Capacity Building Workshop for Online Facilitators under CEMCA- KKHSOU Project on ICT Based Interventions for Teachers

Guwahati, 30 October 2018: A three-day workshop organized by Krishna Kant Hendique State Open University (KKHSOU) with the support of Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asia (CEMCA) on ‘Development of E-content and Facilitation of Online Learning through Moodle LMS including Mobile App’ at Rajdhani Regency, Guwahati to train the online facilitators from 26th to 28th October, 2018 under CEMCA-KKHSOU Project “Designing ICT-based Intervention Programmes for Teachers: An Initiative for Quality Education”.

The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. N.N. Sharma, Director, Centre for Internal Quality Assurance, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU). It was followed by a welcome address by Dr. Arupjyoti Choudhury, Registrar, KKHSOU. The Controller of Examinations, Dean (Academic) and the Dean (Study Centres) of KKHSOU were also participated in the workshop. Altogether 21 participants from various institutions took active part in the workshop. Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Programme Officer, Education, CEMCA, New Delhi and Mr. Ashutosh Taunk, Manager, Digital Learning Initiatives, Ahmedabad University facilitated the sessions of the workshop.

The first day of the workshop was devoted to sessions on usage of ICT in education, usage of Moodle LMS, KKHSOU LMS structure and Course Life cycle configuration and settings. The second day itinerary included uploading the e-resources, assignments, discussions, adding and preparing quiz, access, review, gradebooks, badges and OER usage and creation. On the third day, the participants had the experience of incorporating feedback and communication on the online platform, designing an online course and a discussion on the best practices to be followed in an online course. The third day also included presentation of the online courses uploaded by the participants in the KKHSOU Learning Management System.

The workshop came to an end with the valedictory session which was graced by Prof. N. N. Sharma, Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Mr. Ashutosh Taunk and Dr. Marami Goswami, Associate Professor, Guwahati College. The participants were given the opportunity to share their experiences and views about the workshop. The workshop came to a conclusion with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr. Pranab Saikia, Director of the Project and Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, KKHSOU.