Faculty Development Cell
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death” said Albert Einstein. And kindling intellectual and professional growth is the prime purpose of the Faculty Development Cell (FDC) at Prahladrai Dalmia Lions Colleges College.
One of the important objectives of this Cell is to conduct training programs for newly inducted and in-service faculty in the institution. Other activities of the FDC include preparation of e-learning materials, curriculum development, carrying out research in pedagogy and integrating ICT into teaching-learning process.The main objective of this cell is to sensitise and motivate the faculty to adopt learner-centred approaches, ICT integrated learning and new pedagogic approaches to teaching, learning and assessment tools in higher education. The development of these skill sets among teachers is the need of the hour. The cell organized two workshops for teachers in the A.Y.2019-2020. Workshop on “An insight into Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) and its recent amendments was organized on 27 th August 2019. The resource person invited for this workshop was Smt Yogini Ghare,Deputy Registrar, Academic Authorities Unit; Vice Chancellor’s Office , University of Mumbai. 35 participants from the nearby colleges participated in the said workshop.
2) Workshop on “Learning through Cyberspace” was organized on 23 rd August 2019. The resource person invited for this workshop was Dr. Agnes D’costa, Associate Professor, Pushpanjali College of Education, Vasai. The said workshop was attended by all teachers ofthe aided and self-financing courses.
The aim of the workshop was to provide hands-ontraining on:
- Learning Management System (Using Edmodo)
- Creating Massive Open Online Course using Eliademy
- Google Classroom
- Acquainting participants with SWAYAM
Last year the Faculty Development Cell of our college organized a Five-Day OnlineWorkshop on “Data Analysis Using Excel” for teachers of degree and self-financing courses from 18 th January 2021 till 22 nd January 2021.by Dr. SwatiDesai, Research Guide, JJT University was the resource person for this workshop.
Our job as teachers is to inspire our students to do their best, inspire hope, ignite their imagination, and instil a love of learning and this can be done best through empowering ourselves through learning. Armed with this objective our faculty Development Cell aims to empower the teacher with a treasure trove of knowledge for as Nelson Mandela says “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Thank you
FDP: 2022-23
Faculty Development Program on “Application of R Software in Research” on 15th October 2022 in collaboration with Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics (MDAE).
FDP : 2021-22
1) One Day Workshop on “An insight into Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) and its recent amendments in accordance with the 7th Pay Commission” in Association with University of Mumbai ORGANIZED BY Faculty Development Cell and IQAC
One Day Workshop on “An insight into Career Advancement Scheme (CAS)and its recent amendments in accordance with the 7th Pay Commission” in Association with University of Mumbai
ORGANIZED BY
Faculty Development Cell and IQAC
ON
Saturday, 24th July, 2021 – 11.00 am to 1.45 pm
2) One Day Workshop on : Critical Thinking In Research
Feedback Analysis : One Day Workshop on Critical Thinking In Research on 29th September 2021
FDP -2020-21:
The Faculty Development Cell of our college organized a Five-Day Online Workshop on “Data Analysis Using Excel” for teachers of degree and self-financing courses from 18th January 2021 till 22nd January 2021. Dr. Swati Desai, Research Guide, JJT University was the resource person for this workshop.
The following table gives a snap shot of all topics covered by the resource person in these five days. Practical application of the tools helped the participants in understanding the various concepts clearly and lucidly. The resource person was kind enough to share the research material with all the participants. 24 teachers participated in this workshop.
Date | Topics Covered |
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18-01-2021 | Basics of Excel, Functions used in Data analysis |
19-01-2021 | Frequency Distribution, Charts, Diagrams |
20-01-2021 | Correlation Regression Analysis |
21-01-2021 | Data Entry of Questionnaire, Coding |
22-01-2021 | Tests of Hypothesis |
The following chart describes the feedback of the participants:
Dr. ShamiNimgulkar-Kamble – Chairperson-Faculty Development Cell
Mr. SachinBansode- Member
Dr. MahendraPachadkar – Member
Dr. J.P.Yadav – Member