PAGECONTENTS1. From the Director's Desk2. National Convention/Workshop/Seminar8th PLANNER 201 2. Sikkim University. <strong>Mar</strong>ch 1-3.<strong>2012</strong>National Workshop on Creation and Management of Digital Co[ection. IN FUBN ET <strong>Centre</strong>. February13-17.<strong>2012</strong>National Seminar on "Managing ElectronicTheses and Dissertations".JNU. <strong>Mar</strong>ch 22-23. <strong>2012</strong>10. E-PG Pathshala: INFUBNET <strong>Centre</strong> to Coordinate the Activity of Content Creation in 77 Subjects at PGLevel11 . Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG) Signs MoU with IN FLIBN ET <strong>Centre</strong>12. Bulk Order for SOUL Software from Commissioner of Higher Education. Govt. of Gujarat for 9Government Co[eges in Gujarat12. IRTPLA Training ProgrammeManonmaniam Sundaranar University. <strong>Mar</strong>ch 26-30. <strong>2012</strong>13. Training Programmes on SOUL 2.0 atthe IN FLIBN ET <strong>Centre</strong>1 OOth SOUL Training Programme. <strong>Jan</strong>uary 30- February 3.<strong>2012</strong>101 stSOUL Training Programme. <strong>Mar</strong>ch 12-16. 201 215. User Awareness ProgrammesNorth Maharashtra University.Jalgaon.<strong>Jan</strong>uary 19. <strong>2012</strong>Mahatma Gandhi University. Kottayam.<strong>Jan</strong>uary 20. <strong>2012</strong>Sree Narayana Guru Co[ege (SNGC). Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu.<strong>Jan</strong>uary 21.<strong>2012</strong>St. Joseph College of Education forWomen.<strong>Jan</strong>uary 28.<strong>2012</strong>Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya. Sonipat. Haryana.<strong>Jan</strong>uary 31 . 201 2Nagarjuna Government Co[ege. Nalgonda. Andhra Pradesh. February 3. <strong>2012</strong>1 8. Universities who Signed MoU with IN FLIBN ET <strong>Centre</strong> for Shodhganga1 8. RepubUc Day Celebration19. Feature Article22. Onsite / In-house Training Programme on SOUL 2.023. Visitors24. Staff News25. <strong>INFLIBNET</strong> in Regional News
From the Director's DeskA wide variety of c.rric.lahasedcontent targeted to the.ndergrad.at e andpostgrad.ate st.dents incolleges and .niversities arenow availahle thro.gh an.mher of independentplatforms, s.ch as Sakshat(ktp:f I www.saktlDt .a.~. NPfD.(http://nptel.iitm.ac.in), 1-- ~anko5h (http://egyanlroiih.ac.in),ac (httpfl :www•• gc-cec.ac.in). etc. Seveml of these initiativesare r.oded hy the National Mission on m.cation thl'O.gh ICf,Ministry of HlIJIlan ReilO.rce Development (HURD).However. most of the content that are availahle on the platfonnsmentioned above are "static" in nat.re and text-heavy, devoidof interactivity, hells and whistles that can he h.ilt into digitalcontent .sing tools and teclmiq.es of new ICfs. s..ch textheavycontent or video recordings of lect.res do not qulif'y tohe a good candidate for e- content. Fd.cational materials inthese formats do not offer interactivity and thu do not en:-.rest.dent participation. As -.ch, they fail the most critical test oflearning content effectively. lhmhination of text, graphics.animation, video and interactive q.izzes is a hetter approach.The hest fonn of learning is where the st.dent is kept engagedthro.gh the proceilS of imparting ed.cation. In the traditionalclassroom sitution, there are a nllJllher of ways to asseilSwhether or not st.dents are actully assimilating instr.ction,e.g. the teacher may pose q.estions or cond.ct formalasse_entsto g_ge the level of OIderstanding of each st.dent.Likewise, for an online learning session to he effective, theco.rseware m.st inel.de interactive feat.res that facilitate"immersive learning". This might he in fonn of "interactiveelements" that st.dents can engage with as they progreilSthro.gh the conceptul learning materials. or it may he a f.lIfledgedsim.lation that tests hoth OIderstanding and skills withinthe context. Moreover, all content m.st he f.11y so)RM-2004(Shamhle lhntent Object Reference Model) compliant to allowinteroperahility and consistency. Learning content :dlO.ld hemod.lar to enco.rage mix-and-matching of existing contentand sho.ld he designed .sing the latest standardisedtechnologies. :-.ch as HTML 5, ~ etc.The most effective digital learning content is one where theknowledge of the 'tIomain expert" is married to the m.himediaskills of weh designers and inill r.ctional designers iIO as to en:-.rethat high- q.ality uuiulllJll and demand- hased interact ivecontent incorporat ing graphics, animation, sim.lat ions,assignments. q.estion hank, q.izzes. etc., are created hy thecompetent :-.hject experts with aid of weh and graphic designers.As :-.ch, to f.11y levemge the henefit soffered hy new ICf, contentcreation teams m.st compriille of domain experts. weh deilignersand instr.ctional designers. Working collectively, :-.ch teamswill he ahle to conceptllalise innovative approaches to developingcontent that wo.ld f.11y engage .sers with interactive digitalcontent.The INFLIBNEf (Htre has recently heen assigned the tailk ofcoordinating the activity of content creation at poillgrad.atelevel in 77 -.hjects. While services of :-.hject coordinators. papercoordinators and content writers in heing engaged as domainexperts to write textul cont ent along with script to incorporatem.ltimedia, the INFUBNEf (Htre wo.k1 take the reilponSl"hilityof enriching theille content with m.lti-media and hosting themon to so)RM-complaint digital repoilitory. The (Htre alreadyhasthe desired expertise in weh interface deiligning. We, however,wo.ld he req.ired to develop the req.isite expertise inm.ltimedia either hy training the exiilling manpower or hy hiringthem. Part of the activities can also he o.tso.rces to the johhers.The topic of the c.tting- edge teclmology in US in this i .. e is"E- learning" hy Shri Ahhimek Klunar and Dr. -"gdim Arora.Major activities d.ring the qurter Older report incl.des ~ 8thPIANNFR <strong>2012</strong> at Sikkim University from li11 to 3rd <strong>Mar</strong>ch,<strong>2012</strong>; i~ National Seminar on Managing FJectronic Theses andDissertations at jliU, New Delhi flOm 22 -2 3rd May, <strong>2012</strong>; ii~IRfPLA at Manomnaniam s.nda.mar University, TirllJlelveli from<strong>Mar</strong>ch 26- 30, <strong>2012</strong>; iv) 100th and 101st SOUL TrainingProgrammes at the INFLIBNEf (Htre from.Jm. 30 to Feh. 3 ,<strong>2012</strong> and from <strong>Mar</strong>ch 12 to 16, <strong>2012</strong>; and v) UGC-INIONEfI NUSf Uiller AwareneilS PlOgGUllmes in 5 lIJIiversities I colleges.The hegiIming for the year <strong>2012</strong> was marked with signing ofMoU with the Knowledge OmsortillJll of Gtjarat (Klq for NUsras well as for OJ\S. Thro.gh these MoUs. the INRJBNEf wo.ldhe extending acceilS to e- reilO.rces to 936 colleges in Gtjaratand wo.ld p.hlim KCG's flagship jo.mals on OJ\S in openaccess. This iSMle also hemlds the heginning of the new-year aswell as the new financial year which hrings lot of new activitiesto the (Htre. We wi. a very happy and plOspero.s new yearto all o.r readers.Uagdish Arora)Vol. 19, <strong>No.1</strong> Uanuaryto <strong>Mar</strong>ch <strong>2012</strong>)---------------------------------- 1
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