
Chennai college develops e-content for courses
The Hindu
It covers 824 theory papers for 23 undergraduate and 17 postgraduate courses
The faculty members of Queen Mary’s College have developed e-content for all 824 theory papers offered under 23 undergraduate and 17 postgraduate courses.
As many as 239 faculty members have participated in the effort, according to principal B. Umamaheswari. “Queen Mary’s College has released the e-content on the college website. The terms ‘flipped classroom’ and ‘blended learning’ are used to exploit the digital mode to enhance learning.”
Each student at the government college, affiliated to the University of Madras, is offered non-major electives and soft skill courses. “Apart from their major, they will be studying two subjects from another department — it is an interdisciplinary approach. For example, a student of Economics can choose to learn basic music, Sanskrit or even French. Even if only one student has taken up a course, the faculty must teach the course,” said a faculty member.

On November 30, a team of officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Water Resources Department (WRD) and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) conducted a joint inspection of a rainwater vent below the Chennai Bypass Road in Thiruneermalai. This marks the second time NHAI and WRD have carried out an inspection following a request being made by residents. They want NHAI to widen the vent located below the Bypass Road to facilitate rainwater drainage from ‘Nattukalvai’. The office bearers of the Federation of Welfare Associations accompanied the officials.












