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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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