Teachers get training on IT tools at NIT-Jalandhar
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 9
The Centre for Continuing Education, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, today inaugurated a five-day AICTE-ATAL Academy-sponsored online faculty development programme on ‘Technology management : Information and communication technology (ICT) in education’.
NIT-Jalandhar Director Prof Lalit Kumar Awasthi inaugurated the online programme. A total of 150 participants, including faculty, research scholars and industry personnel, from various institutes across the nation participated in the event.
The online programme is being coordinated by Dr SK Mishra (Registrar and Head CCE). He said the department was organising second such programme sponsored by the ATAL Academy this year. The theme of the event is ‘Education technology management’ and aims to impart basic knowledge and skills required to assist users in their daily life.
Dr Mishra, coordinator of the programme, welcomed all participants and shared his words about its importance. He said information and communication technology in the education sector had a major role in development of education technology. He said one way to obtain this knowledge is to focus on importance of management of technology education. He said the programme was a way to sustain ICT-enabled activities and processes in order to improve access, quality and efficiency in the education system.
Prof Awasthi focused over the role and application of technology that has impacted every facet of daily life over the past few years especially during the Covid pandemic and the ways in which we learn something new every day.
