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Major push by government to digital teaching in State Teaching in colleges across Andhra Pradesh will undergo major changes with the Government keen on integrating technology in a big way. The stage is being set for effective online teaching and learning experience in a collaborative, vibrant environment by bringing into play Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). These aim at unlimited participation and open access to teachers and students through the web. Swayam — a programme designed indigenously by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help of Microsoft — is perhaps the first initiative being launched through MOOC platform in the country. The Chandrababu Naidu government is keen on lapping it up.
Swayam aims at ensuring access, equity, quality and best teaching learning resources to all students, including the most disadvantaged. It seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy. Swayam will ultimately be capable of hosting 2,000 courses and 80,000 hours of learning: covering school, under-graduate, post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional courses.
“All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available free of cost. More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the nation have participated in preparing these courses,” says K. Srinivas, Professor ICT (Information and Communications Technology), National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).
Prof. Srinivas was here to address college teachers at a workshop on “Pedagogy and e-Content Development”.
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