By Dr. Ranjan Samanta, Tuhin Subhra Ghosh, Soumen Mondal A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF E-CONTENT AMONG EPG-pathshala, eGyanKosh AND NPTEL

INTRODUCTION Consider three e-content databases -- EPG-pathshala, eGyanKosh and NPTEL

EPG-pathshala MHRD assigned work to UGC for development of E-content in 77 subjects at PG levels High quality, curriculum based, interactive content in different subjects across all disciplines of social sciences, linguistics and languages E-content available in open access through Learning Management Software (LMS) set-up at the INFLIBNET as well as Sakshat portal

EPG-pathshala Make these e-content available in open access through SCORM-compliant digital repository set- up at the INFLIBNET Centre Impart training to subject experts in the process of e-content creation Develop e-content drawing expertise from subject experts in college, university and R& D laboratories Promote usage of e-content amongst students and peer

eGyanKosh E-GyanKosh =Electronic Gyan ( knowledge) and Kosh A National Digital Library Implemented and mentained by IGNOU

eGyanKosh Study materials, audio video programmes and archives of radio & television-based live interactive sessions Access open to all through one time registration process Approximate 125,000 active registered users of the repository

NPTEL Open Course Ware Initiative by 7 IITs and IISc, Bangalore Funded by MHRD, Govt. of India Six major engineering disciplines covered and 260 courses available in phase-I

NPTEL Twenty-three disciplines covered and 990 courses available in phase-II Core curriculum courses common to all engineering programmes such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, management, electronics and languages included

Comparative study among three databases e-PG pathshalaNPTELeGyanKosh Authority the standing committee e-PG pathshala headed by Secretary of UGC is the apex decision making body in the project. NPTEL executed by seven IITs and IISc, Bangalore, under Ministry of HRD, - Govt. of India it is a national digital repository developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country. Resources are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved by IGNOU Content format text(html), videotext(html, pdf), videotext( pdf), video Accessibilityfreely available Downloading facility can be copied, export facility to zip file downloadable both web and video content downloadable text and video content

Comparative study among three databases e-PG pathshalaNPTELeGyanKosh Searching and Browsing facility searching through title and description; Browsing through- subject name, module name searching and browsing through Discipline, Institute, Course name, Coordinator name, Keyword and content Type (video/text). searching through title, date, community; browsing through department, courses, community and collection Feedback acceptance accept feedback Updation modules(papers) or content are added into concerned subjects regularly new courses are added into concerned subjects regularly which are showing with date modules(papers) or content are added into concerned subjects regularly Interaction modeone way interaction

CONCLUSION Opportunities to educators to extend teaching materials outside the class rooms Facilitates students with a handy teaching tools

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