The nationwide lockdown forced due to Covid-19 Pandemic had initially thrown higher education in deep crisis but universities and other HEIs in India have been able to adopt online teaching/learning from home rather quickly. It is all the more gratifying that the young students have found Online Classes both interesting and greatly satisfying, says Prof PB Sharma, Prof PB Sharma, eminent academician and …
The union HRD ministry had launched a week long ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign for Crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education ecosystem of India on 10th April and will close on April 16. The campaign objective was to invite all the best brains in India to share suggestions/solutions directly with HRD Ministry to overcome constraints of online education while promoting …
Under the SOLVE startup, established by the students & alumni of IIT Delhi to “solve” the problems plaguing the Indian Education System, the recent launch of e-learning portal www.intellify.in, wouldn’t have happened in a better time as the world fights COVID-19 with mass closures of schools and other institutions. This online platform for teachers and students has been developed and …
In a strategic move, upGrad, online higher education company has partnered with WeWork, leading space-as-a-service platform, to expand its interactive programs nationally. Through this association, upGrad will leverage WeWork’s large members base to introduce industry-relevant programs and higher learning to the workplace, with an objective of enhancing member experiences and advancing their professional journeys. WeWork members across all locations in …
Coursera for Campus launch event in Delhi was attended by Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO (extrem left) along with a few university partners and Coursera India team members Coursera, the leading online learning platform, on Oct 3 announced Coursera for Campus — a new offering designed to help universities around the world respond to the unprecedented challenges posed by the Fourth Industrial …
India’s leading E–learning protagonist Prof MM Pant, who is also a disruptive education technology enthusiast, recently did a week-long course on MOOCs learning. The course taken by 145 educationists, educational professionals and scholars including from Sweden, UK, Bangladesh was perhaps first of its kind learning course using Whatsapp in India. The best outcome of this ‘disruptive’ and very useful course …
