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Agenda Papers

13th Meeting

SWAYAM BOARD

08th April 2019

Ministry of HumanResource Development

Shastri BhawanNew Delhi - 110001

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AGENDA13th Meeting of the SWAYAM Board

S. No. Agenda Items Page No.1 Agenda Item No. 1

Confirmation of Minutes of 12th SWAYAM Board Meeting2 - 4

2 Agenda Item No. 2Action Taken Report

5 - 6

3 Agenda Item No. 3Status Report on SWAYAM Courses

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4 Agenda Item No. 4Review Report on Courses by NCs

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5 Agenda Item No. 5Annual SWAYAM Conference

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6 Agenda Item No. 6Training of SWAYAM Course Coordinators

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7 Agenda Item No. 7Annual Schedule of SWAYAM Courses

14 - 15

8 Agenda Item No. 8List of Courses for July 2019 Semester

16 - 19

9 Agenda Item No. 9edX Proposal for Collaboration with SWAYAM

20 - 24

10 Agenda Item No.10Presentation on Action Plan for SWAYAM Prabha Channel 29

11 Any other item with the permission of Chair

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Agenda Item No. 1

Confirmation of Minutes of the 12 th SWAYAM Board Meeting held on 11.03.2019

Minutes

The 12th Meeting of the SWAYAM Board was held under the Chairmanship of Shri R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary (HE), M/o HRD on 11.03.2019.

2. Confirmation of Minutes of the 11th SWAYAM Board Meeting: SWAYAM Board confirmed the minutes of 11th SWAYAM Board meeting.

3. The status of SWAYAM Courses that was placed before the Board is summarized below:

● Total Courses : 2,073● Students Registered on SWAYAM : 28,13,590● Students Registered on NPTEL : 21,44,038● Total Registrations : 49,57,628● Students Enrolled for courses on SWAYAM : 37,14,188 ● Students Enrolled for courses on NPTEL : 61,73,691● Total Enrollments : 98,87,879

4. Local Chapters: Secretary (HE), MHRD highlighted the need for preparation of an action plan for Local Chapters for the year 2019-20. Based on this every SWAYAM Local Chapter should plan their activities with specific objectives and goals to be achieved.

Sharing their experiences, NPTEL mentioned that the proposed course list before finalization are circulated to the Local Chapters for comments. Local Chapters are involved in enrolling of students, facilitating credit transfer, suggesting new courses, exam registration and helping students during the delivery of courses.

It was agreed that NPTEL would lead and pilot all the Local Chapters including of UGC and other NCs. NPTEL would devise a modal action plan for the Local Chapters and share it with UGC. A semi automated process to monitor and support the Local chapters to implement the action plan should be adopted by using Google forms / web portal. There would a SPOC from UGC for handling local chapters. UGC will share the contact details i.e. mobile number and email id of their Local Chapters to NPTEL.

5. Certificates for SWAYAM: The Board expressed concern in the unnecessary delay happening in issuing certificates for the successful candidates in the December, 2018/January, 2019 Exams. It was decided that the certificates would be issued by the NCs latest by 31st

March, 2019.

Secretary (HE), MHRD desired that from July 2019 semester onwards, the certificates should be generated electronically after due checks and verification process by CC and NC. The same should also be made available in National Academic Depository (NAD). Also it was desired that the exams for the forthcoming semesters should be done in synchronisation with dates of NPTEL Exam.

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6. NC Presentation: It was decided that all the NCs would make a presentation on the course health report of their courses in the future SWAYAM Board meetings.

NPTEL: NCs raised the issue of delay in sorting out platform related problems. It was decided that IIT Madras would share a SPOC from Persistent side to all NCs for raising all technical issues. In case of any issue not being sorted out, NCs are requested to contact Prof. Andrew Thangaraj directly.

It was agreed to use primarily SWAYAM for uploading videos for courses rather than going to YouTube. If in any case the YouTube video is used it should be through some verified channel of respective NC. NPTEL was also asked to share the best practices and process of uploading videos, tests, assignments to all NCs.

Secretary (HE), MHRD requested IIT Madras to capture the statistics of Afghanistan students getting enrolled in SWAYAM Courses.

IIT Madras was requested to share the Migration plan (from SWAYAM1 to SWAYAM 2) in next SWAYAM Board meeting.

CEC: CEC was requested to share the details of 65 repurposed courses to be offered in July 2019 i.e. type of additional work in repurposing, no. of modules added etc. Secretary (HE) requested CEC to review the low performing courses at their level and share the names of low performing courses to be scrapped from SWAYAM.

Also all NCs should monitor the response time of the CC in the discussions forums, which should be less than 24 hours.

NITTTR: NITTTR shared that all of the Course Coordinators are going live videos to solve queries. So this is also advised as a good practice to all NCs.

NCERT: NCERT informed that NCERT is aligning their courses to the school calendar. So, courses will be starting in April 2019. Secretary (HE), MHRD requested them to review courses and get feedback from active learners and also emphasized to offer courses to train teachers to equip them to teach subjects in a blended mode. This may be a point to start in Operation Digital Board.

IGNOU: IGNOU informed that their courses started on 1st March and are ending before 30th

April, 2019. IGNOU was requested to strictly adhere to the schedules and timelines, as decided in the meetings in future.

IIM Bangalore: On IIM Bangalore request, it was agreed that for courses offered by IIM Bangalore and other Institutions through IIM Bangalore, the copyright will be held jointly by MHRD and the respective Institution producing the course.

7. Extension of End Date for SWAYAM Courses offered during January, 2019 Semester: Board approved the extension of end date for SWAYAM Courses offered during January, 2019 Semester from 20th April, 2019 to 5th May, 2019.

8. Status of Translation of SWAYAM Courses: IIT Madras presented the status of translation. They were requested to give a demo of a translated course.

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9. List of Courses for July 2019 Semester: Board finalized the list of 544 courses that would be offered during the July 2019 Semester. UGC was requested to submit the finalized list immediately.

The Board once again emphasized the need of aligning the courses to the model curriculum. Also, it is decided that the NCs should try to offer courses in a packaged manner, which shall make a part of certain Degree / Diploma Programme. This can act as a good incentive for the learners to take up such courses. Each NC will make a presentation on this in the next Board meeting.

It was also decided to declare the exam dates and slots of courses for examination well in advance during starting of the course.

Following timelines were decided for July, 2019 Courses:

Start Date: Before 31st July, 2019

Enrollment End Date: One month after start date / 31st August, 2019

End Date: 30th October, 2019

Exam Date: 1st week of November, 2019

10. Procurement of SWAYAM Prabha Studio Equipment for INFLIBNET: INFLIBNET to be requested to make a presentation on the action plan for the proposed Channel 29 and the justification for studio, in the next SWAYAM Board meeting. The Agenda item to be deferred for the next meeting.

11. SOCIAL Media Campaign: M/s EdCIL (India) Ltd. was requested to indicate the budget for the year 2019-20 for Social Media Campaign. It was decided to go aggressively on course by course basis like courses of national interest, courses of famous faculty etc. M/s EdCIL (India) Ltd. is requested to take up the complete social media campaign in coordination with all National Coordinators of SWAYAM.

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Agenda Item No. 2

Action Taken Note on the Points decided in the 12 th SWAYAM Board Meeting held on 11 th March, 2019

S.No Items Action Taken Note1 Awareness Creation &Publicity.

A. Local Chapters activity

A modal action plan for the Local Chapters for the year 2019-20.

A semi automated process to monitor and support the Local chapters to implement the action plan should be adopted by using Google forms / web portal.

UGC will share the contact details i.e. mobile number and email id of their Local Chapters to NPTEL.

UGC has requested UGC local Chapters to monitor the progress of Registration, Assignments Submission, Exam Registration etc

NPTEL: Monitoring at various levels is already available- enrollment, exam registration, assignment scores, enabling payment. Access to hall tickets, marks and e-certificates and hard copies also.UGC: will develop an automated web page at the UGC dedicated MOOCs Portal to manage the entire data of the UGC local Chapters and communicate with all the Local Chapters associated for UGC MOOCs.

UGC has shared the details of the UGC Local Chapters with NPTEL. Total number of Local Chapters :- 1681SWAYAM Coordinators from Universities :-199SWAYAM Mentors from College :- 1482

B. Social Media Campaign Strategy for SWAYAMBudget for the year 2019-2020 for Social Media Campaign

M/s EdCIL (India) Ltd.:

C. Complete status reg. the number of Courses adopted for credit transfer:

The number of courses adopted for credit transfer, total number of students benefited from credit transfer, process of credit transfer in the in 92 Universities / Institutions. This may be seriously pursued by UGC.

UGC : Number of Universities approved credit transfer has

increased from 92 to 122 For January, 2019 Semester, 3854 students from 55 universities

have requested for credit transfer for UGC Courses. Other Universities have informed that :-1. The students have selected the MOOCs courses as elective since the University has for the first time accepted the MOOCs courses. 2. Due to the Examination Centre outside the premises of Universities the students are not enrolling in the courses for Credit transfer e.g. (CU Haryana, CU Kerala, HNBU etc)3. The examination fees is high for students coming from rural background.

2 Review Report of running courses by NCs and activity plan

It is decided that the NCs should try to offer courses in a packaged manner, which shall make a part of certain degree / diploma programme. Each NC will make a presentation on this.

All NCs (Agenda Item No. 4 )

NPTEL :Domains have been created in Computer Science. Gap analysis done in 4 disciplines and domains identified in these disciplines. Work going on in the other disciplines.CEC Digital Journalism and Visual Communication Integrated Accounting and Finance Management

UGC : The following Subjects and universities have been Identified

9 Law Courses from NLU Delhi 8 Mathematics Courses from Calcutta University 7 Sanskrit Courses from Shri LBSR, New Delhi 5 Visual Arts Courses from DEI Agra 6 Statistics Courses Calcutta University 7 Library and Information Science courses from Central

University of Himachal Pradesh The bunching of courses for diploma /certificate would place before SMEGs/ Academic Advisory Council

IGNOU will be offering around 31 courses in a packaged manner which shall make a part of following 5 programs at (degree / diploma/certificate):

S.No Programme No. Of Courses

1 MA-Hindi 192 Certificate in Tourism Studies 23 Certificate in Food Safety 34 Certificate in Spanish 2

5Post Graduate Diploma in E-Learning 5

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CEC: Details of 65 repurposed courses to be offered in July 2019 i.e. type of additional work in repurposing, no. of modules added etc. Review the low performing courses

NCERT has divided a subject at senior secondary level in four courses. Two courses each are being developed in each subject for class XI and XII. A package of two courses in one subject for class XI will be offered as a course in the subject for class XI and similarly for class XII. A package of four courses in two years will be offered as a complete course in a subject for senior secondary stage.CEC:

Course Category No of Courses

No of Total Modules

Additional Modules added

Fresh Courses 23 746 -

Re-purposed Courses 64 2360 203

Re-run Courses 11 462 -

3 Certificates for SWAYAMThe certificates would be issued by the NCs latest by 31stMarch, 2019.

UGC, CEC and IIM Bangalore have uploaded the certificates on SWAYAM

4 Translation of SWAYAM CoursesA demo of a translated course

IIT Madras: Presentation by Prof Andrew Thangaraj, IIT Madras

5 Courses on offer for January, 2019 Semester : NC Committed UploadedNPTEL 290 (144 New + 146 Rerun) 291

IIM Bangalore

9 ( 2 New + 7 Rerun ) 9

UGC 58 (7 New + 4 rep. + 47 rerun) 58

CEC 61 (53 Courses + 8 Rerun) 61

NITTTR 24(22 New + 2 Rerun) 10

IGNOU 16 (3 New + 13 Rerun) 9

NCERT 14 (3 New + 11 Rerun) 26

NIOS 11(11 New ) 42(15 uploaded in March)

Total 483 5066 Gap areas in the core engineering graduate

programme:IIT Madras to create a report indicating the major engineering disciplines covered by their SWAYAM courses and identify the gap areas in the core engineering graduate programmes.

IIT Madras: Ongoing

7 Guidelines for setting up of question papers :Board requested Prof. Prathap Haridoss and Prof. Andrew Thangaraj to share their experiences with all NCs regarding the same.

IIT Madras

8 NC Office Setup:

All NCs should have supporting manpower in place, on the lines of NPTEL, to effectively run and monitor the courses being offered in SWAYAM platform.

UGC: Due to Model Code of Conduct in place the advertisement has been temporarily withheld by DAVP. However the exiting staff of the UGC is being used to complete urgent work CEC: The process has already been initiated to engage 6 more Project Associates

9 SWAYAM 2.0 StatusStatus and Migration Plan (from SWAYAM1.0 to SWAYAM2.0)

IIT Madras: Prof. Andrew Thangaraj will update in meeting.

10 Application Service Provider Cloud Transition progress report of M/s CtrlS Cloud Consumption report (Azure) YouTube video on new features Share the best practices and process of uploading

videos, tests, assignments to all NCs. Board also requested IIT Madras to give the facility

of participation in discussion forum through SWAYAM mobile app.

To capture the Statistics of Afghanistan students getting enrolled in SWAYAM Courses.

IIT Madras: Prof. Andrew Thangaraj will update in meeting.

11 Courses for July, 2019 SemesterUGC was requested to submit the finalized list immediately.

Agenda Item No 8544 courses from NCs approved in 12th Board meeting.UGC submitted a list of 44 courses (37 Fresh + 7 ReRun)IIM Bangalore has added on 3 more courses resulting total 22 courses.

12 Training of SWAYAM Course Coordinators Agenda Item No.613 Procurement of SWAYAM Prabha Studio

Equipment for INFLIBNET:Presentation on Action Plan for SWAYAM Prabha Channel 29 by INFLIBNET Centre

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Agenda Item No. 3

Status Report on SWAYAM Courses

To be presented by Prof. Andrew Thangaraj, IIT Madras

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Agenda Item No. 4

Review Report on Courses by NCs

Presentation to be made by individual NCs to include the following points:

No. of courses offered in January 2019 Semester Course wise Details: Enrollments, Course Start - End Date, No. of Videos, No. of

Assignments, No. of Tests , Effectiveness of Discussion Forum Comments on Courses where Enrollment is below 500. Factors on which delivery of the courses are monitored. The NCs should try to offer courses in a packaged manner, which shall make a part of

certain degree / diploma programme. Any other views / comments / suggestions

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Agenda Item No. 5

Annual SWAYAM Conference

Purport

The objective of this Note is to seek the in-principle approval of the Board for organizing an Annual SWAYAM Conference on specific day(s), every year.

Background

On multiple occasions, the National Coordinators were feeling that we should have an Annual SWAYAM conference on specific day(s) every year. The conference would be attened by the National/Course coordinators, selected students and faculty members. Well recognized personalities in Online Education both from India and Abroad could be invited as Guest speakers. The Conference will be act as a platform for exchanging thoughts, best practices and success stories of SWAYAM and help to create a wave among both the faculty and students. The details could be worked out and placed before the Board for approval

Approval Sought:

The Board is requested to kindly consider and approve in principle the proposal for organizing an Annual SWAYAM Conference.

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Agenda Item No. 6

Training of SWAYAM Course Coordinators

Purport

The objective of this Note is to seek approval of the Board for the report of the Sub-Committee on SWAYAM CC Capacity building and to organize the pilot training programme at NITTTR Chennai.

Background

The need for Capacity Building was discussed in detail 11th SWAYAM Board Meeting. Board constituted a Committee under Chairmanship of Vice Chairman, UGC for planning and implementation of the training programme for SWAYAM Course Coordinators. The report approved by the committee is at Annexure I

Action Plan

The pilot capacity building exercise would have three parts: Go through the MOOC on MOOC course and also enroll in any one SWAYAM

course 3 days hands on training programme at NITTR Chennai Handholding for 90 days through mail and WhatsApp

The contents and the schedule for the training would be standardized based on the experience of the pilot programme

Detailed course material including guidelines for various activities would be prepared, which would be the Reference material for production of MOOCs

Financial Implications

The expenses that need to be covered would include:1. Boarding and Lodging of Trainees and resource persons (about 35) for 4 nights. The per

day charges at NITTTR is Rs.1500 per person per day2. Travel (by air) for trainees and resource persons at actuals3. Honararium for Resource persons @ Rs.5000 per day and support persons @ 1000 per

day (camera man, editor etc)4. Preparation and distribution of course material at actuals

Approval Sought

Approval of the Board is sought to conduct the pilot training programme for the SWAYAM CCs at NITTTR Chennai and to incur expenditure as per the norms discussed above. Also an amount of Rs.5 Lakhs to be released to NITTTR Chennai, as advance for organising the training programme. The list of trainees would be finalized by the Training Committee.

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Annexure I

Report of the Sub-Committee on SWAYAM Course Coordinator Capacity Building

Dated: 26thMarch, 20191. BACKGROUND

The SWAYAM Capacity Building Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan, Vice Chairman, UGC in its meeting held on 12th March 2019 had nominated the following sub-committee to work out the details of the training programme for SWAYAM Course Coordinators (CCs):

● Prof. K. Srinivas, NIEPA● Prof. Prabhakar Rao, University of Hyderabad● Dr. Sameer Sahasrabudhe, IIT Bombay● Dr. Janardhan, NITTTR● Dr. Jayakrishnan, NPTEL, IIT Madras● Shri Girish, IIM Bangalore● Shri Parameswaran N., Advisor, MHRD (Convenor)

2. OBJECTIVE

The objective of the training programme would be to train the SWAYAM CCs so that they can Design, Develop and Deliver good SWAYAM courses. Also it would train the CCs to effectively Engage and Transact with the learners and motivate them. The courses that are offered through SWAYAM should be of excellent quality in all aspects

3. DELIBERATIONS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE

The Sub-committee had its first detailed discussions on 12 th March, 2019 at UGC. This was followed by a number of discussions through Google Hangout.

4. BROAD OUTLINE OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING EXERCISE● The capacity building exercise would have three parts

○ The trainees would have to fulfil or complete certain prerequisites before coming for the training programme

○ The training would be residential and would be for 3 days○ The training would be followed by hand holding for the next 90 days

through WhatsApp group or mail● The trainees for the first training programme, which would be pilot one, should be

selected carefully from the CCs who have going to offer courses in the July 2019 semester

● The training would be fully hands on● The ideal size of the class should be 25 so that 5 groups can be formed for

hands on (Max 30)● The trainees should be so chosen that each of the 5 groups would be

homogeneous● One resource person would be attached with each group for the hands-on

sessions during the training programme

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5. PREREQUISITES FOR THE TRAINEES

The trainees before coming for the programme should have:● Done one SWAYAM course in their area of interest● Gone through the MOOC on MOOCs by IITBx or IIMBx

6. CONTENTS AND SCHEDULE

● Sessions are planned for 90 minutes, however since the program is going to be residential, the timing may be extended as required (especially the hands on practice sessions).

● Participants groups would be created based on their subject domains, to facilitate peer interaction, creation, and review.

● Contents created for the sessions will be briefed to ALL the committee members, so that all the members are conversant with the overall content; and can conduct sessions for each other.

Detailed schedule for the 3 day training program is provided on the next page.

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Day 1

Role of Technology inEducation Changes in Teachers and Learners; Technology tools for outreach; Creation and Curation of content; Success stories of SWAYAM

LCM ModelElements of LCM - LeD, LbD, LxT, LxI - mapped to four quadrants; Orchestration; Using analytics

Designing SWAYAM MOOCs (Course Level)Decide sub-topics for 2 weeks; Expected learning time; Mediums to deliver

Designing SWAYAMMOOCs (Topic Level)Explain options available for preparation of each quadrant; Activity: Choose the appropriate type for your content

Day 2

Copyright & Licensing Use of OER; IPR policies for using content in your courses; Guidelines for selecting OER; Hands on session.

Instructional Design of LeD and LbDGo beyond monolog video; Add reflection spot; Design an activity following the video to provide micropractice; Provide constructive feedback.

LeD Creation (Hands-on) with ChecklistLeD constructor; Evaluation checklist; Group activity

LbD Creation (Handson) with ChecklistLbD constructor; Evaluation checklist; Group activity

Day 3

AssessmentNeed for aligning assessment to the objectives and content created; Types of assessments; Deciding the grading policy and weightages

Hands On Orchestration using SWAYAM Knowing the power and limitations of SWAYAM platform; Creating sample course on the platform; having examples from all quadrants

Presentations by participants of their content, using SWAYAM platformGroup presentations about the course content created and uploaded on SWAYAM platform; Peer review and expert feedback to be provided.

7. VENUE

● Being a residential programme, the venue should have facilities for accommodating about 40 people including the resource persons

● The institute should have class room with about 30 computer systems● The institute should have access to recording facilities for 5 groups

8. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Expenses of the 3 days training program to be covered from the project:● Lodging and boarding (Trainees and Resource persons)● Travel: Air tickets and local transport (Resource persons)● Honorarium (Resource persons)● Preparation and distribution of course materials (handouts, slides etc.)● Studios, classrooms, and lab rentals (if any)

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9. PILOT TRAINING PROGRAMME

The pilot training programme or the first training programme to be organised for the CCs who are going to offer SWAYAM course in the July 2019 Semester. All the sub-committee members who would also be the resource persons would be present for the pilot programme so that based on the experience gained, the training contents and schedule could be standardized.

As mentioned in the training module, the participants need to complete the LCM course on IITBx or IIM Bangalore. The course on IITBx is of 4 weeks duration, therefore we plan to make it available for the participants to undergo it in the month of April. The pilot training program will be conducted in May 2019.

10. SELECTION OF TRAINEES FOR PILOT PROGRAMME

It is very important that the participants for the training are selected correctly to ensure that the training would achieve its objective effectively. So the participants would be selected by the sub-committee. The committee has multiple sources to select the participants.

● Submitted proposals to SWAYAM● Top performers in IITBx LCM course● Applications received by IIMB● Any other specific proposals from the NCs

The committee would review all the applications/proposals, and decide on the top 30 participants, who would be invited for the pilot training program.

11. VENUE FOR THE PILOT TRAINING PROGRAMME

It is recommended that NITTTR Chennai be the venue for the pilot training programme.

NITTTR Chennai has the necessary infrastructure such as classroom with adequate computer systems and internet connectivity, boarding and lodging facilities for the trainees etc. In addition, the campus is very near to IIT Madras where the resource persons from SWAYAM 2.0 and NPTEL are available. NITTTR has studios and recording facilities and this could also be augmented from IIT Madras.

(Parameswaran N.)Advisor, MHRD

Convenor On Behalf of the Sub-Committee

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Agenda Item No. 7

Annual Schedule of SWAYAM Courses

Purport

The objective of this Note is to seek approval of the Board to finalize the Annual Schedule of SWAYAM Courses.

Background

SWAYAM courses are accepted and eligible for credit transfer. Many times, the SWAYAM schedule, especially the examination dates clashed with the calendar of other Universities/ Institutions. It is proposed that SWAYAM has an Annual schedule which can be circulated to all Universities/Institutions so that they can keep in view while planning their schedules. A draft schedule was circulated to all NCs. The comments received has been considered in the final proposed schedule.

Proposed Schedule

The Annual Schedule of SWAYAM Courses is attached at Annexure II

Approval Sought

Approval of the Board is sought for the Annual Schedule of SWAYAM Courses.

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Annexure II

Schedule for the July & January Semester Courses on SWAYAM

July Semester

Activity Name Schedule

Submission of Course list by NCs(Duly approved by Academic Council) (including slotting into four slots)

5thMarch

Approval of Course list by SWAYAM Board 15thMarch

Loading of Introductory Video with Syllabus,Enrollment Start Date

1st - 30th of April

Uploading Course materials (in Content library, CC may schedule content later) 1st May- 30th May

Course Start Date 1st- 31st July

Enrollment End date 31st August

Course End Date 31st October

Exam Registration 1st- 15th October

Hall Ticket Generation 1st- 5th November

Exam Date 2nd Saturday & Sunday of November

Exam Result 15th December

Issue of Certificate 31st December

January Semester

Activity Name Schedule

Submission of course list by NCs(Duly approved by Academic Council)(including slotting into four slots)

5thSeptember

Approval of Course list by SWAYAM Board 15thSeptember

Loading of Introductory Video with Syllabus,Enrollment Start Date

1st- 30thof October

Uploading Course materials (in Content library, CC may schedule content later) 1st November - 30th November

Course Start Date 1st - 31stJanuary

Enrollment End date 28thFebruary

Course End Date 30thApril

Exam Registration 1st - 15thApril

Hall Ticket Generation 1st- 5thMay

Exam Date 2ndSaturday & Sunday of May

Exam Result 15thJune

Issue of Certificate 30thJune

Note: If the particular date happens to be a holiday or Sunday, the next working day would be the date.

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Agenda Item No. 8

List of Courses for July 2019 Semester

Purport

The objective of this Note is to finalize the list of courses to be offered in the July 2019 Semester submitted by UGC.

Background

In the 12th Meeting, Board finalized the list of 544 Courses that would be offered during the July 2019 Semester. UGC was requested to submit the finalized list immediately.

MHRD has received the list of courses from UGC and IIM B which is attached at Annexure III

UGC has submitted the list of 44 Courses (37 New + 7 Re Run) IIM Bangalore add on 3 more new courses resulting total 22 courses ( 8 New + 14 Re

Run)

Thus a total list of 591 Courses has been received from all NCs for July, 2019 Semester.

Approval Sought

The Board is requested to kindly approve the list of courses submitted by UGC and IIM Bangalore that would be offered during the July, 2019 Semester.

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Annexure III

List of UGC Non-Technology PG MOOCs Course for SWAYAM Platform from (July-Nov., 2019)

S.No. Course Name Discipline & Subject Name University College Institute

Credits Type

1 Academic Writing Science (Interdisciplinary)

Dr. Ajay Semalty H.N.B. Garhwal University

4 credit Fresh MOOCs Course

2 Analytical Techniques Science, Biochemistry Prof. Rajeswari Raja Moganty

All India Institute of Medical Sciences,


3 Animations Science, Computer Science

Dr. Abhishek Kumar Banaras Hindu University

3 credit Fresh MOOCs Course (re-run)

4 Applied Multivariate Analysis

Science, Statistics Dr. Sugata Sen Roy University of Calcutta


5 Biomass Characterization Science, Environmental Science

Dr. Arun Kumar K Central University of Kerala


6 Biostatistics and Mathematical Biology

Science, Statistics Dr Felix Bast Central University of Punjab


7 BrihajjaTakam (बृहज्जातकम) Falit Jyotish

Humanities and Social Science, Sanskrit(FALIT JYOTISH )

Dr. Shatrughna Tripathi

Banaras Hindu University


8 Communication Research Humanities and Social Science, Communication Studies (Mass Communication)

Prof. Narasimhamurthy N

Bangalore University


9 Corporate Tax Planning Humanities and Social Science, Commerce

Dr. Anirban Ghosh Netaji Subhas Open University


10 Cyber Security Humanities and Social Science Law

Prof. Padmavathi G Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women


11 Digital Marketing Humanities and Social Science Management

Dr. Tejinderpal Singh Panjab University 4 credit Fresh MOOCs Course

12 Direct Tax- Laws and Practice

Humanities and Social Science, Commerce

Prof. Subhrangshu Sekhar Sarkar

Tezpur University 4 credit Fresh MOOCs Course

13 Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)

Science, Home Science

Dr. Arockia Maraichelvi.K

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women


14 e-Assessment Humanities and Social Science, Education

Dr. Karthik Deepa Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women


15 Environmental Sociology Humanities and Social Science, Sociology

Dr. Satyapriya Rout University of Hyderabad


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16 Film Studies Humanities and Social Science, English

Dr. Vellikkeel Raghavan

Central University of Kerala


17 Foundation Course of Prachin Nyay

Humanities and Social Science, Sanskrit (न्यायशास्त्र)

Dr. Mahanand Jha Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth


18 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

Science, Food and Nutrition

Dr. Rekha Sharma Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University


19 Goods and Service Tax Humanities and Social Science, Commerce

Dr. Ashoka M. L University of Mysore,


20 Hindi Bhasha ka Udbhav aur Vikas (Origin and Development of Hindi Language)

Humanities and Social Science, Hindi

Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena

Jawaharlal Nehru University

4 Credit Fresh MOOCs Course

21 Hindi Gadya Sahitya : Katha Sahitya,

Humanities and Social Science Hindi

Prof. Deo Shankar Navin

Jawaharlal Nehru University


22 Indian Vastushastra Humanities and Social Science, Sanskrit (वास्तुशास्त्र)

Dr. Praveshv Yas Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth


23 Instructional Design Humanities and Social Science Education

Dr. Sajna Jaleel Mahatma Gandhi University


24 Introduction to Computer Networks and Internet Protocols

ScienceComputer Science

Prof. Bhushan Trivedi Gujarat University 4 credit Fresh MOOCs Course

25 Introductory Sanskrit: Grammar

Humanities and Social Science, Sanskrit (संस्कृतव्याकरण)

Prof. Jaikant Singh Sharma,

Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth


26 Law and Justice in a Globalising World

Humanities and Social Science, LAW

Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao

National Law University Odisha,


27 Mathematical Economics Humanities and Social Science, Economics

Ms. Sikha Ahmad Doon University 4 credit Fresh MOOCs Course

28 Media Content Production on Multiple Platforms

Humanities and Social Science, Communication Studies (Mass Communication)

Dr. Krishna Sankar Kusuma

Jamia Millia Islamia 4credit Fresh MOOCs Course

29 Metamorphic Petrology & Thermodynamics

Humanities and Social Science, Geology

Prof. Harel Thomas Dr. Hari Singh Gour University


30 NyayasiddhantaMuktavalyah Shabdakhandah (न्यायसिसद्धान्तमुक्तावल्याःशब्दखण्डःः)

Humanities and Social Science, Sanskrit (न्यायदश न)

Dr Shailesh Tiwari Uttarakhand Sanskrit University


31 Organic Chemistry-I Science, Chemistry Dr. B. S. Balaji Jawaharlal Nehru University


32 Public Policy Humanities and Social Science, Political Science

Prof. I Ramabrahmam University of Hyderabad


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33 Research Ethics Science Interdisciplinary Research Methodology

Shri. Manoj Kumar K Central University of Himachal Pradesh


34 Sahitya ka Itihas Darshan Humanities and Social Science, Hindi

Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mishra

Assam University 4 credit Fresh MOOCs Course

35 Shakespeare Across Cultures

Humanities and Social Science, English

Dr. Joseph Koyippally Joseph

Central University of Kerala


36 Social Research Ethics Humanities and Social Science, Social Work Education

Prof. Lakshmi Lingam Tata Institute of Social Sciences


37 Society and Media Humanities and Social Science, Communication Studies (Mass communication)

Dr. Durgesh Tripathi GGS Indraprastha University


38 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Science, Environmental Science

Prof. V. K. Garg Central University of Punjab


39 State and Local Governance: Machinery & Processes

Humanities and Social Science Public Administration

Prof. Ajmer Singh Malik

Kurukshetra University


40 Supply Chain Management Humanities and Social Science Management

Prof. P. Chitramani Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women


41 Topology Science, Mathematics Dr. Mandar Bhanushe University of Mumbai


42 Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development

Science, M.Planning/ Architecture

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjukkta Bhaduri

School of Planning and Architecture


43 Veda & Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

Humanities and Social Science, Sanskrit (Veds)

Dr. Satheesha K S Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth


44 Web Content Management Science, Library and Information Science

Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)


IIM BangaloreList (Add on) of Courses for July, 2019 Semester

S.No. Name of course Credit/Non

credit

Course Coordinator

Start date of the Course(tentative)

End date of the Course

Type of course

Institute/ University

1 Consumer Buyer Behaviour Credit Ashish V Hathi 15th July 2019 30thNovember

2019New Welingkar

2 Continuous Quality Improvement: Tools and Techniques

Credit Harish Nadkarni

15th July 2019 30thNovember 2019

New QCI

3Marketing and Innovation Credit Smitha Girija

15th July 2019 30thNovember 2019

New IILM

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Agenda Item No. 9

edX Proposal for Collaboration with SWAYAM

Purport

The objective of this Note is to review the proposal received from edX for collaboration with SWAYAM.

Background

A formal proposal was received from the edX for collaboration with SWAYAM, which specify that edX courses will be available for discovery on the SWAYAM (2.0) Platform. The proposal gives an outline to provide remote support and access to necessary APIs to enable edX Course Discovery on SWAYAM 2.0 Platform with Single Sign On for seamless redirection & integration. The proposal from edX is attached as Annexure IV

Decision Sought:

The Board is requested to kindly consider for appropriate action, the proposal received from edX for collaboration with SWAYAM.

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Annexure IV

PROPOSAL FOR

COLLABORATION

February 2019

Delivered by: Amit Goyal

Head India & S.E. Asia Business, edX

[email protected]

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Table of Contents

ABOUT EDX 3

WHAT IS EDX? 3

THE EDX DIFFERENCE 3

EDX- SWAYAM 2.0 COLLABORATION RECOMMENDATION 4

EDX SUPPORT RESOURCES 5

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About edX

What is edX?

Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX is the world’s leading nonprofit online learning destination. Since 2012, edX has grown to include more than 130 highly acclaimed international institutions offering over 2500 high-quality courses to millions of learners all over the world.

EdX Courses are available on-demand for anyone in the world to access at any time. The courses are developed around the most established and researched learning science practices including active learning pedagogy to ensure optimal learning outcomes for individuals. Our courses cover topics across 35 subject areas and are structured as either self-paced orinstructor-paced.

Courses cater to individuals of all backgrounds and knowledge levels. Learners most commonly engage in courses to help advance their professional development or supplement their schooling.

The edX Difference

Self-Paced Courses: Courses that are run continuously overan extended period of time without a formal start or end date. Self-paced courses typically have a “launch” start date, but then run in perpetuity until the course needs to be updated. Learners have the choice to set deadlines based on the date they enroll.

Instructor-Paced Courses: Courses that have a formal startand end date. Typically, learners must start the course within 2 weeks of the start date or else they will not have sufficient time to complete. Instructor-paced courses most often run 2-3 times a year to ensure the course is available for most of the year. Courses typically run 4-12 weeks in length depending on course structure and topic.

EdX prides itself on staying true to course quality and learner outcomes. We do this by focusing on providing learners a faster, more affordable, more accessible and more modern way to reach learning outcomes they need to be successful in our fast-changing society.

Our flagship product, MicroMasters Programs, is credit-backed and provides a more flexible, modern approach to learning but also maintain a level of quality that meetthe highest of standards.

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MicroMasters programs are a series of graduate level courses from top universities designed to advance your career. They provide deep learning in a specific career field and are recognized by employers for their real job relevance. Students may apply to the university offering credit for the MicroMasters certificate and, if accepted, can pursue an accelerated and less expensive Master’s Degree.

Additionally, our Professional Certificate programs maintain the same sense of quality but are designed to be shorter and offer a more skill-oriented approach to professional development. Our learners often find a mix between MicroMasters Programs and Professional Certificate to fit the majority of their continued professional development needs.

EdX- SWAYAM 2.0 Collaboration RecommendationOver a series of meetings between MHRD and edX leadership teams, there is a consensus to make edX courses available for discovery on the SWAYAM (2.0) Platform. The integration details shall be as follows:

1) Technical Overview - edX courses shall be made available for discovery on SWAYAM 2.0 platform through the following API Integration.

a) Course Discovery API - edX offers thousands of courses covering a wide variety of subjects, from Business Management to Communication Skills to Soft Skills to Artificial Intelligence. edX will provide access to an enterprise API to retrieve the course information (metadata) from edX and display it on SWAYAM2.0 platform.

b) Integrating Single Sign-or –SSO enables a seamless transition from SWAYAM2.0 Portal to edX learning dashboard. Learners who are signed-in to their SWAYAM2.0 portal can register and enrol in edX courses without needing to sign in again on edX.org. edX supports SAML 2.0 technology for implementing SSO.

c) Seamless access to edX courses through SWAYAM2.0 Platform - Through the use of above APIs, a learner can discover all the edX courses on SWAYAM2.0 and choose to enroll for the edX course on Audit or Certificate Track, as per edX terms of use.

2) Integration Fee Waiver - edX shall provide free access to APIs, Integration Guide and remote support from edX engineering teams that is required to enable the integration between edX and SWAYAM 2.0 Platform.

EdX Remote Support ResourcesEdX is very dedicated to the success this partnership and willing to provide support in a variety of capacities to ensure the partnership is beneficial for all parties. Below is a list of resources we provide:

Account Manager -Access to Account Manager for all kind of support required from edX

Integration Tech Lead -Support from Integration Tech lead to ensure seamless access to edX Courses through Enterprise Integration

Learner Support - edX course learners can directly seek online support by raising a ticket through their course dashboard.

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Thank You

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