MiD DAY brings out progress report of all the projects undertaken for e-transformation of the varsity
MiD DAY brings out progress report of all the projects undertaken for e-transformation of the varsity
Bunking is no longer fun, courtesy e-learning. With video, animation, virtual labs and tech-savvy teachers, Delhi University (DU) students have smarter reasons to attend classes.u00a0
The revamped classroom has given a new dimension to learning.u00a0
E-contents
The Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILLL), which was launched by the university last year to promote e-learning, has already started developing multimedia content (e-lessons, e-quizzes and e-laboratory manuals) for 14 papers in 7 disciplines Botany, Commerce, Economics, Chemistry, History, Mathematics and Zoology based on University Grants Commission's model curriculum.
Over 7000 pages have already been uploaded on its portal.
Prof. A K Bakshi, director of ILLL said, "It is a big project. The initiative is aimed at encouraging better understanding of subjects. Content development for e-labs and e-quizzes is under process. Soon, the two sections will be updated."
Video Lectures
Students now have the facility to attend the lectures despite not being part of that particular classroom.
The varsity is working on a project to provide students with access to the video lectures from several colleges.
There will be a repository of 60-70 lectures from the best of the faculty members uploaded on ILLL website.
Faculty members of departments and colleges of the university have already been invited to record their video lectures for the first year students of Commerce, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Life Sciences and Arts.
For this purpose, the ILLL studio, where the lectures will be recorded, is on the verge of completion in next 10-15 days.u00a0
Recently, a lecture in English has been recorded at the Indraprastha College at the cost around Rs 40,000.
"Scripts for 14-15 video lectures have already been prepared which will be finally reviewed by an expert panel," said, ILLL director.
The project was initiated under the Rs 542.90 crore 'Pan-African e-Network Project', commissioned by the Ministry of External Affairs in February this year.
E-savvy teachers
Within this academic year, the university will also have its faculty trained in Information Communications Technology (ICT).u00a0 Starting from the basics to the advanced level, around 7,000 teachers are undergoing a comprehensive training in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation.
"Sometimes a teacher feels handicapped in the class while explaining various concepts. This is where ICT can play an important role. The whole project is in a nascent stage.," Bakshi said.
Online Examination
The Delhi University has already conducted its first ever online examination with a 60-minute paper on environmental sciences, conducted for the students of BSc at Miranda House and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Colleges.
Shreya Jain, a second year student of Hindu college said, "This was an excellent move by ILLL. Initiatives must be taken to expand such form of examinations to all the courses."
However expansion of such facilities in other colleges is still in the planning stage.
