Management Development Centre (MDC), LIBA, conducted a six-day Digital Certificate Course titled, “ProAct Digital Teacher” for Faculty, Research Associates and Teaching Assistants drawn from all over the country from 15th to 20th June 2020. Rev. Fr. C. Joe Arun, SJ, Director-LIBA, inaugurated the online programme. Dr. Royce Robertson, Le Moyne College, USA, Dr. Raghav Narayan, Virtulive Technologies Pvt. Ltd., and LIBA faculty Dr. M J Xavier, Dr. M.P. Pandikumar, Dr. M. Ramasubramaniam and Dr. Agna Fernandez were the resource persons.
In the afternoon sessions involved the Research Associates (Faculty of) LIBA to guide the hands-on tutorials. The key skills imparted in the course included digital technology skills, digital pedagogies and personal effectiveness for virtual classrooms. Around 110 participants from different States of India participated. The participants felt that the programme helped them to move to online teaching confidently and gave them an enriching learning experience.