Swayam MOOC platform - Framework & Ideas

Prof. Deepak B Phatak, IIT Bombay gave a session about "Technology Enabled Learning Ushering in the MOOCs era through SWAYAM" - a MOOC platform for India. As it has resurfaced, this will be interesting slide to check for all enthusiasts to know more about it.

1. IIT Bombay
Technology*Enabled*Learning*
Ushering*in*the*MOOCs*era*through*SWAYAM
Prof.&Deepak&B&Phatak,&IIT&Bombay&
Presenta7on&at&Open&edx&
Cambridge,&18&November&2014&
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2. IIT Bombay
Issues*of*scale*and*quality
• Over&370&Million&Indians&are&under&15&years&of&age&
• Over&150&Million&under&6&years&
• Low&Gross&Enrollment&Ra7os&
• Hundreds&of&thousand&schools,&over&40,000&colleges&
• 5000&colleges&offer&engineering&educa7on&
• About&1.25&Million&students&enrolled&annually&
• Scale&using&ICT&to&offer&quality&educa7on,&the&only&solu7on&
• Dovetail&into&conven7onal&educa7onal&system&
!!!!Ini%ate!MOOCs!and!deploy!on!large!scale!
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3. IIT Bombay
ObjecBves*behind*Indian*efforts
• Enhance&the&reach&and&quality&of&educa7on&using&ICT&
• Content,&Dissemina7on,&Access&
• Pedagogy&for&course&delivery&
• Innovate&and&develop&affordable&solu7ons&
• Use&and&enhance&Open&Source&soXware&tools&and&content&
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4. IIT Bombay
Content
• Na7onal&Mission&on&Educa7on&through&ICT&(NMEICT)&&
• Na7onal&Program&on&Technology&Enabled&Learning&(NPTEL)&
• Over&1200&Courses&already&created&
• MOOCs&offering&ini7ated&with&cer7fica7on&
• Spoken&Tutorials&
• Virtual&Labs&
• &…&
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5. IIT Bombay
DisseminaBon
• NKN&(Na7onal&Knowledge&Network)&provides&connec7vity&to&&
• Hundreds&of&universi7es&
• Thousands&of&colleges&
• Fiber&connec7vity&being&established&at&100,000&Panchayats&
• Connect&one&school&and&one&hospital&in&each&Panchayat&
• Internet&availability&is&increasing&rapidly&
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6. IIT Bombay
Access
• Most&Ins7tutes&of&higher&learning&have&lab&facili7es&
• Servers/PCs&on&Local&Area&Networks,&connected&to&internet&
• Limited&number&of&desktops&in&labs&
• Schools&have&yet&to&develop&access&infrastructure&
• Successful&pilots&with&Affordable&Access&Devices&
• Android&tablets,&Netbooks&capable&of&running&Linux&
• Affordable&WibFi&solu7ons&being&worked&out&
• Large&‘Clouds’&(server&farms)&being&built&
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7. IIT Bombay
Scilab*running*on*Android
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8. IIT Bombay
Android*Tablet*with*‘Anuduino’
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9. IIT Bombay
An*affordable*netbook*device*running*Linux
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10. IIT Bombay
Spoken*Tutorials
• 10&minute&tutorials,&containing&&slides&and&explanatory&audio&
• Transcripts&translated&in&mul7ple&languages,&and&dubbed&
• A&number&of&tutorials&largely&on&free&soXware&
Bengali:&&&&&265,&&&English:&&&&&594,&&&Hindi:&&&&305&&Nepali:&&&&278,&&&
Punjabi:&&&&&&&94,&&&Tamil:&&&&&&&&371,&&&Urdu:&&&&113&
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• 2&hour&SELF&tutorials&for&user&training&
• Over&12,000&workshops&conducted&for&over&500,000&
learners&
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11. IIT Bombay
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12. IIT Bombay
T10KT*project
• Over&300&Remote&Centres&(RCs)&established&&
• Teacher&Training&workshops&
• 10,000&teachers&are&trained&simultaneously&in&a&subject&
• Interac7ve&live&lectures&from&Hub&Ins7tutes&(IITB,&IITKGP)&
• Labs&and&tutorials&at&RCs&
• Over&85,000&teachers&have&been&trained&so&far&
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13. IIT Bombay
Over*300*Remote*Centres*
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14. IIT Bombay
Coordinators’*Workshop
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15. IIT Bombay
Teachers*at*a*Remote*Centre
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16. IIT Bombay
Massive*Open*Online*Courses*(MOOCs)
• India&has&started&offering&MOOCs&to&global&learners&on&edX&
• SWAYAM&is&ready&for&launch&
&(Study&Webs&of&Ac7veblearning&for&Young&Aspiring&Minds)&
• An&Indian&Open&Source&plajorm&based&on&Open&edX&
• Will&cater&to&na7ve&languages&
• Will&permit&offering&of&blended&MOOCs&
• Also&available&for&school&educa7on&and&voca7onal&training&&
• Large&Scale&Na7onal&Rollout&will&unfold&shortly&
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17. IIT Bombay
SWAYAM,*Built*on*OpenVedX
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18. IIT Bombay
SWAYAM**RegistraBon**Page**in**Hindi
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19. IIT Bombay
CollaboraBon*on*MOOCs*with*edX
• IIT&Bombay&and&edX&have&built&upon&the&MoU&signed&in&2013&
• edX&has&provided&technical&support&for&building&SWAYAM&
plajorm&
• IIT&Bombay&is&offering&courses&to&global&learners&through&edX&&
• India&offers&all&knowledge&content,&generated&by&public&
funding,&as&Open&Source&ar7facts&under&CCbBYbSA&license&
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20. IIT Bombay
Ongoing*AcBviBes
• Addi7onal&func7onbfeatures&for&the&SWAYAM&plajorm&
• Mul7blingual&enhancements&
• Blended&MOOCs&
• Incorpora7on&of&local&marks/grades&
• Proctored&online&exams&
• Enhancing&LMS&and/or&integra7ng&with&Moodle&
• Group/subgroup&hierarchy&for&learners&and&teachers&
• Content&sharing&across&plajorms&
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21. IIT Bombay
Ongoing*acBviBes
• Deployment&issues&
• Integra7on&with&AADHAR,&the&unique&ID&for&Indians&&
• Mul7ple&instances&at&each&college/university&
• Replica7on&across&clouds/local&servers&
• U7li7es&using&rsynch&
• Content&enrichment&through&edited&contribu7ons&
• ersioning&of&courses&
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22. IIT Bombay
Policy*Issues*Being*Addressed
• Recogni7on&of&credits/marks&earned&through&MOOCs&
• Supervised&online&examina7ons&
• Local&assignments&and&assessment&
• Credit&Transfer&
• Transfer&of&credits&across&universi7es/schools&
• Recogni7on&of&credits&earned&by&learners&not&in&the&‘system’&
• These&are&being&addressed&by&concerned&regulatory&bodies&
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23. IIT Bombay
OpportuniBes*for*global*collaboraBon
• We&seek&partnership&with&each&and&every&edX&partner&
• To&share&new&enhancements&
• To&discuss&and&align&on&novel&features&
• To&learn&evolving&pedagogies&
A!big!‘Thank!You’!to!open!edX,!from!all!Indian!learners!!
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