Swayam is India's largest online e-learning platform developed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, launched on July 9, 2017, aimed at enhancing access, equity, and quality in education for students from class 9 to post-graduation. It offers a wide range of courses, utilizing a 'four quadrant approach' incorporating video lectures, e-contents, web resources, and self-assessment tools. Swayam also aims to improve the gross enrollment ratio in higher education while providing free access to learning resources for Indian learners.

1. SWAYAM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION:A DIGITAL INITIATIVE
TO MAKE INFORMATION RICH SOCIETY THROUGH
Prepared By; Satyabrata Dash
School of Education
Ravenshaw University
Cuttack,2019

2. INTRODUCTION
SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds)
 Swayam is an unique and World’s Largest Online E-Learning Platform in India
which is indigenously developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD), Government of India and All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE) with the help of Microsoft Corporation India (Pvt.) Ltd.
 It is designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz.,
access, equity and quality.
 Launched in 9th July, 2017 by the ex- President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee.
 Started with its digital educational television channels Swayam Prabha (24*7).
 SWAYAM is a Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) initiative.
 SWAYAM host courses from class 9th to Post graduation level.
Key Words: Swayam, on line learning, MOOC

3. Objectives of swayam
• Major objectives of the proposal are as follows;
Creation of content on courses from School Secondary level till Post Graduation,
covering all disciplines, to be made available on the SWAYAM platform.
Repurposing of e-content courses already developed under NMEICT to fit into
SWAYAM Pedagogy /Andragogy.
Develop India MOOCs platform named as SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active
learning for Young Aspiring Minds) for hosting and running thousands of courses
simultaneously.
 Provide robust Internet Cloud (with CDN) and sufficient bandwidth for
concurrent viewings of 1 Million users.
Conduct of examination and award of certificates to participants having
successfully completed the course.
Provide recommendations to Institutions regarding implementation of Choice
Based Credit System (CBCS) on SWAYAM Courses.

4. VISION OF SWAYAM
To host more than 10000 online courses through SWAYAM platform for 30
million learners/students starting from 9th class till post-graduation.
To improve gross enrolment ratio (GER), from 20% at present to 30% by 2020 .
Swayam wants to bring all the educators and leaders into a unique platform.
To create awareness about digital education system in India.

5. “FOUR QUADRANT APPROACH”
(Video lecture)e-Tutorials containing Video and Audio Contents in an organized
form, Animation, Simulations, Virtual Labs;
 e-Contents, like, PDF/e-books/illustration, video demonstrations, documents and
interactive simulations, wherever required;
 Web Resources containing related links, open content on internet, case studies,
anecdotal information, historical development of the subject, Articles;
 Self-assessment containing MCQ, Problems Quizzes, Assignments and Solutions,
Discussion forum topics and setting up the FAQ, Clarifications on general
misconceptions.

6. Features Of Swayam
Thousands of massive open online courses available by best teachers from top
institutions.
Any one, any time, any where (AAA) can learn through mobile or laptop
absolutely free.
One stop web location for interactive e content for all courses from higher
secondary to university level.
Peer group interaction and discussion forum to clarify doubts.
It provides 2000 courses and 8000 hours of learning.

7. National Coordinators(NCs) of SWAYAM
 AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)
 NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)
 UGC (University Grants Commission)
 CEC (Consortium for Educational Communication)
 NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training)
 NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling)
 IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
 IIMB (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore)
 NITTTR (National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research)

8. DIFFERENT ROLES OF NCs
AICTE (self-paced and international courses)
NPTEL (for engineering)
UGC ( non technical post-graduation education)
CEC (under-graduate education)
NCERT & NIOS (school education)
IGNOU (school students)
IIMB (management studies)
NITTTR (Teacher Training program).

9. ADVANTAGES OF SWAYAM
For any Indian learner, SWAYAM is absolutely free of cost for learning but some
fees is applied in case of certificate.
Provide an alternative to traditional higher education courses.

10. CHALLENGES
Assessment : Currently only possible way to assess the progress of learner or
students is MCQs based.
MOOCs demand digital literacy: To train the instructor will be the biggest
challenge
Certification: Certification will also be the other challenge. Weather the learner is
able to get admission or job on the basis of such certifications.
Real time answering during lecture: Real time answering the questions is also not
possible during the lecture session as these will be pre recorded
Economics conditions of Rural areas

11. LOGO OF SWAYAM

12. SWAYAM WEB INTERFACE

13. HOW TO REGISTER
 You can search with your own keywords or you can choose categories listed on
swayam.Gov.In through any search engine with a browser.
 Go to and click "register as student" to register yourself.
 Your name, email id are essential information for registration process on swayam
platform.
 Fill all the details to enrolment.
 Click on sign up.

14. CONCLUSION
• From the above points it seems that ICT playing a major role in education for
enhancing learning.IN the present context, learner will be able to get quality
teaching from the top institutions experienced teacher. AT last it is clear to say that
its a very good initiative by Govt. Of India to provide moocs for the solutions of
Distance learner.

15. REFERENCES
• https://swayam.gov.in
• International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development Volume
4, Issue 9, September -2017
• Ministry of Human Resource Development, (2017),SWAYAM, Government of
India.
• All India Council for Technical Education, (2017),SWAYAM an Unique Platform
for Online Education in India, New Delhi: Government of India.
• Sharma, Y. P. (2015). Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for School
Education in India: Advantages.
• Nisha, F., &Senthil, V. (2015). MOOCs: Changing trend towards open distance
learning with special reference to India. DESIDOC Journal of Library &
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