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1. Competency-Based Learning
Competence refers to an individual’s ability to practice
the knowledge acquired over time, and today, HEIs should
focus on providing real-world applications of knowledge
and skills along with a theoretical framework. Innovation in
education helps prepare today’s students for the dynamic
workplace of tomorrow by providing them opportunities to
develop skills and competencies.
2. Contemporary Pedagogies
The quality of an educational system depends mostly upon
the quality of its teachers and teaching practices, also
known as pedagogies. Today, there are around 5 “clusters”
of innovative pedagogies:
• Blended learning, where students can attend
to teaching and learning activities from anywhere
and anytime, taking education beyond the classroom
level.
• Gamification, in which content is presented
with gaming elements, fosters better engagement
and knowledge retention. Computational Thinking,
uses Information and Communication Technology as
a platform to help students enhance their problem-
solving and reasoning skills.
• Flipped Classrooms, where students learn
the outline of concepts at home and use classroom
time for deeper learning and understanding through
teacher-led peer-to-peer discussions.
•
Project-Based Learning, where students are
encouraged to learn by active engagement in real-
world, industry-relevant projects. Together, these
clusters provide a baseline for teachers to innovate
themselves and provide a meaningful learning
experience for students.
3. Open Curriculum
A quality curriculum is never a one-and-done initiative.
Revisiting and updating it regularly allows for relevant
topics of today to take precedence, helping students to
keep up with the speed of changing technology and trends.
The open curriculum aims to make education more active,
flexible, fluid and personalized to students.
4. Shift in Nature of Faculty
Industry professionals tend to have a deeper understanding
of the inner workings of the professional world. Eminently
qualified industry professionals teaching at colleges and
universities can help turn students into competent and job-
ready graduates. Unique partnerships between these two
sectors - Academia and Industry combine the best of both
worlds. This initiative was recently approved by the UGC,
and I am optimistic that it will be a huge success.
Given that the young minds that today’s educational
system shapes will be those that are leading the charge
for innovation tomorrow, innovation in education are the
need of the hour to strengthen our future generations of
citizens.
Mr. Dipan Sahu
Asst. Innovation Director, Ministry of Education’s
Innovation Cell & AICTE, Govt. of India
Campus Connect
07
Nov | 2022
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