About CERI
Mission
Partner with the teaching community (Faculty and Teaching Associates) to promote excellence in teaching by leveraging evidence-based teaching methodologies.
Facilitate the development of student centred learning approaches.
Vision
To create an environment where faculty are willing to develop innovative teaching approaches and adopt/adapt the latest developments in teaching and learning, and thereby create an environment where students from different backgrounds can learn and succeed.
Current Priorities
CERI will focus on the following areas in the short to medium term:-
Analysis/ Development of Evidence based Pedagogy and Assessment Frameworks
Training programs for regular faculty members, guest faculty, and teaching assistants
Monthly Talks by internal and external experts in the areas of teaching and learning
Biennial International Conference on Work Integrated Learning, with the first edition planned for April 15 – 16 2024
Biennial Symposium that will focus on a selected topic of current interest to the teaching and learning community
Recognition for outstanding Faculty
Research in the area of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Current Projects
Analysis of assessment methods and identification of suitable Assessment model(s)
Analysis/ study of Instruction models (Flipped, Regular, Experiential learning)
Study on conduct of labs and identification of effective approaches for running labs
Analysis of the approaches that we have undertaken for large classroom size and identification of suitable model
Analysis of the drivers of student engagement
Enhancing the effectiveness of Technology enabled education
Teaching Assistants (TA) model (hiring TAs, training TAs, responsibilities of TAs, ensuring uniformity in evaluation, etc.)
Impact assessment of selected programs (towards teaching and learning methodologies)
Comparative studies