To implement the recommendations of the Ministry of Education and National Education Policy on blended education, the Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput organised an online workshop on ‘Introductory E-Learning Content’ on Saturday.
CUO VC Professor I Ramabrahmam conveyed his best wishes for a successful workshop and hoped this workshop will enhance all faculty members' skills in preparing better e-learning content for students. Director, IQAC Prof SK Palita delivered the inaugural address. He highlighted the concept of MOOCs and the Swayam platform and informed that the CUO has already accepted the mode of online learning for students since last year. Dr Kakoli Banerjee for MOOCs coordinated the workshop and delivered the welcome address. Prof Akshay Rout, Visiting Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and advisor MOOCs, spoke on ‘Digital blend, a force multiplier for Education’.
The first speaker of the workshop Dr Abhishek Kumar, Scientist E, Inflibnet Centre, Gandhinagar, deliberated on ‘E-Learning and its platforms’. The second speaker, Dr Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Senior Programme Officer, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi interacted on ‘E-Content Development’. He discussed the 4-quadrant approach of Swayam for developing modules for the future generation of students. The lectures were followed by comprehensive and lively interactive session where speakers responded to the queries of the students and faculty. Summing up the workshop Prof PS Avadhani, Visiting Professor,
Department of Computer Science emphasised on the importance of blended learning in the post-pandemic days. He appreciated the efforts taken up by the MOOCs Committee of CUO and emphasised on the need to develop a MOOCs Studio for facilitating the development of modules by university teachers.
The programme concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Dr Ram Shankar, Controller of Examinations. The programme organised was attended by members of academic fraternity and students from and outside CUO with representation from 27 universities of 22 States.