IIT Bombay set up - ‘Centre of Excellence for Online and Blended Learning and Educational Outreach’
IIT-Bombay to set up centres for teacher-training programme nationwide
The proposal to build a ‘Centre of Excellence for Online and Blended Learning and Educational Outreach’ was tabled in an alumni meet held last month to invite financial contributions.
THE INDIAN Institute of Technology, Bombay,
(IIT-B) is planning to set up a first-of-its-kind centre of excellence to train
teachers across the nation on how to integrate technology in their teaching.
Through a combination of online and offline learning methodologies, the
institute plans to extend its existing teacher training programmes to over
hundred million teachers.
The institute, which has already trained
around 1.5 lakh engineering college teachers through its ‘Train 10,000 Teachers
(T10KT)’ programme, now aims to extend the training to teachers from schools,
colleges and vocational training institutes.
The proposal to build a ‘Centre of Excellence
for Online and Blended Learning and Educational Outreach’ was tabled in an
alumni meet held last month to invite financial contributions. The estimated
budget to establish the centre is around Rs 100 crore.
While the other teacher training models of
the institute are funded by the MHRD, the IIT-B has sought financial aid from
its alumni association to set up the centre. The proposed centre will have
three wings. While the research wing will conduct research in the field of
education technology, the innovation wing will implement the research findings
through projects.
The outreach wing will conduct massive
teacher training programmes through a combination of methodologies.
“We have been providing training to teachers
of engineering colleges since 2009. With our experience, we feel there is scope
to extend the training to teachers from schools, high schools, and Industrial
Training Institutes,” said Deepak Phatak, professor in the computer science and
engineering department.
He said the centre will mimic the T10KT — a
four-week model where teachers are taught through pre-recorded videos,
live-streamed lectures from the IIT-B, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and
workshops. Phatak, who has been spearheading the T10KT and other projects
launched under the MHRD’s National Mission on Education Technology through ICT,
said there was an urgent need to improve the skills and teaching methodologies
of teachers, particularly in remote locations.
“The teachers don’t have to physically come
to Mumbai for the training, they can complete part of the training at home and
part of it at the nearest remote centre,” said Phatak.
The teachers will also be evaluated
throughout the training process. The centre will be beneficial for teachers in
rural areas, said Sandeep Gund, a primary school teacher in Pashtepada in Thane
district. He, however, pointed out that many teachers in rural India do not
have access to internet or gadgets. “Such a training course will be beneficial
only if access to technology increases,” said Gund.
Source | Indian Express | 11 November 2016
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I hope that there will also be an opportunity for teacher educators from B.Ed. & M.Ed. colleges to be part of this endeavour as we play a crucial link in multiplying the message & skills.
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