Teacher Training Program For Certificate in Information Technology

1. Teacher Training ProgramForCertificate in Information Technology Empower Yourself Sandhya Kode Director, Training & Development Chief Mentor International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

2. Welcome International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

3. Agenda Introduction Conception Administration IT Certificate Course Content Teacher Training Participating Colleges in the first year Participating Colleges in the summer 2009 International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

4. Introduction The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), in collaboration with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-H) has set up an IT Certificate program ... …with a goal to increase productivity of engineering students by enhancing quality of IT education in Engineering Colleges IIIT-H will design curriculum, prepare digital content and provide teacher training for engineering colleges International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

5. Objective • To setup a training program which will train 12,000+ students per year in engineering colleges International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

6. Conception • The IT certificate course is outside the degree curriculum • Introduce the program to students right after their first year of four years, so that • Students gain IT skills to use during the remaining 3 years of their degree program as well as after graduation • The training focuses on “Learning by Doing” methodology rather than on listening to lectures and writing exams International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

7. The Plan • For the IT certificate course, IIIT-H will… • Design curriculum • Prepare digital content • Provide teacher training • Train faculty nominees of 10+ colleges starting Dec’ 2008 • Select 20+ colleges this year • At the participating college… … 150, 300, 600 students will be trained in first 3 years of participation International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

8. Learning by Doing • The best way to learn something is by doing it • How do you learn to be good at something? • By doing it… ... and doing it better the next time.. • Students participate in scenarios close to what they will be doing in the industry • There are no formal classroom lectures • Students listen to recorded lectures while solving a real life problem • Students simulate situations with role play International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

9. Curriculum • Designed for improving productivity • Not static • Continuously enhanced with inputs from industry… … that hire the students trained on this curriculum International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

10. IT Certificate Course Content • Computational Thinking (12 Modules) • Linux (8 modules) • Object Oriented Programming (15 Modules) • Data Structures (25 modules) • Develop a mini search engine in Java • IT Workshop and Soft Skills (20 Modules) International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

11. Post IT certificate program A student will be comfortable in… • Organizing data using fundamental data structures • Mapping real life problems into programs • Developing object oriented programs • Using OS utilities in Windows and Linux • Working with real life spreadsheets • Expressing computations using algorithms International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

12. Teacher Training Program • Duration of 3+ months at IIIT-H • Content • IT Certificate Course Content in greater depth • Advanced IT topics • Soft Skills Training • Art of Mentoring • Operational Procedures of the IT training International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

13. About the teacher training program • Residential program • 6 days a week (Monday through Saturday) • Mentor trainees get to • Engage fully in training • Embrace the “Learning by Doing” methodology • Adopt the mentoring approach • Learn to implement the program at their college International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

14. Program Participation Participating colleges must satisfy the following requirements: • Infrastructure • Computer Specification (Intel Pentium IV, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard disk, CD-ROM drive) • LAN Specification (All systems connected with 100MBPS cabling) • Internet Specification (2 MBPS bandwidth) • Nominate 5 faculty members for the training program • Commit to implement the training program in their college International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

15. Program Administration Responsibilities of IIIT-H: • Design curriculum and prepare digital content • Provide training for the faculty nominees • Provide support for setting up computer labs • Help monitor the program International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

16. Program Administration (Contd…..) Responsibilities of participating colleges • Schedule the program in the college calendar • By adopting one of the models of execution • Model 1: Course Duration: 16 weeks; 10 hours per week, 2 hours per day  • Model 2: Course Duration: 32 weeks; 5 hours per week, 1 hour per day • Model 3: Course Duration: 32 weeks; Self paced (a total of 160 hours) • Provide monitoring inputs to IIIT- H • Provide feedback from hiring industry International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

17. Program Administration (Continued) • Commit to execute the program • Nominate 5 faculty members for teacher training • Dedicate faculty/ Hire mentors • Eligibility criteria for the faculty/ mentors • Graduates of B.Tech (IT and CS preferred), MCA / M.Tech • Send above faculty to be trained at IIIT-H from May-09 to August- 09 International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

18. Present list of participating colleges International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

19. The Participating Colleges this summer … 20+ colleges completed… • “Expression of Interest” form • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) • Sent 5 faculty members for the Teacher Training to IIIT-H • We now have 100+ faculty nominees from 20+ colleges… International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

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