DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-I
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
2.3.4. How is learning made student-centric? Give a list of participatory
learning activities adopted by the faculty that contributes to holistic
development and improved student learning, besides facilitating life-long
learning and knowledge management.
The learning is made student centric by adopting variation in teaching
methods suited to the learning abilities of the students. Teachers prefer to
engage students in face to face interaction in which even average student
actively participate and freely ask questions. For making interactive session,
all classrooms are equipped with projector and are having access to internet
through LAN or Wi-Fi. Teachers are supposed to provide few ppt slides on
current topic of discussion to students in advance. University has developed
online portal for student academic life cycle process where they can have
access to these material or additional resources. Students are encouraged to
provide assignment in softcopy or hardcopy on a given topic. Seminar and
assignment are composite part of course curriculum. School of Language uses
Multi media lab for improving language skills and understanding about subject
where they use audio video resources for students in computer assisted
conferencing, broadcasting tools within the multimedia lab. It is school’s
endeavor to facilitate the access or interaction with native language speaking
people to their students. School is trying hard to get such opportunities as a
permanent solution to attached native language speaking people through
foreign collaboration or MOUs. JICA (Japanese agency) has sanctioned such
system for Japanese language in Doon University. Project work and
Assignments are mandatory in all Post Graduate courses offered by the
university. Some unique and innovative project activities of the students are:
Summer Training, Dissertation Projects and Minor Projects are part of core
courses of the MBA, M. Sc., MA programmes.
The teachers use the various teaching-learning methods like:
● Use of audio-visual facilities
● Multimedia power point presentations
● Compulsory assignments and seminar presentations
● Compulsory contact hours
● Computer assisted learning
● Case studies
● Workshop
● Group discussions and presentations
● Field based assignments
● Screening of Foreign language film and discussions on them
2.3.5 What is the university’s policy on inviting experts / people of
eminence to deliver lectures and/or organize seminars for students?
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