1. Improving the academic culture at IITB A brainstorming

2. Aspects of the Academic Culture Distraction due to extra-curricular activities Student demotivation and its remedies Issues in the conduct of large classes Spreading awareness of the theory and practice of effective teaching

3. e Extra-curricular Activities Student Demotivation Effective Teaching Large class issues

4. Deciding the road ahead We need dialogs with broad participation to get a grasp of reality A 3-pronged approach could be –Collect data, conduct analyses, create a database –Have an activity forum with periodic activities (experience seminars, expert seminars, panel discussions) –Have a core group for each aspect of academic culture

5. Extra-curricular activities Recruiter expectations –Data: spread/extent of activities; –Actions: how to cap rec. expectations through thresholds Classify activities into mutually exclusive classes Structure the activities into courses How to prevent overload

6. Student demotivation Courses are not interesting –Data: interest level, causes, suggestions Assignment/quizzes make us study –Data: #assignments in courses Study the night before exam is adequate –Data: –Actions: Reformulate exams to require deeper understanding No value addition in classes –Data : Coursewise Competition

7. Effective Teaching How to counter “study the night before”? –Data: Faculty suggestions, experiences Group and peer learning –Data: Coursewise stats, Fac, Student expectations –Action: How to identify such topics? Design of slides Design of exams – Concept mastery, applications, advanced questions –Data: Faculty suggestions, experiences –Action: ?

8. Large Class issues Grading issues in split-division classes –Data: coursewise Classroom facilities –Data: audit of classrooms Instructor-student interaction –Data: coursewise Group learning and peer learning techs

9. Starting off 1.A panel discussion on “Math Teaching at IITB” (2 hours) – Mid March 2013 2.An expert seminar on Educational tools and techniques (1.5 hours) – End March 2013 3.Planning writeups by faculty on how to use tools & techniques covered in item 2 – April’13 4.Experience sharing seminars – April’13 5.1.5 day workshop on teaching methodologies – July-August 2013

10. Starting off … 1.A panel discussion on “Math Teaching at IITB” 4 Teachers’ presentations (15 minutes each) Teaching of math concepts Planning practice sessions Design of slides Peer and group learning Ensuring adequate learning 3 Students’ presentations (5-7 minutes each) Discussion

11. Starting off … 2. Expert Seminar a)Contents Educational tools Education techniques Understanding the student b) Speaker: Dr Yogesh Velankar PhD in Engg Education (Purdue)

12. Deciding the road ahead We need dialogs with broad participation to get a grasp of reality A 3-pronged approach could be –Collect data, conduct analyses, create a database –Have an activity forum with periodic activities (experience seminars, expert seminars, panel discussions) –Have a core group for each aspect of academic culture