Vol. 5 Issue 18 – Webinar: ‘Bringing the Four Skills Together’, June 7
The OUP team is hosting a webinar on Friday, June 7. The topic of the webinar is "Bringing the Four Skills Together".
Vol. 5 Issue 18 – Video: Teaching with Technology – Everything and the Kitchen Sink: Experimenting with E-learning Tools
Professor Dawson enjoys finding innovative ways to improve the learning experience of her students in large 2nd year classes with in-person and online sections (CUOL). She has used a variety of e-learning tools in her courses from discussion boards, electronic submission and grading of students' written work, plagiarism software, back channel tools, videos, clickers, BigBlueButton for synchronous communication, and Twitter. Some of these tools helped engage her students, some did not. Drawing on her experience and the results of students' feedback, Professor Dawson will provide insight into advantages and disadvantages of some of the e-learning tools she has tried.
Vol. 5 Issue 18 – Conference: ‘Globalization and the Teaching of English’, Rajasthan – India, October 19-20, 2013
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#18 | May 27, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
About the University: Jain Vishva Bharati University was established with the inspiration of late Gurudev Tulsi, a great, saint and scholar of the modern era. In 1991, Government of India notified JVBU as Deemed to be University under Section 3 of University Grants Commission Act, 1956. Acharya Mahapragya was the master mind behind the conception of this institute. He played a key role in its establishment. Acharya Mahapragya was the supreme head of this university since 1995.
The University aims at to revive truth and values hidden in the ancient Indian tradition in general and in the Jain tradition in particular. One of the most important aims of the university is to spread literacy in subjects like Non-violence and Peace, Jainology, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Yoga, Meditation and Literature. Human life is multidimensional. Life has many aspects like physical, spiritual, economic, social, cultural, political etc. It can’t be captained in terms of any single aspect. Acharaya Mahapragya believed that there are four dimensions of education: Bodily development and the Intellectual development. The other two are neglected and that creates imbalance in education. According to Acharya Mahaprajna “The main aim of education is the integrated development of personality, i.e. physical, mental, intellectual and emotional development.” (more…)