MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES THROUGH SWAYAM PORTAL OF UGC
About SWAYAM (Study Web of Active Learning by Young and Aspiring Minds):
As per the UGC (Credit Framework for online learning courses through SWAYAM) Regulation 2016, Mewar University, Chittorgarh introduces MOOCs courses through SWAYAM platform of Government of India for the benefit of the students.
SWAYAM (Study Web of Active Learning by Young and Aspiring Minds) is a program initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve access, equity and quality. SWAYAM platform is indigenously developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have remained untouched by the digital revolution. This is done through an indigenous developed IT Platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses taught in classrooms to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive and arc available free of cost to the residents in India.
Quadrants of MOOCs:
These Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) hosted on SWAYAM will be in 4 quadrants.
1. Video Lecture
2. Specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/Printed
3. Self Assessment Tests
4. An Online Discussion forum for clearing doubts
National Coordinators for MOOCs:
Seven National Coordinators have been appointed to start the MOOCs as:
1. NPTEL for Engineering
2. UGC for Post Graduation Education
3. CEC for Under Graduate Education
4. NCERT for School Education
5. NIOS for School Education
6. IGNOU for out of the school students
7. IIMB for Management studies
Course Delivery & Certification:
Courses delivered through SWAYAM are available free of cost to the learners, however students wanting certifications shall be registered, shall be offered a certificate on successful completion of the course with a little fee. At the end of each course, there will be an assessment of the student through proctored examination and the marks/grades secured in this examination could be transferred to the academic record of the students.
The following are the courses identified by the University to be offered through SWAYAM along with the proposed academic program and semester in which courses to be offered.
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE
Sr. No.
Program
Branch
Course
Sem.
Start Date/Month
End Date/Mont
Web Link
1.
MBA
Management
Project Management for Managers
3rd
July 2017
October 2017
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_mg17/preview
http://nptel.ac.in/course.php
FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
B. Sc.
/M. Sc.
Physics
Mathematics Methods in Physics I
1st
2.
M. Sc.
Classical Mechanics: From Newtonian to Lagrangian Formulation
3.
Solid State Physics
4.
B. Sc./
Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
07 August 2017
19 November 2017
https://swayam.gov.in/course/3485-quantum-chemistry
5.
Inorganic Chemistry II
https://swayam.gov.in/course/249-inorganic-chemistry-ii
6.
Inorganic Chemistry III
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Organic%20Chemistry%20III%20(Reaction%20Mechanisms%202)
7.
Organic Spectroscopy
5th
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Organic%20Spectroscopy
8.
Applications of Molecular Symmetry & Group Theory
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Applications%20of%20Molecular%20Symmetry%20and%20Group%20theory
9.
Bioorganic & Biophysical Chemistry
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Bioorganic%20and%20Biophysical%20Chemistry
10.
Biotechnology
Genetics
15th July 2017
NA
https://swayam.gov.in/course/96-genetics
11.
B. Sc./M. Sc.
Cell Biology
17th July 2017
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Cell%20Biology
12.
Developmental Biology
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Developmental%20Biology
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCE & FINE ARTS
BA
Economics
Macroeconomics
Money & Banking
https://swayam.gov.in/course/260-money-and-banking
Applied Psychology
Social Psychology
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Social%20Psychology
Cross Cultural Psychology
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Cross%20Cultural%20Psychology
Counseling Psychology
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Counselling%20Psychology
MA
Social Work
Population Studies
2nd August
https://swayam.gov.in/search?keyword=Population%20Studies
FACULTY OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES
B. Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Organic Chemistry
19 August 2017