The five-year project aims to deepen the university’s impact on campus, in the broader community and around the globe

Key takeaways

• The Poddar Group of Institutes' local and international engagement, research and creative endeavors, educational instruction, and institutional efficacy are the main objectives of the campus's strategic plan.
• The timeline durations the development of Poddar Group of Institutes over the next five years, from 2023 to 2028.
• The plan guarantees that equity and justice will be at the forefront of Poddar Group of Institutes' efforts by emphasizing the concept of inclusive excellence.

Understanding the Challenge

In the past, it has taken a lot of time and effort to manually record and analyze instructor experiences with educational technology. This made it more difficult for Poddar Group of Institution to expand its research initiatives or react swiftly to changing educational demands. Finding scalable tools for synchronous and asynchronous learning, efficiently managing content delivery, and lowering reliance on physical learning spaces were among the difficulties.

An AI-Powered Solution

In order to overcome these challenges, the project team started a pilot project that used OpenAI to examine qualitative information obtained from more than 20 interviews with instructors in PGI's undergraduate programs. After conducting focus groups and interviews, the data was carefully cleaned to eliminate any sensitive information. The group then employed prompt engineering to extract sentiments, themes, and patterns from the transcripts.

The research team examined and verified the results after OpenAI processed them to guarantee contextual integrity. The result was a dependable, repeatable AI-enhanced methodology intended to direct choices regarding the adoption and improvement of educational technology tools.

Real-World Impact

The initial project has already produced notable results:

• A streamlined process for analyzing qualitative data, reducing manual workload
• An ascendable framework that supports ongoing research into instructional technology
• Strengthened institutional capacity for data-driven decision-making
• Increased AI literacy among research and instructional support teams
• Actionable recommendations for tool adoption, feature improvements, and vendor engagement

Stronger connection between academic assets and curriculum requirements, according to faculty feedback, led to well-informed choices regarding media infrastructure, remote support, and scalable teaching methods.

Students in multiple general assignment classrooms started the fall quarter with new in-room microphones, display monitors, modular desks, and tables which are compatible with customizable designs. Enhanced lighting and acoustics were also beneficial to them. These additions, audio-visual technology, and accessibility, were included after the spring quarter, when the instructors lectured in rooms without them.

Dr. Anand Poddar, Chairman and Group Director of the Poddar Group of Institutions, Jaipur, India which specializes in business conglomerate, said that “The Innovation efforts we make in our Educational Activities require modern teaching infrastructure.”

This implies that it is necessary to have modernized premises that have the technology that can support the learning innovations that our teachers desire. There is change in education which is taking it to the digital age and promoting independent learning. Students are no longer mere consumers of knowledge but now they contribute to the learning process. This change is not merely technical in nature; it is a shift in thinking which includes the cultivation of the creative and critically thinking mind.

Suppose that it is a classroom where cooperation flourishes. The students communicate with international students online. Here, in these collaborative learning contexts, different points of view come together to form the deeper insights. Studies indicate that students engage more effectively in cooperative learning projects and problem-solving activities and acquire important skills of the workforce such as collaboration and flexibility.

The idea of global degrees is a contemporary education practice. They provide learners with options because they integrate conventional classroom and distance learning. Students have the liberty to choose to study either on a full or part-time basis, in classroom or over the internet and the language they wish to be instructed on. Such flexibility meets the demands of the present multi-ethnic student body and prepares them to live in an interconnected world.

In addition, technological advances have also brought about multimodal learning analytics, which is a technique that controls multiple streams of data, including video engagements and discussion records, to evaluate group dynamics as a whole. These understanding can help teachers to improve their teaching methods and reinforce cooperative learning between learners. As we move forward, it is evident that education will keep changing as we face the emerging challenges of our fast-changing society. It should be based on the cultivation of self-directed learners that are able to cope with complex issues on their own and succeed in a collaborative model.

Contemporary learning is not confined to acquiring knowledge. It aims at empowering people so that they are able to become innovative thinkers and be able to shape their own future.