Enhanced Learning Experience Using Student-Centric ICT Tools

The institution has a mechanism to promote student-centric learning through experiential, participative, and problem-solving methodologies using ICT facilities. The teachers are well-trained in student-centric approaches and act as a facilitator who promotes self-learning, nurtures inborn skills to domain knowledge, and brings out latent skills through participatory learning. The use of ICT facilities and augmented realities ensures efficient content delivery and make a feel of experiential learning in classrooms.

STUDENT-CENTERED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING METHODS

• Experiential learning methods such as survey-based projects, lab sessions, model-making, project work, and certificate courses are followed.
• Experiential learning in the institution covers a variety of activities including internships, practical, industrial visits, and fieldwork.
• Organic farming culture has been promoted in the campus to experience and learn agricultural activities.
• Introduced a Certificate course on Paddy Cultivation
• ‘Meet the Entrepreneur’ programs - interaction with prominent entrepreneurs and industry experts
• Curriculum-prescribed internships, projects, industrial visits and field work to enhance experiential learning.

PARTICIPATIVE LEARNING

• The institution ensures a participative learning environment. Assignments are given to students as part of their internal assessment, where students gain a participative learning experience.
• Every department has a forum that is constituted of the faculty and students for organizing student-led programs and activities.
• Peer-teaching and team-teaching practices.
• Residential camps by NSS
• ‘SNEHASWARAM’ is conducted to inculcate human values in the minds of students
• Certificate course on Paddy Cultivation
• Quizzing and Group Discussions
• Platforms such as SWAYAM and NPTEL
• Students’ Exchange Programs in place in association with domestic as well as Foreign Universities.

Teachers’ Day- students act as Leaders of Institution: A unique practice of NCAS ensuring both experiential and participative learning outcome. The roles of Teachers, HoDs, Principal, Academic Dean, Manager and Secretary and Managing Director would be played by the students themselves.

PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODOLOGIES

The institution has various methodologies for developing the problem-solving skill of the students.

• Participation in the Hackathon
• Robots for developing and testing artificial intelligence
• A dynamic Innovation Cell organizes innovative activities (Auto Belling, Auto Hand Wash, Auto
• Waste Bin, Mobile Operated Car, etc.) should ensure the functioning of the same.
• UG and PG Projects
• ‘Zero to Maker’, an intensive workshop led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) expert (Prof. Rajesh Nair).
• Field Surveys
• Recycling used papers
• Hands-on session on ‘Design and Logical Thinking’ led by ICT Academy Kerala
• Practical workshop on programming papers and intensive training on Data mining, Data analytics and business accounting.

INTEGRATION OF ICT

Faculties ensure effective utilisation of ICT through various measures and tools for participative and experiential learning. The mission of ‘Digital Campus’ accelerates their potential in advancing the technology in teaching and learning practices.

• Self-paced and individualized learning through ICT enabled learning environment with smart classrooms and LMS
• Interactive teaching-learning systems, E-Learning resources, Google classrooms, and Wi-Fi enabled networks with internet access.
• Well-established laboratories
• Language lab
• Well-equipped computer labs
• Mini Studio for creating video content
• Interactive Intelligent LED Panels
• MOOC, MOODLE, SWAYAM, NPTEL and Coursera platforms