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Until now VIT has gone through three accreditation cycles with ABET and
has gained very valuable experience. The university has also groomed faculty
with expertise to conduct international benchmarking, create continuous
quality improvement mechanisms, respond to the stake holders needs and
expectations, assure currency in curricula, devise appropriate assessment
processes for the academic program and assure that program objective and the
outcomes are met or exceeded in each case. With its experience, VIT can help
other institutions with the following:
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Offering mentoring to Indian institutions interested in ABET
accreditation
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Conducting workshops and seminars to prepare faculty
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Providing support for benchmarking exercises
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Helping establish continuous quality improvement processes
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Assessing and evaluating programs internally
To Contribute towards Developing Technology Based Education
Our higher educational needs can be met not only through instruction provided
in the classrooms, but also through education that uses technology based
processes. The use of technology will enable interdisciplinary and inter
institutional collaboration to develop instructional material and to teach
effectively. It will enhance the learning opportunities for students. VIT sees
greater opportunities in working with IITs and other national institutions and
international partners to develop instructional material and deliver them to a
larger segment of students within and outside the universities. The massive
open online courses (MOOC), made available to a larger segment of the
population at no cost, can have a major national impact. VIT sees a role for
itself in contributing to national higher education.
To Use Project Based Learning to Enrich Educational Process
Project based learning (PBL) has become a proven method to get students
engaged, feel challenged, and it offers them with rewarding learning
experiences. PBL is changing the traditional learning process for better. VIT
has recognized PBL as an important means to provide the students with
opportunities to apply their skills to real world problems. Based on its
experiences with PBL, VIT plans to make it as an integral part of the teaching
and learning process.
Challenges
Compete Globally
VIT’s aspiration is to become a globally ranked university. In this quest, we
face the following challenges:
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Continuing to improve the teaching and learning process and be
recognized as one of the best institutions