SWAYAM

Indian Massive open online course (MOOC) platform

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Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds

Agency overview
Formed| 9 July 2017
Parent department| Ministry of Education
Website| https://swayam.gov.in/

SWAYAM is an Indian government portal for a free open online course (MOOC) platform providing educational courses for university and college learners.[1]

## History

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The SWAYAM initiative was launched by the then Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) (now Ministry of Education), Government of India under Digital India to give a coordinated stage and free entry to web courses, covering all advanced education, high school, and skill sector courses. It was launched on 9 July 2017 by Pranab Mukherjee, Honorable President of India.[2][3][4] SWAYAM has been developed cooperatively by the Ministry of Education and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), with the help of Microsoft. The current SWAYAM platform can facilitate 2,000 courses. The platform offers free access to everyone and hosts courses from class 9 to post-graduation. It enables professors and faculty of centrally funded institutes like IITs, IIMs, IISERs, etc. to teach students.[5][6]

SWAYAM has accumulated 203 partnering institutes, 2,748 completed courses, 12,541,992 student enrollments, 915,538 exam registrations, and 654,664 successful certificates.[7]

SWAYAM (meaning 'Self' in Sanskrit)[8] is an acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds"[9]

## Functionality

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SWAYAM operates MOOCs learning resources in different ways and structures. Learning is delivered in four ways; e-Tutorial, e-Content, discussion forums and, self-assessment.[10]

The first quadrant is e- Tutorial, which means that there is not much extra work by students. It could include teaching video, animation, PowerPoint presentations, Podcast, and so on. These will depend on the individual subject and the strategy adopted by the teacher.[10][11]

The second quadrant is an e-content which could include e-books, illustrations, Case studies, Open source content, reference links, further reading sources, etc.[12]

The third quadrant is about clearing students' queries where students can interact with each other and faculty; any student or faculty can answer a student’s question.[10]

The fourth quadrant is self-assessment to check what a student has studied and whether they are eligible to get a certificate. This includes tests in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), quiz or short answer questions, long answer questions, etc. The fourth quadrant also has Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers to clarify common misconceptions among students.[10]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) considers that universities should play a key role in publicizing and popularizing SWAYAM courses among their learners and the university, enabling them to gain from MOOCs on a more extensive footing.

## National coordinators

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Nine national coordinators are appointed to manage the course content. Each coordinator is assigned a particular area for maintenance.[4]

1. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for self-paced and international courses.[13]
2. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has been as a appointed National coordinator by MHRD for engineering sector courses.[14]
3. University Grants Commission (UGC) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for non-technical post-graduate education.[15]
4. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for undergraduate education.[16]
5. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for school education.[17]
6. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for school education.[18]
7. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for out-of-school students.[19]
8. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for management studies.[20]
9. National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MHRD for Teacher training program.[21]

## Courses offered

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Subject  | No. of courses  | Offered by/under

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SCHOOL

Accountancy  | 3  | NCERT
Biology  | 3  | NCERT
Business studies  | 2  | NCERT
Chemistry  | 3  | NCERT
Economics  | 2  | NCERT
Food Nutrition for Healthy Living  | 1  | NCERT
Geography  | 4  | NCERT
Mathematics  | 3  | NCERT
Physics  | 4  | NCERT
Psychology  | 3  | NCERT
Sociology  | 2  | NCERT

Undergraduate courses

Engineering
Aerospace  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Bioengineering  | 3  | \- IIT Madras
Biotechnology  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Chemical  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Civil  | 1  | \- IIT Madras

Computer Science

| 18  | \- Punjabi University

\- Panjab University \- Anna University \- Gujarat University \- IIT Madras \- IGNOU

Electrical  | 4  | \- IIT Madras

Electronics

| 115  | \- IIT Madras

\- Anna University \- IIT Mumbai \- IIT Kanpur \- IIT Roorkee \- IIT Kharagpur \- IISc \- IIT Delhi \- IIT Guwahati \- IISER Kolkata \- IIIT Delhi

Environment  | 1  | \- Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya

General

| 31  | \- IIT Madras

\- IIT Kanpur

\- IIT Roorkee

\- IIT Kharagpur

\- IIT Mumbai

Geology  | 1  | \- Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya
Graphics  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Instrumentation-and-Control  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Mechanical  | 8  | \- IIT Madras
Metallurgy  | 1  | \- IIT Madras

Management

Entrepreneurship  | 2  | \- IIT Madras
Finance  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Human Resources  | 1  | \- IIT Madras

Marketing

| 3  | \- Jai Narain Vyas University

\- SP Pune University

\- IIT Madras

Operations Research  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Services  | 2  | \- IIT Madras

\- IIM Bangalore

Science

Biochemistry  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Biology  | 1  | \- Gujarat University

Chemistry

| 5  | \- IGNOU

\- IIT Roorkee

\- University of Delhi

\- IIT Madras

Genetics  | 1  | \- University of Kashmir
Physics  | 2  | \- IIT Madras

\- University of Hyderabad

Sericulture  | 1  | \- University of Mysore
Zoology  | 1  | \- Gujarat University

Mathematics

Basic  | 2  | \- IIT Madras

\- Shiv Nadar University

Calculus  | 2  | \- IIT Madras
Statistics  | 3  | \- University of Calicut

\- IIT Madras

Humanities  |  |

Humanities

Archeology  | 2  | \- Manipur University

\- IIT Delhi

Economics  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Ethics  | 2  | \- IIT Madras

\- Jadavpur University

Geography  | 2  | \- University of Mysore
History  | 2  | \- St Xaviers Autonomous College – Kolkata

\- Punjabi University

Population Studies  | 1  | \- Madurai Kamaraj University
Psychology  | 3  | \- The English & Foreign Languages University

\- IIT Madras

Sociology  | 1  | \- University of Calicut

Language

English  | 5  | \- IIT Madras
Literature  | 1  | \- The English & Foreign Languages University
German  | 2  | \- IIT Madras
Russian  | 2  | \- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Arts & Recreation

Audio-Visual Media  | 1  | \- Shiv Nadar University
Films  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Music  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Performing Arts  | 1  | \- IIT Madras
Photography  | 1  | \- Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
Script Writing  | 1  | \- St Xavier’s Autonomous College – Kolkata
Visual Art  | 1  | \- IIT Madras

General

Research  | 1  | \- University of Hyderabad
Film Studies  | 1  | \- Central University of Kerala

## Credit transfer

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All the courses offered by SWAYAM are recognized by the government of India. All the courses are valid in the country. UGC announced a “Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM” Regulations where credit transfer was defined. The UGC regulation requires Universities to make changes in their rules to incorporate provisions for credit mobility and MOOC courses under the SWAYAM platform. Certificates will be given upon completing the criteria of the course taken, and that certificate can be used for credit mobility for academic credits.[22] The current guideline of UGC constrains just 20% of the courses for a degree-level program.

## Local chapter

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NPTEL is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISC. NPTEL offers online courses and certifications in various fields[23] and has set up a system to provide certificate courses in different colleges across India termed as NPTEL- local chapters.[24] A local chapter will be under one faculty member of the college as one Single Point of Contact (SPOC).

Further under the SWAYAM-NPTEL webpage, two more departments are operated, i.e., timeline, list of active local chapters, local chapter ratings, etc. Other departments show news from local chapters, i.e., local chapter colleges/universities. Each Local Chapter has a separate Coordinator/SPOC.

## SWAYAM PRABHA

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SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) available through 40 (initially 32) DTH channels.[25] This initiative provides an educational program on television. As with the SWAYAM online portal, the content providers are NPTEL, IITs, UGC, NCERT etc.[26]

In 2023, the SWAYAM PRABHA started broadcasting educational counselling in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language) on behalf of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in Imphal. The live sessions for the lectures were archived on YouTube, thereby enriching and the resources for its learners in the language.[27]

## See also

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* National Digital University

Present time total channel in swayam prabha 40 .(Verify at website)

## References

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27. ^ "Channel-Based Counselling In Manipuri Launched At IGNOU Regional Centre, Imphal". 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-27.

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