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MU Academic Council okays open online courses for PG students

Last Updated 17 September 2017, 19:06 IST
The Academic Council of Mangalore University has approved massive open online courses (MOOCs) for second-semester postgraduate students.

Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof K Byrappa said an orientation for first-semester students would be conducted in late October or early November to create awareness about the available MOOCs. About 350 courses are available online. The courses have already been uploaded on the UGC website.

This is a part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) Swayam (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) initiative that envisages offering online courses to students by the faculty of centrally funded institutions.

As per the Swayam website, the courses hosted on Swayam will be in four quadrants — video lectures, especially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed, self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and an online discussion forum for clearing the doubts.

MOOCs will be offered as soft core courses and optional elective courses in second and third semesters at the postgraduate level.

If a student opts for the courses under MOOCs, there will not be any regular teachers for these courses. Students can take the course material on the Swayam platform. They will have to take the online examination conducted by the respective university/institution which offers MOOCs identified by the UGC.

The number of credits that a student who opts for MOOCs will be the same as the credit that a soft core or open elective course carries under Mangalore University regulations. The credits earned by the students under MOOCs will be adopted by the Mangalore University while declaring the result and awarding the degree. If a student takes more courses under MOOCs than the number of courses prescribed for the PG programme, Mangalore University regulations provide for extra credits.

These extra credits will be considered as additional credits and will be shown in the marks card under the heading ‘additional Swayam/MOOCs’.

According to Prof Byrappa, when a student opts for MOOCs, s/he has to register as per the regulations pertaining to the UGC (Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through Swayam) Regulations, 2016.
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(Published 17 September 2017, 19:06 IST)

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