Students across the globe will now be able
to access courses and classroom content
developed by IIT Bombay. The institute
Tuesday joined the massive open online
courses (MOOCs) platform started by
Harvard University and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT).
IIT Bombay entered into a collaboration
with edX, a not-for-profit company set up
by MIT and Harvard and offers online
courses.
"The open source platform will enable us to
reach out to many students across the globe.
The web-based technology and
infrastructure of edX allow lakhs to log in
to a course simultaneously. Some courses
could be live and some recorded. Initially,
courses could be directed towards training
teachers. Further, the platform helps
generate data on how students learn and
this will enable us to devise more effective
ways of teaching online," said IIT Bombay
director Devang Khakhar.
Other institutions that are part of this
global consortium currently include
University of California, The University of
Texas System, The University of Queensland,
Rice, Cornell University, TuDelft, University
of Toronto, Boston University, University of
Washington, The University of Hong Kong,
Peking University and Seoul National
University.
Besides providing online courses on the edX
platform, the consortium is a forum in
which members can share experiences
around online learning. Students can create
an edX account and then register for the
course of their choice.
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
currently have their own initiative, the
National Programme on Technology
Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), which was
started in 2008 and facilitates access to its
courses online, free of charge. Currently
300 modules in web or video format can be
accessed online by students and faculty from
600 colleges across the country. Another
1,000 are in the process of being developed
and added.
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