IIT Jodhpur: Research uses Flipped Teaching to Examine Blended Learning Framework
The utility and practicality of the video-based flipped classroom concept have been effectively investigated and analysed by the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur researcher. The study also sought to determine whether the analytics gleaned from the interactive video assignments might be utilised to further identify at-risk pupils and implement prompt interventions. In a flipped classroom, the lecture sessions are used for interactions, discussions, and problem-solving while the study material is given to the students in advance for meticulous study and revision. Results show that the flipped teaching model has support of a majority of students, especially in the distance learning mode
IIT Madras: Researchers discover an environmentally friendly method to produce industrial enzymes from agricultural waste.
Many industries that deal with textiles, paper, detergents, and pharmaceuticals have a high demand for industrial enzymes like alpha-amylase and cellulase. The scientists at IIT Madras investigated the potential of a bacteria known as "Bacillus sp PM06" to help produce industrial enzymes and value-added products from agricultural waste.
Prof. Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi, a faculty member at the IIT Madras Department of Biotechnology, and Ms. Rekha Rajesh, a research scholar, carried out the study. The research's findings were disseminated in the reputable peer-reviewed journal Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.
IIT Guwahati: Affordable "Radiative Cooler" Coating Material, a non-electric replacement for air conditioning.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati have created a "passive" radiative cooling system that is both economical and effective and doesn't use power to run. This "Radiative Cooler" coating material, which can be sprayed to rooftops and operates both during the day and at night as an alternative to traditional air conditioners, is a "electricity-free" cooling system.
Systems that use passive radiative cooling work by releasing heat that has been absorbed from the environment as infrared radiation, which can pass through the atmosphere before being released into the frigid outer space.
Such a passive radiative cooler has been constructed and simulated by Mr. Ashish Kumar Chowdhary, Research Scholar at IIT Guwahati, with the assistance of Prof. Debabrata Sikdar, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. The Current Science Report, which was first printed in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics by IOP Publishing, United Kingdom, recently featured their discovery.
