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Learning Never Stops @ SIES GST- The Virtual Way
ONLINE TEACHING METHOD DURING COVID - 19
in ac ve learning. The Google Classroom acted as a
very viable source for the teachers to maintain the
record of each student’s performance. Aside from
these, online virtual labs and prac cal tools were
also employed by the faculty to conduct live
prac cal sessions to cover the prac cal classes.
Project reviews were also conducted for the Final
Year Students using Meet.
“ In life, you’re either growing or you’re decaying,
there is no middle ground. If you’re si ng idle,
The intriguing ability of a microscopic organism to you’re decaying. ”-Alan Arkin.
bring the en re world to its knees cannot be In this theme, the ins tute ensured that even with
overstated. The pandemic struck fear into the u er bedlam being rife all over the world, we as
hearts of men,women and children and most students didn’t stop growing by keeping us
importantly the youth- the young popula on,the engaged in not only studies but also personality
flag bearers of the impending tech-savvy future. development ac vi es. The Student Council of
In a very quick turn of events the virus was followed SIESGST, the various Student Chapters and the NSS
by an immediate na onwide lockdown declara on Unit also ensured that students were u lizing their
by the Government of India on March 22nd. me by doing construc ve things such as taking up
Schools and colleges however, declared leave for online courses for skill enhancement and pos ng
students a week before, i.e. 16th of March onwards workout, singing, dancing etc challenges on social
instruc ng all the students to stay at home and media pla orms. The Literary Team invited the
prac ce social distancing to avoid catching the students to u lize the me to produce some really
virus. crea ve content to post in the college magazine
Free me and a dearth of du es never did any Samanvay.
student any good and so all the academic
departments of SIESGST began their online lecture
ini a ve scheduled for each working day to ensure
that students were able to cover up the studies they
would otherwise have missed out on due to the
lockdown. This also helped to make sure that the
students were ready for their examina ons
regardless of the rescheduling. The lectures were
conducted in Google Meet and a myriad of wri en
assignments were given along with quizzes and
reading assignments to keep the students engaged
