Branch

Educational Technology

Staffing pattern

• Sr. Lecturer – 1
• Lecturer – 1
• Technician — 1

Funtions

1. To develop in collaboration with concerned staff of the —DIET and other resource persons, simple, effective and low-cost teaching aids for various subjects/areas relevant to elementary education and elementary teacher education charts diagrams, models, photographs, slides, audio tapes, play-scripts, songs etc.
2. To help the DRU in developing low cost teaching aids as above., for Adult and Non-Formal Education.
3. To maintain the following : (i) All A. V. equipment o f the Institute, (ii) Computer L ab ., (iii) A display area for good, low cost teaching aids developeded in house as well as elsewhere, and (iv) A library o f educational video/audio cassettes and, if the Institute has a film projector of films.
4. To lend slides, cassettes and films to institutions having playing/projection facilities, and to borrow them from others Resource Centres.
5. To liasc with nearby Radio station for arranging educational .broadcasts suitable for elementary school children AE/NFE learners, teachers/instructors etc. of the district.
6. To conduct appropriate in-service programmes for teachers in the area of ET, with special emphasis on:- (i) Effective utilisation of educational broadcasts, telecastes, cassettes and aids, and (ii) Development of simple, low cost teaching aids.
7. To maintain Workshop/Farm/Garden for WE activities
8. To conduct workshops for the development work mentioned in (1) above.
9. To provide ET-related inputs into all other programmes/ activities of the Institute e.g. pre-service and in-service programmes for teachers, training programmes for NFE/ AE personnel, Field Interaction (including Extension) activities, Material Development, Action Research etc.