On 13th July 2019, a
workshop on “Outcome Based Education’ was organized.
This workshop helped our faculty to plan their
course delivery and assessment, keeping the end
point in mind. It insisted to develop learning
resources like video files, audio files, open source
software etc., thus enabling the outcome to be
observable and measurable.
Resource person- Prof.
Sethuraman, Dept of Chemistry, The Gandhigram
University No Drive Day was observed on 16 september
2019 the international ozone day. The students and
staff refrained from using vehicles inside the
campus thereby reducing the carbon footprints.
The IQAC team applied
to the PARAMARSH scheme of UGC with a plan document
and a proposal mentoring 6 colleges with whom an MOU
was signed and got the approval for the same from
UGC.
A workshop on ‘The
Revised Accreditation Framework of NAAC’ was
conducted on 9th November,2019 for 37 staff from 6
Mentee colleges and 17 DQAC members from the Mentor
college. This workshop emphasized on how NAAC is
striving to make the process of assessment more
robust, technology friendly and transparent.
Resource Person- Dr.
Kuppan, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT,
Vellore Dr. S. Alfred Cecil Raj IQAC Coordinator
& Asst. Prof of Physics, St.Josephs College,
Trichy. Dr. Xavier MAhimairaj ,IQAC coordinator,
Asst. Prof of Commerce, Loyola College, Chennai. Dr.
Joe Jesudurai (Rtd) Loyola College, Chennai
One day workshop on
‘MOODLE’- (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning
Environment) was organized on 23 rd November,2019.
This session provided an insight on the importance
of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ICT enabled
Teaching Learning scenario. Hands on training were
provided on Mentimeter, Zee tings, Plickers, Zooms
and Moodle cloud Apps.
Resource
Person-Dr.Binu Thomas, Joint Director, Marian
Institute for Innovative teaching, learning &
Asso. Prof. of Computer Science, Kuttikkanam,
Kerala. Auxilium College (Autonomous) Vellore held a
two day National Conference on Teaching, Learning
and Evaluation: Changes and Challenges (30 &31
January 2020) organized by the IQAC. The conference
was inaugurated by Dr. B. S. Madhukar, Former
Advisor & General Council Executive Committee
member NAAC, and Member of Assessment Committee
(YCB), Ministry of AYUSH, with an inaugural address
in the presence of Dr. Sr. Regina Mary, Principal
and Sr. AmalaValarmathy, Vice Principal. The
resource persons were Dr. Ordetta Mendoza, Dr. N.
Jayakaran, Dr.E. Jerome Xavier, Dr. Binu Thomas, Dr
Mohan Ganesh and Dr J Madavan. There were 150
registered participants from various colleges of
TamilNadu, Kerala and Karnataka. The conference
aimed at a clear understanding of the revised NAAC
norms in relation to Criterion II: Teaching,
Learning and Evaluation, concentrating on the
following topics: Student Enrollment, Catering to
Student’s Diversity, Student Centric Methods,
Programmes for Advanced Learners and Slow Learners,
ICT for Effective Teaching, Mentoring, Capacity
Building, Development Schemes, Evaluation Process
and Reforms, Integrating Cross Cutting into
Curriculum, Value Added Courses, Employability,
Entrepreneurship and Skill Development.