The Department of Educational Technology established in September 1990 as an interdisciplinary department offers research programmes and professional courses at the post graduate level in the fields of education, e-learning and educational communication.
Library:
The department is provided with in-house library. It has sufficient amount of books, journals, newsletters, in the area of education, media and communication. The department has developed an online library information website and aptitude testing website (www.skillstack.com).
Seminar Hall
A spacious seminar hall with smart classroom facility is available.
Internet Facility
Faculty members, post graduate students and research scholars are allowed free internet access in the department with provision for multimedia accessories.
Multimedia Lab
The lab in an air conditioned room has a server and 15 PCs with recent hardware configurations. All computers are installed with multimedia kit (CD/DVD writer, headphone with mike, etc), and the software of recent versions.
Here the students are able to transform the creative ideas into actions, and are trained in Macromedia Flash, Actionscript, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Javascript. Students practice to prepare computer-based & web-based e-learning materials using Macromedia Flash and Actionscript. The skill to use Macromedia Dreamweaver for developing websites and web-based e-learning materials are trained. The computer terminals in the lab are also installed with Photoshop, CorelDraw, Illustrator, Adobe Captivate, and other software to develop e-learning products.
Video Studio
The department has a State-Of-Art studio with all modern facilities to produce and edit audio and video. Here the students gain hands on experience to present their visual ideas and achieve the best sequence of video.
The studio has professional cameras, microphones, converters, etc for producing audio and video programmes, and two editing suites installed with ProTools and Avid Xpress, the audio and video editing software respectively. Here all aspects of audio & video recording and non-linear audio & video editing are taught to the students.
The students are placed at organizations such as Mc.Millan Pubishers, Jaya Television channel, Sathyam, Star Vijay etc
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