Well the registration for the four week AICTE approved FDP by IIT Bombay on - Use of ICT in education has been over and the course is complete on the 10th July 2016

Teaching faculty from any domain, including faculty from management institutes and polytechnics could participate

The last date of online registration is 6 May, 2016

Next time you could register on the National Mission on Education site of the IIT Bombay

Course content

Module 1. Devices for information capture, storage, and display

Traditional PCs – Keyboard, Monitor, Printer, Webcams, Mouse, Hard disks, Software
Tablets and Smart Phones Servers, Cloud, Storage Farms, CD/DVD, Pen Drive

Module 2. The world of Internet and Web

Basics of Connectivity, LANs and WANs, Wireless and Bluetooth
Organization of Web, IP Address, Domain Names, DNS Servers
Browsers and Plug-ins

Module 3. Evolution and Spread of ICT in Education.

Content and Learning Management Systems: Moodle and Drupal
Real Time Classroom Assessment: Clicker Devices, Smart Phones
Audio-Video Recording, Spoken Tutorial Methodology
Academic Administration, Online Grade Submission,
Cumulative Performance Index Computation

Module 4. Using ICT for Effective Educational Communication

Digital Content Creation: Word Processing, Change-Tracking, File-Formats
Visual Communication, Design of Presentation Material
Creating Handouts and Assignments for Online Usage

Module 5. Online Courses

History of Online Courses
Introduction to Features of a MOOC Platform
Designing and Developing a MOOC
Conducting a MOOC
Effective use of Discussion Forum
Methods of Online Assessment
Global and Indian Experience

Module 6. Blended/Hybrid Education

Need for Combining Online and F2F (Face-to-Face) Education
The Flipped Classroom
Pedagogy of Active learning, TPS (Think-Pair-Share),Group Discussions
Collaborative Problem Solving, Peer Assessment
Local Assessments, Evaluation of Reports and Presentations
Recognition of Grades and Credits through MOOCs, in Regular Academic Programs

Module 7. Adopting online/blended education in teaching-learning process

Using Available Institutional Autonomy: Internal Assessment
Encouraging Collaboration and Peer Review
Factoring in Marks of Online Assessment in University Courses

Module 8. Building and Nurturing Collaborative Communities

Contribution to OERs (Open Education Resources)
Creating Edited and Focused Content
Inviting and Recognizing Innovative Contributions
Crowd-Sourcing Methods
Quality Assurance