1. Annual Refresher Programme in Pedagogical Innovations And Research Methodology (Interdisciplinary)

This Pandemic has led to adoption of digital skills for facilitating 21 century education and has brought new analysis of SWOC for teaching technologies with reference to digital technologies. Basicallythis course is based on exploring digital skills with reference to 21st century educational experiences. Digital skills and competencies will always be the ground which education of 21st century will grow and thrive. Teachers are now mentally prepared to utilize modern digital tools and techniques to harness the potential possibilities of e-learning technologies. Now, there is great need to handle the e-learning technologies with expertise of pedagogical practices.21st century is of digital native. In this era, Pedagogy, Transaction and Evaluation along with Flip class rooms Approach is equipped with technological supported pedagogical innovations. Digital skills and competencies will always be the ground which education of 21st century will grow and thrive. So this is need of the hour that teachers should focus on digital competence to explore new pedagogical innovations and new endeavors of Research methodology. Educational needs of learners are changing faster than teachers can cope up with. We teachers have to welcome technology into our class rooms equipping students with new experiences. Technology helps make teaching, learning and research more meaningful and enjoyable. There are number of powerful technology tools in the class room learning that teachers can use in the classroom that go beyond to the text books. Technology has a way of keeping students motivated as well as engaged in what they are learning. It also has the ability to change the reluctant learners into passionate readers. Many teachers are shifting away from text books dependent classrooms and moving towards a more student cantered, digital atmosphere driven by technology in the classroom.Keeping in view the vital importance of these issues, an idea has been conceptualized to prepare a course that enables teachers to acquaint them with knowledge, skill and attitude for technology integration in pedagogical decisions and research methodology. The major thrust of this course is to explore Pedagogical Innovations to guide teachers and policy makers for quality concerns in higher education.

COURSE LAYOUT

Tentative Schedule

Week 1:

• Concept of Pedagogical Innovations and its seven Notions
• Innovative Ideas for 21st century Education
  

Week 2:

• Pedagogical Innovations with the use of ICT
• Digital Tools Commonly used as a pedagogical tools Across a Variety of Disciplines
  

Week 3:

• Digital Technologies in Classrooms
• WebQuest Pedagogy
• Week 4:
• Brainstorming as a Pedagogical Tool for Creativity
• Webinar as a Pedagogical Tool for Virtual Learning Environments

Week 5:

• UNESCO ICT Teachers CompetencyFramework
• Digital Literacy and its related concepts

Week 6:

• Digital Story Telling as a Powerful Tool for 21st Century Pedagogy
• Techno-skills in Teachers of Higher Education
• MOOCS in Higher Education

Week 7:

• Need to Recognize Emotions and Creativity in Pedagogies
• Innovative Pedagogy
• Web Data Scrapping

Week 8:

• MOODLEDesigning and Developing an E Learning Course Part 1
• MOODLEDesigning and Developing an E Learning Course Part 11
• MOODLE Designing and Developing an E Learning Course Part 111

Week 9

• Browser Extensions for Enhanced Digital Skill
• Flipped Classroom Learning

Week 10

• PedagogicalResearches
• Twitter Capture Analysis

Week 11

• Open Educational Resources 1
• Open Educational Resources 11

Week 12

• Pedagogic Theories and the use of Technologies for Learning and their Applications 1
• Pedagogic Theories and the use of Technologies for Learning and Their Applications 11

Week 13

• Pedagogic Knowledge and Teaching Profession
  
• Best Practices

Week 14

• Reference Management Software
• Review of Literature and Spreadsheet styles

Week 15

• Research Methodology : Use of Information Technology in Research Methods
• Role Of ICT In Research Information Technology Essay