National Workshop on Use and Deployment of Web and Video Courses for Enriching Engineering Education, At Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Ass

National Workshop on Use and Deployment of Web and Video Courses for Enriching Engineering Education, At Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam

About NPTEL

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) is a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) initiative to promote quality engineering education in the country through video and web based learning material. The seven Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore had been entrusted to produce web-based and video-based courses in 5 disciplines of Engineering (Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics & Communication/ Computer Science and Engineering) as well as in Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management areas. A total of 125 web-based and 135 video-based courses have been produced in these disciplines in the first phase of the project. These courses are being used as supplementary material, and also for training teachers in any institution.

The NPTEL courses are accessible through the NPTEL Website: http://nptel.iitm.ac.in The development of courses under second phase of NPTEL is in progress. There are about 500 web based and 516 video based courses in this phase. A total of 1016 courses are being proposed in the second phase of NPTEL.

Successful deployment and use of this considerable volume of course material, however, would depend largely on the acceptance and use of the same by user institutions. To create awareness regarding use of these courses by all institutions, a number of national workshops have been planned.

Workshop Objectives

Familiarize the user community with courses in their respective areas of interest
Discuss ways of increasing access to the course material
Obtain feedback on course quality & ways of improving NPTEL courses
Provide opportunities for user community to interact with course authors
Obtain feedback on ways of increasing integration of NPTEL courses with existing teaching practice Identify faculty/ institutions interested in creating / supporting courses .

Workshop Participants

Faculty members of relevant disciplines from all AICTE and UGC approved institutions/Universities are invited to participate. The relevant disciplines are: Core Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical Engg. The maximum number of participants will be restricted to 50 and participants will be registered on a first-come-first-serve basis. A certificate of participation will be issued at the end of the course to all participants. Contact address is provided at the end of the brochure for confirmation of registration and accommodation before arrival at IIT Guwahati. The last date of registration is 30th September 2011

About IIT Guwahati

IIT Guwahati is located on the outskirts of the city of Guwahati, on the north-bank of the river Brahmaputra.
The institute is around 20 km from the heart of the city and around 35 min drive from the Guwahati Airport.
To reach the institute from the city the institute bus service can be availed that ply regularly to and from
the city and . Private car and autorickshaw from airport/ railway station / bus terminus are also available for coming to IIT Guwahati.

commodation and Transport

Accommodation will be arranged at IIT Guwahati Guest House or hostels inside the IIT campus. Allotments will be made based on availability. Kindly note that, the last date for registration is 30th Sept, 2011 .The requests for participation received after the due date will not be considered. The participants may
confirm the details of accommodation through email/phone. The organizing committee is not responsible for providing accommodation for participants who do not receive confirmation from the organizers by mail.
Please check the workshop website for further details.

Financial Support

All teachers from AICTE and UGC recognized institutions will be paid TA in AC 3 Tier/Bus on the shortest route on produce of journey ticket. Local hospitality shall be provided by the organizers to all participants. The workshop participants are requested to produce an authorization letter from their respective Heads of the Institution.

Workshop Sessions

Lectures by eminent scholars on NPTEL course development, deployment and other relevant topics on
modern educational technology will be delivered during technical session of the workshop. Besides
these, course viewing sessions and interactive session with subject matter experts (SMEs) will be conducted. Programme will be available in the website in due course of time.

Last Date of Registration: 30th September, 2011

Contact Us

Prof. Sudip Talukdar
Head,Centre for Educational Technology,
IIT Guwahati, Phone: (0361) 2583001, 2583025
Fax: 0361 2690762 Email Id: hoccet@iitg.ernet.in
website: http://www.iitg.ernet.in/cet/workshop2011/workshop-brochure-2011.pdf

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