A one day workshop on SWAYAM MOOCs, entitled ‘SWAYAM Online Courses: Adoption and its Implementation in Undergraduate Programme’ was organised by Synod College here on April 30, a delayed press release informed today.
This programme was attended by 131 participants, including faculty from the host institution as well as BBS College, JJM Nichols Roy College, Mawlai Presbyterian College, Nongstoin Synod College and Nabon Women’s Synod College.
Synod College Principal RM Lyngdoh stressed on the valuable resource SWAYAM is as a platform that allows students access to quality education by educators from around the country using the online platform. He welcomed S Khatua and Quendarisa Kharbuli, both university SWAYAM co-coordinators at NEHU, along with the faculty from the different colleges.
Khatua talked about the evolution of technology and the facilities that are now available for teachers and students in the present generation. Online education affords students and faculty the opportunity to search for and look for education and information in a way that was not possible just a few decades ago. This all speaks of the possibilities available and how SWAYAM becomes another source of learning to allow students access to quality education.
Kharbuli gave a presentation and highlighted the programmes that the central government has taken up to empower and enrich the educational aspects of the citizenry.
The Centre came up with Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) to augment the learning experience of the students/scholars and teachers as well. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, learning and management systems (LMS) have played a crucial role in building systems in place to assist in the learning process. SWAYAM is one such LMS software that is owned and run by the central government.