<p>Researchers at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru have come up with a new model of education called the Friyay model of education which emphasises the fact that, it is about time that we change our 70-year-old education system and approach.</p>.<p>However, with changing times and influx of modern technology there is a need to change, adapt and adopt a new educational approach. It is high time we switch to real time learning from the present rote learning.</p>.<p>The crux of Friyay model of education is to make higher education a four-day affair and make Day 5 i.e. Friday a project day all together. Even corporate India slowly graduated to a five-day working week from a six-day working week. In this context, it is imperative that we move from our existing system of five-day rote-based learning to activity-based and inquiry-based — Friyay model of education.</p>.<h4 class="CrossHead"><strong>Customised learning</strong></h4>.<p>The Friyay model of education is based on customised learning and personalised education. Further, it highlights the need for a blended learning environment along with distributed and differential assessment method. This explains how an ideal mix of project or problem-based learning, collaborative learning, experiential learning and technology enabled learning would accelerate learning process. Friyay model of education emphasises on the adaptation of certain revolutionary principles like:</p>.<p>Active learning and making higher education a four-day affair and on Fridays students should be made to work on projects only for better understanding and to obtain practical experience.</p>.<p>The current one hour per subject or lecture in the class needs to be replaced by two-hour classes for every course. One hour classes existed only because of instruction based teaching and this is inadequate to implement a blended learning environment.</p>.<p>The two-hour class should ideally consist of 40 minutes of lecture, 40 minutes of<br />problem- solving activities or case study analysis or game- based activities, 20 minutes of watching videos and 20 minutes of feedback and discussion sessions. There should be a small break after an hour of class.</p>.<p>It further proposes differential assessment for students based on their individual learning styles. The model also explains as to how teachers need to have a differential learning style matrix and then how they have to plot or map the differential assessment of students to their individual learning styles. This type of assessment would involve a distribution of 25% marks on semester mid exam, 25% on semester end exam, 25% on online game-based quizzes and case study analysis and 25% on laboratory exercises, building prototypes, research publications or online course completion along with seminar presentations. </p>.<p><span class="italic">(The writer is with Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)</span></p>
<p>Researchers at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru have come up with a new model of education called the Friyay model of education which emphasises the fact that, it is about time that we change our 70-year-old education system and approach.</p>.<p>However, with changing times and influx of modern technology there is a need to change, adapt and adopt a new educational approach. It is high time we switch to real time learning from the present rote learning.</p>.<p>The crux of Friyay model of education is to make higher education a four-day affair and make Day 5 i.e. Friday a project day all together. Even corporate India slowly graduated to a five-day working week from a six-day working week. In this context, it is imperative that we move from our existing system of five-day rote-based learning to activity-based and inquiry-based — Friyay model of education.</p>.<h4 class="CrossHead"><strong>Customised learning</strong></h4>.<p>The Friyay model of education is based on customised learning and personalised education. Further, it highlights the need for a blended learning environment along with distributed and differential assessment method. This explains how an ideal mix of project or problem-based learning, collaborative learning, experiential learning and technology enabled learning would accelerate learning process. Friyay model of education emphasises on the adaptation of certain revolutionary principles like:</p>.<p>Active learning and making higher education a four-day affair and on Fridays students should be made to work on projects only for better understanding and to obtain practical experience.</p>.<p>The current one hour per subject or lecture in the class needs to be replaced by two-hour classes for every course. One hour classes existed only because of instruction based teaching and this is inadequate to implement a blended learning environment.</p>.<p>The two-hour class should ideally consist of 40 minutes of lecture, 40 minutes of<br />problem- solving activities or case study analysis or game- based activities, 20 minutes of watching videos and 20 minutes of feedback and discussion sessions. There should be a small break after an hour of class.</p>.<p>It further proposes differential assessment for students based on their individual learning styles. The model also explains as to how teachers need to have a differential learning style matrix and then how they have to plot or map the differential assessment of students to their individual learning styles. This type of assessment would involve a distribution of 25% marks on semester mid exam, 25% on semester end exam, 25% on online game-based quizzes and case study analysis and 25% on laboratory exercises, building prototypes, research publications or online course completion along with seminar presentations. </p>.<p><span class="italic">(The writer is with Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)</span></p>
