new paradigms teaching and learning

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New Paradigms for innovationNew Paradigms for innovation

in Teaching and Learningin Teaching and Learning

N.Vivekananthamoorthy,S.SankarN.Vivekananthamoorthy,S.Sankar

R.Siva,S.SharmilaR.Siva,S.SharmilaKCG College of TechnologyKCG College of TechnologyChennai,IndiaChennai,India


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Plan of presentationPlan of presentation

OverviewOverview

IntroductionIntroduction

Problems faced in Technical EducationProblems faced in Technical Education

Solutions to the problemsSolutions to the problems

New ParadigmsNew Paradigms

Business Process Reengineering(BPR)Business Process Reengineering(BPR)

Reengineering the educational processReengineering the educational process

IT,the change enablerIT,the change enabler

Instruction vs Learning paradigmInstruction vs Learning paradigm

Active vs Passive LearningActive vs Passive Learning

Experiment and resultsExperiment and results

Future WorkFuture Work

ConclusionConclusion


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Introduction

Technology is continuously changing and organizations areintroducing new technologies and new processes to improveproductivity, profitability to stay competitive in the market.

There is a need for a major paradigm shift in Educationsector which would not happen with small incremental andunrelated changes here and there .

We need to supplement the traditional systems of educationwith innovative and flexible systems using currentTechnology, capable of providing quality education to largetarget group of learners to suit their requirements andexpectations.


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Overview

Educational sytsems should change to meet current challenges

and needs.

There is need to change traditional teaching methods.

This paper focuses change management and re-engineering of

educational processes.

We discuss new paradigms in educational systems to promote

innovation.

Some of the paradigms are Business Process Reengineering

(BPR) ,Open Education and E-Learning etc.

E-learning case study and results


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Problems Faced in the

Technical Education The world around us has changed dramatically but our

higher education continue to operate in the old policy frame.

There is need for paradigm shift.

Technology is growing fast and the traditional educational

system has many limitations and it cannot meet the demand

on students to face 21st century challenges.

There is need for paradigm shift in educational systems tofully utilize the revolutions and innovations taking place in

digital technology.


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Solution to problems &

Challenges Change Management is a tool for analyzing andaddressing the current challenges in educational

systems.

Re-engineering the educational processes with

technology as change enabler.

New paradigms in educational systems areeLearning,Web based Learning ,Open education,etc

The following slides discuss the new paradigms in

Education


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New Paradigms in Education

Open Education

Main Focus New way of communicating, collaborating, and

exchanging information such that every student is able

to achieve his or her full potentialHow it is different

from Traditional

learning schemes

and advantages

More open access to education for more students

,regardless of their institution,region etc

Reuse and sharing to reduce cost

Implementation

Strategy/Example

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The vision from IBM for the future of education : The

Smarter Classroom, which is a 21st century model for

learning, removes the barriers of time and space for

students of all


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Kaizen

Main Focus Continuous improvement in

teaching methodologies

How it is different from

Traditional learning

schemes and

advantages

Kaizen is a way of life philosophy.

It assumes that every aspect of

our life deserves to be

constantly improved

Implementation

Strategy/Examples

Total Quality Management, Quality

Circles, Small group activities



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E-Learning

Main Focus Alternative form of learning

How it is different from Traditional

learning schemes and advantages

To extend the learning environment

beyond the four walls of class room

E-learning provides a learning experienceto the learners via the internet versus the

traditional brick and mortar learning

E-learning provides opportunities

24/7/365 to learners

Self paced learning

The learning process will now takes place

without the constraints of space and time

Implementation Strategy/Examples E-learning-2,Web-2



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New Paradigms in EducationBusiness Process Reengineering in Education

Main Focus Radical redesign and drastic improvement ofeducational processes.


Traditional learning schemesand advantages

Utilizes technology as change enabler and

alternative learning opportunities are harnessed.

Recognizing and breaking away from the

outdated rules and fundamental assumptions

Implementation

Strategy/Examples

Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning

(ERP) System. An example can be PeopleSoft(SA).

Reengineering the business processes involve

forgetting the traditional way of doing things and

open minded about the new functionalities the

ERP software offers


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Active Learning

Main Focus Active learning puts the responsibility

of organizing what is to be learned in

the hands of the learner themselves.


Traditional learning schemes

and advantages

It is the teachers job to promote

active learning by moving away from

being content focused to student

focused

Implementation

Strategy/Examples

Web-2


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Business Process

Reengineering(BPR)The Business Process Reengineering

Fundamental reconsideration and the radical redesign of

organizational processes, in order to achieve drastic

improvement of current performance in cost, services andspeed

-Michael Hammer

The objective of reengineering is to eliminate non- value-adding activities and administrative barriers


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Reengineering the educational

Processes

The stimulus for re-engineering is the combination of four ongoing transitions in

society. They are:

Changing educational needs.

Requirements for alternative learning opportunities.

Extensive availability of digital technology for

educational materials development.

The potential of enhancing human performance (both

learners [students] and learning facilitators [teachers])


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IT-The Change Enabler

IT plays a major role in BPR success and it serves as a change lever.

The innovations and advancement in Technology have enormouspotential

The challenges and problems faced in Educational sector can beconsidered as opportunities for redesigning and improving theexisting processes.

IT offers unprecedented opportunities for introducing new ways of

learning.

Some of the recent paradigms in Higher Education like Web basedLearning, E-Learning, ICT etc have enormous potential for educatingthe masses at cheaper cost.

They can supplement the traditional class room learning.


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Instruction vs Learning Paradigm

In recent times, the shift from Instruction centric approach to Learner

centric approach is advocated

Instruction Paradigm The Learning Paradigm

Provide/deliver instruction

Transfer knowledge from faculty

to students

Offer courses and programs

Improve the quality of instruction

Achieve access for diverse

students

Produce learning

Elicit students discovery and

construction of knowledge

Create powerful learning

environments

Improve the quality of learning

Achieve success for diverse

students


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Active vs Passive LearningActive vs Passive LearningActive Learning promotes a better learning

environment through which the student uses prior

knowledge effectively and acquires new knowledge

easily.

Active learning is learning by doing

Such teaching is dynamic and the continual

revisions to teaching and delivery methods, visualaids, demonstrations, etc. are endless. The students

have the opportunity to remember up to 50% the

content of each class session.


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EE--Learning Experiment and ResultsLearning Experiment and Results

An eAn e--learning system has beenlearning system has been

designed and implemented at KCG College ofdesigned and implemented at KCG College of

Technology,Chennai,India.Technology,Chennai,India. The web based system has been used to augment theThe web based system has been used to augment the

learning experience of Computer Science andlearning experience of Computer Science and

Engineering students as an experimental basis.Engineering students as an experimental basis.

Data has been collected over a period of one year onData has been collected over a period of one year on

web usage on the basis of Visits,Visitors,Page Views etc.web usage on the basis of Visits,Visitors,Page Views etc.

Interesting patterns are noticed after analysis ofInteresting patterns are noticed after analysis of

statistical data generated.statistical data generated.

The following slides highlight the experimental resultsThe following slides highlight the experimental results


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Monthwise Visitor Statistics collectedMonthwise Visitor Statistics collectedfor the year 2009for the year 2009

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Intrepretation of Experimental results basedIntrepretation of Experimental results based

on data collected regarding Web Usageon data collected regarding Web Usage

From the data collected for One YearPeriod, the highest number of 170 visits happened in May-2009 by 133 visitors.

The increase in demand for the web site could be attributed to

students appearing for the university examination conductedduring May-2009.

It can be further noted that the number of visits has fallendown to 85 with 65 visitors during the month of June-2009,during which the students had vacation.

The college reopened in July-2009 and again a spurt in visitshappened.

We can come to the logical conclusion that there was a patternin web site usage that during examination time more numberof students had visited the web site and referred the course

material and instructions for various courses.


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Future Work

A project will be under taken in future to

simulate the Re-engineering of the

educational processes and the outcomewill be measured to find out whether

drastic improvements have taken place in

speed, cost in the teaching and learning

process.


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Conclusion The problems and challenges faced by current Educational systems

suggest improving the teaching and learning process to suit current needs of

Industry and society.

Re-engineering can be applied to educational systems by redesigning the

education processes which can produce dramatic improvement in theTeaching and Learning Process.

Re-engineering suggests using latest Technology as IT Levers which are

also called change enablers.

Some of the paradigms discussed for improving the teaching and learning

process are BPR, Kaizen, and e-learning etc.

Major change in educational systems would happen by moving from

Instruction Paradigm to Learning Paradigm.

Experimental results on an alternate form of learning based on e-learning

paradigm was presented and discussed.


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