Engineering students need more learning aids. Teachers can develop suitable learning aids or buy from the market. They can develop self instructional modules, case studies, textbooks, item banks, question banks, MMLPs, videos etc.

1. Planning, Designing, and
Developing the Instructional/
Teaching / Learning Aids
Thanikachalam Vedhathiri., B.E., M.Tech., Ph.D., M.S., FIE, IFGS., FFIUCEE

2. Instructional aids
Material for
Developing
Low Cost
Teaching Aids

3. Industry Relevant/Specific Curriculum
 Curriculum has to be developed to meet the attributes of
the graduates to become industry ready
 Part-time learners who are from the industries will have
desired experience in working in the industry
 The fresh students will not have needed exposure to the
industry, manufacturing process, testing, and maintenance
skills.
 They need appropriate models so that they can operate and
understand the mechanism.

4. Students’ Learning Difficulties
 Most of the first year engineering students have not been
exposed to modern industrial layouts
 Would not seen the working of the large machines
 They have to create an image of defined concepts
 For effective learning, the faculty members have to prepare
appropriate learning aids, print materials design and
drawing manuals, operation manuals, maintenance manuals,
etc.

5. Need for Instructional/Learning Aids
 To learn the working mechanism of moving parts
 To understand the cut models which can be electrically
operated
 To operate the machines as per the safe work practices
 To dismantle and examine the worn out components
 To replace the worn out or damaged components
 To check the energy consumption
 To check the warning signals when the system is failing

6. Teacher Made Print Materials in Engineering
Textbooks
Drawing Manuals
Lab Manuals
Workshop Manuals
Item Banks
Case studies
Reports

7. Exposure to the Faculty Members in
Developing Learning Aids
 Most of the new recruits need an in-depth exposure to the
development of teaching aids/ learning aids.
 This presentation is making an attempt on this issue.
 Institute can set a corpus fund/budget to train the faculty
members in planning, designing, developing/fabricating the
learning aids.
 They can establish an educational media center, Educational
Technology lab, or Multimedia Learning Package
development center.

8. Simple Printed Instructional Aids
 Printed modules designed for self instruction
 Case Studies
 Assignments
 Mini projects/ Action Research Projects
 Textbooks
 Design and Drawing Manuals
 Workshop Manuals
 Question Banks
 Item banks

9. Teacher Made Instructional Aids
 Overhead Transparencies
 Power Points
 Work sheets
 Work Books
 Wall Charts
 Video Programs
 Multimedia Learning Packages (MMLP)

10. Video Studio- Editing Equipment

11. Video Studio-Editing

12. Multi Media Learning Aid
 Replaces Programmed instruction
 You need Software: Authorware/ Director /Tool Book
 Window / Apple based Software
 You should be thorough in planning self instructional modules
 Incorporate Item Bank, Sound, Music, etc.
 Set self evaluation questions
 You can add videos
 You can add assembly jobs
 You can design the learning in steps and only when the learner masters
one portion then only he/she can be allowed to go to next module
 Best method for mastery

13. Advantages in Developing Multimedia
Learning Packages for Industries
 Big market is available
 Global market is readily available
 One can plan and conduct executive development programs
for MNCs
 The faculty can bid for global projects under International
Development Agencies/ MNCs
 Cost of the software is very reasonable for educational
institutions
 Faculty have to master instructional design, developing
questions, testing, and planning total training programs.

14. Multimedia Learning Aid Development Unit

15. Video Production
 We need video camera, lighting, computer for creating animation, voice recorder,
and editing equipment.
 All these are done in a sound proof studio.
 We need an author/ expert faculty member who can prepare the story board.
Author has to visualize the final video at the time of writing the storyboard.
He /she is the brain of the video program
 Director is guided by the author for choosing the place/ industry/lab where the
production has to be done
 Camara man will be actually recording the event.
 The Reader will read the information to be recorded in the studio
 The Editor will be will be responsible to prepare the voice recording, adding the
field short or animation.

16. Story Board for Video Production
Content Field Short
Content provides the material that is to
be added to the video shot.
The technical expert or the faculty has to
conduct a research and prepare the
needed information.
This can be a working step,
Or narration to describe the working,
Or the details of the project.
Or slide that has to be added to the
visual during editing.
Content has to be recorded and the
visuals are to be added in the studio by
the editor.
The camera man recors the field shot
based on the content.
The director will choose the place based
on the narration.
Also he directs the cameraman to zoom,
Pan, or slow rotation of the camera

17. Audio Cassettes
 Some times one has to record the noise of working
machine,
 Or a discussion with an expert or field engineer or a
complaint of a user
 Or a speech of an expert
 Audio Cassettes can be prepared using appropriate audio
recorders

18. Video Cassettes
 Video recoding can be transferred to CDs and many copies
can be duplicated.

19. YouTube Videos
 Faculty members can choose appropriate videos and save
for the class presentation
 Many YouTube videos are available on industrial production,
management, maintenance, etc.
 Field works like pile driving, the working of heavy earth
moving machines, etc. are available.

20. Cut Model of a Crank Shaft
Auto
component

21. Working Model
Simple
working
model

22. Working Models
 Many manufactures are producing working models
 Some are electrically operated
 Some are mechanically operated
 Some are cut models so the students can see the
component, shape, etc.
 They can be purchased based on the curriculum

23. Working Model
Battery
powered car

24. Static model of a Plane
Wooden
model

25. Museums

26. Museum Visits
Faculty members can take the students to museum
for learning
There are special museums are in the country
Museum visits can be part of educational tours

27. Modern Industry

28. Industrial Visits
 Industrial visits, on the job training, and internships are
essential for better learning.
 Companies will provide stipend for Internships
 During Internship, the students will be given a project by the
company.

29. Visits to Exhibitions Conducted by the
Manufacturers
Excellent learning opportunities for knowing new
products
Learn about the producers
Can learn about the cost, use, quality, advantages, etc.
Will be useful for product design
Will be useful to face interviews
Students can also look for job opportunities.

30. Industry Exhibitions

31. Most Simple Method of Developing the
Students towards Entrepreneurship.
 Give a cost calculation /estimation project
 Take them around the town market
 Let them assess the cost of desirable products, quality,
specification, durability, maintainability, etc.
 Let them prepare a cost estimate for the given project
 They will become entrepreneurs one day!

32. Thank you
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