Learning by Doing (LBD) based Course Content Development (in Areas of CS and ECE)

1. Learning by Doing (LBD) based Course Content Development (in Areas of CS and ECE) International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad , India

2. Agenda • Methodology • Previous Experience • Objective • Time bound outcomes and deliverables • Budget • Resources

3. The opportunity • A lecture may not sustain full interest of a student • The same holds true for a recorded lecture • This is perhaps because not all students are involved • How do we make the student get involved?

4. A solution • Students need to get involved • Problem centric approach • Carefully chosen problems • Covering all aspects • Lectures are not at the center • But are provided as resources

5. Problem Centric Approach • Develop a realistic story • Have the students work on “tasks” • Work as teams to produce work products • Personalized lectures

6. Curriculum Development • Identify skills required and map to tasks

7. Curriculum Development • For each task, produce • Task description • List and description of deliverables • Resources – video lectures, PPTs, Just in Time (JIT) lectures • Program website

8. Learning by Doing explained …

9. The Gaps • Insufficient Faculty • Heterogeneous student population • Different innate abilities • Different backgrounds • Different learning velocities • Different ambitions … • Provide expert video lectures • Task Levels and Types • JIT • Self paced • Higher level courses faster … on fast track

10. Designing content for … • Spanning a heterogeneous audience enabling a wider reach • Product usability and ensuring use • Better appreciation of different concepts using appropriate pedagogical approaches • Virus – simulation based • Scalable and efficient delivery (mentor model) • Involvement of all stakeholders • Adaptability – to create enhancements for course

11. Previous Experience

12. Master of Science in IT (MSIT) • Started in 2001 • Post Graduate course (2 years) • 770 students trained so far • Specializations offered • Language technologies • Software engineering • E-commerce • Computer Networks

13. Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) • Started in 2008 • Integrated course (plus 2 and engineering) • Intake of 6000 students each year • Located in three campuses • After 6 years, the strength of RGUKT will be 36,000 • Entire program is based on LBD methodology

14. EnhanceEdu • Started in 2008 • Department of IT (DIT) funded project • 150 faculty members from engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh trained as mentors using LBD content • Began support for implementation • In three years, 12000 students will be trained each year in LBD methodology

15. Our Objective

16. Objective • Use the learning by doing methodology to • develop content for core and advanced courses in CS and ECE • validate it by reaching out to colleges and industry • enhance it by conducting workshops for expert feedback

17. Proposal • Courses proposed to be developed (Level 1, 2, 3) • Digital Logic and Processors • Data Structures • Computer System Organization • Algorithms • Operating Systems • Graphics • Formal Methods • Basic Electronic Circuits • Signals and Systems • Communication Theory • Computation Theory • Artificial Intelligence • Principles of Programming • Numerical Techniques and Optimization • Principles of Information Security • Distributed Systems • Database Systems • Computer and Communication Networks • Compilers • Software Engineering Develop 10 courses from the proposed list

18. Content Creation Cost estimation • Course content creation using learning by doing methodology Rs.10 lakhs per course

19. Content Designed… Are we done? No!

20. Creation & Delivery Framework

21. Teacher Training and Delivery • Cost for teacher training program and implementation at the colleges Rs. 10 lakhs per course

22. Manpower • Resources needed • Subject matter experts • Content Development Team • Senior Content Developers • Animation team • Content developers

23. Pilot Phase • By December 2010 • Develop content for 3 courses • Provide training to teachers • Support in implementation at colleges

24. Budget for Pilot Phase

25. Phase II • By May 2012 • Develop content for 7 more courses • Provide training to teachers • Support in implementation at colleges

26. Budget for Phase II

27. Project Budget

28. Deliverables

29. Resources • IIIT-H faculty • Center for Education Technology and Learning Sciences (CETLS), IIIT-H • Invited subject experts

30. This is just the beginning…

31. Towards a Comprehensive Learning Environment for Adaptivity and Research (CLEAR) Collaborate Collaborate Collaborate Collaborate Collaborate

32. Model features • Model has ability to provide • Scalability • Self-sustainability … after a period of 3 years at the college • Designed for success • Success defined by … … the students’ use of the content and deriving value • Eases the learning process for every student • Adaptivity – Personalization and Customization • Selection from available “buffet” of courses

33. Contact • Dr. Kannan Srinathan IIIT-Hyderabad srinathan@iiit.ac.in • Ms. Sandhya Kode CETLS, IIIT-Hyderabad skodev@iiit.ac.in

34. Queries?