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ri [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Service Relations Internationales)

ENS-IISER virtual workshop on pedagogy in a pandemic world

Illustration : Manfred Steger (Pixabay)
The first ENS-IISER Virtual Workshop from Monday, May 10 to Tuesday, May 11 2021, from 9:30am to 12:30pm. The seminar is open to all upon registration. The workshops will take the form of plenary sessions, discussions and exchanges of best practices. The entire workshop will be in English.
Symposium

In 2021, the ENS/IISER cooperation network, with the support of the French Embassy in India, is organizing its first-ever Franco-Indian virtual workshop on 10 and 11 May 2021.

REGISTRATION

ri [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (To register, please contact the International Relations Office.)

Program

The entire workshop will be given in English.

Monday, May 10th: exchange of practices on Education & Pedagogical approaches

  • 9h30 - 9h35: Welcome & Introduction 

Introductive speech

  • 9h35 - 10h05: Pedagogy and future methods of learning in interdisciplinary science education in the backdrop of Indian New Education Policy 2020
    • Pankaj Jalote, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

Session 1: ENS-IISER talks 

  • 10h05 - 10h20: CHIMATIV : An Open-Access website for blended learning
    • Jonathan Piard, ENS Paris-Saclay 
  • 10h20 - 10h35: Title TBD 
    • Chandrasheel Bhagwat, IISER Pune 
  • 10h35 - 10h45: Coffee break 
  • 10h45 - 11h: The importance of training students, staff and departments to the regulation of emotions to meet the mental health and welfare needs of students during the pandemic and, in a more general context, to improve student experience and alleviate learning difficulties
    • Alain Finkel, ENS Paris-Saclay 
  • 11h - 11h15: Feedback from a distance learning support in Mathematics offered during Covid-19 
    • Alain Tchana, ENS de Lyon 

Session 2: Panel discussion / Moderator : Nirmala Krishnamurty, IISER Tirupati

  • 11h15 - 12h15: List of participants : 
    • Venketsubramaniam C G, IISER Tirupati - Mathematics
    • Raghav Rajan, IISER Pune - Neuroscience using the chalkboard 
    • Denis Thieffry, ENS Paris - Biology 
    • Sujit Pedda Baliyarasimhuni, IISER Bhopal 
  • 12h15 - 12h30: Conclusion 

Tuesday, May 11th: adaptation to online teaching (classroom and institutional levels) (11/05)

  • 9h30 - 9h35: Welcome & Introduction 

Introductive speech : 

  • 9h35 - 10h05: Digital Strategy in French Higher Education System
    • Mehdi Gharsallah, Strategic Counselor at French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation 

Session 3: ENS-IISER talks 

  • 10h05 - 10h20: Challenges and opportunities in online teaching: a case study from undergraduate quantum physics
    • Sambuddha Sanyal, IISER Tirupati 
  • 10h20 - 10h35: Adaptation to online teaching and learning: space and time 
    • Nicolas Coltice, ENS Paris
  • 10h35 - 10h45: Coffee break
  • 10h45 - 11h: Challenges in online evaluation, from biology to mathematics 
    • Anil Shaji, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
  • 11h - 11h15: Emotional well-being during online education amid unforeseen circumstances 
    • Snigdha Thakur, IISER Bhopal 

Session 4: Panel discussion / Moderator : TBD 

  • 11h15 - 12h15: List of participants : 
    • Catherine Simand, ENS de Lyon - Adaptation of Institution tools for teaching online
    • Tommaso Roscilde and Benjamin Huard, ENS de Lyon - Teaching physics online 
    • Amrita Hazra, IISER Pune - Online teaching at the interface of chemistry and biology, adapting to the new normal and lessons learned 
    • Rajalakshmi R, IISER Tirupati (student) - Feedback on learning online 
  • 12h15 - 12h30 : Conclusion 

Workshop from a collaboration between the 4 ENS and the IISER network

Since 2016, the IISER (Indian Institutes of Science for Education and Research) network - Berhampur, Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Tirupati, Thiruvananthapuram - has started a formal collaboration with the four French ENS: Lyon, Rennes, Paris and Paris-Saclay.

In 2021, despite the global pandemic, the IISER network is proud to publish positive results, including the annual ENS/IISER internship program, which allows ENS to host several students each year in its laboratories, and several highly satisfying bilateral visits that have helped strengthen scientific collaboration and diplomatic relations.