The IQAC at S.V. College has realised the importance of providing a suitable and authentic e-learning platform to its students that is in accordance with the instruction imparted in the classroom, the syllabus of the University and in sync with the unique learning challenges faced by the students of the Hindi heartland of the country. The following measures were proposed to advance an integrated e-learning strategy
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Strategic Plan
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Implementation
Status
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Increased
use of digital teaching aids in the classroom.
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Multimedia projectors are available in several
departments like History, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Computer Science, etc.
and are being used effectively for imparting instruction to students. A
central facility of multimedia projector, speaker and computer has been
developed for use by departments that do not have their own hardware.
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A
YouTube channel of the institution featuring videos of important
lessons.
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You
tube channel of the college has been created and is being updated.
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An
e-learning studio for digital content creation.
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E-Learning
studio has been developed. More hardware and software is being arranged based
on experience with the usage of existing infrastructure.
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An
educational blog to provide class notes, tips on making notes, use of
coloured pencils/pens for greater impact in examinations, providing curated
lists of online and offline resources to students, etc.
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Educational
Blog has been developed. Content is being updated.
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Use of
smartphones for in class learning.
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Besides
WhatsApp, teachers also use smartphones to show YouTube videos to students in
class. The increased ownership of smartphones and awareness about the
possibilities of turning it into a learning device have been helped by
the sharing of these best practices in teacher's meetings.
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Use of
WhatsApp messaging platform for creating off-campus, teacher led and
peer-group learning opportunities.
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Many Teachers are using WhatsApp for guiding students and clearing their doubts.
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Responding to the encouraging response of both teachers and students to the early steps in the digital learning initiative, the college is developing multiple digitally equipped classrooms/ seminar halls.
Teachers of S.V. College have been innovative in overcoming the restraints posed by infrastructure challenges. Teachers realised that it would be more fruitful to use existing mobile devices as students had access to the devices and were familiar with their use instead of trying to train them in the use of expensive computing devices. While students are encouraged to learn the use and applications of computers, the widespread use of mobile phones does not allow such hurdles to impede the implementation of the digital learning strategy in the college. The increased ownership of smartphones and awareness about the possibilities of turning it into a learning device have been helped by the sharing of these best practices in teacher's meetings.
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