Reflection – Learning Launch- Curriculum and Syllabus Design     Challenge and Selection   As a member of the Curriculum and Syllabus Design committee and a member of Board of studies of   School of Computing for the past 20 years , I have come across many challenges in designing a   curriculum and framing syllabus especially in the dynamically changing field of Computer Science   and Engineering and its related domains . The first challenge comes from the industry requirements   of graduates with right and latest skills . The next challenge comes from the expanding opportunities   of higher studies abroad . Unless one has a curriculum to balance both sides it is tough to survive in   the education market as there are many private competitors who challenge with new avenues and   programmes .      The target for the entire process was fixed as three months , so that after little iteration we could   launch it from the next academic year .     The project scope includes launching new specialization programmes in upcoming fields , revamping   or updating the existing programme curriculum .     Considering the inexperience of faculty members who are going to be assigned the task as part of a   team , there are certain quick actions needed with regard to the entire workflow . The reason is that   mostly syllabus are framed by referring to curriculum of premier institutes and leading universities   abroad . This will not be competitive enough for the future students which in turn affect their career   scope . We need to apply learning launch tool in quickly testing an idea , in order to make our   curriculum and syllabus more competitive .     Application   As a First learning launch , we formed multiple teams in key domains consisting of senior professors ,   middle level and junior faculty within the school . Each team had representations from other allied   departments , few bright students , alumni , an industry advisor and an academician from other   leading institutes . These teams were briefed about their smaller milestone targets for every week for   four weeks as given below , in order to identify the key terms in their domain .       a. Exploring the industry requirements and higher studies opportunities        b. Identifying the key terms from them and do a mapping of the requirements for those key terms .       c. Chart out the prerequisites and fundamentals needed to learn those key terms       d. Bring out a flow diagram with the list of subjects required to master that domain   The smaller milestones followed a Scrum model with daily short meetings within the team , review of   process and challenges , correcting or iterating them with a deadline of a week for each of the above   milestone . The external members participated either physically or through online .     After four weeks of brainstorming within the team , our Second learning launch was that each team   were asked to participate in cross domain presentations in series of workshops over a period of 10   days . The teams were asked to debate and learn , then to eliminate / co - create key terms again . The   entire agile process was more liked by the members as the curative environment made them more   participative and productive .     The teams were given again a week ’s time to quickly have few meetings to fine tune those key terms   and also given the task of identifying which of those key terms will go as core and which can be   made as professional or open electives . A prototype document was prepared by each team for   circulating among members of the apex Curriculum and Syllabus committee with experienced faculty   in respective domains . The suggestions and improvements were recorded and the teams presented   their study before the apex committee . The curriculum for that specialization programme was   framed in the meeting with the following category of courses for each specialization programme .     Basic Sciences , Engineering Sciences , Humanities and Management , Professional Core , Professional Electives , Open   Electives , Multi - disciplinary Projects , Internships , MOOCs , Industry supported etc . 

 Insight and Approach   This whole exercise was planned and executed within three month timeline . As learned from the   members through informal chats and feedback , the entire journey was liked by most members   rather than the specific task which obviously is a collective behaviour . This literally shows how agile   methodology with smaller tasks in the form of learning launch could impact the inexperienced   member . Very interestingly few non interested members ( initially ) became more active and   participative after a week as there were tiny tasks . It is beautifully said by BJ Fogg in his book on   “ Tiny Habits ” that the anatomy of tiny habits are very simple three steps   a. Anchor moment ,             b. New tiny behaviour ,   c. Instant celebration . In fact learning launch tool is not only making non   participative member to learn , but also to enjoy and celebrate the task .      Finally we were able to bring out one of the best curriculum for many Engineering programmes with   specializations under the School of Computing in one and half months . The next one and half   months were devoted by the team following the same process in bringing out the syllabus for those   courses . This time they involved one industry expert and one academician ( outside the organization )   for each of the course for syllabus framing . In this entire three months process , the team also   referred the standards and recommendations by various government bodies , accreditation   committee and international standardizations .      As a whole , the application of Design Thinking process in the Curriculum Design and Syllabus framing   has changed the perspectives and made the purpose more clear . Usually a boring and laborious task   has become more enthusiastic and participative . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
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### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Learning Launch- Curriculum and Syllabus Design     Challenge and Selection   As a member of the Curriculum and Syllabus Design committee and a member of Board of studies of   School of Computing for the past 20 years , I have come across many challenges in designing a   curriculum and framing syllabus especially in the dynamically changing field of Computer Science   and Engineering and its related domains . The first challenge comes from the industry requirements   of graduates with right and latest skills . The next challenge comes from the expanding opportunities   of higher studies abroad . Unless one has a curriculum to balance both sides it is tough to survive in   the education market as there are many private competitors who challenge with new avenues and   programmes .      The target for the entire process was fixed as three months , so that after little iteration we could   launch it from the next academic year .     The project scope includes launching new specialization programmes in upcoming fields , revamping   or updating the existing programme curriculum .     Considering the inexperience of faculty members who are going to be assigned the task as part of a   team , there are certain quick actions needed with regard to the entire workflow . The reason is that   mostly syllabus are framed by referring to curriculum of premier institutes and leading universities   abroad . This will not be competitive enough for the future students which in turn affect their career   scope . We need to apply learning launch tool in quickly testing an idea , in order to make our   curriculum and syllabus more competitive .     Application   As a First learning launch , we formed multiple teams in key domains consisting of senior professors ,   middle level and junior faculty within the school . Each team had representations from other allied   departments , few bright students , alumni , an industry advisor and an academician from other   leading institutes . These teams were briefed about their smaller milestone targets for every week for   four weeks as given below , in order to identify the key terms in their domain .       a. Exploring the industry requirements and higher studies opportunities        b. Identifying the key terms from them and do a mapping of the requirements for those key terms .       c. Chart out the prerequisites and fundamentals needed to learn those key terms       d. Bring out a flow diagram with the list of subjects required to master that domain   The smaller milestones followed a Scrum model with daily short meetings within the team , review of   process and challenges , correcting or iterating them with a deadline of a week for each of the above   milestone . The external members participated either physically or through online .     After four weeks of brainstorming within the team , our Second learning launch was that each team   were asked to participate in cross domain presentations in series of workshops over a period of 10   days . The teams were asked to debate and learn , then to eliminate / co - create key terms again . The   entire agile process was more liked by the members as the curative environment made them more   participative and productive .     The teams were given again a week ’s time to quickly have few meetings to fine tune those key terms   and also given the task of identifying which of those key terms will go as core and which can be   made as professional or open electives . A prototype document was prepared by each team for   circulating among members of the apex Curriculum and Syllabus committee with experienced faculty   in respective domains . The suggestions and improvements were recorded and the teams presented   their study before the apex committee . The curriculum for that specialization programme was   framed in the meeting with the following category of courses for each specialization programme .     Basic Sciences , Engineering Sciences , Humanities and Management , Professional Core , Professional Electives , Open   Electives , Multi - disciplinary Projects , Internships , MOOCs , Industry supported etc . 

 Insight and Approach   This whole exercise was planned and executed within three month timeline . As learned from the   members through informal chats and feedback , the entire journey was liked by most members   rather than the specific task which obviously is a collective behaviour . This literally shows how agile   methodology with smaller tasks in the form of learning launch could impact the inexperienced   member . Very interestingly few non interested members ( initially ) became more active and   participative after a week as there were tiny tasks . It is beautifully said by BJ Fogg in his book on   “ Tiny Habits ” that the anatomy of tiny habits are very simple three steps   a. Anchor moment ,             b. New tiny behaviour ,   c. Instant celebration . In fact learning launch tool is not only making non   participative member to learn , but also to enjoy and celebrate the task .      Finally we were able to bring out one of the best curriculum for many Engineering programmes with   specializations under the School of Computing in one and half months . The next one and half   months were devoted by the team following the same process in bringing out the syllabus for those   courses . This time they involved one industry expert and one academician ( outside the organization )   for each of the course for syllabus framing . In this entire three months process , the team also   referred the standards and recommendations by various government bodies , accreditation   committee and international standardizations .      As a whole , the application of Design Thinking process in the Curriculum Design and Syllabus framing   has changed the perspectives and made the purpose more clear . Usually a boring and laborious task   has become more enthusiastic and participative .
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