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.