e-Learning: Initiatives in India Presented by Pallavi Objective • e-Learning is available on web for every one but how one can approach. Traditional Education system Classroom Teaching Teaching in Rural Area Government & Education e-Learning What is e-Learning Component of e-Learning Misconception of e-Learning Stake-holders of e-Learning E-CONTENT Projects e-Gyankosh • Maintained by Indira Gandhi National Open University • To accessed & download its material you have to register yourself with eGyankosh • Target user are Under Graduate and Post Graduate Students • Total no of titles is 26485 • IGNOU has introduced this open course • Its target user are Under Graduate and Post Graduate Students • Project funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) • Target users are Engineering under graduate students • Its Partner Institutions are Seven IITs and IISc Bangalore • At present there are 125 web courses and 136 video courses available Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) • • • • • Maintain by- Inter University Centers set up by the University Grants Commission of India No of Subjects Phase-I : 19 Subjects Phase –II: 68 Subjects There are more than 15000 educational video programmes in 50 subjects There are 22 Media Centers are working for CEC Target user are Undergraduate students. Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILLL) Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILLL) is a unique and innovative initiative of the University of Delhi to provide Open Educational Resources (OER) to the teaching and learning community. Creation of e-Contents of Fermentation Technology It is a dedicated project for student of microbiology specifically in the area of industrial microbiology e-PGPathshala • • • • Funded by MHRD, under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT) E-content would be develop and maintained by the INFLIBNET Centre Target users are PG students There are 77 subjects identified at postgraduate level on which e-PG Pathshala to develop e-content. In 1st phase e-contents are being developed for 35 subjects. Whether It Success or not • • • • • ? Promotion of project Content Network Management Infrastructure development Effective Source of Learning: User Perspective Learner 1- These learners are belongs from that part of society where is, lack of infrastructure and scarcity of ICT equipments. So they are lacking in source of all learning material so they approach for syllabus, course material, technique, etc. Learners 2- Such kind of learners have facilities to cover their course curriculum but they need some add on material i.e. reading content highly enriched by multimedia. Learners 3- Such kind of learners have each and everything but they want a collaborative or discussion platform. Thank You