Integration of ICT into Teaching Learning
Objectives
- To facilitate good communication between the students and teachers and thus promoting a better teaching-learning experience.
- Improving the quality and promotion of universalisation of education through the reduction of the digital divide
- To help students become more competent and confident so that they can use the basic knowledge and skills acquired to assist them in their daily lives.
- To prepare students for the world of tomorrow. It aims to help learners to have an open and flexible mind.
- To empower students who are unable to use this technology outside the college premises by ensuring sufficient access to those students.
- To facilitate good communication between the students and teachers and thus promoting a better teaching-learning experience.
The Practice
The IQAC has implemented a Learning Management System (LMS). Through the LMS every faculty uploads their digital content including PowerPoint, PDF and other e-content. The content is designed in a structured program and course wise. Students can access the e-content for their program and course through the online link as well through the mobile app. Once the content is accessed the accession record of the e-content is also created automatically by the software to help the faculties understand the effective usage of the e-content. The faculties have an option to create an online course in the LMS. the online course consists of multiple sections and chapters and may contain text, images, animations, videos from other webpages and content sites like YouTube. There is an integrated online MCQ module through which the faculties have implemented a Continuous Internal Assessment (CIE). For every module, question banks have been created. A random set of questions are generated for every student. The scores are automatically generated through the software. Students can take the MCQ through the mobile app or the online portal. The students securing lower marks in the MCQ are identified for remedial coaching or additional support through their mentors. The college has implemented high-speed internet connectivity through 1:1 leased internet connection with 50 MBPS bandwidth. The departments use projectors and Interactive Digital Boards/ Interactive Intelligent Panel that facilitate the better transaction of the teaching-learning plan. Network Resource Centre is an added advantage to teachers and students and thus reducing the digital divide and promoting the optimum usage of E-resources. E-Resource Development Centre / AV Lab ( Media Centre) equips the faculty members with a cutting edge in preparing digital learning resources. Offers wi-fi facility in the college and E-mail address in the college domain to every student. Subscribed N-List and made accessible to all teachers and students E-Resources and other E-content available on INFLIBNET and other portals are made available on the campus. Online Labs are introduced to the students for better comprehension. Some of the departments also use online assignment through which assignment is given to the students and the students submit the assignment as word file through the online portal. The assignment module of the LMS is also integrated with the plagiarism check software. Some PG Research projects are also submitted through it.
Evidence of Success
- The students have been able to understand the subject matter in a better way through illustrations and ICT content.
- The institution has been able to provide better support to the students through continuous monitoring with limited resources.
- The faculties have taken videos of lab procedures and made it available through the e-campus which has helped the students to understand the required procedures before the exam.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required
- All the faculties are not equally technology competent, so the institution has to arrange training for the faculties for using different ICT software.
- The management had to arrange for additional hardware such as projectors, smart boards to facilitate the ICT based teaching – learning.