NPTEL Local Chapter @ your College… Jan 2017

So far…. Contents are free on the net – anyone can use or download Awareness workshops – to popularize that contents are available on the internet

Connect between NPTEL and colleges No contact with colleges? Who do we send information to? Who are the interested colleges that actively use NPTEL? How do we pass on any benefits for students if we wish to? Feedback from institutes – how do they find the courses, is some more content required, what courses would colleges be interested in?

What is a Local Chapter? NPTEL and colleges - interact and engage directly NPTEL COLLEGE

What is required to become a Local Chapter? Building with board? - NO Any membership fee? NO NPTEL Minimum number of members? NO

What is required to become a Local Chapter? Letter from the Head of the institution agreeing to set up a Local Chapter Contact details (email id-generic and phone number) of Single point of contact (SPOC)

What is required to become a Local Chapter? Entire NPTEL content shared on the LAN – accessible to all for viewing, download and copying 10 TB hard disk (4TB x 2 + 2 TB) Copying is free NPTEL

Local chapter – Benefits for the college Your college will be listed in our website - http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter Students enrolling to the courses can easily enroll to the courses as your college name will be listed in the Course enrolment page - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer Your college Faculties can be Mentors for the NPTEL courses mentoring the students of your college Exam city request Scholarship, where the exam fee is waived Bulk payment of Exam fee to NPTEL

http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter

A page for every Local Chapter

Certificates are archived

Local chapter- Benefits for college - regarding course/exam Request for exam city if >50 candidates register for the exam Faculty can be mentors who follow progress of students in the course Payment for exams can be in bulk Avail scholarships

Highlights 890+ colleges have Local Chapters Fee waivers enabled for 24700+ students Exams conducted in 100 cities on request from Local Chapters – Narasaraopet, Madenapalli, Prodattur, Nanded, Surat, Haldia, etc 26 Local Chapters from Gujarat till date

Local Chapter participation   Regn from LC Total LC fraction Sep-15 1771 5562 32% Nov-15 356 1722 21% Mar-16 9823 13080 75% Apr-16 2473 4265 58% Sep-16 17674 23176 76% Oct-16 4373 8250 53% Mar-17 16101 22017 73% Apr-17 17057 20883 82%

Rating of NPTEL Local Chapters The formula given below was applied for the number of students present in the exam (for both the Sep and Oct 2016 exams) and the type of certificates obtained by them. Overall score for NPTEL Local Chapter in Jul-Nov 2016: 0.1 x Number present for exam (capped at 10) + 1 x Number of Successfully completed (40-59) + 2 x Number of Elite (60-89) + 10 x Number of Gold (90-) + 20 x Number of Toppers 100 Local Chapters rated as “AAA”, “AA” and “A”. Next rating will be in May 2017 Local Chapters, apart from rated colleges, that don’t get a ranking but participate in the courses will be tagged as “Active” - 214

Role of SPOC Brand ambassador of NPTEL in the college Identify faculty members who can act as mentors for the enrolled students Encourage students to enroll in these courses. Ensure NPTEL content at college is up to date Aid students in exam registration Make available facilities for students to access online courses

Certificates for SPOCs SPOCs of the 100 top Local Chapters will get certificates with some kind of badge that also mentions the rating of the Local Chapter. SPOCs of “Active local chapters” will get recognition certificates too.

Certificates for spocs of active LC

Mentors Faculty members who teach the course or in relevant discipline can be a mentor Should enroll to the course Can mentor only 2 courses maximum No minimum number of students to be a mentor; Maximum ratio of 1:50 Students have to select the mentor on the portal Mentors can see the assignment scores of mentees Can help with explaining gaps in concepts taught Give more practice assignments Facilitate resources for viewing the lectures

Certificates for mentors Based on performance of mentees, certificates are awarded For the September exams, 353/765 mentors get certificates For the October exams, 42/145 mentors get certificates

Benefits to students of LC Have access to 1000+ courses of NPTEL –view, download and copy Get information about upcoming courses If a mentor is available, get help when required Be eligible for scholarship and avail DD payment Use college infrastructure for course access Be motivated by fellow students, group work

Next steps Send us a letter for Local Chapter Send us hard disks Choose courses to be adopted – after discussing with faculty in different departments Ask students/mentors to enroll to the courses Apply for scholarships/facilitate payment Get the results, e-certificates of participants

Send your Local Chapter request letter to nptel@iitm.ac.in & localchapter@nptel.iitm.ac.in