Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching-Learning Process

Introduction

IIT Bombay has been involved with distance synchronous education, since year 2000. We have trained over 1,36,000 teachers, in partnership with IIT Kharagpur, under the T10KT (Train 10 Thousand Teachers at a time) project sponsored by NMEICT. All training workshops so far, were on specific subjects of Engineering and Science Education, most of which are taught as core courses in our colleges and universities. These programs have been beneficial to the participating faculty.

Online educational methodology, and flipped classrooms with associated pedagogy of active learning, have quickly emerged as the mainstay of effective education in this century. However, most of our teachers lack skills and competencies for proper and effective use of ICT in education. It is thus an urgent national requirement that all our teachers, at least those teaching in our professional colleges, are empowered to use technology effectively, to enhance the quality of education.

Course content

1. Effective Blended/Hybrid Education

• Using available online resources in regular classroom
• Pedagogy of Active Learning
• Think-Pair-Share
• Peer Instruction
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Flipped Classroom

• Designing and Developing a MOOC
• Conducting a MOOC
• Effective Use of Discussion Forum
• Methods of Online Assessment
• Exposure to various MOOC platforms

• Using available autonomy
• Implementing Flipped Classrooms
• Recognition of Grades and Credits through MOOCs
• Factoring in marks of online assessment in regular courses
• Using “Assessment for Learning” while blending instruction

Teaching Faculty

Prof. Sridhar Iyer, IDP in ET, IIT Bombay
Prof. Sahana Murthy, IDP in ET, IIT Bombay
Mr. Jayakrishnan M, IDP in ET, IIT Bombay
Dr. Sameer Sahasrabudhe, Dept. of CSE, IIT Bombay
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak, Dept. of CSE, IIT Bombay

Who Should Attend

The registration for FDP201x - "Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching-Learning Process" will be limited to participants, who successfully complete the FDP101x.

Duration and Venue

This Two week FDP consists of three components as follows:
1. Online work by individual participants: Each participant is expected to access the online platform, using a PC at home or office, on any convenient day and time during the week, with an online test every week. Each participant has to spend 6 to 8 hours of efforts per week during this component of the FDP. This is equivalent to one day of work in a regular FDP. This activity will be spread over 5 calendar weeks: From Thursday 14 September 2017 to Thursday 12 October 2017.
2. Face-to-Face interaction: Participants will have to physically attend these sessions at their chosen or designated Remote Centres (RCs), established across the country by IIT Bombay. Focused interactive sessions with the participating teachers, will be conducted by the faculty from IIT Bombay. The discussions and local tutorial sessions will be moderated by the Workshop Coordinators appointed at each RC. This activity will be conducted on the weekends of: 16 & 17 September 2017 and 7, 8 October 2017.
3. Team Assignment: Teams of 3 to 5 members will be formed from amongst the participants at each RC. Each team is required to create and review the assignment, and submit the same online. Here again, each participant has to spend adequate effort, albeit in a coordinated manner with other members of the team.

Criteria for Certification

IIT Bombay will award certificates only to those participants who successfully complete prescribed online tests with minimum 50% aggregate score, and meaningfully participate in face-to-face sessions. AICTE has recognized this as a Two-week FDP.

Please go through the brochure thoroughly to know about the certification policy

Course Fee

Funding support from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) permits us to offer the FDP without any course fees. Participants have to take care of their expenses for travel/food during the A-VIEW interaction at Remote Centers.

How to Apply

The registration for FDP201x - "Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching-Learning Process" will be limited to participants, who successfully complete the FDP101x.
We will auto enroll the qualified participants of FDP101x.

Accommodation

Not applicable.

Note

Please note that this FDP is conducted under the aegis of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission for Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) through T10KT project of IIT Bombay. Live recording of the course and other created content would be released under Open Source, through a portal. The recorded CD/DVD of the course lectures would be available for distribution at cost, to any individual/ institution. All participants are required to sign a No Objection certificate for such release of contents contributed by them during and after the FDP. All contributors will be acknowledged.

Address For Communication

Dr. Kalpana Kannan,
Sr. Project Manager,
Department of CSE, Kanwal Rekhi Building,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai - 400 076.
Tel.: +91-22-2576 4989
Fax: +91-22-2572 0022
Email: eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in