The Department of Mechanical Engineering organised a two day Faculty Development Programme INTEGRA-2019 on the 22nd & 23rd of January, 2019. It was held in Spoorthi Conference Hall.
DAY 1:
Session 1: Curriculum Gap Analysis, Modalities for DAB & PAC Meetings, Framing Effective Action Items. Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering was the resource person. Dr Shreeranga Bhat shed light on Gap Analysis and its relevance to SAR. He mentioned the key steps to follow regarding gaps in syllabus as: Identify the Gap, Create the syllabus, Get approval from the HOD and Stakeholders, Implementation and finally Assessment.
Session 2: Question Paper Review using Bloom's Taxonomy. Mr Keith R Feandes, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication was the resource person. He stressed upon student centric leaing cycle and urged us to spend more than an hour’s time to prepare a question paper having the first four levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.
Session 3: CO-PO Mapping and TLOs. Mr Rolen Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics was the resource person. He clarified the various doubts that arise in the mind of the course instructor while preparing a course plan. Furthermore, he provided guidelines that a course instructor could follow to formulate assessable and measurable Course Outcomes.
Session 4: Effective Lecture Delivery, Design Thinking for OBE, Quality Circles. Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal, was the resource person. He said that course planning includes the study of course goals and objectives, to identify specific sections that can be used for independent study and collaborative projects, to identify textbooks and multimedia resources for the course and to recognize class projects that will be relevant to the industry. Tips on how to introduce the course to the students on the first day of class were highlighted. The session concluded with a brief discussion on the implementation of ‘Quality Circles’ and its importance in institutional growth.
Session 5: Performing Impact Analysis. Ms Supriya Salian, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering was the resource person. She highlighted the importance of obtaining impact analysis for any of the events/workshops being conducted by the departments. She also stressed upon the importance of conducting impact analysis for industrial training and technical talks.
Session 6: Collaborative Activity in Class. Mr Vijay V S, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering was the resource person. The basic element of collaborative leaing which is accountability of individuals working in a project team was touched upon. The advantages of adopting collaborative leaing in a classroom were highlighted and the audience was also informed that it helps in attaining higher order PO’s.
DAY 2:
Dr R.C. Hiremath, Former Principal at K L E Society’s S.Nijalingappa College, Bangalore conducted a half day session on NAAC Accreditation. The Session started with the resource person comparing the NAAC with NBA and the functioning of NAAC. He also mentioned that before applying for NAAC, it is very important to understand NAAC’s vision and relate our institute vision with theirs. He listed the various benefits of NAAC Accreditation and also the NAAC marks distribution patte, the seven main criteria’s and their sub criterions were presented.
The Department of Master of Computer Applications organised a two day Faculty Development Programme “CORNEA-2019” on the 23rd and 24th of January, 2019. It was held in Spoorthi Conference Hall.
DAY 1:
Session 1: Useful Apps for Education/Profession. Mr Akshay N H, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering was the resource person. The recent teaching methodology called as gamification was highlighted upon. Various fields in which gamification are presently being used were explained such as such as business, education, recruitment, marketing. Gamification is using game dynamics in non-game applications. A hands on session was conducted as to how to create a mobile app using the MIT App Inventor.
Session 2: Emotional Intelligence. Dr Anjali Ganesh, Professor, Department of Master of Business Application was the resource person. She said that EI is a gateway to better leaing, friendships, academic success and employment. One technique to impart EI in the classroom could be the use of
techniques such as Design Thinking, Flipped Classroom, Self Leaing, Gamification and Story Telling.
Session 3: Customizing Google Apps with App script. Ms Vijetha U, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering was the resource person. The hands on session started by the resource person highlighting the importance of knowing scripting using google apps since it makes our work much more effective and time efficient. She showed how app script can reduce the work in searching multiple documents for a specific task.
Session 4: Effective Use of Social Media. Mr Ajeeth B, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering was the resource person. A hands on session was conducted where in the audience had to create theri own Twitter and Instagram accounts. The resource person shared the effectiveness of using hashtags and how these can be used for the upcoming events being held at our college for publicity.
DAY 2:
Dr Manohar Pai M M, Professor, Department of Information and Communication Technology, and Dr Manjunath K N, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Engineering, MIT, Manipal, conducted a full day session on “Writing Good Research Papers”. The moing session started with Dr Manohar Pai enlightening the audience on the difference between invention and innovation and how to apply for patents. He gave us an idea about where to publish
research paper and how to make research visible.
The session was then continued by Dr Manjunath who briefed the audience on the structure of a technical paper. A hands on session was held in the afteoon where the audience were taught how to edit the IEEE format paper template
