E-Learning in India

E-Learning in India E-Learning Asia Day Presentation by Dr. Sanjaya Mishra

From Tradition …
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by Thee to ever-widening thought and action - Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake. by Rabindranath Tagore

… to Technology
Over 20 Billion USD software export
To over 100 countries in the world
Market share of above 20% software development world-wide
One third of e-commence start-ups having Indian connection in the Silicon Valley
5 th Largest telecom network in the world
2 Million telephone subscribers added every year
Mobile subscribers: 233.6 million (Sept 2008)‏
Internet Users: 42 million (3.7% only)‏

Higher Education in India (2006)‏
Central Universities: 20
State Universities: 217
Deemed to be Universities: 106
Private Universities: 10
Institute of National Importance: 13
Institutes established under state act: 5
Colleges: 17625

Authorities, Accreditation Bodies
Ministry of Human Resource Development
University Grants Commission, National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Distance Education Council
All India Council for Technical Education
Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Indian Nursing Council, Central Council of Homeopathy, Central Council for Indian Medicine, Pharmacy Council of India
National Council for Teacher Education
Indian Council for Agricultural Research
Bar Council of India
Rehabilitation Council
Council of Architecture
National Council of Rural Institutes
State Councils of Higher Education

E-Learning Developments
NIIT Netvarsity (1996)‏
National Task Force on Information Technology and Software Development (1998)‏
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Virtual Campus Initiative (1999)‏
Other educational institutions followed…
More private initiatives to provide coaching for competitive examinations and entrance test for admission to premier educational institutes

Some Examples
YCMOU
Tamil Virtual University
Punjab Technical University
Symbiosis International University
Indian Institute of Technology

NPTEL
Improve the quality of engineering education in India
Collaborative Project of 7 IITs and IISc
129 web courses, 110 video courses
Each consists of contents of 40 lecture hours in text, graphics, animation video

Medical Education Online
Medvarsity
MedRC
IGNOU (Accupuncture)‏

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Virtual Campus Initiative in 1999
RROnline in 2001
Short Courses Online (Diplomacy, Food safety, Gender, CDS/ISIS)‏
eGyankosh and SAKSHAT in 2006
IGNOU Online in 2008

IGNOU -- VCI
BCA and MCA programmes
Downloadable ZIP files and HTMAL pages
Assignments
Additional Support through 1V-2A teleconference
Programme withdrawn due to many student problems, and all students transferred to traditional distance education mode

IGNOU -- RRonline
Resettlement and Rehabilitation programme supported by the World Bank was the first Social Science Online programme in India
Internally developed platform with course content, discussion forum, chat, assignment submission, online quiz, online library, online diary, etc.
Programme withdrawn from online due to less students and other problems

eGyanKosh
National Digital Repository to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country. Items in eGyanKosh are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved by IGNOU, unless otherwise indicated. To access the items in repository registration is required. Registration is free. Also available through YouTube.

SAKSHAT
A pilot project of the Govt. of India, which is being spearheaded by IGNOU
Intended to be a portal for students of all levels (elementary to higher and further education)‏

IGNOU – Education Braodcast
Gyan Darshan I
Gyan Darshan II (1v/1a teleconference)‏
EduSAT (2-way video conference)‏
Gyan Vani (FM radio)‏

IGNOU – Virtual Classrooms
Master of Library and Information Science
PG Certificate in Cyber Law
PG Diploma in Accupuncture

Inside Programmes
Course content (wiki-based)‏
Flash-based presentations
Flash videos
Forums
Assignments, Projects
Web-conferences (real-time)‏
Student tracking
Performance-based Progressive Learning method

Other IGNOU Initiatives
Project Management Online Certification in partnership with pmGURUonline.com
Inter-University Consortium for Technology-Enabled Flexible Education and Development
National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education
Online Training on Development of Self-Learning Materials using WikiEducator Platform

Observations
Anything and everything is e-learning!
Much technology-driven
Poor staff development efforts on e-learning
Attempts to replicate distance learning through online technologies
Broadband access is poor, but fast developing
Online learning instructional design is key, but always neglected

Suggestions
Establishment of Indian Council for Online Learning as a statutory body to:
Develop a national distributed repository of Learning Objects
Maintain standard of Online Learning
Coordinate and promote Online Learning
Accreditation of Online Learning courses and programmes
Develop and maintain Online Learning Portals for life long learning
Establishment of a “e-Learning Consortium” including member educational institutions to offer e-learning programmes without duplicating efforts
Develop facilities for online training of teachers and administrators
Facilitate development of small learning objects by teachers

Thank YOU
Your questions and comments are welcome
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E-Learning in India

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