2014.
January.
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Seminar on "Effective Learning"
6 January 2014, VMCC Auditorium, 2.00 pm.
Jointly organized by FAC and the student body Kontemplat.
The seminar is the first in a series of events
aimed at creating "a culture of effective learning"
in which learning expectations are specified, learning fundamentals
are explained, and help and directions are provided to learners for
enhancing the effectiveness of their learning experiences.
Over 200 students attended the seminar.
Outline of the seminar:
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What is knowledge --- Levels of Learning (Professor A. Pandey, School of Management)
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Principles of Learning and Thinking
- The Process of Learning (Professor D. M. Dhamdhere, CSE Department)
- How to Represent Knowledge (Professor B. L. Tembe, Chemistry Department)
- How to Organize One's Thinking (Professor D. M. Dhamdhere, CSE Department)
- Effective Thinking in the Real World (Professor D. M. Dhamdhere, CSE Department)
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Peer Learning (Professor G. Ramakrishnan, CSE Department)
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Time Management in Learning (Mr Deepak Bharwani, Pragati Leadership)
Summary of the Seminar
February.
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Workshop on "Instructional Design with Active Learning"
22 and 23 February 2014 (Saturday and Sunday), 9.00 am - 1.00 pm,
F C Kohli Auditorium
Organized by: Prof D M Dhamdhere and Prof M Vinjamur
Postponed to July 2014.
March.
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New documents outlining FAC goals and strategy concerning a culture of learning
July.
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FAC organized two events
on the occasion of the
First Annual Orientation Program for New Faculty
organized by Dean (Faculty), Dean (AP), and Forum for Academic Culture,
14 July 2014, 9.30 am - 5.30 pm, Gulmohar Banquet Hall.
65 faculty registered online for the events.
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Discussion on
"What should be our expectations from students"
14 July 2014, 11.15 pm - 2.00 pm, Gulmohar Banquet Hall
organized by Prof D M Dhamdhere, Prof Ashish Pandey,
and Prof Virendra Sethi
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Motivation
From its inception, FAC has worked on the theme that enrichment of
the academic culture requires a sustained dialog between all stake-holders
where each party would project its expectations from other parties in
the spirit of mutual understanding and a desire to reconcile different
viewpoints. Such a dialog would require the faculty to project its
expectations from students, and vice versa. This discussion was
aimed at projecting academic expectations of the faculty from students.
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Format of the discussion
Dean (AP) outlined the purpose and scope of the discussion,
followed by brief presentations by Prof D K Ghosh, Physics, and
Prof S Sudarshan, Computer Science & Engineering. Participants worked in groups
of 5-7 persons to exchange views and list expectations. Each group
shared its key points in a general discussion, and later worked on
how faculty can facilitate fulfilment of their expectations from students.
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Participants
Over 65 faculty from various departments of IITB.
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Video recording of the discussion
Video
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Workshop on
"Comprehension, Learning, and Instructional Design"
14 July 2014, 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm, Gulmohar Banquet Hall
organized by Prof D M Dhamdhere, Prof Ashish Pandey, Prof Madhu Vinjamur,
and Prof Virendra Sethi
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Motivation
Faculty, whether young or experienced, often face situations where
students do not take interest in a lecture, do not retain much from a
meticulously prepared lecture, or do not answer examination questions at
the correct level, e.g., they might describe "what" is to be done in a
given situation even when a question asks "why" or "how" it is to be done.
Faculty can employ Instructional Design techniques to avoid such frustrating
experiences. Instructional Design helps to verify that students have the
necessary prerequisites for a topic, ensure that they would acquire
new concepts well, and guarantee that they would know how to
answer examination questions at the correct level.
These sessions discussed, for the first time
in IITB, various aspects of Instructional Design such as how to specify
learning outcomes of a topic and how to plan instruction such that
desired learning would result. These sessions provided take-aways
that the faculty could use in their courses straightaway.
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Program
2.00 am - 3.15 pm : Comprehension and Learning Objectives of Courses
3.45 pm - 5.00 pm : Learning Theories and Instructional Design
5.00 pm - 5.30 pm : Discussion
In the hands-on sessions, participants worked in small groups
to develop an instruction plan for a topic or course of their choice.
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Participant Feedback
In written feedback, participants commented positively on
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Importance of being clear in your mind as to what level in Bloom's taxonomy
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Importance of activating prior knowledge
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Importance of breaking up content in small modules
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A slightly different (than what I already had) perspective on how learning works
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Should be made compulsory for all new faculty members.
August.
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Seminar on "Effective Learning" for CSE Btech2 Students
22 August 2014, 3.45 pm - 5.30 pm, F. C. Kohli Auditorium
organized by Prof D M Dhamdhere, Prof Ganesh Ramakrishnan and Prof Ashish Pandey
- Purpose
The seminar aims to create "a culture of effective learning"
in which learning expectations are specified, learning fundamentals
are explained, and help and directions are provided to learners for
enhancing the effectiveness of their learning experiences.
Such a culture would project the learning expectations to learners
as they enter IITB and would form a context for the learning and
teaching activities. In some sense, the culture would constitute the
new paradigm for learning
at IITB.
The reference documents contain details of the complete scheme for
creating a culture of effective learning.
2015.
January.
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Video recording of the workshop
"Comprehension, Learning, and Instructional Design"
Organized by Prof D M Dhamdhere, Prof Ashish Pandey, Prof Madhu Vinjamur,
and Prof Virendra Sethi
On the occassion of the
First Annual Orientation Program for New Faculty
organized by Dean (Faculty), Dean (AP), and Forum for Academic Culture,
14 July 2014, 9.30 am - 5.30 pm, Gulmohar Banquet Hall.
April.
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Document "Facilitating Knowledge Construction by Learners --- An exercise in Course Design"
by Prof D M Dhamdhere, CSE Department
Abstract
The constructionist view of learning holds that knowledge is not
transferred from an instructor to a learner, but is constructed
by the learner. The instructor facilitates knowledge construction by
designing appropriate learning experiences. The active learning
approach holds that learner learns best by getting involved in a
learning experience. This document describes an exercise in
course design to facilitate knowledge construction by learners for
CS 347: Operating Systems in the January--April 2015 semester,
using an innovation called Think-Discuss-Share (TDS) peer groups.
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