TWO - DAY TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME
5th - 6th July, 2017
Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon conducted a two-day Technical Enhancement Program (TEP) on “Virtual Lab and Microsoft Office Excel” from 5th to 6th July, 2017.
The objective of the program was to disseminate knowledge on the operational aspects of the Virtual Labs and the functional part of MS Excel.
Inaugurating the program, the Principal Prof.(Dr.) B.M.K. Prasad expressed that such program is needed to enhance the quality of teaching pedagogy and to explore various dimensions of technical arena. Further, he said Virtual Labs are similar to real labs and with the development of World Wide Web, it is now possible for technocrats to access Virtual Labs from any part of the world. He appreciated the program as it aimed at supporting and improving the teaching and learning skills.
Day 1
Addressing the participants, Mrs. Dimple Saproo, Coordinator-Virtual Labs, DCE, Gurgaon described such programs are useful to expedite the Virtual Lab in order to boost the quality of engineering education and to provide the necessary practical skills to young minds through cost effective outreach and distance learning activities. Today, virtual reality is an important learning frame work for the engineers of tomorrow. The virtual environment provides students the freedom to make mistakes and learn from their mistakes. Through the interdisciplinary and international nature of the virtual laboratory, students can gain a better understanding of physical processes and operations. Her speech was followed by a demonstration as to how the Microprocessor Lab is being developed by Ms. Neha Verma, Assistant Professor in IT Department, DCE, Gurgaon. She further explained the working of other experiments through the Virtual Lab.
Dr. Sangeeta Singla, (Associate Professor- Chemisty) exclusively demonstrated various experiments related to Ca++ and Mg++ hardness of water using EDTA solution, alkalinity of water sample, TDS of water samples of different sources, the presence of sodium and potassium in a, given water sample by flame photometer. Similar experiments which were demonstrated on Virtual Chemistry Lab were conducted in the practical sessions for the first year students.
The next session of the day was taken by Dr. Vaishali Dixit, (Associate Professor- Physics) wherein she explained the complete process of accessing the Physics Virtual lab while performing an experiment and made the participants have a hands-on as well. She demonstrated how the Virtual Labs can provide a set of free, high quality, web-based resources to general physical engineering labs catering to students at the undergraduate level as well as to research scholars. Interacting with the participants she elucidated the functional aspects of performing the experiments like Newton’s Rings: Wavelength of light, Sonometer: Frequency of AC Mains through the Virtual Lab.
Day 2 – Session 1 & 2
The second day of the program was taken by another resource person Dr. Jyoti Anand, (Assistant Professor- Mathematics). The two sessions conducted by her provided practical training on the working of MS Excel particularly in Mathematical Formula, Logical Function, Data Sorting, Workbook, Worksheets, cells- Rows & Columns, Ribbon, Tabs, Groups, Menus, etc which are required in the daily routine of every professional. The hands-on sessions were also conducted.
The program was useful, interactive and interesting. Such in-house programs provide an opportunity to integrate technical, analytical and creative skills for enhancement of knowledge of the students.