changing scenarios in higher education - anil sahasrabudhe, director coep
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At the first InnoVidya meeting, Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe talked about the change that is sweeping through higher education in India. We have come a long, way, but major challenges remain. He talks about how technology is transforming education, and what we need to do to stay on top of things.TRANSCRIPT
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
GREETINGS FROM COEP
Higher Education in India: Changing Scenarios
Anil Sahasrabudhe
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Thanks to Innovidya for organising this program and discuss scenario ofhigher education in India
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Education : Gurukul systemTeacher and Student
Guru and Shishya
3000 to 5000
years ago
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Early Residential UniversitiesTakshashila 5th Century BC Nalanda
6th Century BC
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Oxford 1096
Cambridge 1209
Harvard 1636
MIT 1861
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
University of Mumbai 1857 COEP1854
IISc1909
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Sweeping changes in educationSeveral Bills placed in Parliament :
Many more to comeRegulatory Bodies: AICTE, MCI, UGC
Foreign Institutions EntryGross Enrollment Ratio in higher education planned
to be increased many fold
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Gross Enrolment ratio and Targets• 1951: 0.7% ; 1961: 1.4 % : • 2001 : 8 % ; 2011 : 15 %• 2020: Target 30 %• World Average : 23.2 %• Developing countries : 36.5%• Developed countries: 45 %• 20 universities in 1947 to 500 in 2011• 5000 colleges to 25000 colleges
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Challenges• In terms of numbers : 15 crores in higher
education will require about 0.8 crores qualified faculty, huge number of universities and colleges
• Inclusive growth • No compromise on quality : employability• Recently 44 deemed universities were not
found upto the mark• How do we tackle ?? Innovation
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Historical Teaching-Learning Process• Talk or Lecture by the teacher• Use of Chalk and Blackboard• Question Answers in a class• Discussion• Assignments• Reading material : Notes, Library books• Examinations• Subjective and Objective tests
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20th and 21st Century technology advancements
• OHP• LCD• PC/Laptops ; memory Devices, CDs/DVDs• Whiteboards and Interactive Boards• Internet : E-books, E-content• Mobile phone• I Pad
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Teaching Style has changed• Teaching speed has increased• Absorption is difficult• Two classes of students: Those who are
prepared well for the class using e-resources
• Those who do not follow anything• Balance is very important
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More challenges• PC, Mobile Games • Internet games• Unwanted material on the net• Face book, Orkut, Social networking sites• Sleeplessness• New abbreviated language leading to poor
communication skills• Discretion between right and wrong information
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Open Source Courseware• MIT, USA• NPTEL of IITs/IISc• Virtual Lab project of MHRD• Khan Academy• Google• Wikipedia• U-Tube• TED Talks
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Paradigm Shift• Instructor based to Student Centric• Learning to Learn : life long learning• In 20th century, one had to relearn 3 times in
one’s career (tube, transistor, IC, VLSI)• In 21st century, knowledge outdates every 6
years, hence relearning is necessitated 6-8 times in one’s lifetime.
• Totally unimaginable thing may have to be learnt
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
How to cope with this change• Total Computer and Internet literacy• Availability of PCs and internet to
everyone (no digital divide)• Teach only fundamentals • Students to be given notes or e-content
to be read before coming to every class• Discussion about difficulties and solving
problems
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
How to cope with this change• Use of open source tools • Moodle• Wikipedia• Making students to learn on their own and
write an article• Post it on moodle or wiki• Challenged by others• What is right and acceptable will be retained
• Discussion among peers offline/online
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• Paradigm shift needed in thinking• Imparting of Education• Success stories from within the country
and elsewhere in the world• Autonomy : Academic, Managerial,
Administrative, Financial• Soft skills training for employability
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
• Credit based system• Pace as per ones’ capability • Education or courses as per demand• Distance Education : E learning • Content preparation, Content Delivery• Course ware from IITs : NPTEL to MIT
Open Courseware• Blogs, Tweets, Discussion Forum• Webinars
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
• Virtual classes, Videocast, Audiocast• Tele presence • Interactive classes one on one to one to
many and many to one• Stored content on servers • Recorded CDs, DVDs• Anytime, Anywhere, Anything• U Tube ; Twitter• Virtual laboratories, simulation
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Employability issuePractical skill sets Both Soft skills as well as
engineering skill setsVisits to industry
Interdisciplinary and systems approachPractical Problem Solving Ability
Team work and Professional EthicsTime Management
Importance of standards
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21st century graduateStrong theory and practice background
Analytical skillsCommunication skills
Critical thinkingHonesty and Integrity
Problem identification and its solutionOptimization, Business, FinanceSensitivity to societal problems
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Freedom to learn What one wants to learn physics, philosophy, psychology
Or electronics, economics, ethicsOr biology, sports, dramaFreedom to earn credits from anywhereIndian, Australian, Japanese, American
UniversitiesFreedom to study and get tested anytimeDay, Night, Weekend, Gap of two years
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• Selection of Faculty : paradigm shift needed• willing to change and adapt, experiment and innovate,
committed, dedicated ; student friendly, internet savvy, researcher and learner, global, industry experience, practical exposure
• manager and director than an instructor
• Use Technology assisted Learning systems for inter-active learning
• Make use of experts from anywhere : alumni, industry experts, faculty from other institutes
• Use of pre-recorded modules by specialists accessible through web, internet and intranet
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Free and Open Source Software (FoSS)
• Free Software: Free as in Freedom– Freedom to use, copy, modify, redistribute the software – Also known as Open Source– State of the art technology, with all knowledge, on the
Desktop! – GNU/Linux and thousands of alternative software are
changing the world like never before. – Changing the world for better and CoEP can't be behind
• CoEP's Free Software User's Group (CoFSUG)– [email protected] – 550 online members, 1300+ posts per year, Started in July
2009
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Some live examples
Virtual Laboratory
http://www.vlab.co.in/012/index.php
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Wikipedia India Education Program
• WP:INDIAEDU (Demo)• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:India_Education_Progr
am
• Editing Wikipedia articles as part of the curriculum
• MoU with Wikimedia foundation
• First time in India
• One of the largest initiatives
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On line IITB class for select Subjects
IIT Bombay classes at COEP’s doorsteps
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Web Guru Lecture by Vinay Kakade
Course work on Living Machines, Nano-Technology and Entrepreneurship Development by alumni in USA
Alumni in US helping their Alma mater
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Design and Innovation WorkshopCOEP and MIT Media lab -Jan 2011
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INNOVATIONHeadstart program rather than finishing schoolsPride in engineering professionShowcasing success storiesEntrepreneurship and intrapreneurshipValue based educationContinuous or life long learningBe contributors and Enjoy life
College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Forerunners in Technical Education
Thank you.