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 the students would have access to the best courses certified by renowned universities such as Harvard University, MIT, Cambridge and Oxford. As part of the agreement, edX would help the State government in meeting its training and learning needs, identify learning gaps, and curate MOOCs with respect to the current curriculum of both professional and conventional degree programmes. The HED would evolve a road map for amplifying existing university courses with edX online courses, which were designed by some of the world’s best universities.

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UGC warns edtech companies offering degree courses online in association with foreign universities
1 year, 3 months ago

UGC warns edtech companies offering degree courses online in association with foreign universities

India TV News  

UGC warns edtech companies offering degree courses online in association with foreign universities The University Grants Commission has reiterated that none of these degrees will be valid and cautioned students against taking admission in such courses. The University Grants Commission has warned edtech companies offering degree, and diploma courses in online mode in association with foreign universities that are not …

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 …

Online PhD programmes offered by EdTech companies at foreign varsities not recognised
2 years, 4 months ago

Online PhD programmes offered by EdTech companies at foreign varsities not recognised

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Online Ph.D programmes offered by EdTech companies in collaboration with foreign educational institutions are not recognised, the University Grants Commission and the All India Council of Technical Education announced on Friday. It is mandatory for all higher educational institutions to follow UGC Regulations and its amendments for awarding Ph.D degrees," according to a joint order issued by the …

Enabling policies can be brought in Budget 2022 to make India a ‘Vishwa Guru’
3 years, 1 month ago

Enabling policies can be brought in Budget 2022 to make India a ‘Vishwa Guru’

Live Mint  

The year 2021 has seen India witness several startups becoming unicorns and the country will continue on this path in 2022, with many soonicorns on the waiting list. Given the new contagion spread and people’s vested interest in online learning, increasing budget allocations towards technological advancement in digital education is the need of the hour. Another important area the Union …

upGrad Campus launches best-in-class online courses
3 years, 5 months ago

upGrad Campus launches best-in-class online courses

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India upGrad Campus launched a range of online certification courses designed for helping college students be job ready! upGrad Campus, a 100% subsidiary of Asia’s higher edtech leader - upGrad, announces the launch of a range of world-class online Certificate courses across Digital Marketing, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Full Stack Development, Dev-Ops, and Cybersecurity …

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 …

Union Budget 2021: Govt should provide 12-15% higher allocation to online education
4 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2021: Govt should provide 12-15% higher allocation to online education

Firstpost  

Year 2020 has been quite eventful in many respects. With the Union Budget 2021 all set to be announced soon, there are pertinent proposals to enhance the digital/online education sphere that edtech companies are waiting to hear about with bated breath. Allowing more colleges to join the bandwagon of online education and conduct online courses would further enable collaborations between …

Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP
4 years, 6 months ago

Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Online opportunity in higher education has an opportunity to grow 10-fold by FY25, benefitting from tailwinds caused by Covid-19 and regulatory developments, including the new education policy. Online higher education space can become a $5 billion market by then, finds RedSeer Consulting. The overall online higher education market will benefit from the new reforms, including the increase in public …

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 …

UGC doubles credit limit for online courses from 20% to 40%, students can now safely learn from MOOCs
4 years, 7 months ago

UGC doubles credit limit for online courses from 20% to 40%, students can now safely learn from MOOCs

India Today  

With the increased focus on online learning and online courses fuelled with the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown and the new National Education Policy, the University Grants Commission has doubled the academic credit limit for online courses from the initial 20% to 40%> Since an academic bank of credits is also on the charts as per the NEP 2020, students can …

It is time to move India’s higher education online | Opinion
4 years, 7 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 …

In sync with technology
4 years, 9 months ago

In sync with technology

The Hindu  

India’s FY21 budget had a slew of announcements for the education sector. The most radical was that the government allowed the top 100 universities to award fully online degrees to learners in the country. The education sector — especially companies operating in the ed-tech space — have welcomed these initiatives, as they have long been advocating the benefits of using …

Govt needs to frame policy for online courses and certification: 5 points to make e-learning mainstream
4 years, 10 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 …

UGC allows all higher edu institutes to offer online courses: Is this a good move when classroom education is still filled with problems?
6 years, 1 month ago

UGC allows all higher edu institutes to offer online courses: Is this a good move when classroom education is still filled with problems?

India Today  

The University Grants Commission released a circular on January 4 inviting online applications from all from all eligible Higher Educational Institutions to grant courses/programmes in online mode from 2019-20 academic session. The UGC decision to allow higher education institutions to offer online courses to provide degrees could be game changing for the education sector. Read: How to judge the quality …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Ten state universities join with online education provider
11 years, 9 months ago

Ten state universities join with online education provider

LA Times  

Hoping to take advantage of new technologies to expand online education, 10 additional public universities and state college systems around the country are affiliating with Coursera, one of the leading providers of online education. Thursday’s announcement of the new partnerships means that the state schools, from New York to New Mexico, will experiment with using Coursera’s massive online open course …

Stanford to help develop online learning system
11 years, 11 months ago

Stanford to help develop online learning system

Firstpost  

Stanford University announced Wednesday that it is joining an initiative co-founded by Harvard and MIT to develop a computer system that allows… Stanford University announced Wednesday that it is joining an initiative co-founded by Harvard and MIT to develop a computer system that allows colleges to offer free online courses, a collaboration that school officials said would benefit both educators …

More universities offer free online courses(视频)
12 years, 6 months ago

More universities offer free online courses(视频)

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Get Flash Player Download This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This fall, Berkeley will offer two of the seven free courses on the edX platform: Artificial Intelligence and Software as a Service. Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau made similar comments as he expressed a commitment to "excellence in online education." 相关阅读 Abortion debate takes center stage …

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