Innovation In Teaching

A Seminaron “Innovation In Teaching” : A Seminaron “Innovation In Teaching”

INTRODUCTION : Education is a light that shows the mankind the right direction to surge. Purpose of education is not just making a student literate but adds rationale thinking, knowledgeablity and self sufficiency. When there is a willingness to change, there is hope for progress in any field. Creativity can be developed and innovation benefits both students and teachers. INTRODUCTION

Slide 3 : Teaching: the activity of facilitating learning Traditional Teaching Method: the teacher is the sender or the source. the educational material is the information or message. the student is the receiver of the information. MESSAGE MEDIUM Ultimately, a teacher tries his best to impart knowledge as the way he understood it. So, any communication methods that serve this purpose without destroying the objective could be considered as innovative methods of teaching. Sender (Teacher) Receiver (student)

Some limitations which may prevail in traditional teaching method are: : Teaching in classroom using chalk and talk is “one way flow” of information. Teachers often continuously talk for an hour without knowing students response and feedback. The material presented is only based on lecturer notes and textbooks. Teaching and learning are concentrated on “plug and play” method rather than practical aspects. The handwriting of the lecturer decides the fate of the subject. There is insufficient interaction with students in classroom. More emphasis has been given on theory without any practical and real life time situations. Learning from memorization but not understanding. Marks rather than result oriented. Some limitations which may prevail in traditional teaching method are:

INNOVATIVE TOOLS : MULTIMEDIA LEARNING PROCESS: I hear and I forget. I see and I believe. I do and I understand. Multimedia, is the combination of various digital media types such as text, images, audio and video, into an integrated multi-sensory interactive application or presentation to convey information to an audience. The teacher uses multimedia to modify the contents of the material. It will help the teacher to represent in a more meaningful way, using different media elements. INNOVATIVE TOOLS

TRADITIONAL AND MULTIMEDIA LEARNING- THE DIFFERENCE : TRADITIONAL AND MULTIMEDIA LEARNING- THE DIFFERENCE ONE-WAY FLOW (Traditionalmethod) AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING PROCESS (Multimedia Learning)

Some other innovative tools suggested: : Some other innovative tools suggested: Mind Map: way of helping students make notes that used only key words and images, but mind map can be used by teachers to explain concepts in an innovative way. This would bring very high impact on the minds of the students about a concept Creates clear understanding PowerPoint can be used widely. Innovative thinking improves

Slide 8 : (2 ) TEACHING WITH SENSE OF HUMOUR – “HUMOUR AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM OF TEACHING” Humor strengthens the relationship between student and teacher, reduces stress, makes a course more interesting and if relevant to the subject, may even enhance recall of the material. Humor has the ability to relax people, reduce tension. Thereby create an atmosphere conducive for learning and communication. (3) Z TO A APPROACH- This approach attempts to explain the application part of a particular concept first. Strengths:- Makes a particular concept clear Students develop interest to know exactly the concept. Creates long lasting memory/correlation of a concept.

Slide 9 : (4) MNEMMONICS WORDS- WORDS –WORDS APPROACH:- Here the teacher is not supposed to talk on a particular concept for a quite long time. But to make it clear to the students he can just go on saying mnemonics or its associated meaning in words. Dictionary must be used widely Word power increases Teacher also gets to know many words pertaining to a particular concept. (5) ROLE PLAYING AND SCENARIO ANALYSIS BASED TEACHING:- Role playing and scenario analysis is mostly used in organizations that try to analyze a problem pertaining to the organization, and this is also used in management institutions. But the similar kind of practice can be tried in other specialization too like science and engineering.