In which Prof. Madhurima and I summarise the third Panel Discussion of DFOT. Panelists were Profs. Suranjan Das (Jadavpur U), R. Srinivasan (Registrar, Madras University), Venu Narayan (Azim Premji University), Kalpana Sarathy (TISS, Guwahati), Vinitha Mokshagundam (Carmel College, Bangalore) and Pankaj Chandra (Ahmedabad University). They offered the perspective from the "other side of the table", what challenges and limitations were posed by different types of institutions and their administrative structures.
The Panel Discussion can be viewed on YouTube, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojwpg8OZ3A
10 May 2021
DFOT-2: Evaluating Online Teaching and Online Evaluations
In which Prof. Madhurima and I summarise the second Panel Discussion of DFOT. Panelists were Profs. Qudsia Tahseen (AMU), Sameer Sapra (IIT Delhi), Angel Ratnabai (NCERT) and Padma Sarangapani (TISS, Mumbai). Exams remain a BIG issue for the kinds of classes and courses we have had to run during the pandemic.
7 May 2021
In the name of God, go!
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ramramaswamy.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/in-the-name-of-god-go/
1 May 2021
DFOT-1: Student Engagement and Related Issues
The first Panel Discussion (https://sites.google.com/view/dfot2020/panel-discussions/pd-1-engagement?authuser=0)of DFOT (https://sites.google.com/view/dfot2020/home) was held on 23 August 2020, and the full video recording is available here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osfgMDiVz58&t=1s). In this episode of the DFOT podcast, Prof. Madhurima and I talk about the main take-aways from the panel discussion that featured
Prof. Usha Raman, University of Hyderabad
Prof. Jayati Ghosh, JNU
Prof. Sandeep Sen, SNU and IIT Delhi
Prof. Felix Bast, Central University of Punjab.
talking about how to engage students in class, what the issues were, and how (to whatever extent) they were able to resolve matters.
29 Apr 2021
One Degree of Separation
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ramramaswamy.wordpress.com/2021/04/29/one-degree-of-separation/
27 Apr 2021
DFOT-0: Starting Out
This is the first in the series of DFOT Podcasts in which we hope to summarise the points made by our various panelists in the course of the Panel Discussions held during the past year on a variety of topics related to Online Teaching and Learning.
In Starting Out, we recount the events leading up to the formation of DFOT-
23 Apr 2021
Requiem for a lost Soul
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ramramaswamy.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/requiem-for-a-lost-soul/
20 Apr 2021
O Dunning! O Kruger!
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ramramaswamy.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/o-dunning-o-kruger/
19 Apr 2021
J B S Haldar
From my Blog, And then, the post Jagdish B.S. Haldar (https://ramramaswamy.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/jagdish-b-s-haldar/) on the book by Samanth Subramaniam, A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane (https://www.simonandschuster.co.in/books/A-Dominant-Character/Samanth-Subramanian/9789386797520).
9 Apr 2021
Higher Education Going Online: The Challenges in India
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://ramramaswamy.wordpress.com/2021/03/01/higher-education-going-online-the-challenges-in-india/
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