Reinventing & redefining education ICT way

1. Reinventing & Redefining
Education
Preparing students for the 21st century through
ICT enabled education
Dr. Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri
Basanti Devi College, Kolkata-29

2. Contents
• Definition ICT
• Why ICT?
• Potential of ICT
• Our ICT Infrastructure
• What is asked by the NAAC?
• Interplay of NAAC Accreditation & CAS Promotion of
Teachers
• Preparing students for the 21st Century
• Traditional Mode of Teaching
• Present Socio-cultural-technological milieu
• Present Tech Skill of Learners
• Present Learning Environment
• Need to Rethink, Reinvent & Redefine Education
• For a better tomorrow

3. What is ICT(Information &
Communication Technologies)?
ICTs
Telephone
Networks
Computer
Networks
A-V
Technology

4. Why ICTs?
• Imbalance in demand-supply (quantity of quality
educational opportunities) , leaving no alternative
to the use ICTs in education
• ICTs become increasingly affordable, accessible,
and interactive in revolutionizing educational
content and delivery, and in fostering “e- literacy.”

5. Potential of ICTs in Education

6. Our ICT Infrastructure
Fully Internet & Wi-Fi Connected Central Library, Reading Room, UGC-Network
Resource Centre and ICT Teaching- Learning Centre
CCTV Surveillance in the Central Library & in the Reading Room
28 Standalones, LAN connected with HP LASER Printer & Scanner
Very sophisticated Firewall System for safe browsing
3M shadow less patented super projection system
BOSE & Senniheiser Acoustic System
High end Cannon Digital Copier
11 Free VPN connectivity from the MHRD & BSNL internet connectivity for internet
connection
2 Sophisticated LED Projectors have been added very recently to it for more ICT
penetration

7. What is asked by the NAAC ?
• Criterion I: Curricular Aspects
1.1.4. How does the curriculum cater to inclusion/integration of Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) in the curriculum, for equipping the
students to compete in the global employment markets?
• Criterion II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
2.3.4. How does the institution ensure that the students have effective learning
experiences? (Use of modern teaching aids and tools like computers, audio-
visuals multi-media, ICT, CAL , Internet and other information /materials)
2.4.5. How often does the institution organize training programmes for the
faculty in the use of?
• Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources
4.4.3 How are the faculty facilitated to prepare computer-aided teaching/
learning materials? What are the facilities available in the college for such
efforts?
• Criterion V: Student Support and Progression
5.2.11. Is there a provision for acquiring computer skills / literacy for all
students, in the curriculum? If yes, give details on how it is imparted, and
level of proficiency.

8. Interplay of NAAC Accreditation & CAS
Promotion of Teachers
• Now let me clear that NAAC accreditation is now mandatory for all HEIs in
India as per (Mandatory Assessment and Accreditation of higher
Educational Institutions Regulations, 2012) published in the Gazette of
India in , JANUARY 19—JANUARY 25, 2013.
• This is also connected with CAS promotion scheme of the teachers. The
latest format published by the Govt. of WB (Complying UGC
Recommendation)( Memo No. ED- 103/2013 Dated, the 18 February 2013)
for CAS promotion of teachers of Non-Govt. colleges shows as:
• Part B: Academic Performance Indicators (API)
• CATEGORY 1: TEACHING, LEARNING AND EVALUATIONRELATED ACTIVITIES
• (iii) Use of participatory and innovative teaching-learning methodologies;
updating of subject content, course improvement etc.
• (e) Use of ICT or Computer-aided methods – ppt: 5
• (f) Use of ICT – Multi-media/Simulation etc: 5 /Max 10
• (k) Organizing & cond. of popul. Prog. /Teaching Web-based/E-Library/IT-
asst teaching: Workshop/Training - 10 points; Popularization program - 5
points

9. Are we preparing our students for the
21st Century???
Change is
Constant
If we do not embrace the change we are bound to become
obsolete
“Who dares to teach must never cease to learn”
(John Cotton Dana)(1856-1929)

10. Traditional Mode of Teaching
content
Formulas Research
Facts Dates
theories
Information

11. Consider present socio-cultural-
technological milieu

12. Present Tech Skills of Learners
Tech
Skills
Sharing
Linking
Commenting
Tagging
Paraphrasing
Mashing
Searching
Attributing

13. Present Learning Environment
• Students can find Content
Anything
Anywhere
Anytime
Fact is , with the information revolution education
has become borderless. It remains no more
within the four walls.
Teachers are no longer the only source of Knowledge

14. Need to Rethink , Reinvent &
Redefine Education
• Teacher need to reinvent the type of content &
types of problems we ask in the classroom
• Teacher has become more relevant in ICT
enabled learning Environment than ever before
• Teacher will help how to:
• Credible source, validate, synthesize, leverage,
communicate & collaborate information
• Create, apply, evaluate and publish it
• To use reference and awareness about plagiarism
& copyright

15. Contd…
• Example:
• Students may be asked this type of questions
like
• Answer the following questions using any
resources you wish. You must explain, justify
and evaluate your opinion & resources
(Answer of this kind of question is nowhere
available-online or offline)

16. “TEACHING IN THE INTERNET AGE MEANS
WE MUST TEACH TOMORROW’S SKILLS
TODAY.” – JENNIFER FLEMING
“ If we teach today as we taught
yesterday, we rob our children of
tomorrow"- John Dewey
For a better tomorrow…