Curriculum Designing and Evaluation for Autonomous Colleges

I recently participated as Resource Person in a workshop organized by Center for Educational Research, MKUniversity, India. The workshop was conducted at V.V.V.College for Women (Autonomous)

 

I explained the following topics:

 

1. Concept Map as the Basis for Curriculum Development
2. Curriculum Development Models

The main points I covered for both the topics are:

 

Concept Map as the Basis for Curriculum Development

 

·   Steps for creating Concept Map

·   Uses of Concept Map including Curriculum Development (CD)

·   Steps involved in developing Curriculum Development (CD)

·   Sample Concept Map explaining structure of knowledge

·   Examples for interdisciplinary areas like ELearning & Online Marketing using MindMesister

·   Advantages offered when Concept Mapping is used as tool for developing CD

• Advantages of Collaborative environment (Mind Meister)

Curriculum Development Models

 

·   Why should one consider various, new models?

·   Steps involved in Curriculum Development (CD)

·   Various Curriculum Models such as

1.    CD in the Context of Widening Participation in Hr.Education.

2.    New design to face challenges of 21^st century

3.    Differentiated, Integrative and Interdisciplinary Curriculum Models.

4.    Prescriptive, descriptive and learning outcome led and transformative curriculum models.

5.    Inquiry based models

6.    iCarnegie’s Dynamic Curriculum Model

·   Various approaches to curriculum development (behavioral, management, systems, academic, humanistic, reconceptualist)

·   Various points curriculum practitioners should observe

 

The workshop apart from providing an opportunity to present these concepts, offered an opportunity to listen to stalwarts like Director, Center for Educational Research, MKUniversity and other resource persons.

 

The photographs taken during the workshop can be accessed here.

 

Note; I am Ex.Associate Professor, I²IT. (International Institute of Information Technnology) Pune not I.I.T