Free and Open Educational Web Portal for the School Children in Kerala

The Government of Kerala is all set to launch a free and open educational web portal for the school children in the state, which would function as an online multimedia virtual classroom.

The project, which targets nearly 20 lakh high school and higher secondary school students in the state, would be the first-of-its-kind in the country, according to the State Institute of Education Technology (SIET), which spearheads project.

With the launch of this web-portal, high school and higher secondary school students can access interactive multimedia modules in subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology on the website http://www.sietkerala.gov.in/

At present, the modules are being uploaded on the internet by SIET. The portal that would also include Vocational Higher Secondary subjects like agriculture, clothing and embroidery, civil construction, domestic nursing, office secretaryship, travel and tourism, and medical lab technician, for which special modules have been formed.

The project, on which research has been going on for the past five years, has used self-developed instructional design, content development technology and implementation style. “A multi-sensory learning process is being offered to make the studies perfect as the traditional model of learning by hearing is getting obsolete,” said Babu Sebastian, director of SIET Kerala. He also added that the idea behind the project is that learning should be available to ‘Anyone, anywhere and any time’. The server space for the project is being provided by the National Informatic Centre.

All the subjects in the portal would be divided into almost 20 smaller frames and would have animation, graphics, text over screen and voice overs. “It is a leap that we are making through this project in the educational system of Kerala. We hope that this project would later lead to a text book-free system,” said Babu. There are also a number of informative games that have been designed for the students in the portal. There would also be reference links to other educational websites.

courtesy : http://expressbuzz.com

National Vocational Education Qualification Framework launched

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal recently launched the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework ( NVEQF) which will be implemented in polytechnics, engineering colleges and other colleges across the country.

Announcing the launch of the framework, Sibal said that a seven-level certification programme, starting in class IX, would be started in different fields of vocational training, culminating in a degree at the end of the seventh year.

The programme, which will be launched from the academic year 2012-13, is sector-specific. The sectors include IT, media, entertainment, telecommunications, mobile communications, automobile, construction, retail, food processing, tourism, hotel, jewellery design and fashion design.

A total of 1,000 hours of training will be necessary in every level annually, with hours fixed for different topics in the course. The programme is expected to cater to at least five million students for vocational degree and diploma every year.

Courtesy: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

Google Takeout- Data Liberation Front

Google introduces Google Takeout it  allows users to download a copy of  data stored within Google products. 

https://www.google.com/takeout

If you want to choose the service go to "choose service" after login to your account, then you can archive the documents by clicking "create archive"

The Data Liberation Front

The Data Liberation Front is an engineering team at Google whose singular goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products.  

Users should be able to export any data that  create in (or import into) a product.  

The mission statement of Data Liberation Front is

Users should be able to control the data they store 

in any of Google's products.  Our team's goal is to make it easier 

to move data in and out.

UGC-NET IN OBJECTIVE MODE FROM JUNE, 2012 ONWARDS

1. The UGC-NET will be conducted in objective mode from June 2012 onwards. The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held on the day of Examination in two separate sessions as under: Session Paper Number of Questions Marks Duration First I 60 out of which 50 questions are to be attempted 50x2 = 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.) First II 50 questions all of which are compulsory 50x2 = 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 a.m. to 12.00 Noon.) Second III 75 questions all of which are compulsory 75x2 = 150 2½ Hours (01.30 p.m. to 04.00 p.m.) 2. The candidates are required to obtain minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III as given below: Category Minimum marks (%) to be obtained Paper-I Paper-II Paper-III General 40 (40%) 40 (40%) 75 (50%) OBC 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 67.5 (45%) rounded off to 68 PH/VH/SC/ST 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 60 (40%) Only such candidates who obtain the minimum required marks in each Paper, separately, as mentioned above, will be considered for final preparation of result. However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result. 3. The syllabi of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III will remain the same. 4. The candidates will be allowed to carry the carbon printout of OMR Response Sheets with them on conclusion of the examination. 5. There will be no negative marking.

           
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