Pedagogy

ETEN CA Delivery model

The ETEN pedagogy is based around three components

1. High quality Delivery Mechanism.
2. Formative Assessment and Feedback system.
3. Learning Management System.

Delivery Mechanism

ETEN aims at providing an interactive solution with the aid of advanced Telecommunication technology. This integrates the strengths and advantages of the traditional method of learning with the latest in telecom and VSAT technology

Faculty’s expertise and delivery-skill forms the pivotal component of knowledge-based teaching and learning. The ETEN platform is designed to emulate classroom teaching and learning. The Faculty teaches in just the same way as they would in the face-to-face class. They are able to see and hear the students, just as the students are able to see and hear the faculty. The system allows the faculty to enhance their lectures by using presentations, videos, audio and multiple white boards to effectively communicate ideas and interact with students. The two way video, audio and data interactivity enables the student to have highly interactive session with faculty and other students across the country. The faculty present in the Educomp studio teaches the students spread across geographic locations. Interactions with the faculty are spontaneous and as natural as in a regular classroom.

Formative Assessment and Feedback

ETEN will be soon activating its unique Smart Assessment System which is based on the principles of Formative Assessment. Each student will be provided with a hand held remote for the duration of the session. The Faculty will display multiple choice questions pertaining to topics taught recently. Student responses guide faculty on attention, retention and construction abilities of their students for past sessions and need for revision or rework. The exercises also make the students realize what they have understood or missed, and need for further work on the topic. Student responses will be collated for overall intervention and guidance by faculty or academic team.

Learning Management System

ETEN will be shortly introducing a LMS, progressively for all subjects, which will present a standard or custom study path for the students. This will present lesson summaries, study text, PPTs, MCQs and other tests, and allow student to evaluate his score wrt other students in his batch and assess his own performance. Several other facilities are envisaged in the LMS which will prove invaluable to students in due course.

In several ways ETEN seeks to redefine the very concept of large-format teaching and learning. On one hand we seek to retain the simplicity and effectiveness of traditional classroom teaching and on the other scale it to a larger group of students while enhancing individual addressability of each student.