Open online courses: A welcome step in Indian education system
10 years, 4 months ago

Open online courses: A welcome step in Indian education system

India TV News  

New Delhi: India has officially jumped on to the open online courses bandwagon with the government announcing Swayam, an initiative that aims at providing affordable and quality education to citizens for free. The move is a welcome step in India, which battles a shortage of infrastructure and qualified teachers in higher education, with the model also having the potential to democratise higher education, experts say. MOOCs or massive open online courses is a system aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. Describing MOOCs to have the "potential to democratize higher education", Pushkar, a professor in the department of humanities and social sciences at BITS Pilani, said that it offers India's young population a platform to get themselves an education "despite the nation's failed higher education system".

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India is poised to become a global leader in distance education: NCVET Chairman
10 hours, 47 minutes ago

India is poised to become a global leader in distance education: NCVET Chairman

The Hindu  

Atul Kumar Tiwari, Chairman of the National Council for Vocational Education and Training and Secretary of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, on Thursday, said India is poised to become a global leader in distance education, with increasing internet penetration and the development of e-learning platforms. Addressing the 20th annual convocation of the Karnataka State Open University here, Mr. …

Delhi University may provide up to 20% courses online through Swayam portal
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi University may provide up to 20% courses online through Swayam portal

India Today  

Delhi University may provide up to 20 percent of its courses through online medium on the Swayam portal. According to the proposal, colleges may consider providing up to 20 percent of the total courses being offered in a particular programme in a semester in online mode. The proposal is in line with the National Education Policy 2020 that aims to …

Andhra Pradesh’s Higher Education Department signs pact with edX for offering online learning programmes
1 year, 7 months ago

Andhra Pradesh’s Higher Education Department signs pact with edX for offering online learning programmes

The Hindu  

The Higher Education Department of Andhra Pradesh and edX, a partnership of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University that offers Massive Open Online Courses, entered into an agreement for supporting the State government’s online learning programmes. On the occasion, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the agreement with edX was a game changer in the higher education sector as …

Introduce IB Syllabus in Govt Schools After Thorough Study, AP CM Tells Officials
1 year, 7 months ago

Introduce IB Syllabus in Govt Schools After Thorough Study, AP CM Tells Officials

News 18  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday told officials of the Education Department to work towards introducing the International Baccalaureate syllabus in government schools after a thorough study. “The study should serve the purpose of shaping students into world-class products in tune with the changing trends in science and technology, business, research and economic fields,” Reddy …

What happened to massive open online courses?
2 years, 2 months ago

What happened to massive open online courses?

Slate  

This article originally appeared in Zócalo Public Square. Ten years ago, in May 2012, Harvard and MIT announced the launch of edX, their nonprofit platform for massive open online courses. The New York Times called 2012 “the year of the MOOC,” and the Chronicle of Higher Education covered “MOOC mania.” The promise of MOOCs and the principle of open access …

EdTech: The new growth catalyst of Indian education industry
3 years, 1 month ago

EdTech: The new growth catalyst of Indian education industry

India Today  

The Education industry in India has witnessed maximum disruption during the pandemic. Coupled with the growing popularity of Massive Open Online Courses and distant education India’s EdTech industry is poised to reach $30 billion in the next 10 years. While the long-term impact of the pandemic on the education industry is yet to unfold, learning models are definitely going to …

Colleges Post-pandemic Still to Have upto 40% Classes Online, Know Why
3 years, 4 months ago

Colleges Post-pandemic Still to Have upto 40% Classes Online, Know Why

News 18  

The University Grants Commission has allowed universities to offer around 40 per cent of their courses online through the SWAYAM website. Students studying in any colleges and universities can take up relevant Massive Open Online Courses offered by any colleges on the government’s online platform and get their scores transferred for their degree programme as well. This means students can …

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas
3 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday stressed on bridging the digital gap in the present era of information and communication technology so everyone can get practical benefit of online education. In order to make quality education accessible to everyone from urban to rural areas, special emphasis has been laid on online and digital education in the new education policy, Mishra …

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas
3 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday stressed on bridging the digital gap in the present era of information and communication technology so everyone can get practical benefit of online education. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra stresses on bridging the digital gap so that everyone can get practical benefit of online education. In order to make quality education accessible to everyone from …

KiCo– India’s kitaab copy: A step towards democratization of education
3 years, 5 months ago

KiCo– India’s kitaab copy: A step towards democratization of education

Hindustan Times  

With a mission of educating students in large numbers, KiCo- India’s Kitaab Copy has taken an initiative to reach out to students in rural India. KiCo– India’s kitaab copy KiCo has received appreciation from the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi and has also contributed to the upliftment of the students in government schools of Delhi in digital education. Regional languages …

Teachers Fear Job Loss Due to NEP's Push for MOOCs, Experts Say its Transitioning Challenge
3 years, 6 months ago

Teachers Fear Job Loss Due to NEP's Push for MOOCs, Experts Say its Transitioning Challenge

News 18  

The National Education Policy enables students to take a considerable section of their course via online platforms like the government’s MOOC platform SWAYAM. ‘MOOCS on SWAYAM can dislocate over 50% teachers’ Seema Das, associate professor, Delhi University believes that the push towards MOOCs can dislocate as many as 50% of teachers. “With almost 50% teachers of DU working on ad …

How online learning can revolutionise and reform Indian higher education
3 years, 7 months ago

How online learning can revolutionise and reform Indian higher education

The Hindu  

Despite an increase in literacy rate over the last decade, India’s higher education infrastructure relies on didactic transmission and is in need of reforms and revamps. India’s Gross Enrollment Ratio stands at 26.3%, which means that only that percentage of youngsters in the 18-23 age group are pursuing higher education. The UGC giving the nod to the top 100 NIRF …

Now, Colleges Can offer 40% of Course Online via Swayam
3 years, 11 months ago

Now, Colleges Can offer 40% of Course Online via Swayam

News 18  

Students studying in higher education institutes across India will now be able to study up to 40 per cent of their total course via the government’s online platform – SWAYAM while continuing the rest with their institute. Students in any institute can take relevant MOOCs online offered by any national or international faculty members on the government’s online platform and …

SBI Announces Massive Open Online Courses to Develop Skill Sets of Career-oriented Individuals
4 years, 4 months ago

SBI Announces Massive Open Online Courses to Develop Skill Sets of Career-oriented Individuals

News 18  

The State Bank of India has announced that it will offer Massive Open Online Courses aimed to develop skill sets of individuals. According to a report published in Zee news, the SBI has entered into a partnership with global non-profit education platform edX and as part of the association, the country’s largest lender will be offering its Massive Open Online …

Explained: Will online classes blur the lines of quality of education between govt schools and private schools?
4 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Will online classes blur the lines of quality of education between govt schools and private schools?

India Today  

The unprecedented Covid-19 situation has severely impacted more than 1.5 billion learners across 190 countries. Among other transformations, online education will level the playing field for students both in government and private schools. In India, whether in modern metropolitans, developing towns or at a rural level, the quality of education is significantly different in government schools and private schools. The …

India's Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready - News18
4 years, 7 months ago

India's Online Education Landscape Has Changed Because Broadband Was Ready - News18

News 18  

The Covid pandemic has proved to be the biggest change agent for the education system. In India, the technology impetus within education is irreversible and the New Education Policy has also laid emphasis on this with the proposed creation of the National Educational Technology Forum. The lack of physical or facility-based instruction across the globe has created a fertile ground …

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training
4 years, 7 months ago

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training

Firstpost  

The effectiveness of online classes has also become a sensitive issue for school managements caught between government instructions and parental expectations. Private school students like Vaishnavi, every morning wear their uniforms, pack their bags, reach ‘class’ on time and start with their “good morning madam” followed by marking of attendance. “True, some parents who were not plugged into technology and …

‘Online push hampering JNU’s education system’
4 years, 7 months ago

‘Online push hampering JNU’s education system’

The Hindu  

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association on Tuesday said that the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the University Grant Commission were showing complete disregard for the academic and health interests of students by pushing for online education. The association said Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar has made it clear that he sees online education as the future and alleged that …

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion
4 years, 8 months ago

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Education plays a dominant role in addressing the challenges a country faces and coming up with possible solutions. In 2020, the Internet penetration rate in India is 50%, and is rapidly increasing Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to reflect upon what should be the structures of higher educational institutes, and in what forms we can ensure accessible education during …

Online learning: The much-awaited reform in Indian education system
4 years, 9 months ago

Online learning: The much-awaited reform in Indian education system

India Today  

At the launch of India’s 2020-21 budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had highlighted the new educational policy which the government is currently working on. A draft version of the policy outlines the important role online learning could play in reforming India’s education system and expanding access to higher education. Through online learning, students not only have access to quality education …

Seven myths about online education
4 years, 9 months ago

Seven myths about online education

The Hindu  

COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Many institutions and teachers have taken efforts to incorporate online education and are trying to use tech tools to such as Learning Management Systems and web conferencing platforms such as Udemy, Educadium, CourseCraft, and Skillshare, and are trying out different means of reaching out to their students who are quarantined in their own …

Government to monetize online courses to sustain Swayam scheme
4 years, 10 months ago

Government to monetize online courses to sustain Swayam scheme

Live Mint  

The Union government aims to monetise its online education courses, which have so far been available for free, with online education gaining traction and blended learning set to be the future. Education regulators have approved an internal proposal for asking higher education institutions to pay for the government scheme, Swayam, which promotes online courses and hosts them on a dedicated …

Why an absolute reliance on online examinations may not be the answer
4 years, 10 months ago

Why an absolute reliance on online examinations may not be the answer

Hindustan Times  

Recently, many of India’s leading universities have announced the introduction of online open-book examinations for final year students. Similarly, a survey among the students of Delhi University’s Lady Shri Ram College revealed that even in the institution where the majority is economically and socially affluent, the students are wary of the prospect of online examinations. A sizeable section of university …

AICTE asks affiliated universities to allow 20% credit transfer from SWAYAM platform
4 years, 10 months ago

AICTE asks affiliated universities to allow 20% credit transfer from SWAYAM platform

Firstpost  

The All India Council for Technical Education has requested all affiliated universities and colleges to allow up to 20 percent credit transfer in every semester through online courses provided by the central government’s SWAYAM platform. The announcement by the technical education regulator comes after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised on the need to focus more on online education. AICTE …

AP goverment uses online platfroms educate students during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 10 months ago

AP goverment uses online platfroms educate students during Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh government has taken to online platforms to impart education in the times of Covid-19 and academics have braced up to the new medium. The State has been conducting virtual classes using the Skype, Cisco, Team link, Google Meet and Microsoft Team to conduct online classes and as pet state education department currently 24,000 students and 933 teachers are …

Govt needs to frame policy for online courses and certification: 5 points to make e-learning mainstream
4 years, 11 months ago

Govt needs to frame policy for online courses and certification: 5 points to make e-learning mainstream

India Today  

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi issuing a directive for a complete lockdown to prevent the widespread of Covid-19 from March 26, 2020 this has raised uncertainty among students who were expecting the resumption of services within a fortnight. But before we can take this opportunity to bring e-learning into mainstream, we need a strong policy to bring ed-tech platforms and …

UP government issues orders to conduct online classes for students during the lockdown
4 years, 11 months ago

UP government issues orders to conduct online classes for students during the lockdown

Op India  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday has directed state officials to start online classes in all educational institutions. The online classes will also be held for secondary and higher education courses while the nation remains under lockdown due to the Wuhan coronavirus. Awasthi added that online classes have already started in higher education institutions and nearly 80,000 students …

Start online classes across educational institutes, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath
4 years, 11 months ago

Start online classes across educational institutes, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed state officials to start online classes in all educational institutions and work on a permanent model for these, a senior official said. Make permanent model for online studies: Yogi Adityanath "At a review meeting, the chief minister directed to start online education in primary, secondary, higher, technical, professional, medical, nursing and …

UP govt to start online classes across educational institutions amidst lockdown
4 years, 11 months ago

UP govt to start online classes across educational institutions amidst lockdown

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed state officials to start online classes in all educational institutions and work on a permanent model for these, a senior official said. "At a review meeting, the chief minister directed to start online education in primary, secondary, higher, technical, professional, medical, nursing and other institutions. He said online classes have already …

Covid-19 Lockdown: HRD Ministry seeks suggestions to improve online education system
4 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: HRD Ministry seeks suggestions to improve online education system

India Today  

The HRD Ministry has launched a week-long campaign called "Bharat Padhe Online" for gathering ideas to improve the country's online education ecosystem. The nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak has enhanced the focus on online education, with schools and colleges offering classes over the Internet to minimise academic loss during the period. "The campaign aims to invite the best …

Learning Rebooted: Online Education During Covid-19 Lockdown Puts Spotlight on India's Digital Divide
4 years, 11 months ago

Learning Rebooted: Online Education During Covid-19 Lockdown Puts Spotlight on India's Digital Divide

News 18  

New Delhi: Most of India is at home these days amid a nationwide lockdown. Apprehending a shift towards digital education, Swati Moitra, who teaches there, conducted a survey in her class to find out how many students were equipped for switching to online learning. Moreover, these students can be assisted with additional classes and detailed attention when the lockdown is …

10 education trends to watch in 2020
5 years, 2 months ago

10 education trends to watch in 2020

India Today  

Until a few years ago, the online medium in India was used only for the consumption of entertainment content. In this context, we are seeing industries collaborating with colleges as well as educational start-ups to prepare courses in tune with the current market demands, making online course students readily employable. Emergence of online courses by reputed institutes Several prestigious universities …

DU's School of open learning to start 5 new online courses from January
5 years, 5 months ago

DU's School of open learning to start 5 new online courses from January

India Today  

Delhi University's School Of Open Learning will start five online courses from this January, officials said on Tuesday, October 2, 2019. The five courses -- B.A Programme, B.Com, English Honours, Political Science Honours and B.Com Honours -- will be offered in online mode. There were 22 universities that had applied for starting online courses but the UGC gave the go-ahead …

This is how digital education is fixing education system in India
5 years, 6 months ago

This is how digital education is fixing education system in India

India Today  

Technology keeps on advancing and it is becoming very essential in our lives. It is being used in various sectors for example, the way we use technology in classrooms to improve the learning methods of students and to make the teachers job easier. Digital education making way into education sysytem Gone are the days when classroom training was restricted to …

Microsoft and Rajasthan govt sign MoU for free digital training to college students
6 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft and Rajasthan govt sign MoU for free digital training to college students

India Today  

Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rajasthan government to provide free digital training to 9,500 college students in one year. As reported, the initiative was taken for the enhancement of digital learning and capacity building of college students in the state, Higher Education Minister Kiran Maheshwari said on the MoU signing. Here's what higher education minister Kiran …

Govt to push e-education with 4 digital initiatives
7 years, 8 months ago

Govt to push e-education with 4 digital initiatives

Business Standard  

Govt to push e-education with 4 digital initiatives Initiatives will increase Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education - 24.5 to 30 Premium The government had invited vice-chancellors and directors of IITs, IIMs, and IISc on Saturday to hold discussion on the University Grant Commission regulation for online education Sahil Makkar New Delhi, 7 July The Union government has invited nearly …

5 new developments in edu-tech, the new frontier of education
8 years, 1 month ago

5 new developments in edu-tech, the new frontier of education

India Today  

The education technology revolution of the 21st century is over! Some of the most progressive schools around the world have already come together to create global e-learning platforms where children undertake virtual projects all year long. By creating such social learning platforms, schools share best practices in learning, co-curate best available content and identify best available technology solutions from around …

Internet is the new classroom for life-long learning[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years ago

Internet is the new classroom for life-long learning[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

A student learns from an online open course in a middle school in Changsha, Hunan province on Nov 28, 2014. MOOC, or Massive Online Open Courses, is one of the platforms where people can register for free and have access to all online courses provided by universities worldwide. The Ministry of Education said MOOC "has enlarged the time and space …

Government working on national E-Library, Swayam platform: Sharma
10 years, 4 months ago

Government working on national E-Library, Swayam platform: Sharma

India TV News  

New Delhi: The government is working towards building a massive national e-library and providing Wi-Fi connectivity to classrooms, Amita Sharma, advisor, Ministry of Human Resource Development, said in New Delhi on Wednesday. "Activities relating to building a massive, national e-library and providing Wi-Fi connectivity to classrooms has already been initiated," Sharma added. "While the government is taking aggressive initiatives to …

SAARC countries chart common education agenda
10 years, 4 months ago

SAARC countries chart common education agenda

The Hindu  

Education Ministers and officials of eight South Asian countries have resolved to collaborate on increased use of information technology and improving the quality of education. The second meeting of Education Ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation held here on Friday, was attended by representatives of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and chaired by Human …

Free online courses by professors in the offing
10 years, 6 months ago

Free online courses by professors in the offing

India TV News  

New Delhi: The government will soon launch a programme under which professors of centrally funded institutions and universities will offer free online courses to the citizens, it was announced on Thursday. Under the SWAYAM Programme, professors of centrally funded universities like Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management and central universities will offer online courses. "SWAYAM is the Indian …

IITs, IIMs to launch free online courses
10 years, 6 months ago

IITs, IIMs to launch free online courses

Hindustan Times  

With an aim to providing education opportunities to all, the IITs, IIMs and central universities will soon offer free online courses through a web platform to be launched by the HRD ministry on September 25, the birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay. In the first phase, seven institutes - three IITs at Bombay, Chennai and Guwahati and four central …

Google and edX unite to boost free online courses
11 years, 6 months ago

Google and edX unite to boost free online courses

Firstpost  

Google is taking on yet another open source project. The Internet giant has announced that it will be taking on the duty of developing software for online Google is taking on yet another open source project. In a blog post announcing the move, Dan Clancy, Director of Research, Google, wrote that the company was taking cues from its own Course …

Is Massively Open Online Education A Threat Or A Blessing?
11 years, 10 months ago

Is Massively Open Online Education A Threat Or A Blessing?

NPR  

Is Massively Open Online Education A Threat Or A Blessing? In fall 2011, Sebastian Thrun, a research professor at Stanford, and Peter Norvig, the top scientist at Google, teamed up to develop and teach a free, online course on artificial intelligence. Sponsor Message This is an astonishing example of the way MOOCs — massively open online courses — may be …

Another look at massive online open courses
12 years, 11 months ago

Another look at massive online open courses

China Daily  

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we talked about Massive Open Online Courses, also called MOOCs. SCOTT ANDERSON: "There are parts that will be fine, insofar as mostly when students listen to a lecture, there is no special reason why they need to be physically present to hear and get it. LISA JADWIN: "What's lost in …

Another look at massive online open courses
12 years, 11 months ago

Another look at massive online open courses

China Daily  

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we talked about Massive Open Online Courses, also called MOOCs. SCOTT ANDERSON: "There are parts that will be fine, insofar as mostly when students listen to a lecture, there is no special reason why they need to be physically present to hear and get it. LISA JADWIN: "What's lost in …

Getting a free education, in huge online classesdownload
13 years ago

Getting a free education, in huge online classesdownload

China Daily  

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. For example, students around the world are taking a free course called "Building a Computer Search Engine." DAVID EVANS: "Quizzes are part of the lecture to keep students engaged and keep them thinking, for students to be able to check that they understood what we covered. DAVID EVANS: "Part of what I …

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