Rathod, Raju M. and Dalvadi, Yagnesh  <br/><br/>
Lessons from conducting online FDP during pandemic: Application of blended learning approach 

 - Indian Journal of Training and Development   
 - 50(4), Oct-Dec, 2020: p.33-40 
<br/><br/> The purpose of this paper is to report the experience and insights of an online one week National Level Faculty Development Programme in Research Methodology. Both online and offline methods of instruction had been used. There were 65 teachers of higher education from 16 different states who participated in this short course. Online classes had been blended with different tasks to be done and reports had been submitted by the participants to reinforce the learning. Design of this Online Faculty Development Programme was interactive using digital technology and evaluations have been carried out of each participant. Expectations of all participants had been asked before online sessions and accordingly different tasks were given during the six days online session and finally their feedback had been gathered to evaluate the impact of online teaching with blended learning approach. The evaluation findings indicate positive outcomes for certain methods of teaching used in this online faculty development programme with blended learning approach. The result of the study shows that online workshop on Research Methodology subject with some practical assignments and customized interaction would ensure the better learning and understanding. – Reproduced <br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pedagogical engineering, Blended learning, Pre-workshop interaction, Expectation participant, Learning activities