Faculty

Innovations by the Faculty in Teaching and Learning

Use of ICT (Information Communication Technology) Tools:

• Smart pads with Google Classroom: It completely change the process of putting pen to paper. With a single click, it instantly digitizes handwriting and diagrams. 
• Video lectures, handouts and laboratory manuals are uploaded on the online learning platform VOLP. Students join the classroom with unique class code. 
• Learning by doing is experienced through project-based and project-centric learning. This includes Course Projects, Engineering Design and Innovation (EDI) Projects, Software Development Projects, Major Projects and Internships.
• Use of short videos, animation and demonstration models to explain the concepts.
• Meaningful engagement of students through Group Discussion, Seminar and Innovative Home Assignment (Blog, Design, Case Study or Survey).  
• Use of Virtual labs for effective understanding of practical concepts. 
• We encourage students to enhance their skill sets through different online learning platforms like Coursera, NPTEL, Udemy etc. 
• Recorded lectures of faculty of courses are available on YouTube. 

Innovations in Instructional Delivery and Methods:

• Fun learning activities / concept-oriented activities like role plays and group discussions, are planned in the classroom with the participation of the students.
• Department has arranged expert sessions of international speakers and industry experts to enrich the knowledge of the students about recent technologies used in the industry.
• VOLP is a Learning Management System (LMS) developed by Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune. Faculty members prepare interactive videos (periodic pop-up quizzes embedded within the videos), lab assignments and reference materials. Students can access this material using a smartphone or web browser. It encourages self-learning and instructor-guided flipped classrooms.

Innovations in Assessment and Evaluation:

• VOLP is a learning platform designed to provide a robust, secure, and integrated system to create a personalized learning environment. Faculty members use the VOLP platform to assess the students through MCQ-based tests. 
•  During the practical session, the students are given challenging statements to solve real-time problems. Every student creates a code to represent the given statement. It enhances students' critical thinking and coding abilities.
•  To inculcate the research attitude, IPR awareness sessions are conducted. As a result, students have filed copyrights on their lab work.
• Continuous assessment is carried out for home assignment, group discussion, course project, lab work, and presentation.
• Mid-semester examination of internship, major project, SDP and EDI project is conducted by a faculty member panel. End-semester examination of the same is carried out along with industry professionals.
• For example - Sample blogs written by students which are assessed against home assignment.