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

fYear

2009

fDate

4-6 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology for Education, 2009. T4E '09. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5506-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/T4E.2009.5314112

Filename

5314112