Live Broadcast of National Conference on innovation in Eeducational Approaches to ISL

[Mike Morgan]

Anyone wishing to watch live feed coverage of our *National Conference on
Innovation in Educational Approaches to Indian Sign Language* may do so by
clicking on the banner at:

http://webserver.ignou.ac.in/SIGN%20LANGUAGE/default.html

(Indian Standard Time is 5:30 ahead of UTC/GMT... so the conference opens at
10:45AM IST, which will be 05:15AM UTC/GMT and 01:15AM in New York)
*
National Conference** on *

 “*Innovation in Educational Approaches to Indian Sign Language”*


 *DAY ONE (10 June 2011)*



 10:15-10:45: *Registration*

10:25-10:45: *TEA*



 10:45-11:30: *Opening Addresses*

Dr Ramanujam (PVC, IGNOU & co-coordinator, BAASLS/ IGNOU)

Dr VNR Pillai (VC, IGNOU)

 Malyaj Varmani (Head, UKIERI, Scholarships and Skill Development/Delhi)



 11:30-12:50: *Session 1: Distance Learning in ISL & Deaf Education*

Sunil V Sahasrabudhe (Junior Consultant, BAASLS/IGNOU & Director,
Ishara/Mumbai: *Ideas for development and application of sign language
instructional resources: Findings from my MA research on English literacy
acquisition for young deaf adults* [11:30-12:20, including 10 minutes for Q
& A]

Dr R Sudarsan (Co-Coordinator, BAASLS & Deputy Director, Convergence/IGNOU):
*Reaching the wider Deaf community through IGNOU Convergence* [12:20-12:50,
including 10 minutes for Q & A]



 12:50-2:20: *LUNCH*







 2:20-3:50: *Session 2: New Ways and Directions in ISL Studies*

Dr Ulrike Zeshan (Director, ISLanDS Centre, UCLan/UK): *From Research to
Implementation in Indian Sign Language Studies* [2:20-2:50, including 10
minutes for Q & A]

Dr Mike Morgan (Senior Consultant, BAASLS/IGNOU): *Looking Forward:
Potential for the Future - Implications for educational empowerment and
enablement* [2:50-3:20, including 10 minutes for Q & A]

Sujit V Sahasrabudhe (Master Trainer, ISL Cell, NIHH/Mumbai): *New Visions
and New Directions for ISL Interpreter Training* [3:20-3:50, including 10
minutes for Q & A]



 3:50-4:10: *TEA*



 4:10-5:00: *Open 'Mike'**: Comments & Discussion of the Day's Presentations
*



 5:00-5:40: *EVENT*: Performances by BPPDS/BAASLS Students



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 *DAY TWO (11 June 2011)*



 10:00-10:50: *Session 3: Peer Tutoring in Deaf Teaching & Learning*

Tamara Kovacova (University of West Bohemia/Czech Republic & UCLan/UK): *Peer
to peer education principles in English teaching for Deaf people: theory and
practical promises* [10:00-10:30, including 10 minutes for Q & A]

Ganesh Lendve et al (Deaf Interns, Ishara/Mumbai): *Deaf Teaching Deaf,
Students Teaching Students: Peer Teaching at Ishara Foundation* [10:30-10:50,
including 5 minutes for Q & A]



 10:50-11:10: *TEA*



 11:10-12:40: *Session 4: Technologies for ISL & Deaf Education*

Rajesh Ketkar (Ishara, Vadodara): *Mobile & Website-based ISL
Dictionary *[11:10-11:40,
including 10 minutes for Q & A]

Kajal Dhawan (Deaf LEADERS, Coimbatore): *Kids Sign Language CD *[11:40-12:10,
including 10 minutes for Q & A]

*Zamir Dhale* (Advocacy Officer, Sense International (India)/Delhi): *Role
of New Technologies in Deaf-Blind Education *[12:10-12:40, including 10
minutes for Q & A]



 12:40-1:10: *EVENT*: Performances by BPPDS/BAASLS Students



 1:10-2:40: *LUNCH*



 2:40-4:10: *Session 5: Experiences with Educational Innovation through ISL*

*Part I*

Dr Shahnaz Samantara (Junior Consultant, BPPDS/IGNOU)

Dr Surinder PK Randhawa (Junior Consultant, BPPDS/IGNOU)

Rajesh Ketkar (branch director & teacher, Ishara/Vadodara)

: *Comments, Views, Experiences from the Teachers of the Deaf* [2:30-3:10,
including 10 minutes for Q & A for panel members, individually or
collectively]

*Part II*

IGNOU BAASLS/'Year One' students

IGNOU BPPDS/'Year Zero' students

Ishara/Mumbai & Ishara/Vadodara students

LEED/Pune students

: *Students Views and Experiences on New Directions in Deaf
Education*[3:10-4:00, including 10 minutes for Q & A for panel
members, individually
or collectively]



 4:00-4:20: *TEA*



 4:20-5:00: *Closing Comments*

Dr Ulrike Zeshan (Director, ISLanDS Centre, UCLan/UK & director UCLan-IGNOU
UKIERI project)

Dr Sudarsan (co-coordinator, BAASLS/ IGNOU)

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Dr MW Morgan (*U*C>)
Senior Consultant
BA in Applied Sign Language Studies (BAASLS)
इन्दिरा गांधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय | Indira Gandhi National Open
University, New Delhi, India
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