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Innovative Practices
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BEST PRACTICE – No.2
Title of the Practice : Let’s teach differently – Use of ICT in class rooms.
Goal / Objectives of the proposal
The objectives of this practice, Use of ICT in class rooms, are as follows:
• To improve effective teaching learning process and make learning
process more enjoyable.
• To make the students to be more attentive and participative in class.
• To share the information from anywhere in an effective and
organized manner.
• To bridge the communication gap between the students and the
faculty.
The Context
VIT encourages its faculty to use innovative methods to teach in class rooms
as Lecture Method which does not have potentiality of achieving majority of
above mentioned objectives. The objectives are multi-dimensional in nature,
so for their achievement multiple methods should be used in an integrated
fashion. ICT can fill this gap because it can provide access to different sources
of information and it is evident that one person cannot be an expert in entire
subject. ICT will provide correct information as comprehensive as possible in
different formats with different examples. ICT provides online interaction
facility. Students and teachers can exchange their ideas and views, and get
clarification on any topic from different experts, practitioners, etc. It helps
learners to broaden the information base. ICT provides variety in the
presentation of content which helps learners in concentration, better
understanding, and long retention of information which is not possible
otherwise. The learners can get opportunity to work on any live project with
learners and experts from other countries. ICT is been used for online tutoring,
evaluation, as virtual laboratory etc.
The Practice & Evidence
The facilities provided by Google like free site space, free document space is
widely used in teaching the courses. Courses websites are created every
semester by faculty which includes syllabus, class notes, attendance,
animations of topics, books, assignments and forum to share the ideas and it
also linked with external source of data about the subject. Paper based
submissions are reduced with the help of Google documents where the
students upload their answers in their area and they share with the faculty
directly. Every document is time stamped and no external checking whether
the student submitted on time is required.
Here are the sample course websites: