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Academic Initiatives                                                                                                                                                                                       Academic Initiatives


          Dr. Arun K. Gupta


          Centre for Teaching & Learning


          As a tribute to the excellence in    quality learning experience to the
          teaching embodied by Late Dr.        learners. The centre promotes
          Arun K. Gupta, the visionary         regular interaction among faculty                                                          Commonwealth of Learning FDP Phase-II
          founder of MIET, a new and           members and facilitates
          unique Teaching Learning Center      participation in training programs.
          was setup at MIET. The TLC           It also organizes regular faculty
          operates under the auspices of       development programs in diverse         TLC@                                      The MIER College of Education        phase workshop. For Phase-II         relevant in the post-Covid world.
          the Indo-Universal Collaboration     domains to foster a culture of                                                    hosted a 3-day hands-on              faculty members learnt the           Faculty members used modern
                                                                                       Engage | Empower | Enlighten
          for Engineering Education            research and innovation. Under                                                    workshop on “Evaluating and          fundamentals of blended and          digital tools, interactive techn-
          (IUCEE) with Prof. Veena Kumar,      the ambit of the TLC, faculty are                                                 Facilitating Blended and Online      online learning and its              ologies, methods and practices to
          University of Maryland, USA          developing and using high quality                                                 Courses” in March. This workshop     pedagogical approaches. MIER         be employed while evaluating
          serving as its honorary Director     educational content and learning                                                  was organised for twenty faculty     College of Education and MIET        online courses. Faculty members
          and Prof. Krishna Vedula, former     materials including MooCs. The                                                    members from MIER College of         were the only two institutions       Dr. Ankita Nanda, Dr. Mekhla
          Professor, University of             vision is to create a rich and                                                    Education & MIET who were            selected in Jammu & Kashmir to       Sharma, Dr. Parul Sharma, Dr.
          Massachusetts at Lowell as the       engaging learning environment for                                                 selected for participation in the    implement a comprehensive            Anand Gupta, Mr. Navin K. Mani,
          Chief Mentor. The TLC@MIET           students. Academic support                                                        Commonwealth of Learning (COL)       Technology Enabled Learning          Dr. Hanuman Prasad, Dr. Tanu
          aims to deliver world-class          through mentoring, peer-tutoring,                                                 Workshop on Technology Enabled       (TEL) policy across its programs     Kathuria, Ms. Surbi Sharma and
          teaching-learning experiences to     guidance and counseling etc. is                                                   Learning Faculty Development         and train faculty members to         Ms. Meena Kohli attended the
          the MIET Community. It leverages     also a focus area. Lifelong                                                       Programme which is a three-          deliver value online, highly         workshop from MIET.
          global best practices, content,      learning, modern tool usage are        Prof. Veena Kumar  Prof. Krishna Vedula
          effective use of ICT and emerging    other graduate attribute               University of Maryland  University of Massachusetts
          pedagogies to deliver a high         attainment is prioritized.                    USA               Lowell, US              Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Policy

                                                                                                                                                                      MIET implemented the Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Policy this
                       Studio Setup @ MIET                                                TLC Activities                                                              year, which provides a framework for implementing Technology-
                                                                                                Content                                                               Enabled Learning at MIET. This policy has been developed to enable
                                                                                                                                                                      the institution to provide high quality education through effective use of
                                                                                            Development                                                               technology to all its students, teachers and staff. The policy envisions
                                                                                                                                                                      improvement in the quality of teaching and learning through the use of

                                                                                            Peer Tutoring                                                             technology and the sharing of open educational resources. It also en-
                                                                                                                                                                      visages the use of technology to improve the quality of student assess-
                                                                                                                                                                      ment and to encourage self-learning.

                                                                                         Academic Support                                                                                    Objective

              Recently a digital recording studio to deliver online classes and                                                                                             Become Innovation Leader            Build ICT excellence
            record course content for the students was setup. The digital studio       Faculty Development
             set up by MIET features multiple video conferencing tools, Smart                                                                                         Achieve Educational Goals                      Enable content sharing
               Board, voice capturing with auto-translation capabilities, video               & Trainings
                        streaming, and smart calendar scheduling.                                                                                                     Empower student learning                     Create Contextual Learning
                                                                                      Guidance, Counselling
                                                                                             & Mentoring                                                                     Champion Tech Adoption          Promote Lifelong Learning




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