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Phase II: AICTE Sponsored One-Week STTP on “Innovative Approaches in Teaching Pedagogy”

15-Jun-2021
Phase II: AICTE Sponsored One-Week STTP on “Innovative Approaches in Teaching Pedagogy”

Day One (14th June 2021):
Dr. Mukesh Patil, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru on the topic - “Collaboration/Cooperative/Peer Learning”
The Second session of the day post Inauguration was facilitated by Dr. Mukesh Patil, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru on “Collaboration/Cooperative/Peer Learning”. He is a B.E, M.Tech and Ph.D with area of specialization in Thermal Engineering. He has spearheaded the department to get accredited by NBA for the first time and has established BNMIT-Toyota Centre of Excellence at BNMIT, a first of its kind venture in the country.
Dr. Mukesh Patil gave an insight on various approaches on Teaching - Flipped Classroom learning, Project–Based Learning, Problem Based Learning, Thinking Based Learning, Competency Based Learning and Gamification. He shared videos emphasizing on these topics on learning, which made the session more interactive and created a strong foundation for week long training.
Dr. Suhan Mendon, Associate Professor at Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal on the topic - “Project Based Learning”
Third session of the day was on “Project Based Learning” facilitated by Dr. Suhan Mendon, Associate Professor at Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal. He is an MCOM, M.Phil, MBA and Ph.D from Jain University. He has several publications in Scopus and Web of Science as well as a Patent on a Dental Device titled “Modified Tooth Brush”.
Dr. Suhan explained with practical examples related to various fields, how Project Based Learning would create enthusiasm and make students practical learners. He also insisted that real learning would start only when students come across real life problems or situations. He also explained detailed contents about PBL project that would help faculty to carry out in their respective subjects.
Mr. Ramani Venkat, NLP Coach and Strategic Sales Consultant on the topic - “Gamifying Class/ Puzzles and Games”
The last session of the day was by Mr. Ramani Venkat, NLP Coach and Strategic Sales Consultant on the topic - “Gamifying Class/ Puzzles and Games”. He is a B. E in Electronics and Telecommunications and a Masters in Marketing Management with 26 plus Years of Experience in top MNCs at Senior Management positions.
Mr. Ramani Venkat made the participants realize that every game has various dimensions that need to be understood and how it could be mapped to our subjects. He emphasized that Gamification is a very powerful tool as students have grown up by playing games and they would not only enjoy but learn with utmost interest. He also stressed on the importance of networking skills as well as extended support to faculty in order to develop their own games for any subject of their choice.

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