EXPERIEMENT No 1: Using email to send questions to students and receive their answers.

In 2000 we were having a laboratory course titled Basic Skills Lab(BSL), under VTU. The objective of the course was to introduce to and familiarize students with basic and general purpose tools such as word processor-editing, mail merge , spreadsheet, HTML- designing home pages, linking other pages to given page, email- sending and receiving message etc. This was ideal situation for faculty to use email as an instructional medium and also testing means. Faculty used to send some questions to each student separately and students were expected to send their answers by the time they come to lab next week. Remember this was a time when email was not popular among students and our approach provided an excellent exposure to a tool that they might need all through their professional and personal life.