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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 9 July 2017 |
| Parent department | Ministry of Education |
| Website | https://swayam.gov.in/ |
SWAYAM is an Indian government portal for free open online course (MOOC) platform providing educational courses for university and college learners. [1]
The SWAYAM initiative was launched by the then Ministry of Human Resource Development (M.H.R.D.) (now Ministry of Education), Government of India under Digital India to give a coordinated stage and free entry to web courses, covering all advanced education, High School, and skill sector courses. It was launched on 9th July 2017 by Pranab Mukherjee, Honorable President of India. [2] [3] [4] SWAYAM has been developed cooperatively by MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development), and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) with the help of Microsoft. The current SWAYAM platform is equipped for facilitating 2,000 courses. The platform offers free access to everyone and hosts courses from class 9 to post-graduation. It enables professors and faculty of centrally funded institutes like IITs, IIMs, IISERs, etc. to teach students. [5] [6]
According to SWAYAM, there are 203 partnering institutes, 2,748 completed courses, 12,541,992 student enrollments, 915,538 exam registrations, and 654,664 successful certificates. [7]
SWAYAM (meaning 'Self' in Sanskrit) is an acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds".
SWAYAM operates MOOCs learning resources in different ways and structures. Learning is delivered in four ways; e-Tutorial, e-Content, discussion forums and, self-assessment. [8]
The first quadrant is direct teaching, which means that there is not much extra work by students. It could include teaching video, animation, PowerPoint presentations, Podcast, and so on. These will depend on the individual subject and the strategy adopted by the teacher. [8] [9]
The second quadrant is an e-content which could include e-books, illustrations, Case studies, Open source content, reference links, further reading sources, etc. [10]
The third quadrant is about clearing students' queries where students can interact with each other and faculty; any student or faculty can answer a student’s question. [8]
The fourth quadrant is self-assessment to check what a student has studied and whether they are eligible to get a certificate. This includes tests in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), quiz or short answer questions, long answer questions, etc. The fourth quadrant also has Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers to clarify common misconceptions among students. [8]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) considers that universities should play a key role in publicizing and popularizing SWAYAM courses among their learners and the university, enabling them to gain from MOOCs on a more extensive footing.
Nine national coordinators are appointed to manage the course content. Each coordinator is assigned a particular area for maintenance. [4]
| Subject | No. of courses | Offered by/under |
| SCHOOL | ||
| Accountancy | 3 | NCERT |
| Biology | 3 | NCERT |
| Business studies | 2 | NCERT |
| Chemistry | 3 | NCERT |
| Economics | 2 | NCERT |
| Food Nutrition for Healthy Living | 1 | NCERT |
| Geography | 4 | NCERT |
| Mathematics | 3 | NCERT |
| Physics | 4 | NCERT |
| Psychology | 3 | NCERT |
| Sociology | 2 | NCERT |
| Undergraduate courses | ||
| Engineering | ||
| Aerospace | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Bioengineering | 3 | - IIT Madras |
| Biotechnology | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Chemical | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Civil | 1 | - IIT Madras |
Computer Science | 18 | - Punjabi University - Panjab University - Anna University - Gujarat University - IIT Madras - IGNOU |
| Electrical | 4 | - IIT Madras |
Electronics | 115 | - IIT Madras - Anna University - IIT Mumbai - IIT Kanpur - IIT Roorkee - IIT Kharagpur - IISc - IIT Delhi - IIT Guwahati - IISER Kolkata - IIIT Delhi |
| Environment | 1 | - Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya |
General | 31 | - IIT Madras - IIT Kanpur - IIT Roorkee - IIT Kharagpur - IIT Mumbai |
| Geology | 1 | - Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya |
| Graphics | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Instrumentation-and-Control | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Mechanical | 8 | - IIT Madras |
| Metallurgy | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Management | ||
| Entrepreneurship | 2 | - IIT Madras |
| Finance | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Human Resources | 1 | - IIT Madras |
Marketing | 3 | - Jai Narain Vyas University - SP Pune University - IIT Madras |
| Operations Research | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Services | 2 | - IIT Madras - IIM Bangalore |
| Science | ||
| Biochemistry | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Biology | 1 | - Gujarat University |
Chemistry | 5 | - IGNOU - IIT Roorkee - University of Delhi - IIT Madras |
| Genetics | 1 | - University of Kashmir |
| Physics | 2 | - IIT Madras - University of Hyderabad |
| Sericulture | 1 | - University of Mysore |
| Zoology | 1 | - Gujarat University |
| Mathematics | ||
| Basic | 2 | - IIT Madras - Shiv Nadar University |
| Calculus | 2 | - IIT Madras |
| Statistics | 3 | - University of Calicut - IIT Madras |
| Humanities | ||
| Humanities | ||
| Archeology | 2 | - Manipur University - IIT Delhi |
| Economics | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Ethics | 2 | - IIT Madras - Jadavpur University |
| Geography | 2 | - University of Mysore |
| History | 2 | - St Xaviers Autonomous College – Kolkata - Punjabi University |
| Population Studies | 1 | - Madurai Kamaraj University |
| Psychology | 3 | - The English & Foreign Languages University - IIT Madras |
| Sociology | 1 | - University of Calicut |
| Language | ||
| English | 5 | - IIT Madras |
| Literature | 1 | - The English & Foreign Languages University |
| German | 2 | - IIT Madras |
| Russian | 2 | - Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
| Arts & Recreation | ||
| Audio-Visual Media | 1 | - Shiv Nadar University |
| Films | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Music | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Performing Arts | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| Photography | 1 | - Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya |
| Script Writing | 1 | - St Xavier’s Autonomous College – Kolkata |
| Visual Art | 1 | - IIT Madras |
| General | ||
| Research | 1 | - University of Hyderabad |
| Film Studies | 1 | - Central University of Kerala |
All the courses offered by SWAYAM are recognized by the government of India. All the courses are valid in the country. UGC announced a “Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM” Regulations where credit transfer was defined. The UGC regulation requires Universities to make changes in their rules to incorporate provisions for credit mobility and MOOC courses under the SWAYAM platform. Certificates will be given upon completing the criteria of the course taken, and that certificate can be used for credit mobility for academic credits. [20] The current guideline of UGC constrains just 20% of the courses for a degree-level program.
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Further under the SWAYAM-NPTEL webpage, two more departments are operated, i.e., timeline, list of active local chapters, local chapter ratings, etc. Other departments show news from local chapters, i.e., local chapter colleges/universities. Each Local Chapter has a separate Coordinator/SPOC.
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