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4th January 2017, 03:59 PM
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Re: IIT Kanpur Distance Learning Courses

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have gotten the consideration of pioneers in instruction, and in addition the media, business and the general population.

MOOCs offered by cutting edge inquire about colleges, for example, MIT (edX) and Stanford (Coursera) are all around exposed.

The Commonwealth of Learning, quick to investigate the importance of MOOCs in learning for advancement, joined forces with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) – an outstanding examination college that has spearheaded utilizations of portable innovations in provincial improvement. COL and IIT Kanpur propelled a six-week MOOC on Mobiles for Development (M4D) toward the beginning of October.

COL stresses the significance of isolating MOOC brands from the innovation stages; the last can be utilized by showing associations, as COL and IIT Kanpur have done, while the previous as a rule accompany limitations that ensure and distinguish the brand.

M4D was a completely online course that was free and open to any learner anyplace. It was offered in English and did not have any essentials. Members utilized the Internet to peruse content archives, see presentation slides and watch recordings.

This course pulled in 2,255 registrants from 115 nations. Of these, around 25 for every penny were ladies. Grenada, India, Mauritius, Nepal and South Africa were the main five wellsprings of members, with Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania coming next. Other Commonwealth nations – including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK – represented another 500.

Around 66% of the members were routinely going to the online classes, and concentrated distributed and companion guide talks online demonstrated a decent level of duty.

Members likewise created inventive thoughts for improved functionalities in versatile correspondence for adapting, for example, essential "missed call" warnings.

Learners were relied upon to contribute around four to five hours for each week over the six-week time frame. Those meeting and survey no less than 80 for each penny of all center material got cooperation testaments, mutually marked by IIT Kanpur and COL. The individuals who satisfied cooperation necessities and passed an online examination toward the end got capability endorsements.

IIT Kanpur dealt with the course and the online classes utilizing Sakai, an open-source application, and a few employees were welcomed speakers.

COL sourced the substance for mLearning and the utilization of mobiles in rustic credit and monetary consideration. IIT Kanpur shrouded mobiles in agribusiness. The majority of the learning materials have now been discharged online as open instructive assets (OER).

The course was driven by Professor T. V. Prabhakar of IIT Kanpur and a COL group that included Dr. V. Balaji, Dr. Abdurrahman Umar, Dr. K. Balasubramanian and Mr. Ricky Cheng.

Course Content

Introduction
Week 1: Mobiles for Development: The Context
Week 2: Mobile Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities
Week 3: Mobile Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities (continued)
Week 4: MLearning, Cloud Services
Week 5: Best Practices in Mobiles for Development
Week 6: Case Studies in Mobiles for Development
Week 7: M4D Conclusion


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