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SWAYAM: letter of University Grants Commission



UGC - SWAYAM Letter

list of UGC 43 Post Graduate Non-Technology MOOCs courses to be offered in July Semester 2019

SWAYAM (Study Web of Active Learning by Young and Aspiring Minds) is a program initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve access, equity and quality. SWAYAM platform is indigenously developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have remained untouched by the digital revolution. This is done through an indigenous developed IT Platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses taught in classrooms to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive and arc available free of cost to the residents in India.

 

About SWAYAM (Study Web of Active Learning by Young and Aspiring Minds):

As per the UGC (Credit Framework for online learning courses through SWAYAM) Regulation 2016, offering of the MOOCs courses through SWAYAM platform of Government of India for the benefit of the students has become mandatory. Osmania University is taking necessary steps to implement this scheme, and in association with the Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE) plans are afoot to integrate MOOCS courses in to coursework soon. The professional courses, like Engineering, include MOOCS as one of the component already.

SWAYAM (Study Web of Active Learning by Young and Aspiring Minds) is a program initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve access, equity and quality. SWAYAM platform is indigenously developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have remained untouched by the digital revolution. This is done through an indigenous developed IT Platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses taught in classrooms to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive and arc available free of cost to the residents in India.

 

Quadrants of MOOCs:

These Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) hosted on SWAYAM will be in 4 quadrants.

1

Video Lecture

2

Specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/Printed

3

Self Assessment Tests

4

An Online Discussion forum for clearing doubts

National Coordinators for MOOCs:

Seven National Coordinators have been appointed to start the MOOCs as:

1

NPTEL for Engineering

2

UGC for Post Graduation Education

3

CEC for Under Graduate Education

4

NCERT for School Education

 

5

NIOS for School Education

6

IGNOU for out of the school students

7

IIMB for Management Studies

Course Delivery & Certification:

Courses delivered through SWAYAM are available free of cost to the learners, however students wanting certifications shall be registered, shall be offered a certificate on successful completion of the course with a little fee. At the end of each course, there will be an assessment of the student through proctored examination and the marks/grades secured in this examination could be transferred to the academic record of the students.

The MOOCS courses available for students to select from various quarters are provided below. Students are advised to select the course of choice basing on interest and eligibility criteria, register online and undergo the coursework. Once the MOOCS courses are made compulsory, students will be provided with details of selected courses approved through respective Board of Studies.

BROCHURES ON MOOCS COURSES OFFERED  JULY 2018

 

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