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Power Point PresentationsWays to Address Digital Barriers CausingDigital Divide in SAARC Region:Indian Experience in Higher EducationSectorSep 29, 2011Professor Mangala Sunder KrishnanDepartment of ChemistrylIT Madras andNational Web Courses Coordinator, NPTEL ProjectMinistry of HRD, Govt. of IndiaSeveral Issues in bridging the gap betweendigital divides and removing barriersBuilding educational networks reflecting the strength of eachcountry and complementing that of the others and sharingacademic resourcesSharing good network practices and establishing high speedconnectivity throughout the country --Internet has becomethe "electricity" for communicationEnabling users to participate and discuss through the digitalmedium independently of geographyBuilding a strong and trained intermediate educators ormentors" who would bridge (moderate between) the digitalilliterates with the digital experts --human technical resourceE-mail: manaakiitm.ac.inmangalasunderk@gmail.com• Indian proposal and experience in bridging the digital divideSITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) 70'sEducational Technology Cells in academic institutionsof repute and distribution (80's and 90's)National Satellite for Education (EDUSAT) and reachingout academic institutions, schools and Government bodiesin many remote locationsMultimedia educational resource centres for videoand broadcast through television (Gyan Darshan) 90'sand the first decade of the new MillenniumIndian experience and outcomes forbridging digital divide• Tutored video programme of lIT Kharagpur based onStanford University video based distance education - theELNET-3L programme• National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) jointly by the IlTs and llSc Bangalore since 2003• National level certification of computer skills andcomputer course training through several certificationprogrammes by the Ministry of IT. (DOEACC)• National Level certification of training skills through e -learning-- being launched by the National Institute of OpenSchooling (NIOS)Indian experience and outcomes forbridging digital divideNational Programme on Technology EnhancedLearning (NPTEL) jointly by the IlTs and llScBangalore since 2003Distance Engineering Education Programme of lITBombayNational Mission on Education through Information andCommunication Technology--NMEICT--since 2009National Agricultural Innovation Project for creatingdigital content on agricultural University ProgrammesSITE (1975-1976)-- Pre-digital worldJointly experimented with NASA, ISRO and AIR andconducted in a large number of Indian States concurrentlyduring 1975-1976Exploring the potential of satellite for nation-widecommunication through the medium of TV and(b) broadcasting instructional programmes in the field ofagriculture, family planning, education etc.The SITE programme was conducted in 2400 villages in 20districts of Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, AndhraPradesh and Karnataka.31