
Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services (IJISS)
An Analysis of Online Courses: With Special Reference to SWAYAM
Author : B. Vinodh Kumar, A. Dhanapal and K. TharmarVolume 9 No.1 Special Issue:February 2019 pp 19-22
Abstract
This paper examines the online courses of SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active – Learning for Young Aspiring Minds programme) project which is developed by MHRD, Government of India to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The data were collected from SWAYAM website (https://swayam.gov.in) for this study during Sep-2018 and further analyzed by top ten major subjects, learning path, top five Institutions and top five faculty members. It is found that total 1556 online courses has contributed by 15 major subjects and further it is found that in major subject category of Engineering has contributed 935 online courses and Architecture & Planning has contributed 2 online courses.
Keywords
SWAYAM, MHRD, Architecture and Planning
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