Learning by Doing (LBD) based Course Content

Development (in Areas of CS and ECE)

International Institute of Information TechnologyHyderabad , India

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Agenda

Methodology Previous Experience Objective Time bound outcomes and deliverables Budget Resources

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The opportunity

A lecture may not sustain full interest of a student

The same holds true for a recorded lecture

This is perhaps because not all students are involved

How do we make the student get involved?

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A solution

Students need to get involved Problem centric approach

Carefully chosen problems Covering all aspects Lectures are not at the center

But are provided as resources

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Problem Centric Approach

Develop a realistic story Have the students work on “tasks” Work as teams to produce work

products Personalized lectures

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Curriculum Development

Identify skills required and map to tasks

Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 . . .

Skill 1 X

Skill 2 X

Skill 3 XSkill 4 X X

. . .

Curriculum Development

For each task, produce Task description List and description of deliverables Resources – video lectures, PPTs, Just in Time

(JIT) lectures Program website

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Learning by Doing explained …

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The Gaps

Insufficient Faculty Heterogeneous student

population Different innate abilities Different backgrounds Different learning velocities Different ambitions …

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Task Levels and Types

JIT

Self paced

Higher level courses

faster … on fast track

Provide expert video lectures

Designing content for …

Spanning a heterogeneous audience enabling a wider reach

Product usability and ensuring use Better appreciation of different concepts

using appropriate pedagogical approaches Virus – simulation based

Scalable and efficient delivery (mentor model)

Involvement of all stakeholders Adaptability – to create enhancements

for course

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Previous Experience

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Master of Science in IT (MSIT) Started in 2001 Post Graduate course (2 years) 770 students trained so far Specializations offered

Language technologies Software engineering E-commerce Computer Networks

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Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) Started in 2008 Integrated course (plus 2 and

engineering) Intake of 6000 students each year

Located in three campuses After 6 years, the strength of RGUKT will

be 36,000 Entire program is based on LBD

methodology

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EnhanceEdu

Started in 2008 Department of IT (DIT) funded project 150 faculty members from engineering

colleges in Andhra Pradesh trained as mentors using LBD content

Began support for implementation In three years, 12000 students will be

trained each year in LBD methodology

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Our Objective

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Objective

Use the learning by doing methodology to develop content for core and advanced

courses in CS and ECE validate it by reaching out to colleges and

industry enhance it by conducting workshops for

expert feedback

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Proposal

Courses proposed to be developed (Level 1, 2, 3)

Computation TheoryArtificial IntelligencePrinciples of ProgrammingNumerical Techniques and

OptimizationPrinciples of Information SecurityDistributed SystemsDatabase SystemsComputer and Communication

NetworksCompilersSoftware Engineering

Digital Logic and ProcessorsData StructuresComputer System OrganizationAlgorithmsOperating SystemsGraphicsFormal MethodsBasic Electronic CircuitsSignals and SystemsCommunication Theory

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Develop 10 courses from the proposed list

Content Creation Cost estimation

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Course content creation using learning by doing methodology Rs.10 lakhs per course

Content Designed…

Are we done?

No!

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Creation & Delivery Framework

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Course Content Creation

Teacher Training Program

Support for Implementation at College

Teacher Training and Delivery Cost for teacher training program and

implementation at the collegesRs. 10 lakhs per course

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Manpower

Resources needed Subject matter experts Content Development Team

Senior Content Developers Animation team Content developers

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Pilot Phase

By December 2010 Develop content for 3 courses Provide training to teachers Support in implementation at colleges

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Budget for Pilot Phase

Item Amount (in lakhs)

Content Development (3 courses) 30

Teacher Training 20

Support for Implementation 10

Equipment 15

Contingency 5

Travel 3

Total 83

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Phase II

By May 2012 Develop content for 7 more courses Provide training to teachers Support in implementation at colleges

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Budget for Phase II

Item Amount (in lakhs)

Content Development 70

Teacher Training 40

Support for Implementation 30

Equipment 40

Contingency 10

Travel 6

Workshops 10

Total 206

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Project Budget

Pilot Phase(Dec 2010)

Phase II(May 2012)

Total

Content Development

30 70 100

Teacher Training

20 40 60

Support for Implementation

10 30 40

Equipment 15 40 55

Contingency 5 10 15

Travel 3 6 9

Workshops - 10 10

83 206 289

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Deliverables

Pilot Phase II

Courses 3 7

Teacher Training Yes Yes

Support for Implementation

Yes Yes

Course Updation Yes (annually from 2012)

To be planned

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Resources

IIIT-H faculty Center for Education Technology and

Learning Sciences (CETLS), IIIT-H Invited subject experts

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This is just the beginning…

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Course Content Creation

Teacher Training Program

Support for Implementation at College

Towards a Comprehensive Learning Environment for Adaptivity and Research (CLEAR)

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100 courses for advanced/research level

100 courses for UG and PG

10 courses(1,00,000+ students from 100+ colleges in 3 years)Potential for being an outreach arm to NMEICT

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Collaborate Collaborate

Collaborate Collaborate

Collaborate

Model features

Model has ability to provide Scalability Self-sustainability

… after a period of 3 years at the college Designed for success

Success defined by …… the students’ use of the content and deriving value

Eases the learning process for every student

Adaptivity – Personalization and Customization Selection from available “buffet” of courses

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Contact

Dr. Kannan SrinathanIIIT-Hyderabadsrinathan@iiit.ac.in

Ms. Sandhya KodeCETLS, IIIT-Hyderabadskodev@iiit.ac.in

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Queries?

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