The Department of Education, Patna Women’s College Autonomous, organised a workshop on E-content Development, from 07th to 11th June 2023, for the second semester students (session 2022-24) in accordance with National Council for Teacher Education Janbhagidari Activities/Events for TEIS to Commemorate India’s G2O Presidency. The workshop was conducted in online mode, over Zoom platform. The workshop aimed to equip B. Ed. students with the necessary technological skills to create and utilise e-content effectively. By familiarising them with e-content development, the workshop will expand their understanding of innovative teaching methodologies and prepare them for the digital landscape of education.
On the first day of the workshop, Dr Madhumita, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Patna Women’s College Autonomous, guided the students towards creating animations; in which steps of preparing animation, and different forms of motion for animation in powerpoint presentations were discussed. The students were also taught how to remove background from the images, and to use those images on slides. To make the presentation attractive some other tools like how to insert voice and text boxes were shown to the students. This would help the students in preparing attractive e-content.
The following day Dr Rashmi Sinha, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Patna Women’s College Autonomous, upskilled the students in creating GIF, and adding music and timing to GIF, to make an effective and attractive presentation. To enhance their story-telling skills, the students were taught about effectively stacking pictures, and using time-delayed animations, and GIFs. The students learned about various online tools, to enable them to make engaging e-content.
The next day, students were familiarised with various online tools that can be used for assessment, by Ms Swati Shilpi, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Patna Women’s College Autonomous. With the increase in demand for online learning, the need for online assessment tools has also increased. For this purpose the students were introduced to two online tools – H5P and Kahoot. They were led towards creating online quizzes, MCQs, fill in the blanks, drag and drop, identify the picture etc. on these sites. They were also taught on how to conduct these online quizzes and share it with their students. These tools will help the students to be better prepared to create engaging and interactive learning experiences, effectively utilising technology to support their future teaching endeavours.
Thereafter, the students prepared e-content materials utilising all the digital tools that they had learned hitherto in the workshop.
This workshop introduced the students to the world of e-content development, enhanced their technological and instructional design skills, and empowered them to become effective educators in the digital age.
