Short Term Course on e-Content Development under the aegis of UGC HRDC, University of Mumbai Sponsored by RUSA

19th - 25th November 2019

The Department of Computer Science & IT had organized a Short Term Course on e-Content Development under the aegis of UGC HRDC, University of Mumbai sponsored by RUSA from 19th - 25th November 2019. Total 31 teachers from various Colleges and Faculties across the state had participated in the course. Mr. Mahavir Advaya, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & IT was appointed as the Course Coordinator. All the faculty members in the department managed the course very well. The course was well received and appreciated by all the participants.

Information technology and the Internet are major drivers of research, innovation, growth and social change. The growth in Internet has brought changes in all walks of life including the education. The course was designed with an objective to enable the teachers to learn and adapt the 21st century skills. The course focused more on hands-on training to teach them the basics and technicalities required to create a rich and interactive e-content for the new age learners. 21st century children have grown up in a dynamic and technology driven environment. They are more inclined to find information by accessing the Internet through mobile phones and computers, or chatting with friends on social networking sites. The course included the following topics:Instructional Design ModelsUsing various screen recording tools like Camstudio & OpenshotLecture recording in studio with the help of camera & Mobile PhonesAudio-Video editing using Camtasia, Audacity & Openshot.Learning Management System Moodle to host their e-content in the form of pages, lecture videos, quizzes and sharing the content related to the subject.Open Educational Resources (using, creating, sharing)Other open online platforms like Edmodo, EliademyGoogle Apps in teaching-learning-evaluation.Information related to citation, citation index calculation, Common Creative licensesIntroduction to MOOCs and SWAYAM platform encouraging teachers to develop and launch their MOOCs on the Swayam Platform.

Intercollegiate Technical Festival TechStorm on 2nd & 3rd January 2020

Intercollegiate Technical Festival TechStorm on 2nd & 3rd January 2020

TechStorm is an Intercollegiate IT Festival organized by the Department of Computer Science & Information Technology. TechStorm is an assortment of well-thought-out events catering to anyone and everyone who is more than just casually interested in computers. The events range from immensely challenging ones like Quiz in various CS Papers, Python Programming  to the ones that have more of an artistic appeal such as Poster Designing, Virtual Treasure Hunt etc. We also invite eminent speakers as guest lecturers to speak on modern technologies and developments in the IT industry and related fields. Students respond to every event by participating in large number. Our ultimate goal is to highlight a few known as well as some unknown fields in which the presence of computers or computing in general has made a positive difference.

This year TechStorm is going to be held on2^nd and 3^rd January 2020 whereby the theme presented is on “Fem ProTech” i.e; achieving women safety on all aspects with technical ideas.

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Academic Year 2017-18

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GUEST LECTURES

• Inventions, Technology, Emerging Projects in IT, Dr. P. G. Sarang ,CEO, ABCOM
• Game Development, Mr. Xavier Lemaitre, HOD, DSK Supinfogame
• Cracking Aptitude Test & Interviews, Seed Infotech
• Android Development, ATS Infotech
• MSc Project Orientation, Dr. Seema Purohit

WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED

• Autonomous Embedded Robotics, YUPS Technology
• Spoken Tutorial in Python and PHP, Spoken Tutorial, IIT Mumbai
• HTML5 & CSS, HNR Tech
• 3 days Basic Computer Course for Non-Teaching Staff of Ruia, Mahavir Advaya
• Job Skill Development, Mr. Vinay Raikar, Campus Credentials
• 6 Days Hibernate & Spring in Java, Asterix Solution
• GOFER Programming, Dr. Jayant Kirtane, Former HOD, Pune University
• Spoken Tutorial – Python, IIT Mumbai
• Spoken Tutorial – C, IIT Mumbai
• 4 Days Web Development using PHP, Mr. Atul Jadhav, 9th Legend Inc
• 2 Days Using Google Apps in Teaching & Learning, Mr. Atul Jadhav, 9th Legend Inc.
• Web Development Using Microsoft Azure, Agile Scrum, Trello, Slack and other tools, Mr. Clyde D’Souza,  Software Consultant, Datacomm Systems Ltd, Newzealand
• Secure Programming (Software Development Life Cycle), Mr. Atul Jadhav, 9th Legend Inc.
• Web Development using WordPress, Mr. Atul Jadhav, 9th Legend Inc..
• Workshop on IOT using Raspberry Pi with 5 Project Designing, Embedded Technosolutions, Alumni’s Forum of IIT & VJTI.