This weekend WhatsApp delivered course aims to create an interest in Mathematics, a subject often disliked and dreaded. In February 2022, it is scheduled on Saturday February 19th and Sunday 20th. In future it will be offered on the 3rd weekend of every month.
The purpose of this unique course is to kindle an interest in Mathematics and awaken the desire to learn more.A nano-learning strategy for tech-enabled self-learning is detailed for situations where there is no good Math Teacher.
The phrase “ Mathematics is a language” was used by John Willard Gibbs, a distinguished American Scientist. He was echoing what Galileo had said hundreds of years earlier “ Nature is written in mathematical language”.
Flow:
Day 1: ( Saturday): What is Mathematics?
1.1: The myths and misconceptions regarding Maths
1.2: The Beauty of Mathematics
1.3: Recognition for Maths achievement
1.4: Mathematical Thinking
1.5: The Map of Mathematics
Day 2: (Sunday): Learning Mathematics
2.1: Overcoming Maths Phobia
2.2: Inspiring Mathematicians
2.4: Is Mathematics invented or discovered?
2.4: Strategies for learning Mathematics
2.5: Wrapping Up : Resources to learn Maths
Methodology:
On the 3rd Friday of every month, I will form a WhatsApp group of all those who have expressed their interest in joining this course.
I will be making a number of posts to the group during the scheduled time slot between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm.These posts may be in the form of text, images of PowerPoint slides, my audios, my videos or curated videos of others…
If any course participant has a query, question or observation, they may go ahead and make it right there. If this concerns the whole group, please make it in the group. If it is meant as a message to me, then please send me a direct message rather than posting it in the group.
If I can make a quick short and effective response, without losing the thread of the conversation, I will respond right then, else I will pool all these and make a special post in response.
You may keep posting your queries and comments even after the scheduled time for my posts is over. All the posts and conversations ( including audio) will remain with you until you consciously and deliberately delete them. This is the greatest advantage of this method
Enrolment and fee payment:
Fresh cohorts begin on the 3rd Saturday of every month.
As the courses are being delivered through WhatsApp the enrolment process is simply that of sending a WhatsApp message to Prof MM Pant at +919810073724.
The fee for each of the above course is Rs 1000/- and can be easily remitted through PayTM to MM Pant ( mobile number : +919810073724).
For remittance into a Bank account, the information is :
Prof. M.M.Pant has a Ph.D in Computational Physics, along with a Professional Law Degree, and has been a practitioner in the fields of Law, IT enabled education and IT implementation.
Drawing upon his experience in world class international institutions and having taught in various modes of Face-to-Face, Distance Learning and Technology Enhanced Training, Prof. Pant is now exploring the nature of institutions which will be successors to the IITs, which represented the 1960s, IIMs, which represented the 1970 and Open Universities which were the rage of 1980s & 90s.
He believes that the convergence between various media and technologies would fundamentally alter the way learning would be created, packaged, and delivered to learners. His current activities are all directed toward actual implementation of these new age educational initiatives that transform education in the post Internet post WTO era..
Prof. Pant, has been a Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and has been on the faculty of IIT – Kanpur (the premier Engineering institution in India), MLNR Engineering College and Faculty & Visiting Professor - University of Western Ontario-Canada.
He has been visiting scientist to research centers in Italy, England, Germany & Sweden and has delivered international lectures with about 80 papers published.
During his association of almost 15 years with the IGNOU, Prof. Pant has served as the Director Computing and has been the Member of All Bodies (i.e. School boards, Academic council, Planning board, Finance committee and the Board of management).
With his interest in Law, backed with practice of Law in a High Court, and his basic training in Science and IT, Prof. Pant has been particularly interested in the Cyber Law, Patent & trade mark issues, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues etc. and has been involved with many activities, conferences on “Law & IT”
Prof. Pant is presently;
• Advisor to Media Lab Asia - Chairman of working group on ICT for Education, chairman of PRSG handling projects on ICT for education.
• Lead Consultant for an ADB funded project for ICT in Basic Education in Uzbekistan
• Member of the drafting Group for India’s National Policy on ICT in education
• Chairman of the group creating books for class 11 and 12 students on ‘Computers and Communication Technology’ appointed by the NCERT
• Preparing a ‘Theme Paper” for the NCTE in the area of ICT and Teacher Training
• Advisor and mentor to several leading Indian and Multi-national Companies in the area of education.
Prof. Pant has in the recent past been ;
• Member – Board of Management – I I T, Delhi for 6 years (two consecutive terms)
• One-man committee to create the Project Report & Legislation for Delhi IT-enabled Open University
• Advisor to the Delhi Government on Asian Network of Major Cities Project (ANMC-21) distance learning project in association with Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
• Chairman Board of Studies, All India Management Association
With his mission to create and implement new business opportunities in the area of e-learning & learning facilitation, Prof. Pant has promoted Planet EDU Pvt. Ltd., as its Founder & Chairman, along with a team of highly experienced and skilled professionals from Education & Training, Operations, IT and Finance.
