PRESSIdeas June 2020 issue

pressideas/ commercial printing
Online tools and techniques for Printing and Packaging
The Departments of Printing Technology in
School of Engineering in Avinashilingam
Institute for Home Science & Higher
Education for Women, Coimbatore
and PVG’s College of Engineering and
Technology, Pune, have jointly organized a
5-Day online Faculty Development Program
on “Online tools and techniques for Printing
and Packaging” from June 22nd to 26th
2020, exclusively for the faculties of printing
institutes.
With the objective to train Printing faculty
and fraternity in online tools and techniques
for teaching-learning process, the FDP
provided the participants an opportunity of
incremental learning each day. Each session
had one academician and one industry
person as speakers. Participants were given
online assignments, the completion of which,
makes the participants eligible for the FDP
certificate. The entire FDP took place on the
G-suite Google meet.
There were 91 registrations by faculty
members in printing and packaging
specialisation, from 10 Engineering
Institutions, 16 Polytechnic Colleges, 2
B.Voc Institutes, 1 National skill trainer, 4
International Institutions outside India, 1
Vocational Hr. Sec School, and 4 Industry
trainers. The participants were Heads
of Departments, Professors, Associate
Professors, Assistant Professors, Technical
Assistants, School teacher and Industry
Trainer.
The faculty members on the organising
committee were the primary speakers of the
FDP. An industry/media person would speak
from industry perspective in each session,
bridging the gap between industry and
academia.
Two webinars were scheduled each day.
The inaugural address was rendered by
the senior management officials and senior
administrators of the two Institutions.
Three well-known personalities in the printing
fraternity, associated with printing education,
rendered the special address: (i) Dr.
Rajendra Kumar Anayath, Vice-Chancellor,
DCRUST University, Haryana, (ii) Prof Kamal
Chopra, Honorary Professor of many Printing
Institutes, India and Abroad and (iii) Mr.
Dayakar Reddy, Founder President, GIPT,
Secunderabad alumni association.
Key Sessions:
Day 1 – Choosing the technology,
LMS or Open Web
(i) Open Web platform – AGP Case Study
(ii) Learning Management System (LMS) –
Google Classroom
Day 2 – Teaching styles and habits needed to
teach online
(i) Online Teaching-Learning: Stakeholders
Views – Results of a Survey
(Speaker: Mr.K.Panthalaselvan, MD,
Idealliance South Asia)
(ii) Teaching styles and habits needed to
teach online
Day 2 – Problems encountered in using ICT
and Making ICT work
(i) Online Teaching-Learning: Stakeholders
Views – Results of a Survey
(ii) Challenges in using ICT for teaching
(iii) Making ICT Work
Day 3 – Evaluation and Assessment in Online
classes
(i) Autoprint Experiences in Evaluation and
Assessment
(Speaker: Mr.C.N.Ashok,
Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers)
Mr.C.N.Ashok shared his views on the
evaluation of a candidate in service after
regular interval. He explained and stressed
upon criteria which should be followed for
evaluation of the employee. “Employees
performance on all fronts is what will help
to flourish or perish”, was an important
message given by him to the participants.
Mr. Ashok mentioned that the evaluation of
operational level employees can be done on
parameters such as: Passion for Quality, Cost
Prudence, Communication Skill, Customer
Centric, Team Player, Taking Ownership,
Willingness to Learn and Develop, etc. He
added that, it is important to evaluate middle
level management on the basis of the ways
by getting things done and process driven
problem solving. The top-level management
should also be evaluated on the strategic
thinking, innovation and influencing the
systems.
(ii) Evaluation and Assessment in
Online classes
Day 3 – Panel Discussion: “Tools for Planning
Research &Publishing of Research Papers”
Day 4 – Open Educational Resources (OER)
(i) Open Educational Resources (OER) –
What and Why
10 June 2020