How to improve the quality of students in the colleges

1. Polaris Academy of
Excellence
Empower minds through Innovative Teaching-Learning
Prepared by : Polaris Academy of Excellence Digital Learning Solution Architect

2. OBJECTIVE
Employability
Confidence
Building
Learn-Grow
towards
personal goal
Continuous
Learning

3. User Profile
Age 18 to 24 years
Educational Background Graduate to PG
English Language Proficiency
Required to know how to speak
/write in English and must work
with others
Most Preferred Learning Style
Practicing and hands on with
structured inputs. Opportunity:
Learn by observation, followed by
practice
Opportunities
Real world application, Motivation
and adaptability. Mostly academic
knowledge

4. Challenge & Opportunity
Challenge : 80% of students from Tier 2&3 do not know how to navigate
Roadblocks and how to unlock their potential
Opportunity : 10 million+ students graduate every year
Impact : Empower students for Life-Long Learning & Success beyond academy
by:
- Breakdown Barriers
- Shape them for personal and professional growth
Results : Enhance Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
- Develop a growth mindset (Embrace challenge, anticipate setbacks)
- Increased innovation skills (go out of box)
- Improve self confidence

5. P.A.E.S. (Polaris Academy of Excellence Stack) -
Approach
Empower
- Equip skills/knowledge through industry experts workshops/knowledge upskilling programs.
Collaborate
- Create a community by collaborating with lik minded professionals to build confidence,
overcome challenge and make informed decision
- Create a curriculum with right content focused for leadership skills (lead
project/teams/initiatives).
Distribute
- Ensuring that the content can be accessed by end-user anywhere, anytime
Establish
- Establish progress of the learner over the years with timely assessments (Outcome Based
Learning)

6. P.A.E.S. - Ecosystem
Learner
2. Exposure
Counselling
Peers
National Programmes
Assessments
1. Education
Professionals
Mentors
Courseware
Curriculum
3. Experience
Role Play
Gamification
Cause & Effect
Immersive AR/VR
Feedback
Academy of Excellence Stack

7. The Learners journey
1. Takes the pre-
assessment test.
This test will be indigenously
created to include the
geographic area, social status
of the learner.
2. Curated Curriculum
based on the
assessment test
results.
PAES Content
Live Sessions /
Offline Videos
Individual
Sessions
Group
Sessions -
Homogenous
Group
Sessions -
Heterogeneous
Role Play
3.Assessment at
every stage
4. P.A.E.S. certificate with
Rating
Certificate will have all the digital
recording(decision to be taken)
of Assessments taken by the
learner at each stage.
Training effectiveness as
feedback in to P.A.E.S.
Physical
Classrooms

8. Community
Learner
Peers / Alumni
Industry
Professionals
Interest
Grpups
Community PAES Live
P.A.E.S.
Stack
Content

9. Content
Content
Vernacular
MCQ
Voice
Based
Immersive -
VR
Immersive -
AR
Cause &
Effect
Role Play
Videos
Gamified
Community
- Content is created by the
community using the
P.A.E.S. Stack
- Content can be accessed
by both community and
learners

10. P.A.E.S. Stack
Content
Management
Analytics Engine
Assessment
Engine
Distribution
No Code
Authoring
Publishing
Pre
Assessment
Learning
Assessment
Rating System
Learner
No App
Streaming
OTT, DTH
Whitelabelled
API, SDK
Hosting & Domain
Content
Storage

11. Critical Challenges
Technology
- Bandwidth for last mile delivery of
content
- Device availability / model used by
the end user
Ecosystem
- Building a vibrant community
- Balancing affordability & profitability
Product Market Fit
- Target Audience to deliver needs
- Content generation (buy-in from
specialists)
Scale
- Physical Partnership Network - need
for last mile distribution partners
- Learner Stickiness to the Platform

12. Thank You

13. Pedagogy (Still not clear)
Duration Instructor
Led
(classroom
by experts)
Learn by
Doing (demos)
Peer Group
Learning
Project Based Mentoring Workshops
Plans
12 weeks
or 12
months

Master
class

On virtual
machine
(Tutored)

Guided as
per class
strength
Proposed Additional
live
lectures or
hangout
sessions
Guided 1:5

Case studies
1:1
charges
extra
Industry
led topics

14. Course Model – Week (Not clear)
No Type Format Purpose
Learner
Time
1 Introducing the week Class room Session
Introduce the content for the week, build its connect
to the weeks and describe how it fits within the
course
2 Course Orientation Live session with course instructor
3 Lecture
Face to Face + Workbook / Reading
material
Presentation of conceptual architecture of the
subject, its principles and practices.
3 hours
4
Lecture Review
Questions
Quiz with feedback (PPT classroom
mode)
Questions posed to students to enable basic
familiarity with the concepts delivered in the lectures
5
Reading Material /
Workbook
Text
Focussed reading material aligned with the lecture;
intended to simulate reading
5 Demonstration Video
The students will watch the manner in which the
concepts are put in practice
2 hours
6 Assignment Class room / F2F + Drill
Present the assignment for the week; talk about the
relevance of the assignment from an industry
perspective. Involve Drill (practice)
2 hours
7 Assignment Feedback Peer Group as well as Mentoring To provide feedback on the evaluated assignments 1 hour

15. Teaching – Learning Continuum
Learner
Learning
Methods
Workshop
Online
Blended
Physical Classroom
• Instructor Led Training
• Hands-on experience
• Assessments
| Classroom
environme
nt

16. Teaching – Learning Continuum
Online Self-paced Learning
• Videos by faculty/experts
• Could be in the form of Webinars, case
studies
• Quizzes
• Assessment
Anywhere
+ Anytime
|
Learner
Learning
Methods
Workshop
Online
Blended

17. Teaching – Learning Continuum
Learner
Learning
Methods
Workshop
Online
Blended
Blended Learning
• ILT Over Technology
• Remote & Virtual Labs
• Proctored Assessment
Anywhere
+
Classroom
|

18. Proposed course list & structure
Double click to open – we
need to vet this content if
delivered by experts.

19. Roles & Responsibilities
SME Digital Learning – Project
Coordinator
Head of Program
• Create design and all course
components
• Query resolution of content
• Sign off on all components
• Adherence of agreed timelines
• Onboard SMEs and vendor
• Share template and standards with SME,
vendor
• Review and add value (in terms of
instructional strategy, visuals, standards
etc.)
• Communicate plans with SME, vendors
(studio e.g.)
• Drive & deliver as per project plan with
SME, vendor and operation
• Highlight concerns or risks with
stakeholders (if any)
• Quality Control of LMS content
• Address query of users
• Sign-off Design, Content & Structure
• Share all raw files of Reading material, Quiz,
assignment, classroom PPT etc. with DL SPOC.
• Sign off on content and structure – post
completion, before release to learners
• Push SMEs for timelines and quality
• Sign off on Content if Similarity Index
(Plagiarism) is more than 10%