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Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Prasad Edamana, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M), India; Ajit Kumar Kolar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Pramod S. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Sujatha Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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learning outcomes, (ii) adopting active andcooperative learning methods and (iii) implementing formative plus summative assessmentstrategies are analyzed to understand how they implemented these thrusts through pedagogicalapproaches appropriate to the IIT-M ethos, which is characterized by a large student populationof diverse socio-economic-cultural backgrounds. Also, issues related to varying set ofinstructions to a diverse group of students are identified and possible solutions are discussed forfurther action to sustain the TLC activities for the benefit of the teaching-learning process in IIT-M.Key words: faculty development program, teaching learning center, course delivery cycle,engineering and science educationIntroductionToday, amidst

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Mohan Khedkar, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati

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impartation of quality knowledge and skills to the students,thereby lowering their overall development and employability. At times, the facultyalso lack in communication and pedagogical skills and industry academiccollaboration is also at nascent stage. Hence, the process of faculty developmentbecomes highly imperative. Improvements in instructional programs may involve subject integration, just-in-time instruction, writing across the curriculum, or any of a variety of other non-traditional approaches that have been found to improve learning. The quality of ateaching program is primarily related to the quality of the instruction that takes placein individual classrooms. For the new curricula and instructional methods to have thedesired impact, a

Conference Session

Track 3 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; MOHD SALLEH ABU, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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GC 2012-5651: DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES FOR TRAINING ENGI-NEERING FACULTY MEMBERS IN EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARN-ING METHODSDr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Dr. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Uni- versity Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). She is the Director of the UTM Regional Centre for Engineering Education (RCEE), which promotes meaningful research and scholarly practice in engineering education, and manages the PhD in Engineering Education program. Since 2011, she is the Secretary of the Society for Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM). Prior to becoming the Director of RCEE, Dr. Khairiyah was the Deputy Director at the Centre for

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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R. Murugesan, Anna University of Technology Madurai

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University of Technology Coimbat- ore. He also played a vital role as the Member of Committee for making Tamil as medium of instruction in engineering institutions. He is actively involved in the Canada India Institution Cooperation project and made remarkable achievements in conducting various technical-knowledge and skill development pro- grammes for women, organizing ’Personality Development Programs’ for students and staff and summer schools as well. He has visited USA, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Mauritius, France, Dubai, Tunisia, Egypt, China, South Korea and Australia. He has an inborn acumen towards research and has guided