Process Map for EduNxt Promotion Among Students

Sikkim Manipal University started the EduNxt training programs keeping

in mind the need of empowering the learning centre faculty members with

latest technologies and rich resources that will be an aid to them for

enhancing the quality of the face-to-face course delivery in their

respective institutions. In order to utilize the true potential of the portal, it

was realized that the learning centre faculty members should be

conversant to this new platform. As a result, the EduNxt Level-I training

program curriculum was developed and it started with training 130

Learning centre faculty members in the four metro cities in India –

Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi in the month of February,

2009. Afterwards, more such EduNxt Level 1 training programs took place

and in future also more such programs will take place in order to train

and certify all Learning faculty members of 650+ learning centres of

Sikkim Manipal University spread all over India. The responsibility of the

certified learning centre faculty members after returning to their

respective learning centres was to train the students on using the portal

and to show them the rich resources of the platform which the students

can use for their examination preparation. Hence, the learning centre

faculty members use to organize orientation sessions at their learning

centres and all students are trained on using the portal. In the Spring

2010 session only, around 250 orientation sessions have taken place in

the 70 learning centres covering around 6000 students as per the data

received yet. More such training sessions are going to happen and the

number will increase more in the coming days.

As mentioned in the earlier issues also, the EduNxt News is the medium

of taking all EduNxt related activities and information to all the important

Students

LC Faculty Members

SMU Academic Central

EduNxt Level 1 Training

Orientation Programs at LCs

stake-holders of the Sikkim Manipal University. This medium is also for

highlighting the different ongoing activities at the LC-level so that it gets

proper attention of all members of the SMU community. E-Learning team

of SMU desires kind cooperation and contribution on the part of the

learning centres to enrich the content of the EduNxt News portal. The LC

faculty members are requested to send the news of any programs

happening in their LCs to the e-Learning team (sender of the EduNxt

News bulletin) with some photographs for publication in the bulletin. It

will not only enrich the content of the bulletin but also give lights on the

activities of the learning centre to the larger SMU community. In case of

organizing any orientation session for students in EduNxt, you are kindly

requested to send a report to us with some snaps also which will

encourage the other LCs to organize such session ultimately further

enhancing the quality of education imparted through the SMU way.

Please feel free to get back to us in case of any query.

Hoping for your kind cooperation in our future activities,

Regards,

e-Learning Department

Sikkim Manipal University – Directorate of Distance Education

Feature News

Videos and animations are the enriched content which helps in giving an overall

idea to the students about the course or subject. The videos and animations can

also be developed on some specialized topic to enhance the knowledge level of

the students. In EduNxt portal, we have given a number of videos (mainly

subject introduction videos) as well as animations on certain courses.

Videos and animations are very useful for gaining some quick knowledge about a

topic and it is very much useful as a course delivery aid which draws attention

very quickly. We have provided subject introduction videos for some courses in

MBA, MSCRRA as well as BCA programs.

Many videos are available in the EduNxt which are based on the current business

scenarios. These videos are meant for enhancing the market knowledge as well

as employability of the SMU students.

Event News

EduNxt Level 1 LC Training

The month of April, 2010 ended with EduNxt Level 1 training in Bangalore where almost

30 participants turned up in order to be level 1 certified LC faculty members. The

training program was undertaken by SMU Academic Central members Mr. Subhabaha

Pal, Mrs. Renjitha Manoj as well as Ms. Arpita Mandal. In the same month of April, 2010,

level 1 training programs took place in Kolkata, New Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai also

previously.

Level 1 Training Program in Progress in

Bangalore in April, 2010

Participants of the April, 2010 Level 1 Training

Program in Bangalore

The EduNxt Level 1 Training program is mainly on familiarizing the LC faculty members

on using different resources uploaded in the EduNxt portal and also in order to give the

faculty members some basic ideas about the EduNxt portal.

Workshop on Instructional Design Aspects of e-SLM Development

A workshop was held on the 6th May, 2010 at the Manipal Towers, Bangalore in order to

discuss the instructional design aspects of the e-SLM development. All members of the

Management & Commerce department, e-Learning department, Healthcare Sciences

department and Vocational Sciences department based in the Bangalore campus of the

Sikkim Manipal University attended the workshop.

Workshop in progress

EduNxt Orientation Program in Future Point (LC Code 923)

Two orientation programs were held in the Future Point, New Delhi which is a

learning centre of the Sikkim Manipal University in order to train the students on

using the EduNxt portal. Around 20 students of MCA, BCA and BScIT programs

attended those sessions on the 7th May, 2010 at the learning centre. The

program was organized by Mr. Deepak Kumar who is a Level 2 certified LC

faculty member. The training program went on successfully with huge

acceptance of the portal among the students.

EduNxt Orientation Program in Progress in Future

Point (LC Code 923)

EduNxt Orientation Program in ADMERIT (LC Code 1512)

Around 10 orientation programs took place in the ADMERIT, Patna (LC Code

1512) during the period 1st May to 7th May, 2010. Around 300 students had been

trained during the sessions on working in the EduNxt portal. Mr. Pankaj Kumar,

EduNxt Level II Certified LC faculty, had been the organizer of the training

program. The resources downloaded from the EduNxt portal were used in order

to deliver lecture in F2F classrooms.

EduNxt Orientation Program in Progress in

ADMERIT (LC Code 1512)

Classroom session is on with resouces

downloaded from EduNxt

Resource News

(Updates between 19th April, 2010 and 2nd May, 2010)

New Articles

“Articles on Distribution Channel” by Shilpa Kamath.

“7 signs that an organization could benefit from operational research”

by Swapna Dasari

“Set Theory” by Deepak Shetty

"Database Security Guidelines in MySQL" by Nirmal Kumar Nigam

Case Study Updates

MBA Case Studies

Case Study on Leadership for Quality by Mr. Girish V G.

Model Question Paper with Answer keys Updates

MF0009 (Risk and Insurance Management)

Management Program (MBA) General Resource Updates

MB0038 (Management Process and Organizational Behavior)

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 08

MCQ <Units 11 -15 >

MB0040 (Statistics for Management):

Errata- Units 05, 06

Pre-Chat FAQ Unit 10

Post – Chat FAQ Unit 08

MB0043 (Human Resource Management):

Pre chat FAQ- Unit 07,08

MB0028 (Production & Operations Management):

Pre Chat FAQ Unit 08, 09

Post Chat FAQ Unit 07,08

MB0030 (Marketing Management):

Pre Chat FAQ Unit 09, 10

Post Chat FAQ Unit 09

MB0032 (Operations Research) :

Pre-chat FAQs Unit 07

Post – Chat FAQs Unit 07

Errata – Unit 05.

MB0033 (Project Management):

Pre – Chat FAQ Unit 07

MSC CRRA

MR0002- Regulatory Affairs -I

Article on H1N1 by Mehar Taj

MR0012 – Clinical Data Management -II

Article on Clinitrial Management by Ravi Chougule

Crossword unit 1,2,3,4.

MR0021 – Projects: Protocols and Applications

Protocol application guidelines

IND application (1572)

FDA application (1572)

CRF

NDA

CRF essentials

MR0024 – Case Studies and Seminars

Case studies and Seminar Guidelines

MR0016 – Review and Seminar

Review and Seminar Guidelines

MR0029 - Internship

Internship Guidelines

BCA

BC0033 – Mathematics :

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 1 to 16

BC0034 - Computer Concepts and C Programming:

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 8 & 9

BC0035 - Computer Fundamentals :

PPTs with speaker note – Unit 4, 5, 6 & 7

BC0036 - Digital Systems :

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 6

BC0039 - Discrete Mathematics :

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 1 to 8

BC0040 - Computer Organization and Architecture :

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 9 & 10

Glossary - Unit 9 & 10

BC0041 - Fundamentals of Database Management (DBMS) :

9 Embed videos

Pre-chat FAQs – Unit 8 & 9

1 Video link

Reference information for Unit 8

BSc.AFD Program

CB0001 - Fundamentals of Fashion Design :

PPTs with speaker note – Unit 11, 12, 13 & 14

MCQs With Feedabck – Unit 11, 12, 13 & 14

FAQs – Unit 11, 12, 13 & 14

CB0002 - History of Costumes :

PPTs with speaker note – Unit 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15

MCQs With Feedabck – Unit 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15

CB0005 – Computer Fundamentals :

PPTs– Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

MCQs – Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

EduNxt News is a fortnightly e-bulletin being published by the

e-Learning Department of the Sikkim Manipal University –

Directorate of Distance Education. No part of this bulletin can

be used by any entity not related to Sikkim Manipal University

in any manner without prior permission from the Head, e-

Learning Department, Sikkim Manipal University-DDE.