Development of Self Learning Material

By Dr. Sunil Dutt | National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh.

Learners enrolled: 1218

In order that learners learn in their own time and at their own pace with little or no supervision, self learning materials are designed to facilitate the learning process. Self-directed learning can be challenging, even for the brightest and most motivated students. The course introduces the learner to the need: New challenges and trends; concept of Learning Material and its purposes; essential characteristics of SLMs; general principles of Learning Material Development; process of developing Self Learning Material; structure of Self Learning Materials; producing prototype; validation.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Not Applicable
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Continuing Education
Start Date :	24 Feb 2020
End Date :	17 Apr 2020
Enrollment Ends :	08 Mar 2020
Exam Date :	10 May 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

Contact NC Support

Email id | swayam@nitttrc.edu.in, swayam@nitttrc.ac.in

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Course layout

Week 1:

Need: New Challenges and Trends;
Concept of Learning Material and its purposes;
Text Books versus Self Learning Materials
Conventional Teaching versus Self Learning Materials

Week 2:

Learner Centred Learning Materials
Essential Characteristics of SLMs
Types of SLMs

Week 3:

General Principles of Learning Material Development
Systematic Approach to Instructional Design

Week 4:

Process of Developing Self Learning Material - Determining the need of learning material Writing Learning Outcomes
Deciding the Scheme of Evaluation Identifying content & deciding sequence and clusters
Structure of Self Learning Materials
Producing prototype Try out Modifications and Dissemination Formative & Summative Evaluation

Week 5:

Content Organization - Analyze the Characteristics of the learners, Determine required Entry Behaviour, Content Analysis and Sequencing
Content Presentation - Scope and Structure

Week 6:

Need for Validation Methodology for Validation
Validation Instruments Evaluation of SLMs by Subject Matter Expert, Learners

Week 7:

Responsibilities and obligations (Author, Participating institution, etc.)

Week 8:

Copyright Aspects
Discussions before submission of a SLM on any topic of choice

Week 1 One online graded tutorial and Discussion

Week 2 One assignment (not for submission) and one online graded tutorial

Week 3 Two online graded tutorials

Week 4 One assignment and one online graded tutorial

Week 5 Two online graded tutorials and one assignment

Week 6 One online graded tutorial. One video for solutions of a few assignment problems.

Week 7 One assignment (not for submission) and two online graded tutorials

Week 8 Revision and submission of one Self Learning Material on any topic of learner’s choice

Books and references

Jayaram, K and Dorababu, KK (2015). Self learning materials in distance education system. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 7, Issue, 10, pp.21929-21934.
Foundations of Self-Learning Materials. http://wikieducator.org/Session_3.
Minnick, DR (1989). A guide to creating Self Learning Materials. International Rice Research Institute Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
Rowntree, Derek (1986). Teaching Through Self-Instruction, Kogan Page, London/Nichola Pub. Comp. New York.
Murthy, CRK and Santosh Panda (2002). Report of the Workshop on Strategies for Revision of Self-Learning Materials, IGNOU, New Delhi. (Unpublished).
Creating learning materials for open and distance learning: A Handbook for Authors and Instructional Designers (2005). Commonwealth of Learning. Vancouver: Canada

Instructor bio

Dr. Sunil Dutt

National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh.

Dr. Sunil Dutt is Professor, Education & Educational Management at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh since November, 1992. He holds M.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, Master of Education and Ph. D. (Education). He has 2½ years’ experience in industries and 32 years’ experience in teaching, research and consultancy projects. His areas of specialization include Educational Technology, Research Methodology, Guidance & Counseling, Measurement & Evaluation and Educational Management. He has to his credit 05 text books, 49 research publications. Besides, he has guided 27 M.Tech. Engineering Education and 30 Ph.D. thesis.