Hello!!
Welcome to my academic portfolio. This portfolio showcases my achievements in the instructional design, research, teaching and service fields. At present I am teaching online and face-to-face courses in the Learning Design & Technology (LTEC) program at the University of Hawai'i. I am gaining valuable experience interacting with faculty in my department and other faculty across the university campus, mining their expertise, and expanding my knowledge. I enjoy researching learning environments and writing scholarly papers. The joy of seeing my work published in peer-reviewed journals is undefinable. Please see my CV linked to the button on the right-hand side top corner.
"An avid learner and a passionate educator," is how I wish to describe myself. My work experience spans different career paths. I have worked as an electronics engineer, as a faculty in a computer hardware training institute, as a STEM subject teacher, university lecturer in a business school and as a technical writer. However, the career I enjoyed most was teaching Math, Physics and Environmental Science to middle school students. The curiosity that my students showed and their interest in exploring beyond the curriculum encouraged me to expand the boundaries of my teaching and learning, taking me to the Learning Design & Technology program.
Learning Design and Technology Professional Goals
The Learning Design & Technology field has opened several avenues for me to put my education to practice in addition to stimulating my creative side. Although my strong STEM background is visible in most of my projects, I also delve deep into other subjects like multicultural education, intercultural experiences, and attitude change regarding social topics. LDT brings about a beautiful amalgamation of learning theories and emerging technologies to make learning fun, easy, and meaningful to learners, whether in K-12, University, corporate training or in adult basic education classrooms. My goal is to make education accessible to underprivileged children across the globe. By education I do not mean just book knowledge but practical knowledge and the development of creative and critical thinking skills for problem solving, in addition to enhancing their digital literacy and information literacy skills.
My education and experience have provided the theoretical foundation for how to make learning appropriate for different audiences and have contributed towards the design and development of all my instructional design projects. My experience spanning different careers, teaching in different types of educational institutions, engineering background, management education, and the exposure to how educational institutions function in different parts of the world have widened the horizons of my thinking about the value of education.
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Long-Term Goals
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I always wanted to establish a School of Practical Learning in India. This practical learning school will scaffold the theoretical learning in STEM subjects that is provided by other regular schools by allowing students to test their knowledge through hands-on activities. I am making small strides towards this goal already. I fervently hope to identify ways to augment the learning of students, with regards to socio-scientific topics, to make them better citizens of this world. ​
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Someone once said, “If you are not willing to learn, No one can help you.
If you are determined to learn, No one can stop you.”
I’m determined to learn.
