Department of Educational Technology

Facilities

Teacher Oriented Televised Education (TOTE) Studio

The Department of Educational Technology is well equipped with Digital Video technological equipments in the Teacher Oriented Televised Education (TOTE) Studio. It was established in the year 1993 at the cost of Rs.17 Lakhs, sponsored by UGC and after Rs.12.5 lakhs funded by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the training of teacher educators in the production of E-Learning course materials.

As a part of the training programmes, the participants of various Teacher Education Institutes and Refresher, Orientation courses of UGC Human Resource Development Centre of Bharathidasan University are being given training in Video Software production and Micro-teaching skills. The services of TOTE Studio of the Department of Educational Technology are extended every year for the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) coverage of the Annual Convocation and other programmes of the University.

Visual Class Room

The Visual Classroom has been established at the department with a view to providing an opportunity to the students of Bharathidasan University and affiliated colleges to reap the full benefits of the exclusive educational channels and the educational programmes, available on other television channels. The Visual Classroom is equipped with a DTH receiver, a Television set and a DVD recorder. The ETV programmes, relevant to the students of Bharathidasan University and affiliated colleges are received and recorded on DVDs, thus creating a digital repository of video-based lessons for the benefit of the student community.

Library

The Department has a well-stacked library cum reading room with a sitting capacity of 30 students and with sufficient number of reference books,  encyclopedia and 6250 text books on various perspectives of Education, Educational Technology, Educational Research, Policy Notes and books related to  Media and Communication. The Department library also subscribes to leading magazines and journals of educational importance. Study Materials for National/State/University level competitive examinations like UGC-NET, CTET, UPSC, TET, SLET, TRB  and other common entrance examination for Ph.D. programmes are available at the Department library, including Question Bank.