NPTEL KERALA WORKSHOP ON - Chinmaya Institute of Technology

NPTEL KERALA WORKSHOP ON
ENHANCING QUALITY OF TECHNICAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN
KERALA BY INTEGRATING NPTEL CONTENT AND OPEN EDUCATION
RESOURCES INTO COURSES OF DEGREE PROGRAMS
Jointly Hosted by NPTEL, Chinmaya Institute of Technology and
Government Engineering College – Cannanore
Home: http://www.chintech.org/nptel_workshop
WORKSHOP BROCHURE
ABOUT NPTEL
NPTEL is the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning – an initiative proposed and
coordinated by the seven older IITs and the IISc. It is funded by the MHRD Since 2004. The main objective
of NPTEL is to enhance the quality of engineering and science education in the country by developing
contents for undergraduate and postgraduate curricula using video and web based courses. The curricula in
these courses broadly cover the syllabi prescribed for the engineering programs in colleges under the
universities and approved by the AICTE. More than 1000 Faculty Members from the IITs and IISc have
contributed to developing the online e-content for the NPTEL courses.
The focus of NPTEL is to help the universities and colleges to use these contents and support technology
enhanced learning in courses for (i) higher education, (ii) professional education; (iii) Distance Education
and (iv) continuing and open education, roughly in that order of preference.
Today NPTEL provides the world's largest collection of curriculum oriented course contents. As of date there
are over 765 courses available online openly and freely accessible (under Creative Commons License) by
anyone interested in learning the concerned subjects. These will soon go up to more than 1000 courses. The
NPTEL Portal (http://nptel.ac.in/) and its sister YouTube streaming video Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/iit) host these courses. The portals log almost 4 million visits by users every
month. Students prepare for GATE examinations using these contents, teachers to refresh and as help in
preparing for their classes, employed persons and others use them to learn new subjects and revise their own
knowledge. 80% of users are from India.
NPTEL has just begun trial offering of online MOOC courses with 2 subjects and hopes to launch many
more in partnership with professional bodies like NASSCOM and others. These are available from
http://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/. NPTEL with MHRD is working out the details to launch a new Virtual
Science & Technology University. One objective of this university is to offer proficiency certification
courses and programs for teachers in the colleges under various universities. It is hoped that India with its
NPTEL will be able to provide quality science and technology education to all the students under its colleges
and universities.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The NPTEL-Kerala workshop is being held at a time when Kerala is launching its own Technical University
and desires to be a major education destination for aspiring students. In the light of this, the workshop aims
to enhance the awareness of the participants to the issues related to integrating developments like the NPTEL
and some key MHRD's NME-ICT initiatives like the Virtual Labs and the Pedagogy Project in the
universities, colleges and classrooms. The TEQUIP colleges in Kerala will benefit as the workshop will
introduce web-supported Course Lesson Plans that will help integrating laboratory and software tools based
course activities in class management. The workshop is aimed at teachers, Principals, HODs and those in
charge of education administration at various levels.
The workshop will be addressed by eminent academicians and experts associated with the NPTEL, Pedagogy
Project, Virtual Labs, NME-ICT, Kerala Technical University and other universities of Kerala. The workshop
is aimed at teachers, Principals, HODs, TEQUIP associated faculty members and those in charge of
education administration in the universities and Directorates.
A special address by Swami Tejomayananda, the Chief of Chinmaya Mission is being organized during
the workshop. He will also be giving evening public discourses during the workshop dates.
Workshop Coordinators
1. Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, Chinmaya Institute of Technology;
2. Prof. V. Syam Prakash, Principal
& Member Program Implementation Committee, NPTEL
Government Engineering College, Kannur
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 09447490678
Office Phone: 0497 2780026
3. Workshop Email: [email protected]: Workshop Office Phone: 0497 2822923/3534; Fax: 2824240
ORGNIZATION AND ARRANGEMENTS
The workshop schedule is given in the attached program schedule. Experts from the Government
Engineering College, Kannur, Kannur University, College of Engineering – Trivandrum, Directorate of
Technical Education, NPTEL, NME-ICT, Virtual Labs Project, Pedagogy Project have been invited to be
associated with the organization. Chinmaya Institute of Technology is taking care of the arrangements of the
hosting venue, food and other arrangements.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?
Teachers in Engineering Colleges, those associated with TEQUIP Program, HODs of Engineering and
Science Departments, Principals, those who are chairing, convening or contributing as members of Board of
Studies, Academic Councils, Education Management officials – Vice Chancellors, Pro VCs, serving officals
in higher education related Government Directorates and Departments – all of them will benefit by
participating in the workshop. We expect this to be the first of a series of such workshops in Kerala dedicated
to modernizing the education system through Technology Enhanced Learning and Class and Course
Management. The workshop covers a broad range of issues related to education management in the light of
modern developments in Technology, E-Learning, Open Education Resources and so on.
REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee for the workshop. Travel Allowance (TA) will be provided to all outstation
participants as per NPTEL Rules and regulations. Those under TEQUIP may use the support provided
under TEQUIP as per its rules. Participants may use the form in the brochure as well as register online.
Efforts will be made to inform all the Principals of Engineering Colleges for themselves to participate as well
as encourage some of their teachers to participate. Efforts are being taken to provide accommodation in
available Guest Houses and Hostels. Accommodation arrangements are being overseen by the Government
College of Engineering, Kannur.
Registration may be done online or by duly filling the form provided with the Program Schedule. It may also
be done online in workshop web page at http://www.chintech.org/nptel_workshop
CONTACT AND ORGANIZATION DETAILS
The NPTEL Workshop is jointly organized by NPTEL, Chinmaya Institute of Technology and Government
Engineering College – Kannur. The Coordinators are
i. Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, Director, Chinmaya Institute of Technology
ii. Prof. V. Syam Prakash, Principal, Government Engineering College, Kannur
iii. Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan, NPTEL National (Web) Coordinator and Professor, IIT Madras
Other key Higher Education related officials have helped in the workshop organizations as cited below.
i. Shri T.P. Sreenivasan, Vice Chairman, Kerala State Higher Education Council
ii. Prof. J. Letha, Director, Technical Education, Kerala
iii. Prof. V. Gopakumar, Special Projects Facilitation Unit, Directorate of Technical Education
Workshop Conveners: for Web Coordination, Registration and Participants Contact
Prof. Kavitha Rajan, Chinmaya Institute of Technology
Email: [email protected] Mobile: 9966655730
Convener, Accommodation and Workshop Organization
Dr. P. Sooraj, Government College of Engineering, Kannur
Email: [email protected]; Mobile: 9895735382
Mobile: 9656109102
General: Email: [email protected] Office Landline: 0497 2822923/3534
Office Assistance: Shri C. Manoj, Admin Officer; Smt. M.P. Reshmi, Asstt. Librarian
PROGRAM SCHEDULE OF NPTEL – KERALA WORKSHOP ON
ENHANCING QUALITY OF TECHNICAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN
KERALA BY INTEGRATING NPTEL CONTENT AND OPEN EDUCATION
RESOURCES INTO COURSES OF DEGREE PROGRAMS
Dates: Oct. 20-21, 2014
Venue: Chinmaya Institute of Technology, Kannur
Workshop Day 1: Monday 20-10-14
Overview of NPTEL, Indian and Global Developments in Higher Education
09:00-10:00 AM
09:30-10:00 Hrs.
10:00-10:45 AM
10:45-11:00 AM
11:00-11:30 AM
11:30-12:15 PM
12:15-01:00 PM
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Registration
Welcome and Inaugural Session; Workshop Overview
Inaugural Keynote – Prof. M.S. Ananth
Tea Break
Address by Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthy
An Overview of NME-ICT, NKN and related national initiatives.
Role of Higher Education Council and RUSA – Presentation by Shri
T.P. Sreenivasan, Vice Chairman, KSHEC
01:00-01:45 PM
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Lunch Break
01:45-02:30 PM
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02:30-03:30 PM
03:30-04:15 PM
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04:15-05:00 PM
05:30-05:30 PM
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Modern Perspectives in Quality Assurance in Higher Education:
Prof. K.R. Srivathsan
NPTEL Overview by Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan
On Virtual Labs developments – Prof. Ranjan Bose / Prof. Venkatesh
Choppella
On MOOC, Flip Class and TEL enabled class management systems.
Summary of the day
06:00 PM ff
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Evening Public Discourse by Swami Tejomayananda
Day-2: Tuesday 21-10-2014
Reinventing the Technical University with NPTEL and Cloud Collaborations
09:00—9:45 AM
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A Vision for the Kerala Technical University: Prof. K. Isaac VC / Prof.
Abdur Rehman Pro VC of Kerala Technical University
Washington Accord and the Pedagogy Project: Prof. A.K. Ray
Tea Break
Special Address by Swami Tejomayananda, Chinmaya Mission
Introducing 'TALEEM' Framework and Quality Assurance in TEL' by
Prof. K.R. Srivathsan
On Academia-Industry Collaboration for Quality Education: Shri
Vishal Verma, Trustee, University of California at Merced
09:45-10:30 AM
10:30-10:45 AM
10:45-11:45 AM
11:45-12:30 AM
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12:30-01:15 PM
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01:15-02:00 PM
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Lunch Break
02:00-03:30 PM
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03:30-04:30 PM
04:30-05:00 PM
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Panel Discussion on “Integrating the developments of TEQUIP,
NPTEL, Virtual Labs and Pedagogy projects for enhanced quality of
professional education.”
Summary of Recommendations and Valedictory Function
Tea
06:00PM ff
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Evening Public Discourse by Swami Tejomayananda
REGISTRATION FORM for the NPTEL Kerala Workshop
Please fill the following form, scan and send it by email to [email protected].
Online Registration Form may also be filled up. This is provided at the workshop website:
http://www.chintech.org/nptel_workshop.
Name of Institute:
Address:
Contact Number:
Fax:
Number of Participants:
Participants Details
Name of Director/Principal of College/Institute:
Email:
Name(s) of Participants
1.
Designation:
Mobile:
Email:
2.
Designation:
Mobile:
Email:
3.
Designation:
Mobile:
Email:
(More may be added in the space below.)
NPTEL Travel Guidelines are available from:
http://nptel.ac.in/pdf/Travel%20reimbursement%20guidelines.pdf
Participants from TEQUIP colleges are advised to use their project support for travel.