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Dr Yogendra Pal
- Assistant Professor
- Area: Educational Technology
Dr Yogendra Pal, a PhD from IIT Bombay, is an Assistant Professor in Educational Technology at NIIT University (NU). He has seven years of experience in industry, research and academia. His teaching and research areas focus on the use of information and communications technology to impart education, especially to teach computer programming to non-English speaking students. He has, in fact, been producing videos to teach programming to Hindi speakers on his YouTube channel, ‘Learn By Watch’, since 2009.
Prior to joining NU, Dr Pal worked as a project research scientist in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department at IIT Bombay, where he managed the front-end of IIT Bombay’s MOOC platform, IITBombay X, using Drupal. Previously, after completing his PhD in 2016, he launched a YouTube channel, ETmantra, to provide training and support to teachers for developing educational content.
He began his career as a Project Engineer in C-DAC Mumbai after completing his master’s degree in CSE in 2009. Dr Pal brings his varied experience of working in industry, research and teaching, along with his expertise in running his own content channels, to NU.
Qualifications
- PhD in Educational Technology
- MTech (Computer Science and Engineering)
- BTech (Computer Science and Engineering)
Experience
- Industry: 2 years
- Research: 3 years
- Teaching: 2 years
Courses taught
- Advanced Productivity Tools
- Mobile Learning and Its Applications
- C Programming
Research areas
- Educational Technology
- Learning Analytics
- Instructional Design
- Bilingual Education
- Educational Video Creation
- Scaffolding Creation for Vernacular Medium Learners
- Content Chunking and Sequencing
- Distance Education
- E-learning, Assessment and Evaluation
- Use of Stories in Education
- Mentorship
Consulting areas
- Implementing EdTech Solutions in Educational Institutes/Corporates
- Teaching Bilingual Students
- Effective Educational Content Development
Consultancy
- Set up E-classrooms and E-conference hall for Central University of Rajasthan
- Helped Central University of Rajasthan to draft a document on Technical Specifications of Equipment required for setting up E-classrooms and an E-conference hall in February 2021. The E-classroom and E-conference hall were required for developing educational videos and organising conferences and classes in hybrid mode.
Selected publications
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Classroom Versus Screencast for Native Language Learners: Effect of Medium of Instruction on Knowledge of Programming,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’15),2015,pp.290–295.10.1145/2729094.2742618.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Effect of Medium of Instruction on Programming Ability Acquired through Screencast,” in International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, 2015, pp. 17-21, doi: 10.1109/LaTiCE.2015.38.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Comparison of English versus Hindi Medium Students for Programming Abilities Acquired through Video-Based Instruction,” in IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education, 2012, pp. 26-30, doi: 10.1109/T4E.2012.30.
Publications
Conference papers
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Classroom Versus Screencast for Native Language Learners: Effect of Medium of Instruction on Knowledge of Programming,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’15),2015,pp.290–295.10.1145/2729094.2742618.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Effect of Medium of Instruction on Programming Ability Acquired through Screencast,” in International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, 2015, pp. 17-21, doi: 10.1109/LaTiCE.2015.38.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Comparison of English versus Hindi Medium Students for Programming Abilities Acquired through Video-Based Instruction,” in IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education, 2012, pp. 26-30, doi: 10.1109/T4E.2012.30.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Classroom Versus Screencast for Native Language Learners: Effect of Medium of Instruction on Knowledge of Programming,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE ’15), 2015, pp. 290–295, doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/2729094.2742618.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Effect of Medium of Instruction on Programming Ability Acquired through Screencast,” in International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, 2015, pp. 17-21, doi: 10.1109/LaTiCE.2015.38.
- Y. Pal and S. Iyer, “Comparison of English versus Hindi Medium Students for Programming Abilities Acquired through Video-Based Instruction,” in IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education, 2012, pp. 26-30, doi: 10.1109/T4E.2012.30.
- A. Abhinav et al., “Designing Engineering Curricula Based on Phenomenographic Results: Relating Theory to Practice,” in IEEE Sixth International Conference on Technology for Education, 2014, pp. 80–87.
- H. Peter et al., “A Global Snapshot of Computer Science Education in K-12 Schools,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ITiCSE on Working Group Reports – ITICSE-WGR ’15, 2015, pp. 65–83.
- R. Singhal, R. Kale, Y. Pal, and S. Debgupta, “Optimal cascaded configuration for IP SAN on NetBSD,” in International Conference on Recent Trends in Information, Telecommunication and Computing, 2010, pp. 212-214.
- R. Singhal, P. Pawar, S. Bokare, R. Kale and Y. Pal, “Design of Enterprise Storage Architecture for Optimal Business Continuity,” Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 206-214, 2010
Professional activities and achievements
- Reviewer in Journals
- Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
- Smart Learning Environments
- Reviewer in Conferences:
- Technology for Education
- International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
- International Conference on Computers in Education
- International Conference on Computational Thinking and STEM Education
- International Conference in Humanities, Social Sciences, Management & Education
- Organised Conferences
- Technology for Education
- International Conference in Humanities, Social Sciences, Management & Education
- Organised workshops
- ‘Educational Video Creation’ in MTNL, IIT Bombay, VJTI Mumbai, Central Universities of Rajasthan, NPTEL and many other reputed colleges, universities and corporates
- ‘NoCode Development’”
- Development of Training Material
Developed and published the following training modules on YouTube channel, Learn By Watch:
- My First Interaction with C Programming (15 hours), April 2009
- Yogi’s Guide to Drupal 7 Basic (7 hours), February 2011
- Yogi’s Guide to C++ (12 hours), April 2013
- Yogi’s Guide to Drupal 7 Advanced (7 hours), July 2015
- Learn to make E-commerce website with Ubercart (5 hours), September 2015
- Yogi’s Guide to Web Development (3 hours), September 2016
- Yogi’s Guide to HTML (5 hours), October 2016
- Yogi’s Guide to Webmin (1 hour), October 2016
Other interests
- NoCode development, Exploring Technologies, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Storytelling, and Creating informational videos