 Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 19: A two-day international conference on "Perspectives in Teaching, Learning and Assessment during COVID-19 Pandemic" sponsored by NAAC was organized by MIER College of Education. Prof. Naresh Padha, Dean Academic Affairs, University of Jammu was the chief guest.
The conference was attended in blended mode by eminent educationists, high officials, researcher scholars, faculty and students from colleges and universities not only from J&K but from different parts of the country. The international conference aimed at bringing educationists, administrators, thinkers and scholars in education on a common platform to deliberate upon innovations, trends and challenges regarding teaching, learning and assessment and ways and means to improve learning environments and student engagement.
Chairperson of MIER Group of Institutions, Dr. Renu Gupta while deliberating on the theme of the conference said that the whole gamut of educational process underwent the largest disruption during the COVID-19 times including teaching, learning and assessment. What emerged as a 'new normal' for the higher education institutions came after facing the new challenges and overcoming the same with alternative pedagogies and methodologies and assessment techniques?
Dr. Adit Gupta, Director and Principal MIER College informed the audience that the objective of the international conference was to bring academicians, administrators, policy makers and scholars from the national and international front to deliberate on the innovation, trends and challenges faced by different levels from pre-primary to territory in the educational system during COVID-19.
In his presidential remarks, Prof. Padha, said there are challenges in shifting from traditional face-to-face model to online mode and all the stakeholders need to ready to make the shift in an effective manner. He highlighted that NEP 2020 also emphasizes on flexibility, universal access and online teaching and learning but we still need to crave the roadmap for the transformation. |
