A presentation made by Dr. SUNIL JI GARG regarding his company Sunmitra and his experience while developing a MOOC portal named meracourse.com while sitting in LUCKNOW

1. Dr. SUNIL JI GARG
Managing Director
Sunmitra Education Technologies Limited,
Lucknow
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Developing A
MOOC PORTAL
(MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE)
Our Experiences
While the Journey is
ON

2. Outline
•What is a MOOC.
•Our Effort Showcase.
•Lucknow Experience.
•Take-Aways For You.
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3. WHAT IS A MOOC ?

4. Ever visited a place below?

5. If Yes, You Are Already a MOOC User.
• MOOC Stands for:
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MASSIVE
OPEN
ONLINE
COURSE

6. Let's Understand a Little More
• MASSIVE
Many Users, Communication amongst Users,
Many Courses
• OPEN
Open Participation (FREE/FREEMIUM), Open
Content,
• ONLINE
Real-time or Online in a Self Paced Mode.
• COURSE
Sessions/Modules grouped in a defined structure.
Assessment/Certification expected.

7. Little Background
• Named in 2008 by Dave Cormier of
University of Prince Edward Island,
Canada.
• Popular Jargon by 2012 with the advent
of EDX, CourseEra, Udacity, Udemy etc.
• A "DISTANCE LEARNING" method using
digital tools along with learner
togetherness.

8. Are MOOCs a new word for E-Learning
• Both Yes and NO.
• Here the focus is not really learning
management systems.
• The focus is:
– COURSEs as a prime learning unit.
– OPEN-NESS (easy to join/no pre-conditions)
– SOCIALISATION OF LEARNING
– SCALABILITY

9. Understanding MOOC features

10. Understanding More ....

11. Show Case - 1
Structured
Course
Modules

12. Show Case - 2
Self Paced
Scheduled
Start Date

13. Co-Learner Show Case - 2
Interaction
Re-Viewable
Micro-Lectures

14. Some MOOC portals also contain
• Tools for Educators to create/upload their
courses that meet their policies.
• Optional online LMS tools.
• Assessment Creation Tools.
• Learner Interaction Tools.
• Business Tools
(Pricing/Marketing/Analytics).

15. OUR EFFORT SHOWCASE.

16. Sunmitra's Idea - 1
• Started with blended Learning in
2011.
• Focused on ordinary
teachers/authors to create online
academies for FREE.
• Content grouping as Sessions –
Courses – Programs – Academies.
• Authoring tools to organise and
sequence content.

17. Sunmitra's Idea - 2
• Support for standard content like PPTs,
DOCs, PDFs, JPGs, Youtube Videos, Flash,
Slideshare content, Google Drive Content
etc.
• Learner Progress Monitoring.
• Team based content creation.
• Fully open or group specific delivery.
• Listing and marketing using
standard E-Shopping portals.

18. Show Case - 1
Content Sessions,
Grouped as
Courses –
Programs -
Academies
Quick Course
View
Categories of
Courses

19. Show Case - 2
Direct Search
within Academy
Names, Program
Names, Session
Names or its
descriptions

20. Show Case - 2
First Few Pages of
Featured Sessions
Available without
making an
account

21. Show Case - 3
F:0 indicates
a free course,
F:10 indicates
a course of
10 Fee Units
Ticking over My
Checkbox allows
you to join
Course is the
minimum unit One
can Join

22. Show Case - 4
Course list can be
filtered on various
parameters
Course
Session
Count, Active
Level and
Course Code
are alo visible

23. Show Case - 5
A Session list shows
Joining Status,
completion status
Session Image, Name, ID, Sequence
No. is also displayed

24. Show Case - 6
Its shows details like Session ID,
Suggested Sequence of Reading,
Name, Description, No. Of
Screens, Recommended Time to
Attempt, Attempt Count, Last
Attempt Date and Percentage
Done
Like all Views
Session list can be
seen in Tabular
View

25. Other than filtering, One can also
Order sessions by Last Attempt,
Session ID, Name or Its Assigned
Sequence
Show Case - 6

26. Show Case - 7
A Session Player is then opened
according to session Data Type
(Image, PPT, PDF, HTML, Youtube,
Slideshare, PODCast, DOC etc.)

27. Show Case - 8
A Session Player provides a
feature to link to any external
document or URL that can be
opened separately. This
provides the power of Hyper-linking
even if the content
doesn't support it.
Meracourse Authors Can Use
this feature to link to external
discussion forums for co-learner
discussion related to
any page.

28. Show Case - 9
By Providing Additional Details Any
Meracourse Learner Can Become a
Content Author to allow him to
upload content, using the content
DASHBOARD.

29. Show Case - 11
One can then easily
upload new sessions.

30. Show Case - 12
Sessions of various
content types can then be
uploaded by the authors.

31. Show Case - 13
One can then create a
course and then add his
own sessions or sessions
shared by others.

32. Finally if desired, One can
create a Program by adding
few courses and an Academy
by Adding Few Programs
Show Case - 14

33. A click over a Fee-Based course directs
a user to an external shopping portal,
where the course can be listed
separately.
Show Case - 15

34. LUCKNOW EXPERIENCE.

35. Lucknow Experience (Plus-es)
• Nurturing a raw idea with Least
distraction.
• Low Survival Cost.
• Enough people to test functional
prototypes (For software engine and for
content).
• Easier to create a platform to start from
blended Learning (Brick-Mortar School) to
go to fully Virtual Learning.

36. Lucknow Experience (Minus-es)
• Unable to interact with like-minded
Professionals/Venture Funding
Agencies.
• Big Dreams – Low Funds – High
Patience
LOOP continues .......
• Difficult to get Intellectual Assets
evaluated.

37. TAKE-AWAYS FOR YOU
• Collection of Links for
E-Knowledge Seekers

38. Top Mooc Portals .....
• udemy.com
• coursera.org
• edx.org
• khanacademy.org
• novoed.com
• futurelearn.com
• saylor.org
• open2study.com
• canvas.net
• coursesites.com
• iai.tv
• eliademy.com
• openlearning.com
• p2pu.org
• qualt.com
• open.edu/itunes/
• cosmolearning.com
• universalclass.com

39. University Open Coursewares
• MIT Open courseware ocw.mit.edu
• Stanford Online class.stanford.edu
• Utah State Open University ocw.usu.edu
• University of California, Berkeley
webcast.berkeley.edu
• Harvard Open Learning Initiative
www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative
• Open Yale Courses oyc.yale.edu
• Carnegie Mellon University oli.cmu.edu
• University of Massachusetts Boston ocw.umb.edu

40. MOOC Learning Portals: Indian Initiatives
• nptel.ac.in
• wiziq.com
• classle.net
• apnacourse.com
• gyaanexchange.com
• hugheseducation.com
• openlearningworld.com
• www.meracourse.com
• Swyam (To be made available on edx)

41. Sites of MOOC Related Interest
• Global Moocs Directory www.moocs.co
• MOOC List mooc-list.com
• World University Consortium wunicon.org
• MOOC aggregrator class-central.com
• Academic QA transtutors.com
• EduKWest www.edukwest.com

42. Domain Specific Online Learning
• Forex Education www.fxacademy.com
• Language Learning www.instremia.com
• Economic Education www.mruniversity.com
• SAP related open.sap.com
• Security related opensecuritytraining.info
• Accounting Related www.qualt.com

43. Computers and IT Learning
• w3schools.com
• tutorialpoints.com
• lynda.com
• code.org
• codecademy.com
• quackit.com
• codeavengers.com
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• vogella.com
• thinktutorial.com
• lessoncup.com
• sqlzoo.net
• c4learn.com
• codelearn.org

44. LMS Tools
• Moodle
• DokeOS
• Sakai
• Canvas
• ILIAS
• aTutor
• Edmodo
• chamilo
• OLAT
• CourseBuilder
(Google)
• Blackboard
• Lectora
• Articulate
• ILIAS
• Udutu
• Sumtotal
• Skillsoft
• Eduwave
• Desire2Learn
• ScLipo
• JoomlaLMS
• AuthorPoint

45. Major E-learning Companies In India
• Educomp
• Everonn
• Tata Interactive Systems
• Sundaram
• NIIT
• 24x7learning
• liqvid
• Hughes Education
• Zeuslearning
• Excelsoft
• eabyas
• TalentEdge
• Azim Premji Foundation
• Jaypee Associates
• Courseking
• Edukart
• Next Education
• ClassTeacher
• Time
• Meritnation
• Upside Learning
• G-Cube Solutions
• TechKnit
• Netvidya
• EI Initiatives

46. Education Searches and Listings (INDIA)
• www.indiastudychannel.com
• www.bharatstudent.com
• www.shiksha.com
• www.jagranjosh.com
• www.educationobserver.com
• www.indiaeduinfo.com
• www.careers360.com
• www.indiastudychannel.com
• www.minglebox.com
• www.bestindiaedu.com
• www.studynation.com
• www.htcampus.com
• www.coolavenues.com
• www.indiaeducation.net
• www.educationworld.in
• www.infinitecourses.com
• www.digitalcampus.in
• www.topmbaindia.com
• www.admissionnews.com
• www.easyshiksha.com
• www.vidyarthy.com
• indiaeducationdiary.in

47. Assessment and Competition Preparation (INDIA)
• www.gmatclub.com
• www.pagalguy.com
• www.time4education.com
• www.indiaresults.com
• www.successcds.com
• www.careerlauncher.com
• www.testfunda.com
• www.beatthegmat.com
• managementparadise.com
• www.winentrance.com
• www.hitbullseye.com
• www.civilserviceindia.com
• www.gateforum.com
• www.lmsindia.com
• www.syvum.com
• www.testpractice.net
• www.rxpgonline.com
• www.upscguide.com
• www.totalgadha.com
• www.100percentile.com
• www.questionpaper.in
• ascenteducation.com
• www.tcyonline.com

48. Thank You...
• I love sharing at md@sunmitra.com
• Send more links to me. I am sorry! If I
missed you.
• Share this information with as many
people as possible.
• Keep visiting www.meracourse.com for
surprises.
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