Preparation of more than 22,000 hours of E Lessons for all subjects taught at polytechnic classes in Andhra Pradesh
Description
The product nominated for Manthan Award 2008 here is e Lessons developed for polytechnic classes in Andhra Pradesh. These e Lessons are in the form of PowerPoint presentations enriched with quality content, animations and visuals. In all, more than 22,000 hours of such lessons are prepared for 28 branches taught at various polytechnics in Andhra Pradesh. These e Lessons have been prepared in a short span of 4 months with active involvement of all 1400 faculty members of polytechnics. These lessons will acts as teaching aid for the faculties and it will benefit more than 12,000 students passing out from 65 government polytechnics in Andhra Pradesh, every year, creating a long lasting impact on education. Government of Andhra Pradesh has ensured availability of LCD projectors and computers in around 484 classrooms across all the polytechnics. Thus, proper infrastructure in place, equipped with the digital content in form of e Lessons would ensure improved quality of learning across polytechnics, interactive teaching, good pass percentage and better jobs and placements for students. Project Highlights Major highlights of this project include * Preparation of 22,000 hours of e Lessons * Involvement of more than 1400 faculty members * Training and capacity building of all 1400 faculty members on preparation of e Lessons and effective teaching * Completed in a short span of 4 months * Monetary value of task estimated to be around Rs. 17 Crores * Actual expenses incurred around Rs. 75 Lakhs, mostly on travelling of teachers * Created a ripple effect among other agencies and institutions to implement similar project with them The entire process was facilitated by SkillPro Foundation, an organisation working on employability and skill training in various parts of India.
What we deliver
The content provided by the e Lesson consist of e Lessons in the form of PowerPoint presentations. For every class corresponding to any subject, there is an e Lesson which can be covered 50-60 minutes. In all more than 22,000 such e Lessons are developed for all 28 subjects taught in polytechnics in Andhra Pradesh. Every e Lesson contains * Summary of points to be covered in the class * Brief review of previous class * Details of the topic * Animations and visuals for complex concepts * Quizzes * Assignments * Important questions They will be used by faculty members of polytechnics while taking classes so as to ensure a minimum level of learning as well evoke interest of students in the classroom. It will help in quality learning, better pass percentage and better placements of students coming out of polytechnics.
Whom we deliver
One of the basic objectives of e Lessons was to make classroom environment more interactive. The e Lessons were prepared with active involvement of around 1400 faculties from Department of Technical Education. This ensures the ownership among the faculty members, who are one of the key users. These e Lessons would be used by these faculty members in classrooms which will help students better understanding of various topics. Combination of teacher and an audio visual aid provides ample space for interaction in classrooms. A proper feedback system has been created which can be used by students and faculties to further improve these e Lessons.
Why is the project unique?
The project is unique and innovative in terms of * Preparation of 22,000 hours of e Lessons for all 28 subjects taught at polytechnics in Andhra Pradesh * Involvement of 1400 faculty members for preparation of the product thus ensuring participation from all the primary users. It also ensures the ownership of faculty towards e Lessons * Training and capacity building of all 1400 faculty members on preparation of e Lessons and effective teaching learning methodologies * Extensive use of visuals and animations ensured that the teaching becomes easy and interesting particularly for the students. Use of visuals would further ensure better understanding of concepts and principles * Continuous quality up gradation- The e-Lessons provide flexibility to the faculty to make changes and bring in local context to help students relate more to the subjects being taught and help in better retention. * The monetary value of the program has been estimated around Rs 17 crores but the actual expanses have been just Rs 75 Lakhs There is no other known example anywhere else in India or other parts of world, where all the faculties of a department have come together to complete such voluminous task in a short span of 4 months.
Roadmap
For a country, as large and diverse as India, Digital Content can play a crucial role in providing access to various services to people in need at a large scale. We believe that digital content can bridge the crucial gap of information outreach to last mile users, especially in rural India, where, a large chunk of Indian population lives. This can be in various forms, be it e Governance for proper maintenance of land records in government offices, e Health for providing expert doctor’s opinions sitting in different parts of country, e classrooms where one faculty can teach many students at a time and many more. Though last mile connectivity is still an issue for various parts of the country, the progress in that front is very fast, especially with the advent of new wireless and mobile technologies. Accordingly, the content development process would have to increase its pace, because once the infrastructure would be in place, there would be great demand for content, as the world has seen in early days on Internet.
Contact
L. Premachandra Reddy
Department of Technical Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh in association with SkillPro Foundation
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
500063
