SWAYAM

SWAYAM operates MOOCs learning resources in different ways and structure. Learning in SWAYAM has four parts/quadrants: e-Tutorial, e-Content, discussion forums, assessment.[7]

The first quadrant is direct teaching means not much of extra work by students, it could include teaching video, animation, PowerPoint presentation, Podcast and so on. All these depend on what the subject is and what the strategy adopted by the teacher to teach the students.[7][8]

The second quadrant is an e-content which could include e-books, illustrations, Case studies, Open source content, Reference link, further reading sources and so on.[9]

The third quadrant is about clearing student's queries. Discussion forum is a part of it means students can interact with other students and faculty to clarify their doubts. The discussion forum is like a doubt counter where any student or faculty can answer the question of a student.[7]

The fourth quadrant is self-assessment to check what a student have studied and whether he/she is eligible to get certificate. It could be tests in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), or quiz or s hort answer questions, long answer questions, etc. The fourth quadrant also has Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) and their answers to clarify common misconceptions among students.[7]

Nine national coordinators are appointed to manage the course content. Each coordinator is assigned a particular area for maintenance.[3]

1.  All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for self-paced and international courses.[10]
2.  National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for engineering sector courses.[11]
3.  University Grants Permission (UGC) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for non-technical post-graduate education.[12]
4.  Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for undergraduate education.[13]
5.  National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for school education.[14]
6.  National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for school education.[15]
7.  Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for out-of-school students.[16]
8.  Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for management studies.[17]
9.  National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) has been appointed National coordinator by MHRD for Teacher training program.[18]

All the courses offered by SWAYAM are recognized by the government of India. All the courses are valid in the country and also, UGC has announced a “Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM” Regulations, 2016 in the Gazette of India on July 19, 2016 where credit transfer for SWAYAM courses is defined. The UGC regulation requires Universities to make changes in their rules and regulation to incorporate provision for credit mobility and MOOC courses under the SWAYAM platform. The certificates of degrees and diploma will be given on clearing the criteria of course taken and that certificate will be a credit mobility for academic credits.[19] The current guideline of UGC constrains just 20 percent of the courses for a degree-level program.

NPTEL is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISC, NPTEL offers online courses and certification in various fields.[20] NPTEL has set up a system to provide certificate courses in different colleges all over India termed as NPTEL- local chapters. A local chapter will be under one faculty member of the college- one single contact and so called Single Point of Contact (SPOC).

Further under the SWAYAM-NPTEL webpage, two more departments are operated, i.e. NPTEL news and SWAYAM-NPTEL Local chapter news. NPTEL news highlights bulletins about SPOC timeline, list of active local chapters, local chapter’s ratings, etc. And other department shows news from local chapters i.e. local chapter colleges/universities.

SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) available 24x7 through 32 DTH channels.[21] This initiative provide an educational program on Television on multiple time zone. The content provider is NPTEL, IITs, UGC, NCERT, etc. same as of SWAYAM online portal.