E-CONTENT DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED DURING 3rd DAY of MOOCs WORKSHOP AT PU

Chandigarh November 6, 2019

The third day of the ongoing MOOCs workshop was dedicated to the latest methodologies used in e-content development under E-PGP(Post Graduate Programme) and pedagogy and developing online courses with Google. Prof. Jatinder Grover, CALEM Coordinator, PU, and Dr. Vishal Sharma, SWAYAM Coordinator PU, introduced the theme and topics to be discussed on the day three of the seven days workshop for developing MOOCs. 

Prof. Vinod K. Garg from Central University of Punjab, Bathinda discussed intricacies of e-PG Pathshala. He informed that there are 22,000 plus modules available for the students for e-learning. He also shared that e-PG Pathshala is free, affordable and provides access of quality self learning study material developed by the subject experts. He also explained that in API the module development carry marks for the promotion of teaching faculty.  He demonstrated the working of Vidyamitra channel on YouTube and various aspects of SWAYAM website.   

            The other sessions were dedicated to Digital Pedagogy and developing online courses with Google and Eliademy respectively by Srinivasa K.G., Prof. (IMCO) from NITTTR, Chandigarh. He shared the importance of Digital pedagogy for developing effective MOOCs. The tools may vary as per pedagogy. He further explained about the other aspects of digital pedagogy viz flipped classroom, blended learning, online education resources, markspace, value based education etc. The MOOC is a very big platform and there are many players in the MOOC, and it is big business nowadays. He also explained the concept of nano-degrees and commercial benefits to educational institutes. He shared that MOOC creators are learning about the learning experience of the learners. The teachers should adopt technology and develop MOOCs for reaching large number of students. He explained the Moodle and Google Classroom for teaching learning process. Besides that the Assessment with the help of Learning Management System (LMS), use of social media, cloud based services, use of mobile phones, setting up of Rubrics for various pedagogies was also discussed in the last academic session.