CEMCA organised Regional Web Radio Workshop, March 26-28,2014 at NIOS

CEMCA organised Regional Web Radio Workshop

New Delhi, 19/03/2014: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) organised a Regional Web Radio Workshop for the academic institutions and community radio stations of four Commonwealth Asian countries from 26 to 28 March, 2014 at National Institute of Open Schooling, Noida.

CEMCA has been actively engaged in using ICT as tool to provide learning opportunities for development. To further enhance access to audio-based learning and using digital technologies, CEMCA has been encouraging educational institutions and community radio stations to setup internet based radio, also known as Web-Radio. For capacity building of the educational institutes and community radio stations, a three-day regional workshop was held from 26 to 28 March, 2014 at National Institute of Open Schooling, Noida. Partnering with Gram Vaani Community Media, a group known for their innovative use of technology, CEMCA invited participants from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives to help them use software tools in a step-by-step manner for setting up Web Radios in their respective countries.

The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Sitansu S. Jena, Chairman, NIOS, who share the experience of NIOS on Web Radio. He emphasized that making learning materials more accessible to learners is a necessity of ODL institutions. Dr Sanjaya Mishra, Director, CEMCA emphasized the importance of web radio in the context of learning for development. Representatives from Open University of Sri Lanka, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, Maldives National University and Bangladesh Open University participated in the workshop. From India, 11 participants representing Jamia Milia Islamia, National Institute of Open Schooling, Film and Television Institute of India, Netaji Subhash Open University, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, and Ajamgarh Ki Awaz actively participated in the workshop. In the valedictory session, S K Prasad of NIOS delivered the welcome address and Zahir Koradia, the key Resource Person expressed his views on the workshop. Sh. U N Khaware, Secretary, NIOS distributed the certificates to the participants.  Dr. Ankuran Dutta, Programme Officer, CEMCA assured the participants for further technical assistance and thanked all the participants, resource persons and NIOS for holding the workshop successfully.