Author Archives: souvik

April 8, 2013
7:32 am
by: souvik

Funny observation: the sudden snow made the lecture more interesting

I was in a class last Thursday. It was a pretty hectic day for me and the class was very technical. So, we were all sort of going through the motion of copying notes from the blackboard. You know, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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April 8, 2013
7:10 am
by: souvik

Edutainment: is it entertaining education or educational entertainment?

Let’s say we are sitting in a classroom. The teacher says if you all listen to the lecture carefully then he/she will tell a story in the end! Or, may be the teacher tells a story or says something entertaining every … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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March 6, 2013
10:32 pm
by: souvik

The usefulness of PBL in an web enabled environment

It is not an uncommon experience to loose focus and interest  in a lecture in a typical classroom setting even if the subject matter under consideration is very interesting. In science and technology, often a concept is best understood when … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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February 27, 2013
10:41 pm
by: souvik

Inclusive pedagogy: reservation

When we are talking about inclusive pedagogy and its usefulness for an individual learner…..great! and its really useful in many ways. One aspect of inclusiveness in academic institutions is reservation based on cast or religion. This may not be an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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February 5, 2013
4:24 pm
by: souvik

Hello GEDI 2013

Hello everyone, I am Souvik, welcome to my blog! I am a relatively baby blogger in the sense that I started blogging in the last semester during the course “Preparing For the Future Professoriate”  course. It has been an interesting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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December 9, 2012
4:46 am
by: souvik

Being a faculty: duties

I already posted this in the forums, but was not sure where exactly to put this. So I am having this blog entry as well.   Throughout the entire course so far we have gone through various aspects of academic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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December 7, 2012
6:01 pm
by: souvik

A course-a journey! PFP 2012

The semester is almost over. For most of us it has been a struggle as always and for some lucky few it has been a cruise! I was thinking about this semester, the PFP course and all the marvelous experiences I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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December 7, 2012
5:03 pm
by: souvik

Entrepreneurship in higher education

I always wanted to write about it. I don’t remember anyone talking about this aspect in the blogs.(pardon me if I missed) We all look for jobs when we graduate from our universities. Specially in higher education, after finishing Masters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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December 4, 2012
4:10 pm
by: souvik

Circumlocution: our tools of the trade these days?

I recently read an interesting article in the Chronicle about the use of circumlocutory language and phrases to mesmerize common people  in academia and industry. It is very amusing to note that some people like to use complex words to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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November 22, 2012
6:49 pm
by: souvik

How simple should we make things?

There are lot of different concepts on how to best explain something to someone who are not even remotely familiar to that. Different educators have experimented different pedagogical techniques over the years. There is a popular belief that it is best … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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