About

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary research academia that is accredited ‘A’ by NACC and is ranked as one of the best research institutions in India. Amrita is spread across six campuses in three states of India- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, with the headquarters at Ettimadai, Coimbatore and Tamil Nadu. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham continuously collaborates with top universities in the USA and Europe for regular student exchange programmes, and has emerged as one of the fastest growing institutions of higher learning in India. The institution is managed by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham personifies multi-disciplinary academic excellence through the exceptional quality of its education system that is modern and comprehensive, with special emphasis on core human values. Undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes are offered in Engineering, Business Administration, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Journalism, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Arts and Sciences, Health Sciences, Teacher Education, Microbiology, Hospital Management, Visual Media Studies, Mass communication, Social Work, Nanosciences and Ayurveda.

Amrita Create

The Amrita Center for Research in Analytics& Technologies for Education (CREATE) is an educational technology initiative pioneered by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Social and educational systems must be designed in such a manner that creativity and values are nurtured along with knowledge. CREATE is meeting the research challenge to determine the features and applications which can lead to such types of phased transformation through educational technologies. The solution of these problems requires an interdisciplinary approach that draws upon expertise in the physical, biological, statistical and social sciences. CREATE has assembled a multidisciplinary team with these factors in mind.

AMRITA CREATE applies innovative digital solutions to provide accessible and affordable educational technologies for all. It aims to improve the quality of education using innovative solutions that integrate research and practice. Towards this, the center strives to advance research on innovative pedagogy, architectural frameworks and through the implementation of both e-Learning and m-Learning systems with an emphasis on personalized assessment and learning. A new research focus area is modelling approaches for the diffusion of Personalised Learning as an educational innovation. The ongoing research aims to measure individual and collaborative learning in STEM and language learning skills with the aid of data mining and visualisation of big learning data.

Amrita Learning Equality in Education

Amrita Learning Equality in Education is an initiative of Amrita Create to provide a platform for children with learning disorder to overcome their difficulties in learning.

About 8-12% of children have learning difficulties. Many parents, especially those who reside in villages and small towns, do not have access to remedial interventions to help their children with learning difficulties. Parents play a pivotal role in the development of children with special needs. This initiative empowers parents to deal with learning difficulties.

The activities and worksheets are especially designed keeping in mind the nature of difficulties these children experience.

The activities are grouped under various heads as under:

Each activity in these lessons addresses one or more difficulties in learning. Apart from an introduction to the activity, tips for parents are provided on how they can themselves design activities to help their children. The resources section, in each activity, indicates where to look to learn more about teaching and learning strategies.

Worksheets have innovative exercises that facilitate language skills, sentence formation, seeing patterns, better eye-hand coordination, comprehension skills and concentration.

Teachers and special educators would find the activities and worksheets useful in teaching children in classrooms.