Master of Arts (Education) MAE (Distance Mode) Assignments for 2 nd Year (2014-15) Centre for Distance and Open Learning Jamia Millia Islamia Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Marg New Delhi 110025
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENT RESPONSES (i) It will help you to complete the assignments in time if you start working on them as soon as possible. You should plan your work in such a way so that you may submit all the three assignments for each theory course latest by March 29 2015. (ii) All the three assignments for each course are compulsory. (iii) Please submit the Assignments Responses (AR s) by hand at your Programme Centre or send by post to the Coordinator of your Programme Centre. (iv) You should retain a copy of all assignments in your own interest. Note: If there is any difference in translation, please follow the English version. MES 031: ET - An Overview (M. M.: 30) Answer the following in about 300 words each: (5x2 = 10) 1. Describe various technologies that facilitate partnership among learners. 2. Discuss the utility/relevance of channels of feedback available to teachers and learners. Answer the following questions in about 600 words each: (10x2 = 20) 1. Critically examine the role of UGC and CIET in promoting educational technology in India. 2. Citing appropriate examples from your own teaching/learning experiences discuss the use of cooperative learning method in the instructional process, MES 032: Communication and Information Technology (M. M.: 30) Answer the following in about 300 words each: (5x2 = 10) 1. What are the different aspects of communication and explain why is effective communication important in Education. 2. Why is technology important for Education? Explain with help of an example. Answer the following questions in about 600 words each: (10x2 = 20) 1. Explain Interactive Multimedia, how is this helpful in delivery of Materials. 2. Explain the general considerate that have to be kept in mind while deciding the appropriateness of technology for education. Page 2 of 6
MES 033: Computer Technology (M. M.: 30) Attempt the following in about 250-300 word each: (5x2 = 10) 1. How can interactivity be achieved in educational multimedia with the use of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality? Explain. 2. Discuss the benefits of using a Database Management System (DBMS) in Schools. Give examples. Attempt the following in about 500 600 words each: (10x2 = 20) 1. Would you prefer to Macromedia Director or Macromedia Author to create multimedia content for schools and why? Explain the major steps of creating multimedia content through the selected one. 2. Internet tools and services can improve the quality of school education. Reflect on the statement with examples. MES 034: Designing Courseware (M. M.: 30) 1. Discuss the need and importance of electronic media to deliver a courseware in schools. 2. Production of a video programme is a creative process. Reflect on the statement with examples. 1. Discuss the emerging tools of evaluation to assess student in non-scholastics areas comprehensively and continuously. 2. Select a topic and explain the planning to develop a computer courseware. MES 101: Higher Education: It s Context & Linkages (M. M.: 30) 1. Examine the changing roles of higher education in different historical perspectives. 2. Highlight the significant Constitutional Provisions regarding Indian Higher Education. Page 3 of 6
1. Describe World Trade Organization (WTO) and GATS. Analyze the effects of global changes in higher education in India. 2. Critically analyze the role of higher education in bringing Social Change. Also discuss the teachers intervention in the process of Social Change. MES 102: Instruction in Higher Education (M. M.: 30) 1. What are the skills of using Communication Aids? 2. Explain Teacher Controlled input alternatives. 1. Explain in detail the communication and information technologies. 2. How online/web based Assessment of students is done. Explain in detail. MES 103: Higher Education: The Psycho-Social Context (M. M.: 30) 1. Understanding College students personality is necessary for good classroom-teaching and management. Support your answer with valid reasons. 2. Effective Communication and good interpersonal relationships in the classroom is a tool for good teaching-learning process. Discuss with examples. 1. Stress Management Strategies and Motivation Skills are two important issues in classroom situation. Discuss the role of a teacher in resolving these issues. 2. Do you agree that University teachers should also work as Counsellors and Mental Health Facilitators? Answer in detail with suitable examples. MES 104: Planning and Management of Higher Education (M. M.: 30) 1. What is Institutional Planning? What principles need to be taken into consideration while planning any institution of Higher education? Page 4 of 6
2. How is planning related to Management with respect to higher education system? Draw the schematic management structure of Jamia Millia Islamia. 1. Explain the meaning of Formative and Summative evaluation with reference to curriculum evaluation? Delineate the steps for curriculum evaluation in higher education system. 2. How is structure of any education system related to organization of the same? Discuss the structure and organization of higher education system in India. MES 111: Growth and Philosophy of Distance Education (M. M.: 30) 1. How the Distance Education is a reformative movement.. 2. How the conventional use of Distance Teaching is qualitative. 1. Explain the difference between the problem of number and problem of relevance with suitable examples. 2. Highlight the importance of cost effectiveness, research and staff development in Distance education. MES 112: Design and Development of SLM and Learner Support (M.M.: 30) 1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of having part time and fulltime individual course writers. 2. Develop a comprehensive checklist for judging the quality concerns in self learning print materials. 1. Discuss the various stages of learning under cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain as given by Bloom and his associates. Also mention the specific learning outcomes under each stage. 2. The size, colour and font of the text, the size and quality of the paper and the illustrations, diagrams and charts used make the presentation of the content for distance learners attractive and motivating. Elaborate this statement with suitable examples. Page 5 of 6
MES 114: Management of Distance Education (M.M.: 30) 1. Discuss the various Processes of Institutional Building. 2. Discuss the Role of NCTE and UGC in the Education System. 1. What do you mean by Organizational Structure of Open and Distance Education? Discuss in detail highlighting its distance features and success. 2. What are Learning Organization System of Organizational Mechanism of Open and Distance Education? Explain with suitable examples. MES 115: Communication Technology for Distance Education (M. M.: 30) 1. Discuss the importance of policies on communication for education and development. 2. Explain the measures to ensure optimum learning from radio/audio medium. 1. Prepare a plan indicating how you would use field/location recording for educational purposes. 2. Discuss the steps that you would like to ensure necessarily while executing your responsibility, as a distance educator, of organizing teleconferences for your students. Page 6 of 6