Library and Information Science

1. EKTAARA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
March 10, 2018

2. Role of Indian Government
Portal e-PG Pathshala in
Digital Literacy
-By : Aditi Bhushan
Priya Ranjan Kumar
Creating Opportunities Through Obstacles

3. Digital Literacy & Digital Libraries
 India’s Education Plan (2007)
 ICT based e-education,
MHRD (2008)
 eGyanKosh
 Sakshat
 NPTEL
 ILLL
 INFLIBNET
 e-Pathshala
 e-PG Pathshala

7. Present Status of e-PG Pathshala
Videos/e-text available on e-PG Pathshala
website
Visitors on e-PG Pathshala (Globally)
E-content of e-PG Pathshala used for MOOCs on SWAYAM

8. Impact Analysis of e-PG Pathshala
International visitors –
6992+ from USA
1030+ from China
611+ from Russian federation)
Total visitors - 29 lakhs

9. BRIEFS
Recognition of Need

10. http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
 Developed by National Mission on Education through ICT under MHRD.
 Only Dedicated Government portal - Postgraduates.
 Multidisciplinary – 70 Subjects approx.
 Digital Library
 Open Access
 Latest syllabus based course curriculum
 Best class of subject experts
 Interactive Sessions for students

11. e-content modules
FOUR – QUADRANT DESIGN
MOUDULES

12. e-Content
PDF
e-books
Illustrations
Video-Demonstrations
e-Tutorial
Audio-Video Contents
Animations
Virtual Labs
Web-Resources
Links
Open Access Content
Wikis
Anecdotal
Articles
Self-Assessment
Quizzes
Assignments
MOOCs
FAQs

17. MOOCs - A different educational space
B o u n d a r y l e s s I n s t i t u t e / U n i v e r s i t y
Massive- Large enrolment numbers
Open - No mandatory qualifications – Open to all
Online - Fully online
Course - Structured course content
online course aimed at unlimited participation via open
access over the web

19. Quadrant 4 Continue…

20. The Journey…..
Born
(2011) Growth
2012
Stronger
2013-15
Bigger
2016-Mid
2017
Project awarded
Guidelines
developed
PIs identified Content Creation in four
quadrants
Content delivery &
MOOCs initiated

21. Outcome of the Project
Addresses the problem of Access, Equity and Quality by addressing
faculty shortage and lack of good quality faculty.
Help the students and teachers to update their knowledge and skills,
especially for those located in rural/backward/remote areas.
The project would successfully bridge the digital divide and would
help the nation move towards information-rich society.

22. Drawbacks
Content duplication
No promotions.
Plagiarism.
No timely updates
Untrained Staffs
Lengthy videos of 40-45

23. Duplication and Plagiarism

24. Duplication in course
content creation
for Library science and
Education.
Untrained Staff

25. SUGGESTIONS
For Improvisation

26.  Modular Based Approach.
 Implementation of cyber law and policies to reduce duplications.
 Grant or Financial Support
 Special invitations to join the portal should be sent to researchers,
teachers and students. This will ensure in creating collaborative
learning groups and communities.
 Active Discussion Forums should devised for student-instructor
interaction.
 Regular updating by course instructor.
 Training of MOOC and ePGP to educators

27. Thanks for patient hearing