Title :
NPTEL: A programme for free online and open engineering and science education
Author :
Krishnan, Mangala Sunder
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Nat. Web Courses Coordinator, Indian Inst. of Madras, Chennai, India
Abstract :
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning known as NPTEL is a joint programme executed by several Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science. It was launched in 2003 and has as its objectives the creation of curriculum material in higher education in all of science and engineering. It has created the largest freely accessible; curriculum based video archive in the world in technical education and proposes to create an effective open education forum. This paper traces the programme details and also presents a summary of activities to be carried out in the immediate future.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; engineering education; Indian Institute of Technology; NPTEL programme; curriculum-based video archive; free online education; open engineering education; science education; technical education; technology enhanced learning; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Educational programs; Educational technology; Electronic mail; Government; Humans; MPEG 4 Standard; Materials science and technology; Multimedia communication;
Conference_Titel :
Technology for Education, 2009. T4E '09. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Bangalore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5506-5
DOI :
10.1109/T4E.2009.5314112
