The state level workshop on “Multimedia Applications in teaching and Learning” was
organized was organized by the School of Education, Christ University, on 14th
September 2013 at Room No 911, Central Block. The day’s proceedings were
deliberated by the eminent experts in the field of education. The delegates who
participated were teachers from reputed schools of various parts of Bangalore
city, the faculty members and the students of School of Education, Christ
University.
The Chief Guest for the work shop
was Dr.SrikantaSwamy , Professor (Retd.) IASE, R.V. Teachers College-,Bangalore.
The major speakers were Dr. T.N. Raju ,Professor at B.E.S College of Education-Bangalore
and Dr.Hanumanthappa, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and
Applications, Bangalore University.
The workshop commenced with the lighting
of the lamp by the dignitaries followed by invoking God’s blessing through a
prayer song sung by the students of School of Education. The convener of work
shop Dr Sumita Rao,Assistant Professor at School Education, Christ University
greeted the dignitaries, the guests and the gathering.
Professor Srikanta Swamy delivered the inaugural address
and stressed on incorporating multimedia in class room teaching. He quoted that
the teachers play an import role in helping the students to change the Society
and Multimedia facilitates in achieving of this goal and therefore it is the
need of the hour today. The Indian education system is lagging behind in this
respect when compared to that of innovative systems that are practiced in UK,
where, multimedia input is used extensively with the use of advancement of
information technology. There is a need to create greater awareness and
commitment toward the use of multimedia among teachers to make them competent
in classroom teaching. He also emphasized on the resistance among teachers and
teacher education institutions to incorporate multimedia as a new technique in
the teaching methods. He suggested that there should be a paradigm shift in the
education system i.e., a blend of modern and traditional methods of teaching.
Both these methods need to be incorporated effectively in the curriculum to
stay abreast with the fast changing globalized world. He alerted the
participants to come out with personal workable action plan with a view to implement
the multimedia techniques in the classroom teaching. He also quoted that teachers are nation builders
and engineers who constructed the society and brought about healthy changes in
it. He concluded by saying that education is a step by step process of information
that leads to Knowledge, Knowledge leads to Application, Application leads to
Attitude and Attitude to Action. Hence education is a powerful tool to change
the world by changing attitudes and actions of a student through an effective
system of education. 
The first session was conducted by
Dr. Hanumanthappa. The main highlights of his presentation were- 1. the present day teachers’ lacked computer
knowledge , 2. Many teachers do not make deliberate attempts to get equipped
with the multimedia skills.3. As a
result students have lost interest in the education. Hence, teachers need to
take a lot of initiatives in this regard to implement new techniques by
incorporating multimedia in the class room teaching.
He focused on “The need of
technology in Education”. Technology brings about interactivity, effective
content delivery, managing resources, collaboration, and good communication, easier
process to formative and summative evaluations. This helps in self learning, importance
to guidance and engaging learning experiences. Innovative methods could bring
about effectiveness in teaching. He quoted that, “I hear and I forget, I see
and I believe and I do and I understand.” This will lead to effective means of
teaching. Traditionally, teacher was the only source of information but today
teacher is one of the many sources of information. So, teacher has greater role
to play and the multimedia will help a teacher to go a long way.
The second session conducted by Dr
T. N Raju, the prime focus of the discussion was on the different dimensions of
application of multimedia in class room teaching and learning. He stressed that
the teacher should make the class room teaching interesting. His major
suggestion to the student-teachers was that there has to be effective
communication between teacher and students in the class room. The teacher has
to work on developing competencies in effective communication. Through a video,
he presented the Challenges faced by the Teacher of 21st century.
The main highlight to ponder is, is teacher the main source of information
today? He enumerated the Blooms taxonomy.
A teacher needs to adapt to the present day requirements. The concept of
REPERTOIRE needs to be given importance and should be applied in class room.
Multimedia
not only includes visual domain but also the audio and the text. He shared some
of the techniques of creating multimedia presentation that could be used in a
class room as follows a) process of preparing and editing a PPT, b) on
narration and off narration techniques which are used in the classroom c) the
steps in developing the multimedia presentation. It includes 1. Creating an
outline of the point, 2. Creating a strong introduction and Conclusion, 3.Practicing
and Presenting, 4. Refining the presentation, 5. Editing and proofreading, d)
use of e-books and other multimedia techniques in a classroom can be very
effective in teaching process.
Prof.Vinay, M Department of Computer
Science, Christ University, briefed the participants on the usage of technology
at Christ University. The main focus of his session was
to highlight the initiatives of the Christ University incorporating the recent
advancement of technology in the campus. Starting with attendance, Continuous
Internal Assessment and publishing of the results through Moodles software
programme that helps the students to access academic information online. Many
useful software programme which are useful for class room teaching such as open
class, blend space, moodles etc were explained in detail supported by quick demonstrations. He discussed how Christ University is
effectively using moodles for all the curricular transactions that took place
between the students and the staff. He concluded by saying that the teachers of
today need to have a sound knowledge of technology in order to have an
effective teaching experience.
Dr.
Samson Victor, Professor at School of Education, Christ University, guided the
participants to the Green View Studio of Christ University. The participants were
given first hand information about to how technology is applied in class room
teaching. A promo video was presented before the participants to sensitize them
on the recording of an audio and video followed by the recording and editing of
e-classes.
The Valedictory function was organized
at 4.30pm in the conference hall .The dignitaries of the occassion s were Rev.Fr T.V Thomas- Director
of School of Education, Christ University, Dr T. N. Raju, Prof.Jose Cherian-
HOD of School of Education, Christ University and Prof. SumitaRao. Mr.Vikram Bhat
was the Emcee of the ceremony. Two participants, Mrs. Sheela Murthy of Mahila SevaSamaj
and Mr.Surjit Singa of Kristu Jayanthi College shared their experiences for the
day. Fr T V Tomas addressed the delegates and quoted that the teachers need to
have sound knowledge of multimedia skills in order to reach out to the present
generation. Towards the end, Rev.Fr.T.V
Thomas distributed the certificates to the participants the workshop concluded
with the singing of University Anthem.
One
of the participants, Mr.B.Sudhakar, composed a beautiful poem and recited in
during the valedictory function which was as follows:
Truly Inspired
To experience the meaning
of unity in diversity,
We have to come to Christ University,
We have to come to Christ University,
I was really honored, to
light the lamp,
Which will remain in my memory, this lovely and lovely camp,
I am so happy to attend
this Workshop,
Which has made us so friendly to the Lap-Top,
Teachers being the
architects of the Nation,
Should
be aware of Multimedia and lead Innovation,
Many points made us to
sit-up and Think,
Some
clips were so could, we didn’t even Wink,
Now we know
Teachers may not be the only source of Information,
Teachers may not be the only source of Information,
But should remain the source of Inspiration,
We look forward to move
of such Interaction,
On behalf of the delegates I thank the School of Education
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Date:
14/9/2013
Venue: Central Block, Room No- 911
Workshop Organizing Secretary: Prof. Jose
Cherian Workshop Convener: Dr .Sumita
Rao
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