Media Mentions and Articles

Prof. Ram Ramaswamy's recent talk on "The Challenges of Online Education in India " highlighting the work of DFOT

Physics News published by Indian Physics Association has published an article about DFOT titled "A Discussion Forum for Online Education: Teaching Physics during the pandemic " by V Madhurima and Ram Ramaswamy in December 2020 (Oct-Dec '20 issue)

www.tifr.res.in/~ipa1970/news/2020/OctDec/12_NE1_Madhurima.pdf

A parley on What challenges do online classes pose featuring the efforts of DFOT was published in The Hindu on 18.12.2020

What challenges do online classes pose?Access, teaching skills and assessment are all challenging but there are ways they can be met

The podcast of the parley featuring V Madhurima and Gurumurthy Kasinathan can be heard here

Podcast | What are the challenges unique to online teaching and learning?With the pandemic forcing the teaching and learning process to migrate to the online mode, the education system has faced an upheaval like never before. This has posed several challenges to teachers a

An opinion piece based on the DFOT survey results was published on 01.12.2020 in the The Telegraph.

Authored by:

V Madhurima and Ram Ramaswamy

Learning in the time of CovidSince education is a concurrent subject, solving problems at the local level would not be enough and both state and Central policies need to be re-examined

DFOT's Panel Discussion -8 on the Art of Teaching Fine Arts online was covered by the University of Hyderabad's Herald. December 7th 2020

VIBRATING STRINGS e-NEWSLETTER – Department of Music, CUTN Volume - 2, Nos. 3 & 4 (July 2020 – December 2020)

DFOT finds a mention in Online education in India — the good, the bad and the ugly! by Prashanthi Karyala & Sarita Kamat

Online education in India - the good, the bad and the ugly!

Papers presented at conferences and publications related to DFOT

A paper titled Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Physics teaching in India by V Madhurima, Ram Ramaswamy, Deepa Chari, Vandana Nanal and Tanusri Saha Dasgupta was presented at the IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP-2021) June 11-16, 2021.