At present, the hybrid format of teaching learning is praised as the future of education.
However, in case of courses such as design, which requires ordinary lab sessions and practical training, students and teachers are waiting to restart offline classes.
Make a shift.
Praveen Nahar, Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, said, “During a pandemic, this institution adopts hybrid mode with remote facilitation utilizing the context of students, remote access to institutional resources and more.
Every time the situation is better, we too Provides optional access to workshops / studios / labs.
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Safe! You have managed to throw your voteogin to see the result of Srivastava, President, Academy Pearl, New Delhi, explained, “Shift to the concept of hybrid, the aim is to ensure that students do not miss learning experience.
Many practical concepts, such as composing patterns, taught through classes Online.
If students don’t understand anything, they are supported by direct college recordings too.
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The last eighteen months have reshaped the way various design modules are taught, said Manisha Mohan, Dean, School of Design, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Ubes), Dehradun.
“The initial time went to guide students and teachers to feel comfortable with online class.
We also use Coursera to help students with additional materials,” he added.
Dealing with challenges.
Nahar said that the shift has become a challenge for teachers and students.
“The Hybrid concept encourages us to examine our pedagogy and develop new teaching duties / methodologies in constraints.
The use of innovative technology causes increased skill levels for all,” he said.
The big problem is to provide students with adequate training material at home, said Srivastava.
“During locking, even online shipping from relevant raw materials is impossible.
Thus, we send tools to each of our students’ homes to allow them to continue practical learning,” he said.
Mohan asked students to learn based on easy material available at home.
“While holding our color session, we asked students to collect items in various red nuances from around their house.
These items are the basis of the lecture,” he said.
More Industrial Insights
Srivastava said that because of a shift to the hybrid model, there had been an increase in the number of national and international interactions between students and industrial experts.
Mohan explained, “In general, logistics and costs involve limiting industrial / expert interactions only a few years.
Thanks to Hybrid mode, international MasterClasses rose almost three times, while the national session increased to doubling the numbers we used to hold pre-pandemic.”
Need peer interaction
Because there are limited opportunities for students to interact with each other, exploration and learning participatory groups face to face when carrying out processes scattered during the mode of hybrid education, said Nahar.
Peer Learning has no replacement, especially in design as well.
“We provide group assignments that require students to keep constant contact.
We believe this takes the tip can’t meet friends regularly,” said Srivastava.
Mohan felt that lack of interaction peer affected the mental health of many students.
“Without interaction colleagues, students cannot learn to read body language or facial expressions, which affect their learning.
Thus, we have requested counseling from many students,” he said.
Practical sessions needed
Nahar said, “The Institute plans to continue a new session in hybrid mode through long-distance facilitation and online interactions.
Simultaneously, access to campus according to the needs of various batches and discipline to use workshops / studios / lab will be permitted.”
Make-up, styling, looms, and printing are some courses that need a practical session, said Srivastava.
“A recent innovation from the Academy is PearlxStudio, which aims to provide training to students in all age groups in the form of interactive sessions including industrial projects,” he added.
Mohan said that sketches and drawing and clay modeling were the worst patients because of the lack of lab sessions.
“We have transferred some modules to the end of this year, hoping that things back to normal and training students do not suffer.
We will also ask students to visit our alumni laboratory to practice directly in their workshops,” he said.
