IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVNESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION USING TECHNOLOGY
Presented By: Firoz Thairinil
TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION
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IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION IN NORMAL LIFE
• Behavioral Change •
People Became More Self Contained – Almost everything is available at their finger tips
• Social Change • •
Virtual Living – Social Apps, Virtual Gathering People prefer/comfortable spending time inside home than outside
People becomes more comfortable with gadgets than humans
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Highly Used • • • • • • •
Information Application Process Student Administration Record Keeping Database Management Communication Supplementing Resources – e-library
Marginally Used • Delivery •
Multi-media classroom
• Assessments
EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCTION – VALUE CREATION
EFFECTIVENESS IS THE KEY DETERMINING FACTOR OF VALUE
MAJOR CHALLENGES IN HE SEGMENT TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS – MBA CONTEXT • MANAGING DIVERSITY • • • • •
Diverse Nationality Diverse Experience Diverse Culture Diverse Age Group Diverse Knowledge Levels
• TEACHING RESOURCES •
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Lack of Effective faculties who are capable of influencing the learner and value creation Compromising quality
• APPLICATION & COACHING •
Time constrain in the classroom to practice application and attending individuals and coaching
VALUE CREATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF PRACTISED WITH CONTEXTUALISED APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE GUIDANCE OF AN EXPERENCED MENTOR/COACH
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES USING TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYING “HD CHROMA SHOT INTERACTIVE SLIDE CLASSES” THROUGH VLE • MANAGING DIVERSITY • • • • •
Unify the knowledge using effective video classes prepared by key resources with interactive slides and electronic quizzes to teach basics, theories, processes etc.
Diverse Nationality Diverse Experience Diverse Culture Diverse Age Group Diverse Knowledge Levels
• TEACHING RESOURCES •
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Limited availability of Effective faculties who capable of influencing the learner Compromising Quality
• APPLICATION & COACHING •
Limit the Usage of Effective Resources to Key Areas
Time constraint in the classroom to practice application and attending individuals and coaching
Convert classrooms to discussion forum and workshops
HOW TO DO THAT? View Sample Video Class •
Identify the areas which can be converted to video classes Definitions Theories Processes Formulas Calculations Examples Concepts
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More than 70% of faculty time is being spend to teach such items in a conventional classroom
Develop Electronic Gating Quiz • • •
Implement Gating Quiz one day prior to the class/lesson Quiz has to be made based on the video classes of relevant lesson Put a minimum gating score to permit to the classroom
This will ensure that all the learners posses unified understanding of the lesson/subject , so that faculties can spend adequate time on application in different contexts – Optimum and Effective usage of right resources and improves the overall effectiveness of learning
BENEFITS
• Better Learner Experience • Enhanced knowledge of application which improves the performance at the work place – Value Creation • Managing the Diversity • Better and effective use key effective resources • Possible to utilize key effective resources in multiple areas/batches