NPTEL-IIT Madras calls for applications for 720 Online Certification Courses for January-April 2024 Semester
CHENNAI, 18th January 2024: NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) – IIT Madras, an initiative from the Ministry of Education, has opened enrolment for the January – April 2024 semester. Learners can enrol for free on the SWAYAM and NPTEL portals. More than 2.5 crore learners have enrolled in NPTEL courses till date. With over 720 courses across […]
Read More →NPTEL, founded by IITs & IISc, begins enrolment for 500 Plus Online Certification Courses on SWAYAM for Jan-Apr 2021
Chennai, 04 January 2021: National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a SWAYAM national coordinator, has opened enrolment for more than 500 online certification courses, which are open to students and working professionals across India. These courses are being offered completely free of cost by NPTEL. There is a nominal fee charged towards the in-person […]
Read More →Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) March 2021 Round Open ! Apply by 31 Dec
New Delhi, 29 December 2020: Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching, popularly known as ARPIT, an online professional development program for 15 lakhs higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM. Successful completion of online exam will be equivalent to one refresher course of UGC for Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). Enrolment is open for 48 MOOCS […]
Read More →Over 140 universities approve credit transfer facility on SWAYAM Portal
New Delhi: SWAYAM, India’s flagship Massive open online course (MOOC) platform, has gained popularity among students and learning community during COVID 19 pandemic. It appears that New India has switched to e-learning mode during the pandemic. More than 140 universities have approved the credit transfer facility on SWAYAM during covid-19. These universities through their Competent […]
Read More →Learn the techniques of Academic & Research Writing via SWAYAM online platform
Mumbai: Academic & Research writing skills provide an edge to PG students, research scholars, young scientists and faculty members (of any discipline or subject) for their career growth. SWAYAM online platform, under Ministry of HRD, is running a course titled Academic Writing (Course No- 137). This short term online course focuses on following aspects: Research […]
Read More →UGC doubles credits allotted to SWAYAM online courses, asks colleges to prepare MOOCs
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission, the regulator for Higher Education in India, has approved the credit limits for online courses (on SWAYAM platform) from 20% to 40%. This step which will enable students to safely attend online courses and get it utilized while attending physical classes. With growing importance of online learning and online […]
Read More →IGNOU announces Admission for Online Programmes & New IGNOU SWAYAM Courses
New Delhi: IGNOU has announced admission for online programmes and new IGNOU SWAYAM courses. Giving details of the online programmes run by IGNOU, Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Director, Center for Online Education IGNOU and the meeting coordinator said that the admission for 10 programmes have been opened up today taking the total to 13 online programmes […]
Read More →Nearly 1.5 Lakh faculty members enrolled Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching via SWAYAM in 2019-20
New Delhi: The Ministry of HRD launched online Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT), an unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakhs higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM. For implementing ARPIT, 75 discipline-specific National Resource Centres (NRCs) have been identified in the first phase, which are tasked to prepare online training […]
Read More →Now UG-PG Non-Engineering MOOCs Courses available on SWAYAM platform
New Delhi: The country has been going through difficult time due to nation-wide lockdown in view of the COVID-19 pandemic , which has also led to the closure of Higher Educational Institutes. To prevent a pause in learning amongst student , the UGC has shared with Universities & collage the link of various ICT initiatives […]
Read More →Access to the National Online Education Platform SWAYAM and other Digital Initiatives of HRD ministry has tripled in the last one week: HRD Minister
New Delhi: Amid nationwide lockdown due to COVID 19 outbreak, various online platforms for education are gaining popularity. Most surprisingly, access to the National Online Education Platform SWAYAM and other Digital Initiatives of HRD ministry has tripled in the last one week. About 50,000 people have accessed SWAYAM since 23rd March 2020. This is over […]
Read More →Decoding ARPIT- Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching
New Delhi: Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching, popularly known as ARPIT, an online professional development program for 15 lakhs higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM. Successful completion of online exam will be equivalent to one refresher course of UGC for Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). ARPIT prohramme is built in assessment exercises and activities […]
Read More →NTA to conduct Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) Examination in Feb 2020
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) announces that it would be conducting the Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) examination while the certification would be done through SWAYAM. The examination for the ARPIT courses is scheduled to be held on 16 February 2020 (Sunday). It would be a Computer Based Test (objective multiple-choice test) […]
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