School in the Cloud
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School in the Cloud is an educational initiative and online platform created by Sugata Mitra that explores self-organized learning by enabling children to learn collaboratively with minimal teacher intervention.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| School in the Cloud canonical | 2 |
| School in the Cloud project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5070947 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School in the Cloud Context triple: [Sugata Mitra, knownFor, School in the Cloud]
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A.
Behind the Cloud
"Behind the Cloud" is a business and leadership book by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff that chronicles the company’s growth and shares strategies for building a successful cloud-based enterprise.
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B.
Cloud Campus
Cloud Campus is Deakin University’s fully online campus, providing digital access to courses and student services for remote and flexible study.
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C.
Get Off of My Cloud
"Get Off of My Cloud" is a 1965 rock song by the Rolling Stones that became a major international hit and a defining early example of their rebellious sound.
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D.
School of Access
The School of Access is an academic division at Camosun College that focuses on preparatory, upgrading, and access-oriented programs to help students transition into further education or employment.
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E.
To Reach the Clouds
To Reach the Clouds is Philippe Petit’s memoir recounting his daring high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center in 1974.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School in the Cloud Target entity description: School in the Cloud is an educational initiative and online platform created by Sugata Mitra that explores self-organized learning by enabling children to learn collaboratively with minimal teacher intervention.
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A.
Behind the Cloud
"Behind the Cloud" is a business and leadership book by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff that chronicles the company’s growth and shares strategies for building a successful cloud-based enterprise.
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B.
Cloud Campus
Cloud Campus is Deakin University’s fully online campus, providing digital access to courses and student services for remote and flexible study.
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C.
Get Off of My Cloud
"Get Off of My Cloud" is a 1965 rock song by the Rolling Stones that became a major international hit and a defining early example of their rebellious sound.
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D.
School of Access
The School of Access is an academic division at Camosun College that focuses on preparatory, upgrading, and access-oriented programs to help students transition into further education or employment.
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E.
To Reach the Clouds
To Reach the Clouds is Philippe Petit’s memoir recounting his daring high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center in 1974.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational initiative
ⓘ
online learning platform ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SOLE platform ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Newcastle University ⓘ |
| basedOnConcept |
Self-Organized Learning Environments
ⓘ
linked to:
SOLE (Self-Organized Learning Environments)
self-organized learning ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| creator | Sugata Mitra ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
TED talks by Sugata Mitra
ⓘ
educational research publications ⓘ |
| educationalApproach |
collaborative learning
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inquiry-based learning ⓘ minimal teacher intervention ⓘ |
| encourages |
collaborative problem solving
ⓘ
self-regulation in learning ⓘ student autonomy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
child-driven learning
ⓘ
critical thinking skills ⓘ digital literacy ⓘ peer-to-peer learning ⓘ problem-solving skills ⓘ |
| fundingSource | TED Prize ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
cloud-based coordination of volunteers
ⓘ
online platform for SOLE sessions ⓘ physical learning labs ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
enable children to learn collaboratively
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explore self-organized learning ⓘ reduce dependence on formal teaching ⓘ support independent learning by children ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
big questions to drive inquiry
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group work around shared computers ⓘ remote facilitation by mediators ⓘ use of internet resources for learning ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Hole in the Wall learning stations
ⓘ
linked to:
Hole in the Wall experiment
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| launchContext | Sugata Mitra 2013 TED Prize wish ⓘ |
| monitors | learning outcomes in SOLEs ⓘ |
| operatesAs | non-traditional school model ⓘ |
| pedagogicalFoundation |
constructionism
ⓘ
social constructivism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hole in the Wall experiment
ⓘ
Sugata Mitra TED Prize wish ⓘ
linked to:
TED Prize
|
| supportsLanguage | English ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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middle school students ⓘ primary school students ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
computers shared by groups of children
ⓘ
internet connectivity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: School in the Cloud Description of subject: School in the Cloud is an educational initiative and online platform created by Sugata Mitra that explores self-organized learning by enabling children to learn collaboratively with minimal teacher intervention.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: School in the Cloud