SWAYAM : Study Webs OfActive-Learning For Young Aspiring Minds Making A Digital India

Authors

  • Asst. Prof. Supriya Bhagat Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies(SVIMS) for Girls, Pune
  • Asst .Prof. Roshan Raju Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies(SVIMS) for Girls, Pune.

Keywords:

Digital India, Online education, SWAYAM, online courses, certificates

Abstract

-For the complete development of a nation education plays important role in development of individuals thereby
contributing immensely to the overall. A revolutionary change in education has been witness globally in recent times. This
happens primarily because of digital revolution taken place all across the globe.
Once upon a time a typical Indian classroom was portrayed by students sitting through hour-long session, teacher used to
discuss the things without any visual presentation and by just using black boards. Cheers to digital technology, it has made
life easier for both students and educators. For effective child learning process Digital education is fun learning for all
cadres and particularly effective in child’s cognitive learning process as the innovative audio-video feature boosts the
cognitive elements in a child’s brain. Online education has provided a new way of learning to develop a student’s mindset
beyond schooling education by using digital platforms such as E-books, learning management systems.E-learning market in
India is estimated at more than 3 billion at present. More than 370 million users are on internet in India helping online
education to grow at a fast pace.Google and KPMG today launched a report highlighting the growth opportunity for the
online education industry in India :2021 The report gives a comprehensive overview of the current trends and challenges in
various segments of online education and projects the market to grow around 9 times to hit USD 1.96 billion by
2021.emergence of hybrid learning channels, the continuous need for working professionals to learn new skills as well as the
emergence of technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence that is enabling online education vendors to design
customized content.This research paper focuses on SWYAM and how it is revolutionizing the Indian online education sector.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform 'Swayam' that will host over 2,000 courses for up to 3 crore students across
the country on August 15. It is the right a move that will mainstream online courses and increase their acceptability and
credibility in the Indian higher education system., Online education played an important role in developing Indian education
industry overall in terms of money as well as innovation. Most of the population are on internet and learn everyday
something from it. Online education provides the medium for students to develop skills just by sitting home at free of cost

Published

2017-09-25

How to Cite

Asst. Prof. Supriya Bhagat, & Asst .Prof. Roshan Raju. (2017). SWAYAM : Study Webs OfActive-Learning For Young Aspiring Minds Making A Digital India. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 4(9), 96–103. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.org/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/5023