The BodhiTree and SAFE Tools for Effective Online Teaching A Hands On Workshop

Introduction

List of participants shortlisted for 20 June interaction slot

List of participants shortlisted for 21 June interaction slot

(please note that the list is prepared on the basis of number of assignments attempted and the correct answer submitted)

IIT Bombay has conducted many large-scale teacher training workshops under the Train 10,000 Teachers (T10KT) programme, sponsored by the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT), MHRD, Govt. of India, and trained over 2,00,000 teachers.

Another successful technology developed at IIT Bombay is Spoken Tutorial, using which about 50 lakh students have been trained on various ICT topics. The effectiveness of this method can be seen from the testimonials available here: https://spoken-tutorial.org/testimonials/media/?foss=70 and the TEDx talk. This project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD.

The Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) at IIT Bombay, funded by the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching ( PMMMNMTT ) , MHRD, Govt. of India, has conducted many blended workshops combining the above two technologies, namely, T10KT and Spoken Tutorials.

In the next blended workshop, we will continue in the same mode as the earlier workshop: BodhiTree with pre-recorded videos and Google meet for live interactions. Using this combination, we now plan to conduct the workshop "The BodhiTree and SAFE Tools for Effective Online Teaching: A Hands-On Workshop" on Sat/Sun, 20-21 June 2020.

BodhiTree can be thought of as a video book, and SAFE is a platform for e-exams, both developed at IIT Bombay by Prof. Kameswari Chebrolu and her team. They have been extensively used at IIT Bombay in various courses.

Methodology of the Large-scale Workshop

After the online registration, the online study material will be shared with the registered participants. If there are any queries then they may either post the query on the BodhiTree discussion forum or they may ask their query during the online interaction with IIT Bombay course instructors.

The interaction session of 2-hours will be scheduled for participants who complete the online quizzes on BodhiTree, after watching relevant pre-recorded videos with side-by-side learning. The BodhiTree platform supports interactive learning: there will be questions within each video, as well as questions outside the video. These questions will help in the learning process. Those selected for the interaction session will also be provided with a temporary instructor account on BodhiTree as well as SAFE, to learn the instructor interface of these tools. The participants who successfully completed the earlier workshop on online teaching will be given preference.

Course content

1. Flipped classes for online teaching, their relevance in the current situation, and how to conduct them

2. BodhiTree LMS usage:
a. Creating a course
b. Enrolling students
c. Uploading content: in-video quizzes, out-of-video quizzes, documents
d. Communicating with students: discussion forum, email
e. Managing marks in the course
f. Handling lab reports using BodhiTree
g. Auto-graded programming assignments in BodhiTree

3. Introduction to SAFE: cheating-free e-exams for proctored venues, Uses of SAFE:
a. Quick, proxy-free attendance marking
b. Continuous assessment: quizzes
c. On the spot quiz in-class (clicker, KBC-like audience poll)
d. Longer duration objective exams
e. Handling subjective exams: contact-free e-correction of student’s papers

4. Hands-on activities using SAFE:
a. Creating a course, configuring it
b. Enrolling students
c. Taking classroom attendance
d. Creating an objective quiz, configuration
e. Creating subjective questions
f. Running a quiz
g. Contact and paper-free e-correction of subjective answers
h. Post-exam features in SAFE

Teaching Faculty

• Prof. Kameswari Chebrolu, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay
• Prof. Bhaskaran Raman, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay
• Prof. Varsha Apte, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay

Who Should Attend

As this workshop is not subject-specific, teaching faculty from all colleges (engineering, sciences, arts, commerce, management, law, medicine, etc.), polytechnic colleges, ITIs, and schools, can attend. Teachers registered in any Masters programme, and also all Research Scholars can also participate.

Why you should attend: The flipped classroom teaching model, as enabled by BodhiTree and SAFE tools have numerous advantages: (1) much better teaching and learning experience, (2) better physical distancing, (3) robust to network connectivity issues. This workshop will help you transition to this mode of effective AND efficient teaching.

Duration and Venue

The interaction session of the workshop will be conducted on Sat/Sun, 20-21 June 2020. It will be conducted through blended mode, using the BodhiTree platform as well as Google meet for live interaction. Participants must complete watching the online videos and the relevant online quizzes by 17 June 2020. The interaction duration will be 2 hours for each participant. The exact interaction schedule will be announced on 18 June 2020, as the exact timing will depend on the number of registrations.

Criteria for Certification

Two types of E-certificates will be provided:
1. “Participation” certificate will be given to those who attempt all of the in-video and out-of-video questions on BodhiTree by 17 June 2020.

2. “Successful completion” certificate will be provided to those who successfully complete the given exercises on their BodhiTree/SAFE instructor interfaces within the allotted time.

Course Fee

All our earlier blended workshops that did not involve any hardware charged Rs. 100 per participant. Because of COVID-19, however, there will be no fee for this workshop.

How to Apply

Enrollment will be strictly online, and no other mode of application will be entertained. The last date of registration is 15 June 2020, 12.30 pm.

The URL for registration :
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/workshopContent.html?workshopid=qV4kp7vUNMlp6trYwJh0ew

There will be NO remote centres in this workshop. During the online registration, one should opt for 'IIT Bombay' as a remote centre. In the registration page, 'Maharashtra' should be selected as the state and 'Indian institute of Technology Bombay' as the remote centre.

Accommodation

Not applicable

Note

Technical Requirements

• Laptop or desktop: Linux or Windows OS
• Microphone and speaker must be working
• “Reasonable” Internet connection
• Android smart-phone/tablet or iPhone

Address For Communication

Dr. Kalpana Kannan
Project Coordinator, ESOS Project
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
Website - www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict