National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)
The development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been beneficial to numerous industries. Additionally, it has caused a paradigm shift in the education field. It is clear that ICT has grown to be a valuable tool for teaching and learning. In the twenty-first century, several changes occurred in the teaching and learning process, and ICT is the foundation of this. Ingenious uses of technology in education are making a substantial contribution to efforts to improve the quality of higher education. With the aid of ICT, people can be empowered, educated, and enabled in a variety of ways. The MHRD has taken enough steps to support technology-enhanced learning. NPTEL, the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, is one of India's major initiatives in this field. It has given millions of students an e-learning platform over the past few years. This is a joint venture between IITs and IISc.
NPTEL, which stands for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, is an initiative by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The discussions between IITs, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the years between 1999 and 2003 have led to the creation of NPTEL as a project. Five IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Madras) and IISc put out a combined proposal to produce content for 100 courses as web-based supplements and 100 complete video courses, each lasting forty hours. It was anticipated that web supplements would cover content that could be produced in around forty hours. In the beginning, the five engineering fields (Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics and Communication, and Mechanical) and core science courses that are needed by all engineering students in India's undergraduate engineering curriculum were selected. The above courses' content was based on the syllabi of the country's top affiliated universities as well as the model curriculum recommended by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). NPTEL has been referred to as "a model for technology-enhanced learning" by the Indian Higher Education Report in 2015.
The course material will be helpful for effective teaching and, as a result, will raise the calibre of students. Additionally, regardless of one's geographic location, anyone can freely access the course materials (web and video). Professionals can use these courses to update their academic backgrounds. Through engagement from all parties involved under this platform, the contents should assist in developing criteria for focused learning and a common set of standards for professional education in India. According to the Sage Encyclopaedia of Online Education, "NPTEL has teamed with YouTube to upload more than 5,500 video courses in roughly 130 disciplinary areas.”
The courses developed by NPTEL have 4 quadrants –
i. video lecture
ii. specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed
iii. self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and
iv. an online discussion forum for clearing doubts.
Objectives
- To create curriculum-based video courses and online e-courses for teachers and students at institutions that offer UG.
- Establishing a professional skills academy to offer international standard IT training courses.
- To offer online web and video courses for e-learning in management, science, technology, and engineering.
Disciplines
There are approximately 921 courses (491 are web-based courses and 502 are video courses) in various disciplines currently being offered across Engineering, Science, Technology, Management and Humanities. NPTEL gives opportunities for students to opt for rare courses, which are unavailable in their colleges or universities. Some of the courses are Electronics and Communication Engineering, Engineering Design, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Humanities, Social Sciences, Ocean Engineering, etc.
Impact of NPTEL
- N P T E L contents are being used by various educational institutions as part of their teaching-learning process.
- Faculty members are using this content as part of their lesson plan to teach the university curriculum.
- Students are using NPTEL not only to prepare for technical jobs and competitive exams but also as a platform for constant learning and updating knowledge for the ever-changing environments and market realities.
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