National Capacity Building Workshop on OER-based eLearning
National Capacity Building Workshop on OER-based eLearning
New Delhi; 21/11/2014: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi in collaboration with Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), (An Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission on Electronic Media), Govt. of India, organised a National Capacity Building Workshop on OER-based eLearning at Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), I.U.A.C. Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi from December 22-24, 2014. A total of 26 participants from Uttrakhand Open University, Tamil Nadu Open University, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, K K Handiqui State Open University, Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) and CEC including Education Media Research Centre (EMRC) Directors of CEC from different parts of India participated in this capacity building workshop. The objectives of the workshop were: to develop capacities of Open University teachers and CEC faculties on OER-based eLearning; and develop capacities of participants to offer OER-based eLearning in their institutions. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Rajbir Singh, Director, CEC, New Delhi. He explained the role of CEC in development of eContent for Higher Education in India. He also emphasized on the improvement of the quality in higher education in the country. He appreciated the role of CEMCA in providing the assistance in organizing this workshop. Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Director, CEMCA, New Delhi enlightened on the goals of the workshop to build the capacity of the participants on Open Educational Resources (OER). Mr. Nageswar Nath of CEC, New Delhi proposed the vote of thanks.
The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Som Naidu, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Programme Officer, CEMCA. The three-day workshop involved examining the learning outcomes of the five modules of the OER-based eLearning course; Exploring the concepts on OER, Open Learning, Open Access, Open Source, Open Scholarship; Overview of the OER-based eLearning course, design issues, pedagogical design and developing assessment criteria in line with the learning outcomes, and moderating discussion in an online learning environment. Participants of the workshop explored strategic and operational plan for implementing OER-based eLearning in their institutions and also presented their plans to the whole group for feedback and reflection. Participants were exposed to theoretical as well as practical application of the OER-based eLearning programme through hands-on-experiences. In the valedictory session, certificates were distributed to the participants by Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Director, CEMCA, New Delhi.
