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NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)

NPTEL provides E-learning through free online Web and Video courses in Science, Engineering and Humanities stream.  It is the joint initiatives of the seven IITs and IISc of our nation funded by MHRD.

The videos and Web courses along with the syllabus are disseminated according to the courses offered in our college through our library weblog www.vvvclibrary.blogspot.in.

The faculty members from various disciplines of our college are requested to send their feebacks, so that these Web and Video courses may be stacked offline in our college library to provide enhanced e-learning infrastructure

NPTEL features:

«     Provision of open course materials for science, engineering and humanities students and teachers (freely).

«     The NPTEL faculty have modularized their courses into core concepts which every one of these institutions may teach and topics which are add-ons to the course.

«     The courses are well structured and are elaborate with details wherever the faculty members have felt the need.

«     Institutions are encouraged to build their own versions of NPTEL courses based on their curriculum design using the NPTEL materials and collective experience of all IITs and IISc in TEL.

«     The focus is to build at least one version of each course offered in all of Science, Engineering and Humanities from B.Tech. / B.Sc. to Ph. D. programs.

«     Threaded discussion and interaction build a digital library for each subject and create Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the section.

The video content is available in MPEG-4 format with a bit-rate of 512 kbps with H.264 compression for streaming through the Internet. They are accessible freely through the YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/iit.

Web contents and access to embedded video lectures from youtube are available free of cost through the website http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

«     The feedbacks may be sent electronically through our library blogspot (www.vvvclibrary.blogspot.in) in the comment section. 

«    Also, the email-ID of our faculty members may be registered in our library, so that the CAS and SDI services may be implemented electronically to their emails.

VVVC Librarian - Knowledge Gathering - NPTEL Workshop - Feedback - 02.02.2013

 

http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Live Online Courses beginning Jan 2013

NPTEL provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams. The mission of NPTEL is to enhance the quality of Engineering education in the country by providing free online courseware.

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The one day workshop on NPTEL - National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning jointly organized by NPTEL, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai and Dept. of Library and Information Science, Rev.Jacob Memorial Christian College, Ambilikkai, Dindigul, TAMILNADU, INDIA was attended by Mrs.P.Clara Jeyaseeli, MLIS., M.Phil., LIBRARIAN of V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar on 02.02.2013.

More than 500 participants from different parts of India attended the workshop.  The workshop was highly motivating and it will be of maximum use for the learning community in a three dimensional manner.

Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai led the workshop.  The workshop highlighted on the history and developments, the various quadrants involved in preparing the online Web and Video lectures, the peer-review process of the syllabus and the course materials and many more.   Some videos are also played and he explained on the technology tools involved in the preparation.  Really it was an eye-opener and thanks to the initiatives taken by the Ministry of HRD through the seven IITs of our nation and IISc.

Also he invited the faculty members to prepare online course materials for about 300 more courses which are yet to be assigned.  Further, the Information Science professionals are invited to assign metadata for about 80,000 web pages as per the internet protocol.


NPTEL current course-status summary as per Prof. Krishnan's workshop (as on 02.02.2013)

Total Courses titles covered                   : 1561
Courses with coordinators assigned     : 1231
Courses not assigned                              :   330

Features:

* All the courseware are freely available and they are downloadable;
* Subtitle is available in the video lectures for more understanding in regional languages;
* Courses for entrance exams like GATE are also available;
* Semester based course materials.

Importance of Technology Enhanced Learning:

• Promote critical Thinking
• Visualization and Visualization of concepts
• Demonstration and hands-on experience
• Integration of teaching and learning in synchronization with the environment

 Thanks to the efforts taken by Prof.V.P.Ramesh Babu, MLIS., M.Phil., Librarian and Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Rev.Jacob Memorial Christian College, Ambilikkai, Dindigul who has been given a greater privilege through his College Authorities.  I also thank our MHRD, IITs and IISc for the initiatives taken for enhanced learning.

Aerospace Engineering (49)	Atmospheric Science (7)	Automobile Engineering (2)	Basic courses(Sem 1 and 2) (36)
Biotechnology (29)	Chemical Engineering (93)	Chemistry and Biochemistry (56)	Civil Engineering (127)
Computer Science and Engineering (88)	Electrical Engineering (76)	Electronics & Communication Engineering (94)	Engineering Design (13)
Environmental Science (5)	General (2)	Humanities and Social Sciences (62)	Management (46)
Mathematics (72)	Mechanical Engineering (152)	Metallurgy and Material Science (57)	Mining Engineering (2)
Nanotechnology (13)	Ocean Engineering (30)	Physics (76)	Textile Engineering (29)

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