Abstract
A Study of Faculty Development Program Effectiveness via Webinars – COVID-19 pandemic force to shut down all the educational institutes across the country. But we cannot stop our learning and sharing our knowledge. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to research the effectiveness of webinars and online workshops during the COVID 19 pandemic. Online survey method was used to collect the data from 210 respondents across India and from different institutes. Purposive sampling technique was used. Researchers have used self-made questionnaire with both open ended and close ended questions. Researchers have divided the analysis section into sub-sections like, readiness and purpose of participants, organizational aspects, efficiency of resource persons, instructional design and delivery, learning out comes/feedback and the respondents’ reflection on online programs.
The research revealed that pre-requisite knowledge of ICT tools and applications (86%) and pre-requisite knowledge of themes are very important to understand online programs. Majority of the respondents said that they have attended the online program as per their specialization (76%). But long duration program creates boredom (68%). It is found that geographical location and internet connectivity are the major problems. The research revealed that organizers are working well in the ground of the online registration, selection of the theme, providing e-certificate on time and circulation of the power-point presentation and learning materials of the resource person to the participants and many more. But a loophole is the poor technical difficulties from organizers side (64%). The research has reported that 71% of the respondents said, resource persons must have both content and technological skills. 42% respondents have accepted that resource persons have content knowledge, but they do not have technological skills at per. The positive side is that resource persons give lectures with the help of power point presentations (74%).
The remarkable part of the research is that 81% of the respondents have agreed with the transform of the education system in the post pandemic era through this online program. Some other positive sides of online program are; budget friendly (56%), collaborative and discussion-based learning (67%), participants can use the learnt knowledge in the professional field (81%), preparing and submitting the tasks are easy (59%), practical and skill-based subjects can learn effectively (53%). The paper also discussed about the title of the online program attended by the respondents, important points learned, new skills developed from the programs during the lock down period, important themes want to learn in future and some of the suggestions for future online program.
The research ends with giving some suggestions to the participants, organizers, curriculum planners, government and the educational institutes for improvement and smooth running of the online program. The on-demand ability to share and distribute recorded webinars via a portal or database, plays a vital role to the learner. It means that content is at the fingertips of trainees, and that unlimited playback is possible. A key feature of a good webinar is its interactive elements – the ability to give, receive and discuss information. An interactive function can be fulfilled by discussion boards and online chatrooms provided on the same website as the webinar. This either allows trainees to discuss the content as an online community or, in some cases of live discussion and panel shows, contribute to the presentation directly by asking questions or making statements which can be relayed directly to the panel.
As the trainees are given an increased level of interactivity by allowing them to submit information to the discussion (be it text, graphic, audio or video) the experience will become more engaging for them and make for a better learning experience. Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. The predecessor of a web-conference is the video- conference. Basically, video conferencing is the exchange of a live video feed between , or more participants to connect webinar members so that members at a distance cannot only be heard but seen as well.0 Before the availability of high bandwidth internet connections, signals were carried over point to point connections established via ISDN lines.
Webinars in a Training
Use of this technology for learning is still considered to be in its infancy, however as with news and entertainment, growth of its use within teaching practice is expanding rapidly alongside the capacity of trainers and learners to support the technology. The potential which webinars hold within training, particularly for adult education and continuing professional development within small and medium businesses, opens up a huge market for in-house upskilling of sta. where traditionally sta. would have to be sent on training days, at great cost to the company. Also, the option for webinars to either be live and interactive, allowing a simulated classroom experience, or on-demand for trainees to watch when and as they want, makes training of this type very flexible and therefore particularly for small businesses. As the use of technology in non-compulsory education has become more widespread, educators have begun to use these technologies as an additional core skill in more traditional areas of learning, as well as in subjects such as IT which this technology lends itself to. This has led to a culture in education with more acceptance of what is called blended learning which refers to educators using new and innovative technologies in conjunction with more traditional teaching methods practiced in the conference room to deliver their training. The majority of webinars tend toward the broadcast-style described above, with a lecturer (or other person) delivering content to a group, while an e-learning webinar with a small number of participants (less than ten trainees) may have a high level of interactivity and reflects a blended learning structure, as participants are granted additional control. The amount of interactivity permitted in a webinar should be inversely proportional to the number of participants. As a result large groups will lead to webinars similar to a traditional broadcast format. Although these new technologies support learning, many still use them with the traditional teaching styles they have adopted for the training. While many underlying methodologies common to all teaching practice are allowed to function using new technologies such as webinars, the elect of these technologies can be maximized by developing new processes and teaching styles specific to the new technologies and this document sets out to address how you can deliver the most elective teaching and learning through webinars.
Key Features of Webinars
The most typical features of a webinar can be summarized as follows,
- On-line environment
- Use of software: Webinar providers require specific software Participants must have internet access
- Live event (scheduled at a precise time)
- Participation by invitation only
- Limited duration of, hours presenting content (using audio, video, sharing screen, ppt presentations, etc.)
- Interaction with participants (audio, chat, quizzes, surveys, whiteboard, “hands up” button, etc.)
- Partial anonymity of participants
- Rights giving: the person running the webinar may give rights to the participants (e.g. make them presenters). It gives the participants more options (e.g. screen sharing, file sharing, etc.)
Components of a Project Report
A project report varies according to the MBA final year project course at top colleges, depending on the consequences and the requirements of the concerned project. But broadly, a project covers the following components:
- Title page
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Background of the project
- Project objectives
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion and Analysis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography or references
- Appendices
Project Report Pages : 80
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