Enhance Better Learning using Radio Enabled Learning in Tamil

New Delhi, May 10, 2019: CEMCA supporting Sri Sankara Arts & Science College, Enathur, Kanchipuram for a project on “Enhance Better Learning using Radio Enabled learning”, under this project a two days workshop organised during 17th and 18th May, 2019 in Sruthi CRS Community Radio Station in order to work out the modalities and for the successful implementation of the Project. Since it was the first time in India, the proposal of enhancing better learning using Radio Enabled Learning which is embarked upon, special care and guiding principles were thoroughly analysed during this workshop with the help of the experts and exponents in the relevant fields. Total 32 participants participated in the workshop. The following resource persons were present and shared their ideas and expertise during the two days workshop:

1. _{1. Dr R. Sreedher, Media Expert & Community Radio Practitioner, New Delhi.}
2. _{2. Sri. K. Jayamkondan. Former Announcer, AIR. Chennai.}
3. _{3. Sri. U.M. Kannan, Former Deputy Director, Doordarshan.}
4. _{4. Sri. M.S. Perumaal, Former Director, AIR and Doordarshan.}
5. _{5. Dr. Rajendra Mishra, Former Director, IMC, Mannu, Hyderabad. Former Research Scientist (Rtd.) UGC – CEC, New Delhi.}
6. _{6. Dr. K.R. Venkatesan, Principal and Director Sruthi Community Radio Station, Sri Sankara Arts & Science College campus, Kanchipuram.}

Dr. Rajendra Mishra said in his address that, there is a strong need of Radio Enabled Learning and also trained the participants how to teach the new young generation students in this technological world. He gave a lot of informative examples for how to teach in the Radio Enabled Learning.

After a formal introduction about Radio Enabled Learning, about CEMCA, the project, the topic, and the resource persons, in the chairmanship of Dr. R. Sreedher, the media expert and the Resource Persons elaborately discussed and finalised the following:

1. _{1. The course content}
2. _{2. Modules to be prepared}
3. _{3. Formation of episodes}
4. _{4. Totally 41 episodes have been planned.}
5. _{5. Titles/topics for the episodes were suggested and finalised.}
6. _{6. Nomination of the persons responsible for producing the formats was finalised. Magazine, Talks, Interviews, Discussions, Folk Arts, Feature Format, Lecture format, interaction and Debate were the formats finalised for the episodes. (details enclosed)}
7. _{7. Nomination of experts for Writing the Scripts for the Course was also done during the workshop.}
8. _{8. Title song was finalised.}
9. _{9. Voices, especially voices of exponents in AIR and Doordarshan were preferred and selected. Sri. Jayamkondan, former Announcer in AIR, Sri. U. M. Kannan, former AIR and Doordarshan Deputy Director, Sri. M. S. Perumal, former Director of Doordarshan were present and conducted the Audition for Voice testing of 30 persons, both ladies and gents.}
10. _{10. The studios in which the episodes would be recorded were also finalised}

Wide converge in the Press and Media was given. The News published in various Newspapers. The dates of recording were also finalised.