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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.	Dr. Sugata Mitra the scientist at the NIIT, who started an experiment hole in a wall		http://www.greenstar.org /butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm	From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge	Google	Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology		https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	The Acronym Finder is © 1988-2018, Acronym Finder,   All Rights Reserved	Google	Phrase Searching
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	Hole in the wall		https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra		Google	Phrase Searching
4. they carve hole in the His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why  did wall?	Dr. Mitra's team carved a "hole in the wall" that separated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in Kalkaji, New Delhi. Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use. This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children.		http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	The results, which have been uniformly encouraging, show that children learn to operate as well as play with the computer with minimum intervention. They picked up skills and tasks by constructing their own learning environment.		http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase Searching
6. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?	In addition, local teachers and field observers noted that the children demonstrated improvements in enrollment, attendance and performance on school examinations, particularly in subjects that deal with computing skills; English vocabulary and usage; concentration, attention span and problem-solving skills; and working cooperatively and self-regulation.		https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	©2018 George Lucas Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Edutopia® and Lucas Education Research™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of the George Lucas Educational Foundation in the U.S. and other countries.	Google	Phrase Searching