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ATL faculty & students aended MED TECH Symposium 2020 at Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) at
IITH on 25 th of Jan 2020.
Dr. Kousik Sarathy, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, IITH visited ATL and delivered a guest lecture on 29 th
Jan. 2020
E-learning in lockdown
Coursera
During the pandemic, when lockdown caused learning on campus impossible, students and faculty from BVRIT
connued their quest for knowledge through Coursera. Coursera is a plaorm that provides hundreds of courses
stretched across all disciplines taught by top instructors from world-class universies and companies. 4512 students
and faculty registered for courses which range from a duraon of 4-8 weeks. 1177 students completed more than
five courses each.
EdX
EdX is a plaorm for educaon and learning founded by Harvard University and Massachuses Instute of
Technology. 1044 students and faculty registered for courses through EdX. 1010 members completed more than 2
courses each.
Course Networking
Course Networking (CN) is a global, academic social-networking plaorm that offers next-generaon Learning
Management Systems and e-Porolio tool. A total of 297 faculty members iniated their social learning on Course
Networking.
Teaching Professor
During the lockdown the instuon subscribed to The Teaching Professor – a newsleer that helps faculty improve
their teaching, share best pracces, and stay current on the latest pedagogical research. A total of 100+ teaching
ideas were shared with faculty and Implementaon of various ideas among these made learning process easier and
beneficial to the students.
BVRIT at Vishnu Educaonal Development and Innovaon Centre (VEDIC)
Vishnu Educaonal Development and Innovaon Centre (VEDIC) is a unique privately funded residenal campus
established in 2016 with the vision of ‘Mentoring the Mentors’ with training facilies of internaonal standards.
VEDIC facilitates interacon between faculty members, staff, students and global experts in educaon in a
collaborave environment to create rich, engaging learning and teaching experiences. Since its incepon, aspiring
teachers have been receiving hands-on training in ulising teaching learning tools and best pracces with the
guidance of educaonal researchers and psychologists at VEDIC.
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