Presentation for Assessment, Semester I, 2008 Aim of Course (I would like students to learn after attending the course )  To understand basic theory of DSP & its algorithms.  To comprehend finer concepts of algorithm design and its implementations.  To visualize through experiments that DSP really works! Course Name: (1) Digital Signal Processing (2) DSP Using MATLAB Course Code: MTES/MTSIT/MTMCT 15 Student Strength: 58 Instructor Name: Dr. Abhay Kumar School of Electronics Devi Ahilya University, Indore

Assessment Policy & Result Summary Assessment Policy: Mid Term : 40% Final : 60% Result SummaryNo. of Students High Grade (B+ & Above) 06 Average (B,C, C+)34 Low (D,D+)12 Fail06 Poor Performance! – 50% students are below ‘B ’

Assessment Comments on course contents, design, scope of course, adequacy etc., Course Design as per leading US Universities. Course Content matured upto design level. This course is prerequisite to M.Tech SIT for MTSIT 25 (Digital Image Processing) Many students with B.E.(Elex &Comm.) feel this course is a repeat.

Problems faced in Teaching-Learning Coverage of syllabus is almost 70%. Major part left out is application aspect. Reasons thereof: The class composition is heterogeneous - Students of all streams of Elex/CS/IT. That leads to slowing down of pace of coverage. 50% students admitted through IInd counseling process which was delayed by one month. This caused loss of lectures for them. This is major reason for poor grade statistics.

Problems Continued…….. Students attendance was mostly moderate- another reason for poor performance. Students feedback about this course shall further provide insight into their poor performance. Non availability of books – New books not purchased

My Suggestions for Course Changes & Improvement in Teaching-Learning Process Separate course for different M.Tech. streams- Advanced DSP for M.Tech (ES). Familiarity with DSP kits that department has bought. Large size of class does not permit interactive teaching learning process - requirement of smaller class size. Linkage of concepts taught with laboratory work. Strict compliance of attendance norms

Steps taken for Improvement Objectivity in paper setting- only numerical and problem oriented questions were asked in tests. Major DSP concepts were demonstrated with MATLAB in lab hours. Set of experiments were designed with prototype MATLAB code and given to students well in advance. Personal interaction with students regarding suggestion of new small projects.

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