2008 witnessed a new chapter in India's endeavors towards distance learning as Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) successfully launched the live telecast programs of its courses through ISRO's educational satellite, EDUSAT. Hundreds of students across the country attended the session by just sitting in their respective colleges.
IIT-B has already set up 50 Student Interactive Terminals (SIT) in the country. The premier technological institute is now planning to attract many more students to its programs by connecting the facility to over 2,000 engineering colleges across the country. Students of these colleges would be able to study the same course just as their counterparts in IIT Mumbai.
"The most important thing about this programme is that these courses are transmitted free of cost to the colleges with the help of free bandwidth provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation," Professor Kannan Moudgalya told reporters.
"We began this programme from January 2 with 12 courses, out of the 500 courses offered in IIT Mumbai through EDUSAT for undergraduates and postgraduates. We will be transmitting five additional courses through WEBCAST," he added.
Prof Moudgalya also clarified that the quality of teaching through EDUSAT is same as what IIT students study in the campus. But IIT will neither hold exams, nor do any evaluation or give grades for the students from remote locations, he added.
The main objective of this programme is to help engineering students in the remotest places to receive quality education at par with the IIT standard. They can get absolute benefit from the IITsyllabus and standard and also interact with IIT professors and students live and offline.
IIT-B has already set up 50 Student Interactive Terminals (SIT) in the country. The premier technological institute is now planning to attract many more students to its programs by connecting the facility to over 2,000 engineering colleges across the country. Students of these colleges would be able to study the same course just as their counterparts in IIT Mumbai.
"The most important thing about this programme is that these courses are transmitted free of cost to the colleges with the help of free bandwidth provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation," Professor Kannan Moudgalya told reporters.
"We began this programme from January 2 with 12 courses, out of the 500 courses offered in IIT Mumbai through EDUSAT for undergraduates and postgraduates. We will be transmitting five additional courses through WEBCAST," he added.
Prof Moudgalya also clarified that the quality of teaching through EDUSAT is same as what IIT students study in the campus. But IIT will neither hold exams, nor do any evaluation or give grades for the students from remote locations, he added.
The main objective of this programme is to help engineering students in the remotest places to receive quality education at par with the IIT standard. They can get absolute benefit from the IITsyllabus and standard and also interact with IIT professors and students live and offline.
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