Leveraging e-Learning for Enhancing Employability of Students

This case study describes a five year real time implementation of e-Learning projects that promoted developing problem solving abilities to engineering students with the help of webinars, sharing open educational resources, online contests and assessment. This was demonstrated through innovative service delivery by effectively leveraging technology and collaboration. To solve problems successfully, the faculty and students used algorithmic thinking and logical reasoning, and demonstrated the solution in the context of technical, life skills, english language proficiency, quality, process, and domain skills through team work. Our focus was on skill set, tool set, and mind set. We found that the effective use of technology, people, and process can create the desired impact and resulted in enhancing employability skills. While there are collaborating platforms available to share best-practices and lessons learnt between industry and academia, this case study describes a successful framework for effectively designing and conducting industry-relevant training programs to the faculty and students in engineering colleges. The impact and results were measured and analyzed from June 2004 to April 2010.