20.04.2015
The
5- day National Workshop on e- Content Development was from 16th
April to 20th April 2015. Mrs. Bindu B., Asst. Prof. MTTC welcomed
the resource persons, invited guests and delegates. Presidential address was delivered
by Dr. K. Y. Benedict. Principal of our College, Dr. Andrew Milton, Principal
Bethany College of Physiotherapy inaugurated the programme. Dr. S. Senthilnathan, Asst. Professor and Deputy Coordinator; Department of
Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University gave the Introductory Remark.
This was followed by vote of thanks by Mrs. Neena Thomas, Asst. Prof. MTTC.
There
was a session by Dr. Senthilnathan on ‘E-Learning- What and Why?’ After the lunch,
there was a session by Rev. Fr. Dr. P. Susai Manickam on Visual Communication. After
the tea break, Dr. Karpaka Kumaravel, former V.C Madhurai Kamaraj University
and Director, UGC Academic Staff Colleges, Dept. of Education Technology,
Bharathidasan University, gave a talk on ‘Trends and Development in Indian
Education and Instruction designing for E- Content’.
On
the second day, Fr. Susai Manickam gave a class about videography techniques.
This was followed by critical analysis of sample Short Learning Objects. After
this, Dr. Senthilnathan gave a demonstration on script writing. A few more
model SLO’s were keenly observed by the gathered and each participant decided
on short topics for which they would prepare SLO.
The
third day found all the participants busy with script writing & downloading
resources from the net. At about 11.00 in the morning, the shooting session
started. Parallely, the script writing and correction of scripts by the
resource persons continued.
The fourth day of the
workshop was dedicated to shooting and editing of SLOs which went on from 07:00
am till late night
On
the final day of the workshop Dr. Senthilnathan gave a presentation of funding
sources of projects and UGC schemes with regards to developing modules for
e-content. This was followed by presentations of SLOs developed during the
workshop. The valedictory function took place after lunch. It was presided over
by Dr. Jayasree, Research Officer, Kerala State Council for Higher Education