In February 2009, India launched a National Mission on Education
through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which is a
billion dollar enterprise. It will provide internet connection to about 20
thousand colleges and other educational institutions. The United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is intended to
play a significant role as a global clearing house of ideas and to foster
the growth of knowledge based societies. They wish to offer sharing of
e learning materials prepared by India under this national mission by 3
Indian Institutes of Technologies so that all those around who wish to
access quality knowledge can do so freely.
The E-Gyankosh, a National Digital Repository of learning resources,
project was started by Indira Gandhi National Open University, in 2006.
The repository was developed using DSpace open source software,
which ideates to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital
learning resources of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions of
the country. A support to a large aggregation and integration of
learning resources in different formats such as self-instructional study
materials, audio-video programs, and archives of radio and television-based live interactive sessions is supported by it. The Library and
Documentation Division of Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) has started making efforts to take higher education
to the doorsteps of the hitherto un-reached through its diverse modes
of Information and Document Delivery Services. NODLINET (National
Open and Distance Learners’ Library and Information Network) is one
such recent initiative taken up by IGNOU to provide a podium for
libraries and information centers of the open and distance learning
system of the country that will provide access to all electronic and
digital resources from the leading publishers and vendors across the
globe to its stockholders from anywhere at any time using sophisticated
technologies to enhance the quality of education at par with the
conventional education system.
Stay tuned to The DigiChamps for more online
learning initiatives information.
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