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Art and Media Club & SIP Cell of SLCS organized a webinar on “How to read and validate NEWS? (Virtual Tour)”. NEWS – North East West South, the expansion of this acronym. Dr.R.Jeyakrishnan, Special Correspondence, Win TV, Chennai, shared his views on the topic “How to read and validate NEWS?” on 16.09.2020. He initiated the session by the virtual tour in the Win TV Channel, Chennai. He also explained the students that all the TV Stations’ gates will be opened always to receive the news from the public 24/7. He shared the students about the difficulties in collecting news. He then explained about the freedom given to each and every reporter while collecting news. A news reporter can even enter into a whole where the air cannot be entered. He answered the query raised by the students regarding the TRP rating. Finally he insisted the students to hear and read newspapers regularly for updating themselves about the current scenario. Totally 240 students attended and got benefitted.

CDC & SIP Cell of SLCS organized a webinar on “Teaching & Learning Pedagogy”. Teaching and Learning is a dependent pedagogical approach which is followed by a teacher in the classroom. On 15.09.2020, Dr.R.Parthiban, IQAC Administrator of SLCS explained the variety of pedagogical approaches used in Colleges that are more effective and appropriate in the process. The effectiveness of pedagogy often depends on the particular subject matter to be taught, on understanding the diverse needs of different learners, and on adapting to the on-the-ground conditions in the classroom and the surrounding context.

He also explained about the differences between Teacher-Centered Pedagogy and Student-Centered Pedagogy.  He added that at SLCS we follow the Outcome Based Education which is a Student-Centered Methodology of Education. The teachers at SLCS use the ICT facilities for teaching the students in an effective manner. So automatically, the students will be much interested in the classroom session. Finally the resource person motivated the students by showing few videos from the movies which replicates the Teaching Learning Pedagogy and links the same with the process at SLCS. The students enjoyed the session. Totally 240 students attended and got benefitted.

SIP Cell & Library Managing Team of SLCS organized a webinar on the topic “How to utilize the Resource Center Effectively?”. Information plays an important part in the wider learning process – to understand the context of the work. Guest Lecturer Dr.P.Ravichandran, Head-Dept. of LISC, Annamalai University, Chidambaram presented a wonderful session on “How to utilize the Resource Center Effectively?” on 15.09.2020. Learning takes place not only at workshops or on training courses, but also through discussions with colleagues, practical experience, and consulting newsletters, books and audiovisual materials. Resource centers can support a wide range of learning activities by making information available. Resource centers have an important part to play in improving access to information. A resource centre collects and organizes materials that are useful to a particular group of people. A resource centre actively seeks to share the information that it contains. The main aim of a resource centre are to create a pleasant environment for learning, to contain a relevant and accessible collection of resource materials (based on the actual needs of users), to provide a range of information services, to encourage people to use the information in the resource centre and to help users gain access to information from other sources. Finally the resource person informed the students to utilize all the resources regarding the government schemes and also regarding the education. Totally 228 students attended and got benefitted.

SIP Cell & Readers Hub of SLCS organized a webinar on the topic “Thisaigal Unnai Thirumbi Paarkattum”. The world is revolving every day and there is no doubt in that. But are we coping with it, is a great question that has to be asked to oneself. Mrs.N.Selvi, Assistant Professor & Head Department of Tamil motivated the students on the topic “Thisaigal Unnai Thirumbi Paarkattum” on 14.09.2020. We have many ways to achieve our life and we are running along with the time to adhere to it. Here the term THISAIGAL means the ambitions to be fixed by a person. A student should pay attention towards his / her own ambition. To succeed in life, one should learn to honor person, learn to show the gratitude towards others, work hard towards the ambition and so on. Before concluding the session, she insisted that a student should not run towards the direction instead he / she can strive hard for that. If a student works accordingly he / she need not run along, but the world will turn towards you and all the THISAIGAL will also turn to you. The students were motivated by listening to her speech to strive for a successful life. Totally 220 students attended and got benefitted.

SIP Cell & NSS of SLCS organized a webinar on the topic “Eye Awareness”. In today’s world all the children and elders are addicted to mobile phones which are undoubtedly leading towards the world of blindness. To create awareness about the Eye, the International Rotary Eye Bank Manager Mr.Saravanan, from Aravind Eye Hospital was invited to give a lecture on 14.09.2020. He explained the reasons of Eye strain due to the usage of Mobile phones. Mobile phones eye strain may cause dry eye and irritation, painful throbbing headaches around the eye region, and even blurred vision. He also informed the students that smart phones are also comfortable for learning such as easy to get answers, bringing the world into real, easy to access educational tips and finally allows pavements for Social Learning. But it should be used in an effective and limited manner. Finally the resource person advised the students not to use the mobile phones too much which even leads the student towards eye blindness. Totally 220 students attended and got benefitted.