The document discusses online courses and academic websites as solutions to barriers in traditional education. It identifies common barriers like expense, family obligations, and lack of available courses. It then describes features of online courses like flexibility of time, location, and cost. Examples of free online learning platforms are provided, including Coursera, NPTEL, Khan Academy, and Busuu for language learning. Both synchronous and asynchronous course types are noted. While online learning is accessible, it also has limitations like lack of teacher interaction and motivation. Overall the document promotes online courses and websites as alternatives to expand educational access.

1. OnlineCourses andAcademic
Websites
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Asst. Professor
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2. How many of us having interestto study
in foreign universitieswill actuallydo
it?
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3. Barriers??
1. Expense
2. Family Barriers
3. Social Barriers
4. Language
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4. How many ofus having interest to gofor
higherstudies willget a chanceto doit??
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5. Barriers??
1. Family Barriers
2. Social Barriers
3. Unavailability of Courses
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6. Are you getting enough information
from your classroom???
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7. Barriers??
1. Timing Problems
2. Lack of interest to sit in the class
3. Problems of conventional teaching and
learning methods
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8. Solutions???
Online Courses
Academic Websites
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9. Online Course?
Network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge
using a computer.
Deliver a series of lessons to a web browser or
mobile device, to be conveniently accessed
anytime, anyplace.
 Online course are engaging so that the learner
enjoys the learning and is able to not only
assimilate it but retain it and apply it.
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10. Key Ingredients
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11. • Time
• Cost
• Location
• Consistency
• Accessibility
Advantages
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12. Types
• Synchronous v/s Asynchronous
• Courses v/s Tutorials
• Free v/s Paid
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13. • Coursera is a venture-backed, for-profit,
educational technology company that offers
massive open online courses .
• Coursera works with universities and other
organizations to make some of their courses
available online.
• Offers courses in subjects such as physics,
engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social
sciences, mathematics, business, computer
science, digital marketing, and data science,
among others.
https://www.coursera.org/
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15. • National Programme on Technology Enhanced
Learning (NPTEL) is a project funded by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
• Provides e-learning through online Web and Video
courses in Engineering, Sciences, Technology,
Management and Humanities
• This is a joint initiative by seven IITs and IISc
Bangalore. Other selected premier institutions also
act as Associate Partner Institutions.
http://www.nptel.ac.in/
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16. Disciplines
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17. https://www.khanacademy.org/
• Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization
created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with a goal of
creating an accessible place for people to be educated
• A website that provides videos, learning material, and games
to make learning interesting and enjoyable.
• Content on topics including math, science, history, and
literature
• progress reports to help people track what they have learned
and recommend what they can do next
• Software for doing exercises with feedback and continued
assessment
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18. https://www.busuu.com/
• busuu is a social network for learning languages
• Provides learning units for twelve languages:
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Arabic,
Japanese and Chinese.
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19. Others ….
https://scholar.google.co.in/
https://www.courseguru.com.au/
https://www.pluralsight.com/
https://www.lynda.com/
https://www.edx.org/
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20. Limitations..
Limited Teacher
Interaction
Mental
Disconnect
Lack of
motivation
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21. Thank
You….