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Teaching and Learning
Achieving and sustaining a strong reputation in excellent teaching and learning is one of ACT’s missions.
Teaching and Learning
Achieving and sustaining a strong reputation in excellent teaching and learning is one of ACT’s missions. The College is dedicated to deliver high quality technical education and aims to produce graduates who have the professional and personal skills to enter employment with confidence, thus contributing effectively to the Sultanate’s ongoing economic development.
ACT is committed to continuously harness the quality of teaching and learning through a holistic educational approach in a flexible and dynamic manner with the use of emerging technology and knowledge-wealth environment. We employ good teaching practices, implement staff development programs, and improve facilities.
Our students are exposed to diverse activities, involved in various clubs and organizations, and engaged in application-based tasks that greatly develop their personal skills, ideas, and capability needed in their chosen career. Likewise, we hire teaching and support staff that possess quality, competence, and professional attitudes. They are equally responsible to perform their job and dedicated for the academic growth and development of our students.
Teaching Method and Portfolio
Lecturers are encouraged to employ various teaching methods and teaching venues are equipped to allow lecturers flexibility in the delivery of material. Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, practicum, seminars, industrial visits, guest lectures and case studies. Practical application of theory is offered through workshops, laboratories, field visits, in-class practical activities, OJT, and EPT.
Every course lecturer maintains a teaching portfolio, or course file, that contains the class schedule, goals, objectives and outcomes, delivery plan, attendance records, supplementary materials, and assessment records. The course outcomes coverage reports are submitted to the Head of Section.
Teaching Quality
ACT makes the necessary effort to attain, sustain, and improve teaching quality. Lecturers, infrastructure, students, program delivery and assessment are the important factors for the delivery of quality teaching.
To maintain quality teaching, we have the following approach in place:
- Recruitment of competent lecturers with both academic and industrial experience following a standard which is consistent throughout the departments.
- Lecturers employ different types of teaching methods in order to develop cognitive, interpersonal and professional skills which will satisfy the demands of the labor market.
- Sharing best practices in teaching, learning and assessment.
- Emphasizing practical application of theory.
- Every lecturer is required to maintain a teaching portfolio (otherwise known as course file) for each course assigned.
- Lecturers allocate at least one hour per day to students and advisees for discussion.
- Student evaluation of teaching and HoS/HoD evaluation of teaching.
- The College has been taking steps to maintain a staff/student ratio of 1:20, uniformly in all the academic departments.
Research and Innovation
ACT participates in global economic change and takse actions on ever-changing academic needs. Today’s research dramatically transcends disciplinary boundaries and human endeavor, drives curiosity and energy which result in success and discovery. Our brilliant pool of intellectuals is always motivated to conduct applied research and we always give value to their discovery and findings.
We establish cooperation and collaboration with partner agencies and leading organizations that have the interest to utilize research outcomes for the betterment of our constituency and locality. Part of our College Quality Assurance is to ensure that many support programs are available and continue to flourish in a culture of research in the campus. We hold symposia for researchers and authors to present their study and research results to the public and interested individuals.
Research in ACT is dynamic and always evolving; creating a space for intellectual inquiry; fostering strong core disciplines; inspiring the active mind; and providing new tools and ways of thinking that lead to innovation
Facilities and Resources
ACT has a wide range of facilities and resources to support the teaching and learning process.
Communication channels like circulars, notice boards, LCD TVs, suggestions boxes, IP phones and meetings are available which ensure that information is accessible on a timely basis.
Staff are provided with their own personal computers while each office is equipped with printers and scanners. Each staff member has a user account which allows them to communicate through the portal and e-mail system. The campus is equipped with wired and wireless connectivity to use shared resources on the network and fast internet bandwith. Students can use computer laboratories or their own laptop to access their own student folders and use the internet services.
The library is the biggest storage of information and learning resources. The college library occupies a floor area of 3,528 sq. ft. with 5,153 volumes of books, periodicals, subscriptions, electronic materials and other reference learning materials.
The Ministry of Manpower subscribes to a database called ebrary. It is an online comprehensive resource containing more than 40,000 titles in 16 key subjects areas like business, economics, computers, information technology, engineering technology, language and literature. Students and lecturers can download learning materials from the subscription database.
Classrooms are equipped with whiteboards and, wherever necessary, LCD projectors and computer systems with printers. All labs are equipped with computer systems connected to the College network and ceiling mounted LCD projectors. Interactive boards are also installed in four labs. Printing and scanning facilities are available to staff and in labs wherever necessary. The labs in the IT and Engineering departments are used for courses having theoretical and practical components. A qualified technician is assigned to each lab to help students in their learning process. The labs are provided with quality sub-manuals (Engineering, ETC) that describe the policies and procedures for their maintenance.
The Educational Technology Centre is one of ACT’s major pillars that continuously provides quality services and efficient support on academic programs and administrative activities. ETC proudly professes that the college has more than 800 computers and a number of highly sophisticated laboratories. ETC has also formed a Network Maintenance Team responsible for network maintenance and IP telephones, and the Portal Team to manage the interactive Portal and college website.
The Educational Services Section provides the necessary educational materials and equipment with training and tutorials to teaching and technical support staffs for quality teaching delivery. We support students’ achievement through provision of student-access learning facilities and enhancement practical trainings for enhancement of knowledge and skills.