Name and Title of the Programme   :    One Week Capacity Building Workshop on Moodle

Date   :    07-12 September, 2020

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section                                        
                                            5. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            6. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            7. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            8. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals (IITP), Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            9. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The workshop began with the Inaugural Session on 07th September, 2020. During the inaugural session, Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, welcomed all the guests & attendees, and discussed the background note of conducting this workshop. He highlighted the significance of Education 4.0 to meet the emerging demands of Industry and emphasized on continuous learning which must go on regardless of all disruptions. Prof. Prerna Gaur, Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, addressed the audience and highlighted the activities of the IEEE Delhi Section. She also talked about various student chapters introduced under IEEE DS to promote the relationship between Academia and Industry.

Chief Guest of the inaugural session, Dr. (Mrs.) Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and Former Vice Chancellor, BPSMV, Sonipat, discussed the highlights of the National Education Policy (NEP) – 2020 and related significance of “Digital Transformation in Higher Education. There were various interesting and knowledge imparting online sessions covered in the workshop.

Sessions were primarily focussed on Capacity Building of the participants on Moodle Open Source LMS with sufficient hands-on, pertaining to which there were sessions on  Moodle LMS by Mr. Uttam Singh Bisht, BVICAM, New Delhi, Google Classroom, Mrs. Tanya Pathak Garg, BVICAM, New Delhi, Sakai LMS by Dr. Sunil Pratap Singh, BVICAM, New Delhi.

The workshop was open to the teachers from all the streams of higher and technical education. During the programme, the participants were given Assignments based on the sessions and they also underwent a quiz based on MCQ Tests. On the basis of their performance in assignments and MCQ Tests, they were graded at A+, A and B categories.  The programme observed active participation of faculty members from different states of the nation. Last day of the programme i.e. on 12th September, 2020, also witnessed a Valedictory Session. Mrs. Tanya Pathak Garg, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, presented a brief report on all the sessions covered during one week workshop. Prof. M. N. Hoda welcomed all the guests and thanked all the speakers & participants to make this workshop a successful event with positive outcomes. Guest of Honour, Prof. A. K. Nayak, Immediate Past President, Computer Society of India, congratulated the organizing team for successfully conducting the workshop. Chief Guest of the session, Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Chairman, National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi Former Founder Vice Chancellor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, congratulated and thanked all the participants for attending this workshop. He motivated all the attendees to develop a passion and make self-commitments to bring all round changes in the academic processes.

At the end, few participants shared their experiences on attending this programme and gave their valuable feedback. The entire programme was coordinated by Mrs. Tanya Pathak Garg, Assistant Professor, Mr. Manish Kumar, Assistant Professor, Mr. Uttam Singh, Assistant Professor, BVICAM. All the participants were awarded with certificates of participation electronically. Mrs. Tanya Pathak Garg expressed her vote of thanks to all the attendees for their active participation and professional bodies for their collaboration in this workshop.