Students across the globe will now be able to access courses and classroom content developed by IIT Bombay. The institute Tuesday joined the massive open online courses (MOOCs) platform started by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
IIT Bombay entered into a collaboration with edX, a not-for-profit company set up by MIT and Harvard and offers online courses.
"The open source platform will enable us to reach out to many students across the globe. The web-based technology and infrastructure of edX allow lakhs to log in to a course simultaneously. Some courses could be live and some recorded. Initially, courses could be directed towards training teachers. Further, the platform helps generate data on how students learn and this will enable us to devise more effective ways of teaching online," said IIT Bombay director Devang Khakhar.
Other institutions that are part of this global consortium currently include University of California, The University of Texas System, The University of Queensland, Rice, Cornell University, TuDelft, University of Toronto, Boston University, University of Washington, The University of Hong Kong, Peking University and Seoul National University.
Besides providing online courses on the edX platform, the consortium is a forum in which members can share experiences around online learning. Students can create an edX account and then register for the course of their choice.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) currently have their own initiative, the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), which was started in 2008 and facilitates access to its courses online, free of charge. Currently 300 modules in web or video format can be accessed online by students and faculty from 600 colleges across the country. Another 1,000 are in the process of being developed and added.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iitb-joins-mitharvard-s-online-courses-platform/1133865/
IIT Bombay entered into a collaboration with edX, a not-for-profit company set up by MIT and Harvard and offers online courses.
"The open source platform will enable us to reach out to many students across the globe. The web-based technology and infrastructure of edX allow lakhs to log in to a course simultaneously. Some courses could be live and some recorded. Initially, courses could be directed towards training teachers. Further, the platform helps generate data on how students learn and this will enable us to devise more effective ways of teaching online," said IIT Bombay director Devang Khakhar.
Other institutions that are part of this global consortium currently include University of California, The University of Texas System, The University of Queensland, Rice, Cornell University, TuDelft, University of Toronto, Boston University, University of Washington, The University of Hong Kong, Peking University and Seoul National University.
Besides providing online courses on the edX platform, the consortium is a forum in which members can share experiences around online learning. Students can create an edX account and then register for the course of their choice.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) currently have their own initiative, the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), which was started in 2008 and facilitates access to its courses online, free of charge. Currently 300 modules in web or video format can be accessed online by students and faculty from 600 colleges across the country. Another 1,000 are in the process of being developed and added.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iitb-joins-mitharvard-s-online-courses-platform/1133865/
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