contribution to the development of the education system of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Ilimbox command:
Talent Sultanov, Chairman of the Kyrgyz Internet Society. The ilimbox project is being implemented with a public association and the support of Mr. Talant.
Aziz Soltobaev, project coordinator and consultant of the ilimbox team. The person who initiated the development of a system that allows distance learning, the ilimbox educational platform.
Zhazgul Zuridinova, project manager, previously worked on the ilimbox digital library project for schools in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan. At the moment, she is the manager of the ilimbox team and is responsible for the timely implementation of all plans.
Erzhigit Imamov, chief technical manager of the ilimbox project. The inventor of the ilimbox digital library device, is now responsible for the technical support of the ilimbox educational platform.
Fariza Chilmergenova, makes it easy to find what you need, making online lessons and learning materials user-friendly.
Nazbubu Babayarova, Pamir Karazakov and Aikerim Mukanbetova are the school’s education specialists. Responsible for educational materials and public relations on the platform.
Our ilimbox team also includes programmers. Developers of the ilimbox educational platform (www.ilimbox.kg).
The ilimbox educational project is open to new faces, professionals who want to make a significant contribution to the education system of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Ilimbox Distance Learning Educational Platform for Schoolchildren project is funded by the Democratic Commission’s Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2021.The Ilimbox project is funded by the Democratic Commission Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Ilimbox open educational platform
“ilimbox.kg is the first educational online platform for schools in the Kyrgyz language of instruction.”
A system enabling distance learning. Using the platform, you can read online lessons, organize interaction between students and teachers, and measure learning outcomes.
An educational platform for teachers and students of all Kyrgyz-language schools in Kyrgyzstan is available at www.ilimbox.kg. All materials comply with the standards of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The advantages of the ilimbox.kg platform:
All video tutorials are downloaded quickly, educational materials are adapted for mobile phones, tablets and computers.
Easy to Learn: Calendar Integration, Reminders, Return to Recent Readings, and more.
Quizzes and fun interactive games.
For students not attending a temporary school, this is an opportunity to continue their studies without going beyond the curriculum.
Providing teachers with digital multimedia materials on subjects.
A training tool available during a pandemic and all training materials in one place.
There is an analytical system that allows you to create reports on the platform’s activities. For example, course views, comments, inputs and outputs. He can assess learning outcomes in a timely manner.
Further plans of the team: fill with interesting teaching materials, prepare and post short videos of experiments in physics, chemistry and natural sciences for high school students in Kyrgyz. Filling the ilimbox.kg platform with ORT and subject tests.
The Ilimbox Distance Learning Educational Platform for Schoolchildren project is funded by the Democratic Commission’s Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2021.The Ilimbox project is funded by the Democratic Commission Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.
2020 European Chapters Workshop. Recordings
5-7 October 2020 / Venue: Online
“A bigger and stronger Community for a bigger and stronger Internet”
Internet Society European Chapters Workshops are interactive, collaborative spaces for Chapter members with the aim to share knowledge and experience, and to strengthen the capacities necessary to support our mission and vision. Workshops are open to Chapter members who wish to learn and contribute to the development of their local Chapter.
Past Chapter Workshops took place in a physical location within our European region. This year’s Workshop was held online due to Covid-19 restrictions with half-day sessions that included two topical issues each day.
Whether you missed the opportunity to participate or would like to review what you experienced, enjoy the recordings of the daily proceedings and presentations by clicking on the active links below:
5 October 2020 (11:00-15:00 UTC):
Topics:
Chapter Workshops Overview
Speaker: Christine Saegesser Baethge, Senior Director, Chapters and Individual Members
Encryption
Speaker: Ceren Unal, Regional Policy Manager Europe
The Internet Way of Networking
Speakers: Senior Policy Advisor Carl Gahnberg; Konstantinos Komaitis, Senior Director, Policy Strategy and Development; and Andrei Robachevsky, Senior Director, Technology Programmes
Audio-only version of all topics
6 October 2020 (11:00-15:00 UTC):
Topics:
Community Networks
Speakers: Max Stucchi, Regional Technical Advisor Europe, and Juan Peirano, Senior Policy Advisor
Trust and Traffic in the Covid-19 Era
Speakers: Robin Wilton, Director, Internet Trust and David Belson, Senior Director, Internet Research and Analysis
Video recording of both topics
Audio-only version of both topics
7 October 2020 (11:00-15:00 UTC):
Topics:
Internet Society Foundation
Speakers: Mabel Gunda, Communications Manager, and Brittany Piovesan, Program
Officer, Internet Society Foundation
Chapters – Sustainability
Speakers: Desiree Miloshevic, ISOC Serbia Belgrade Chapter; Frederic Taes, ISOC Belgium Chapter; and session participants
Video recording of both topics
Audio-only version of both topics
Links to the slide presentations given by our speakers:
• Chapter Workshops Overview presentation, Christine Saegesser Baethge
• Encryption presentation, Ceren Unal
• The Internet Way of Networking presentation, Carl Gahnberg
• Trust and Traffic in the Covid-19 Era presentation and presentation, David Belson
and Robin Wilton
• The Internet Society Foundation presentation, Mabel Gunda
• Chapter Business Case presentation, Frederic Taes, ISOC Belgium Chapter
• Chapter Sustainability presentation, Desiree Miloshevic, ISOC Serbia Belgrade
Chapter
Contact: Nick Hyrka, European Regional Community Engagement Manager, Internet Society
New educational technologies – online learning and education platform
An e-learning system is an open web application based on a dedicated platform for the development of pupils, students or employees.
With the educational platform, you can remotely teach and monitor the learning of students from all over the world. Plugins play an important role in the platform – modules help redesign and extend the functionality of the system.
The platforms have a complex learning organization and this section is divided into three parts: course development, support, and organization.
The system has an editor that allows you to create lectures, polls, assignments and tests. These content types are created from text, images, video and audio files uploaded by the administrator to the platform.
The main thing at the venues is the lecture. In a lecture, you teach a student a theory of a subject. For example, explain to a customer how to sell a new product to your company. At the end of the lecture, you can put a mark on the test, after which the student consolidates the material read, the lecture is considered a completed curriculum.
Each course consists of topics filled with ready-made content: lectures, tests, new courses, etc. The topics act as distribution buttons and you can use them to create a flexible learning path.
SCORM is a collection of specifications and standards developed for distance learning systems. Contains requirements for the organization of educational material and the entire distance learning system.
As a result:
- Courses consist of topics;
- Topics include ready-made practical materials: lecture, test, SCORM package. (The SCORM package is a zip archive containing all study materials. In addition, the LMS not only provides students with access to these materials, but also stores all learning statistics);
- Training materials are created in an internal editor or uploaded to the platform;
The best example is coursera portal. Coursera is a huge online project founded by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Yin and Daphne Koller. There is also a project to publish free online courses and training materials on the Internet. For more information: https: //www.coursera.com
Installation of ilimBox devices in border schools in Batken region
At the end of August, the “ilimBox” team, with the financial support of the European Union, installed 22 ilimBox devices in the border villages of Batken region.
Batken District
The first devices were installed in the schools of the Batken District, namely the villages of Chek, Zhagy-Zher, Dobo, and Buzhum. In the village of Dobo, the teachers treated us with melons right from their own garden. Therefore, talking about offline Wikipedia in Kyrgyz, we decided to search for the word “koon” (eng: melon) to show how this resource works. Residents of these border villages are mainly engaged in agriculture, planting watermelons, melons, pumpkins.
Photo: melon and ilimBox
The villages of Gaz, Tayan, Charbak, and Kyshtut are located in the north-east of the city of Batken on the border with the Sokh region, which is an exclave of Uzbekistan. Since the border with Uzbekistan was closed, we drove along the mountain bypass road. The road was not paved, and we could only observe the rocky slope of the mountains and dry fields from the car window. But the first impression was misleading: as soon as we descended the mountains and went to the first school, we were greeted by “Scandinavian” villages – mountain rivers, trees, winding roads, and cool transparent air. An interesting discovery for our team in this region was the village of Kyshtut, whose residents do not see the sun for 40 days of winter because this village is located between the mountains, which block the low sun in winter.
Photo: Map of villages on the border with Sokh region where ilimBox was installed
The last schools in the Batken district were the schools of the Samarkandyk aiyl okmotu, namely the villages of Samarkandek, Ak-Sai and Min-Oruk. All schools in this region are located on the border with Tajikistan. But, searching for the basic school named after Baba Gaipov in the village of Min-Oruk, we drove along the Tajik highway and for a long time could not find the right school. We were helped by the boys, who told us that the border here does not pass through the territory but through houses. So, side-by-side were the gates from the “Tajik” and “Kyrgyz” houses. Local residents shared, due to the staggered arrangement of houses in different countries, conflicts often arise, which sometimes lead to shootings.
Photo: school teacher of Min-Oruk downloads the book “The Psychology of Conflict”
Leilek and Kadamjai districts
Having completed the installation of devices in the Batken region, we went to Leilek. About 30% of the area of the Leilek region belongs to the territory of high mudflow hazard. The weather in this region is colder than in the whole region, after the hot Batken days, Isfana greeted us with fog and cold rain.
In total, in Leilek region, we installed 6 ilimBox devices in the villages of Ak-Bulak, Kara-Bulak, Katyran and Leilek.
I remember the village of Katyran the most remote villages in the Leilek region. Despite the pouring rain, about 20 teachers patiently waited for our arrival. While waiting for the download of the ilimBox Android application, we asked the teachers’ opinions on how distance learning would affect the educational level of children. Most of the teachers were concerned that after school children from the villages usually graze cattle, work in the fields or do housework. If before the pandemic, teachers could oblige children to attend school and complete assignments, now the responsibility lies entirely on parents, who can higher prioritize the work in the field than education.
Photo: Children with books and ilimBox
Completing our trip to Batken, we installed 2 devices in the Kadamjai district, in the villages of Kara-Dobo and Kyzyl-Korgon.
Residents of the Kyzyl-Korgon village of the Akturpak aiyl okmotu are engaged in the cultivation of Batken rice, which is highly valued for its taste and useful properties. Most of the rice is exported to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. We wondered how the Covid-19 pandemic affected their way of life. A teacher from the Kyzyl-Korgon school shared that they attracted Uzbek citizens from the Sokh region to work in the rice fields, but this spring, when work began in the fields, the borders had already closed. Therefore, they invited residents of neighboring aiyl okmotu who were left without work due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, Akturpaksiy aiyl okmotu not only protected their crops but also provided neighboring villages with jobs.
Books in the library and electronic library ilimBox
When visiting schools, the participants were requested to install the ilimBox Android application. Some teachers used mobile Internet, and others the school’s wi-fi. Both options provided very low speed, which is why we waited 20-30 minutes for one 59 MB application to load. For comparison, pdf books on the site https://www.kitep.edu.gov.kg reach 600 MB.
22 ilimbox devices were installed in Batken region in the schools below:
INCOMPLETE SECONDARY SCHOOL DOBO – 131 students
INCOMPLETE SECONDARY SCHOOL B. GAYIPOVA – 180 students
BASIC SCHOOL “TASH-TUMSHUK” – 62 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL NAMED AFTER V. LENIN – 1512 students
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM NAMED AFTER S. KOZHOBAEV – 326 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL BUZHUN – 798 students
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM BUZHUN – 172 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL GAS – 350 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL KYSHTUT – 192 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL ZHANYZHER – 244 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL TAYA – 242 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL CHECKS – 789 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL ACCESS – 52 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL NAMED AFTER A. TOPCHUEV – 77 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL AKBULAK B.M – 84 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL KARA-BULAK – 422 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL “KATRAN” – 163 students
KOZUBAGLAN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL – 608 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL KOITASH – 146 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL LEYLEK – 224 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL BABUR – 327 students
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL “KYZYL-KORGON” – 293 students
The ilimbox 2.0 project starts
ISOC Kyrgyzstan Chapter team has begun work on the ilimBox 2.0 project!
In this project, we are working on an online educational platform for teachers and schoolchildren that will meet the educational standards of Kyrgyzstan and will include additional educational video, audio and text resources.
This platform will be built on the Learning Management System (LMS), with the ability to use it through Android and iOS applications.
We also improved the ilimBox device by upgrading the chip to Raspberry pi 4 and making possible updating content remotely.
We hope that the ilimBox 2.0 platform will not only help schoolchildren to get education during the Covid-19 pandemic, but also become a source of new and exciting journeys into the world of knowledge!
“A small digital library project on a Raspberry Pi 4 mini computer has become an educational platform ilimbox.kg”
As a reminder, the ilimbox team has already launched the IlimBox digital library. Currently, Ilimboks equipment is installed in schools located in remote areas of the country where there is no Internet connection.
The digital library includes Wikipedia in Kyrgyz, Russian and English, Khan Academy in English, as well as thousands of audio, video tutorials and e-books.
IilmBox – the electronic library was small in size. It has two components. The first is the hard drive. The other is a small mini computer. The hard drive holds 2 terabytes of data. A small Orange Pi mini computer is connected to the hard drive. The computer has Wi-Fi hotspots. These two systems are connected to each other and placed in a box called IilmBox. It is enough to insert the box where there is electricity and users can learn with IilmBox via phone or computer. No internet access and no payment because everything works offline.
This system provides access to all educational resources without an Internet connection. More information is available at https://isoc.kg/ru/ilimbox/.
In Kyrgyzstan, 2.5 million schoolchildren, COVID-19 forced these children to distance learning, which created difficulties for children, parents and teachers. At the same time, it has provided new opportunities for distance and online learning.
The ilimbox team noticed that there are many problems with distance learning, such as the lack of textbooks and e-books that are not adapted for mobile phones, video tutorials only on TV and YouTube, and the lack of educational materials in the Kyrgyz language.
“Ilimbox.kg is the first educational online platform for Kyrgyz-teaching schools in Kyrgyzstan.”
A system enabling distance learning. Using the platform, you can teach online lessons, organize interactions between students and teachers, and measure learning outcomes.
Educational platform for teachers and students in all Kyrgyz-speaking schools in Kyrgyzstan (website, mobile application and electronic device for regions without the Internet). All materials comply with the standards of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Ilimbox Distance Learning Educational Platform for Schoolchildren project is funded by the Democratic Commission’s Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2021.The Ilimbox project is funded by the Democratic Commission Small Grants Program of the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic.