My Course Journal

FDP 101 X

Foundation Program on ICT in Education

IIT Bombay X

13 September to 18 October 2018

Submited by

Shruti N. Sarda

Assistant Professor,

Department of Management Studies (MBA),

Sipna College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES :

After successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:

i. Identify various ICT devices and applications useful in teaching-learning

ii. Develop awareness towards ethical practices for use of ICT in education

iii. Make use of best practices for information dissemination using ICT

About FDP 101 X

Prof Deepek B. Phatak gives the introduction of the course. Explains the importance and

need of the course in 21st century. He also talks about Maintaining Academic Ethics and

Integrity.

Course syllabus :

Modules: 1) Information capture, storage and display.

2) the word of internet and web.

3) Use of ICT for resource creation and management.

4) best practices for information dessimination with ICT

Grading Policy

Dr. Jayakrishnan M has explained the grading policy.

Week 1 (13 September - 25 September, 2018) :

LeD 1.1: Moving From Physical Classroom to online Classrooms

Module 1. Information Capture, Storage, and Display

The instructor has talked about pedagogic features available in this learning platform

to ensure that you have an effective online teaching learning experience., three basic elements -

the learner, the content and the teacher and has asked to list list one example of the interactions

that happened between these three components learner, content and teacher in a classroom.

I have listed use of ppt and discussion to teach consumer decision process.

LeD 1.2: Learning Dialogues (LeDs)

Author has discussed about the first pedagogic feature in this learning platform -

Learning Dialogues or LeDs. He has asked 2 questions and asked to state respective answers.

1) What is the equivalent of such a video in a regular teaching-learning interaction within

your classroom?

Answer: teacher is giving lecture to students.

2) What additional features does the video provide you apart from the regular information

transmission of the content?

Answer : video make the process of information transmission easy and interesting.

LeD 1.3: Learning by Doing Activities (LbDs)

Author has discussed about the second pedagogic feature in this learning platform -

Learning-by-Doing Activities or LbDs.

He has asked : What advantage do you see in answering practice questions immediately after

LeD videos?

Answer: Learner is involved, focused and understands in better way.

LeD 1.4: Learning exTension Resources

Author has discussed about the third pedagogic feature in this learning platform –

He has asked the function of an Assimilation Quiz?

Answer : helps students absorb knowledge, be attentive and brushes their basic knowledge

(concepts)

LeD 1.5: Learning Experience Interaction (LxIs)

Author has discussed about the fourth pedagogic feature in this learning platform –

Learning Experience Interaction (LxIs)

He questioned : What are the advantages of having a structured group discussion with a focus

question and specific instructions?

Answer: more participation, interaction, clarity and as its with a focus question and specific

instructions minimal chances of misleading and confusion.

LeD 1.6 : course journal

Q.1 what are the advantages of writing a course journal?

Answer : Easy to understand , brief points can be read at a glance.

LeD 1.7 : Your Course Journal

Here author has discussed effective tips to maintain course journal as a process and record.

A good Journal consists of key aspects, our learning, different aspects about topic, learner’s

reflection of the content, example and explanation, Date and Time, understanding or

conclusion.

Basics of ICT by Prof. Prabhakar T V

Prof. Prabhakar T.V. from the IIT Kanpur explain what is ICT with its terminology, how

it works with suitable example. He also elaborate the relationship between Information

Technology and communication. He also explains how ICT helps to store large data and

how we can access that large data from anywhere whenever is needed.

Learning Experience Interaction 1

Here ,opinions, suggestions, responses were posted to peer's postings.

Course Journal week 2

FDP 101 X

Foundation Program on ICT in Education

IIT Bombay X

13 September to 18 October 2018

Submited by

Shruti N. Sarda

Assistant Professor,

Department of Management Studies (MBA),

Sipna College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati

Week 1 (26 September – 2 October, 2018) :

26/September/2018

What is the Internet?

Reflection Spot

Do you know what Internet is? Do you know how it works?

Internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication

facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

It is resolved of ARPANET. Working of internet can be explained by this diagram,

The correct pattern to access the site with the domain name is Connect to a network>Open the

browser> Type the site domain name in address bar>Open the site page

How the Internet works

Reflection Spot

Do you know how information travels from your computer to other networks?

Answer: via routers , cables, packets

Informations is transferred in binary language i.e. 1 and 0

Information can be transferred by electricity (1- on; 0-off), light and radio

Method Pro Con

Electricity Cheap Signal Loss

Light Fast, no signal loss Expensive, difficult to work

with

Radio Totally Mobile Shprt Range

Bandwidth- maximum transmission capacity of a device.

bit-rate- no of bit that can be send over a period of time.

Latency- time taken by a bit to travel from 1 place to another.

Fibre Optic Cable- a thread of glass engineered to reflect light.

Some Internet Protocols 28/September/2018

The rules and procedures that manage the movement of data packets constitute network

protocols.

The Internet: HTTP & HTML

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (language used to communicate between web browser and

servers)

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

URL: Uniform Resource Locator

Reflection Spot

Think of what happens when you write and send an email to your friend. What do you think are

the activities/processes taking place from the time you send it to the time you receive a response?

Answer: data travels from my computer to server in packet and than to my friends server.

LeD 2.1: Tools for Website Creation

Needs and various options available to setup a simple website for teaching and research faculty

are explained.

Websites classification:

a) Simple: Use WORDPRESS.. few pages, blogs etc

b) Multifunctional: Use DRUPAL.. deep structured content, linked pages, conference

websites etc

LeD 2.2: Basic Customisation in Wordpress

The video explains that how we can customise the website by clicking on customize. We can

change the title, colours, fonts, header image, menus, widgets and appearance of your front page must

appear.

LeD 2.3 Adding Content in WordPress

Content can be added in the form of pages and blog(web-log).

LeD 2.4 Managing Content in WordPress

Content (blogs, pages, media, comments )can be managed using control panel .

LeD 2.5: Advanced Customization in Wordpress:

The video here explains Advanced Configuration in Wordpress.

After watching video one can add media to pages, change, theme, adding new widgets, adding

new users, inserting the files, web links etc.,

Control Panel (Post/Pages)

edit Quick Edit Delete

Select and Filter List

Search to Filter

Course Journal week 3

FDP 101 X

Foundation Program on ICT in Education

IIT Bombay X

27 September to 4 October 2018

Submited by

Shruti N. Sarda

Assistant Professor,

Department of Management Studies (MBA),

Sipna College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati

Date: 1st October

LED 1: VISUAL PRESENTATION SKILLS 1

Dr. Sameer Sahastrabudhe gives details about Visual Presentation skill. He specifically focuses

on following three steps on visual presentation:

Plan – Execute - Impress Plan - Brainstorm, analyze, organize

Execute - outline bulleted details, graphics

Impress - Color schemes, types of fonts, effects, visual appeal While discussing on the Graphics

he elaborates various aspects like:

Static Graphics: Drawing/Illustrations, photographs, charts/tables/graphs

Motion Graphics: Videos, animations

Graphic Types:

Decorative: used to catch the attention of the viewer

Photograph: Depiction of the realistic way the object is

Mnemonic: Used for covering a graphic in a form that the brain remembers it better

Organizational: Used for qualitative representation

Relational: Quantitative representation ex. graphs & pie charts

Transformational: Changes over space & Time

Interpretive: Illustrates a theory or a principle

VISUAL PRESENTATION SKILLS 2

Reflection Spot:: Given that you know how to design visuals from the previous learning

dialogue, what do you think are the considerations you have to make when using fonts and colors

in slide design? How many font types, font sizes and colours will you use in the design of your

slides?

Question: Write your responses to above questions in your course journal.

Answer: Wile processing the slide design, I will consider following points:

Font: Usually I prefer to use Times New Roman, Cambria, Arial

Number of Font: I mostly use three fonts one for heading, 2nd for sub heading and 3 rd for

other content.

Font Size: Main Heading 32, Sub Heading 28 and Remaining Content in 22 to 24

Color: Mostly to color combination I mostly prefer i.e. Dark Brown or Black on white or

Cream color Background. And for any Author quotes, definition I use italic font type.

In this second part of Visual Presentation Skill, Dr. Sameer Sahastrabudhe emphasis on colour

Guideline, Typography Guidelines, Impress Guidelines and general Guidelines:

Use of color Schemes: It communicates conventional meanings at times.

Color Guidelines:

More Contrast = More Readability

Dim Lit Room = White text on Black

Bright Room = Black Text on white

Vivid / Pale colors = Less Readability

Color scheme to suit your topic Typography (Use of Fonts)

Question: Write down various ways in which you can emphasize a word using typography

options

Answer: Normal, Bold, Underline, Italic, color

Typography Guidelines:

Use minimum Fonts: 2 are advisable

Use Font Options to Emphasize: 1 is advisable. 2 can be used rarely

Use alignment Feature: left is preferred

Use Grid Impress Guidelines Audience gets taken away from the message. Form over/&

Function: both are important.

Take Aways

Let content and its application „decide‟ the use of mediums font, color, type of graphic

Follow well researched guidelines while using the chosen mediums

Test them before presenting

Use 6*6 rule

Choose a template which promotes readability

Use phrases and abbreviated sentences, rather than full sentences

Use a sans serif font and use them 24pt or larger

Use high quality graphics

Provide references to ANY artifact that you see for someone elses‟ presentation, website,

paper lecture etc

Use animation, slide transitions, audio and video sparingly

Highlight the most important information

Create a handout to accompany your presentation

Created a Presentation

The link for the presentation is

https://snslectures.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/ppt.pptx

Creative Common Licensing 3/10/2018

When sharing our resources to other people through the Internet or when we use readymade

content from the Internet, we always have to think of licenses. That is, the owner of the content

and the way we can use such content. Creative Commons (CC) is one way that offers public

license which allows you to set the way you want other people to use your content (open

educational resources) and how the already available content can be used by others. Licenses and

Examples

Attribution CC BY : This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your

work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most

accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of

licensed materials.

Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-SA: This license lets oth

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA: This license lets others remix,

tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their

new creations under the identical terms.

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND: This license is the most restrictive

of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with

others as long as they credit you, but they can‟t change them in any way or use them

commercially.

LED3.3: SPOKEN TUTORIAL PROJECT

In this learning dialogue Prof. Kannan Moudgalya, explains how Spoken Tutorial Project at IIT

Bombay utilizes the video creation process He tells about the various OER Open Educational

Resources like Khan Academy, NPTEL, MOOCS, OCUU. In this he tells us about OER Spoken

Tutorial. The spoken Tutorials are available in all 22 Indian regional languages. In Spoken

tutorial the script is created first and then the audio file .

How to Use Cam Studio: It is screen recording software. It records all activities that you see on

your screen and allows you to pay them back later on. It can be used to:

Demonstrate features of new software.

Create audio-video tutorials for school / colleges

It Shows How to perform an activity.

Create AVI files to Flash (SWF) files and many of uses

It is a Open Source Software

How to run Cam studio is a technical feature before to make video showed in video.

The link to my screencast is :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY77kyByHRo

LED 3.4: CREATING SPOKEN TUTORIAL DATE: 3/10/2018

PM Prof. Kannan Moudgalya give brief overview of how to make tutorials. In this video

information about softwares like Kazam and Movie Maker also provided. This session focuses

on how to create a spoken tutorial

OTHER SOFTWARES: Shows many software‟s package to create open educational resources.

Popularly used non-GPL softwares:

1. Screencast – o – matic

2. Techsmith Jing (For windows & OSX)

3. Techsmith Camstatia (for Windows)

4. Quick Time (For OSX)

MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES DATE: 4/10/2018

Video provides multimedia principles like:

• Redundancy Principles: People learn more deeply from graphics and narration than graphics,

narration and on screen text.

• Coherence Principle: People learn deeply from multimedia message.

• Spatica Principle: People learn deeply from multimedia message, corresponding words and

pictures posted near rather than for on the page or screen.

Video of Interview with Prof. Richard E. Mayer:

He is an American educational psychologist and has contributed in the general areas of

cognition and learning. He is answering on questions like:

How might we best design video to achieve to learning objectives in a higher education

setting?

What do teachers or lectures need to know in order to be able to use video and / or multimedia

effectively?

How should we produce video in order to increase te odds of it achieving its learning

objectives for those who use it?

LED 3.5: PEER REVIEW PROCESS: WHAT WHY AND HOW?

PR is a common practice for building quality resources and is extensively used in scientific

publication. It is accepted practice assessing open-ended program. Following best practice for

peer review:

Provide clear instructions on what has to be done by the students.

Explain in detail the criteria used to reviewing.

Provide training to students to do a peer review.

Asking students to provide detailed comments while reviewing.

Question: Can you tell one advantage of the process of peer review for both the reviewer and the

reviewee?

Answer: Feedback for reviewee and Good feedback clarity for reviewer. PR process is

Submission – Allocation – Review – Consolidation