Digital Learning Research Lab

  School Leaders have already enrolled in our open course( https://mooc.ku.edu.np/nic/ ) and have been actively participating in our course. Most of our school leaders are in the process of completing the course. We have also conducted surveys, interviews and meetings with school leaders to know about their learnings, experiences and action plan. We have planned to take interviews in three different phases: Starting, middle and final phase. The interviews of the first phase have ended and what we have received from those interviews are less understanding of school leaders on inclusive education and equitable practices.  In our interviews in the starting phase one of the school leaders has the following things to say about inclusion in their school before they were enrolled in the open course: The interviewee claims that they have not gotten any training on the subject of inclusion and that they infrequently have the opportunity to speak with other school administrators about it. The re

  Open Course is a free course of study that may be accessed by a wide number of people over the internet. Some courses are paid courses. The pandemic has disrupted the traditional teaching-learning paradigm. The educational institutions are now focusing on several MOOCs, which offer value, knowledge, skills, and education that is continuous ( https://www.igi-global.com/ ). Therefore we have also focused on building an effective open course which will focus on filling the gap between school leaders and policies made by Nepal Government regarding inclusive education and equitable practices mentioned in the previous blog . According to Northeastern University, the benefit of following an open course module, faculty have more freedom to alter their course materials because they are not locked into using a single textbook. In return, learners receive a more in-depth, tailored education that has been proved to increase access and their performance. We have also chosen open courses as a med

Nepal is one of the most well-known countries in the world in terms of cultural diversity, geographic location, and many other important factors. Although Nepal is a small nation, it has a wide range of diversity due to its multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-racial population. Culture is a way of life, influencing all elements of a person's life, including their cuisine, dress, and jobs (https://www.aroundthehimalayas.com/). Being a small developing country becomes more difficult when there are 128 castes and 121 languages across the country (Nepal census 2078). Providing people with good quality education where deeply rooted societal taboos exist can be more challenging. Nepal does have laws and regulations to protect people from all the diversity and promote their standard of living. The Constitution of Nepal promises an inclusive society free from all forms of prejudice and inequality.  One of the objectives of Nepal's Federal Education P