Report of the Session on Swayam MOOC Courses held on 06th July 2021, Tuesday

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Al Shifa College of Arts and Science organised an in-house session on Swayam MOOC Courses for faculties on 6th July 2021, Thursday. The session was handled by Mr.Rohith.R, Head, Department of Commerce, and Swayam SPOC. The session commenced at 2 pm with an official welcome note by Sabina, Assistant Professor, Department of English.

The session started with a brief introduction on MOOC Courses and their relevance in the digital era. The speaker opined that MOOC courses are essential for academic up-gradation and career improvement. He spoke about the history, relevance, and features of Swayam courses. After the presentation, he mentioned the step-by-step procedure to register with Swayam, how to opt courses from the Swayam platform, the enrollment procedure under Swayam, and how to use Swayam ARPIT courses as faculty refresher and faculty development. He said that students can avail the credit transfer facility if they complete any course under the Swayam platform. And students can use this platform for completing their Audit courses as per new university regulations. At the same time, teachers will get the benefit to act a student mentors under the Swayam platform.

After that, the speaker mentioned some other MOOC platforms like Coursera, EDX, and Digital Garage. He made a demo presentation on how to enroll under these platforms. He opined that MOOCs are wonderful platforms for securing innovative tools for teaching-learning mechanisms. The session was interactive and informative for the teachers. The session was wound up at 3 pm with a vote of thanks by Ms.Saritha. K, Head, Department of English.