Concept Paper

Dated: 27 Aug 2011

Digital Learning Solution for RTU Engineering Students

About SHArP Edge

Our Founders SHArP Edge is founded by a group of professionals including Engineers, Chartered Accountants and MBA from highly reputed educational institutions including Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and London School of Business and Finance (LSBF). Our Advisors Our Advisory Board has over 400 years of industry and academic experience and includes Vice Chancellors of various universities, Directors of very large organizations, Senior Professors and Academicians. (please refer to our Advisory Board Flyer for further details) Our Affiliates We are in continuous talks with various national and international level entities to enhance our offering. Our current set of affiliates includes: Award winning website awarded by LearnX AsiaPacific 2009 for best site for E-learning and training. It has participants from 200 countries speaking 70 languages. English link is supported by Drake International which provides talent management solutions, international job opportunities and migration assistance to various candidates. Innovese is the creator of Slambook and Yo!Captcha and is our technology partner and provides assistance in development of our LMS platform as well as other technical assistance. A website for helping students in finding internships, seminars, scholarships as well as conferences across the globe.

Our Clients
Our Esteemed Clients include:

Jaipur Engineering College And Research Centre,Jaipur

Chankya Technical Campus, Jaipur

Kautilya Institute of Technology and Engineering, Jaipur

Manda Institute Of Tecnology, Bikaner

Chandravati Group of Institutions, Bharatpur

Shridhar University, Pilani

Vedant College Of Engineering And Technology, Bundi

Rajdhani Institute of Technology And Management , Jaipur

Uttam Devi Mohan Lal Engineering College, Jaipur

Rajdhani Engineering College, Jaipur

Digital Classrooms
Our solution for Engineering colleges includes creation of technology enables classrooms and creation of digital content based on RTU syllabus and relevant case studies backed by our two flagship products namely SHArP Class and SHArP Cases. Both the solutions allow flexibility and can be tailored to meet College requirements.

SHArP Class

SHArP Class is a technology platform for engineering students which seamlessly integrates the traditional chalk & talk method with smart classrooms based on cognitive learning. It enables Professors to use digital resources such as educational animations, assessments and diagrams to make classroom more interactive creating multi-sensory learning for students and help improve their academic performance. Course Content SHArP Class has been designed in collaboration with highly qualified professors from premier institutes like IITs and BITS-Pilani as well as industry participants. The specific course content for Rajasthan Engineering colleges has been provided by best in class RTU professors. The course has been designed as per RTU syllabus and shall be an integral part of the daily classroom having the following features: Powerpoint lectures 2D and 3D content Animations 3D modeling Analysis Images Videos Simulations

The content is delivered over a period of 4 years at the beginning of each session.

Our Unique Services 1. RTU/College Specific Syllabus SHArP Class content is designed specifically as per RTU syllabus relevant for College students. 2. Interactive Learning The course contains various simulations and animations to improve interactivity in the classroom and allows the teacher to vary the parameters and show the impact of various scenarios through these simulations which is not possible in a chalk board style teaching. Below is an example of an interactive simulation for projectiles:

Teacher can change various parameters and use it repeatedly to try multiple options.

The impact of multiple variables can be shown using such simulations. The entire process is animated and visually appealing.

3. Teachers Resource As against conventional videos and online text, SHArP Class is interactive and does not intend to replace the faculty but only facilitates them to teach more efficiently. It allows teachers to use pre-designed pictures, diagrams, text, simulations and animations and save crucial teaching time.

4. Flexibility and Unique Power point design College lecturers shall have the flexibility to create their own lecture plans. Powerpoint can be customized and split slides into specific lectures.

Semester Details

Subject Reference Main Topic Sub Heading

Lecture Number Unit Details

Pictures, Diagram, Animations, videos or text to explain the concept

5. Infrastructure College classrooms shall be converted into i-classrooms with a projector, CPU, keyboard and pointing devices linked to the library of lecture presentations and digital resources mapped to the syllabus. Further details are provided in Technology section in this document.

White screen for projector

Regular Chalk Board or white board already installed in the classroom

Movable trolley with CPU Projector can also be placed here instead of wall mounting

6. Faculty Training We provide training to the existing faculty of College to use technical resources and resolve their queries and problems at all times. 7. Technical Assistance Any technical assistance regarding the content, powerpoint, animations and videos is resolved by SHArP Edge as a part of the service.

8. Content Updates Any updates to the RTU syllabus or in-house by SHArP Edge is provided as a part of the offering to College.

SHArP Cases

SHArP Cases is a result of our deep rooted belief in pragmatism and intelligent practice of engineering concepts learned in the theory classes. It is a collection of practical importance of engineering concepts, real life cases studies and industry application of the concepts. Course Content Science around me: Scientific explanation of natural phenomenon How it is made: This includes the manufacturing of various products used in daily life and taught in the curriculum Science in Action: Animations and Video related to moving object in the world. In Industry: Functioning of all the modern machines Science of Sports: Techniques that are used in sports and how use of simple science concepts makes a better and smart sportsman

Our Unique Services 1. Unique Product SHArP Cases is an in-house product of SHArP Edge based on extensive research and international principles. This is a flagship product and is not available with any other content provider. 2. Huge Data Repository College shall get access to over 150 hours of video features covering more than 400 applications and over 1000 case studies and applications compiled from various sources. 3. Selection Method These professional case studies have been collected through various sources after extensive research by our professionals and then organized by subjects, streamlined with the University syllabus to finally integrate them as a part of class room content.

Technology
Teaching Platform: SHArP Class and SHArP Cases will be delivered in the form of a LMS (Learning Management Software) which will have following features: Friendly user-interface. There shall be no common server and data shall be stored in each CPU individually. This would help in reducing data costs and server room maintenance. Alternatively College may create a server room at its own expense. Each teacher gets a unique login ID and password for data security. Organization of the complete content group by year, category and branch. Authorization by professor login and password. Direct option to play videos, animations, and other audio & visuals.

Solution Advantages

Removes scarcity of quality faculty for College as the overall content is standardized and developed under the guidance of professors from IITs and BITS, Pilani which leads to immense cost savings for the college. Standardization of quality of content and the delivery mechanism makes it easy to manage a chain of institutions College shall be able to standardize teaching in each classroom and monitor the entire course delivery. This also enables uniformity in lectures being taught by various lecturers on the same subject. Use of highly sophisticated technology for teaching and a vital industry interface leads to improved infrastructure and quality of College campus. With the help of technology platform for course content and its real life and industry applications students can learn the engineering concepts in a much easier and efficient manner which ultimately leads to better placement and employability. The usage of SHArP Class and SHArP cases makes the college standout of the league which leads to high brand value for College among students, peer colleges and industry.

Board Of Advisors