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Introduction to Probability and Statistics

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Introduction to Probability and Statistics

The Introduction to Probability and Statistics online course is essentially an introductory or prerequisite course in probability and statistics. It is also an NPTEL online course comprising around 8-10 hours of content for learning, covered over four weeks of video lectures.

As such, the Introduction to Probability and Statistics certification course will prepare you to take on a more advanced study of probability and statistics. The course will begin by defining data and then slowly presenting the various ways of classifying data. Aspects of numerical and categorical data will be of primary focus.

Thus, around 10-12 core topics of both probability and statistics will be broadly covered in the Introduction to Probability and Statistics certification syllabus by the course instructor, Prof. G. Srinivasan of IIT Madras. He will instruct the course modules through live lectures.

Lastly, you will learn in detail about data and measuring associations. If you are a student or manager/executive, the Introduction to Probability and Statistics course by Swayam is an ideal fit for you.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Statistical skills
Business and Sustainable Development

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Business and Sustainable Development

Business and Sustainable Development certification is a 4 weeks course that is the design of both NPTEL and IIT Bombay and is presented on Swayam. The course level can cater to both postgraduate and undergraduate students. The point of credit offered is one. With the climate economy constantly fluctuating it becomes essential for all the companies to get protected from all kinds of physical, and regulatory changes of the environment, and hence this course was discovered.

Business and Sustainable Development training gives business owners protection from business challenges by giving them business challenges. This course paves the way for firms who think that sustainable development is a necessary criterion for the decision-making process. This certificate course will include the ideas, perspectives, tools, and strategies including business opportunities that arise from sustainable development.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Business Management
Strategic Communication for Sustainable Development

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Strategic Communication for Sustainable Development

The ‘Strategic Communication for Sustainable Development’ online certification program is developed for the students to enhance their knowledge and skills of communication improvised with professional strategies for development. This multidisciplinary certification program is provided by the Swayam educational platform initiated by the government of India and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The course classes are held online aided by experiential learning methodologies that include video lectures, and other interactive and experimental training for four weeks.

The students of this program are guided by Prof.Aradhna Malik from the management studies department at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The candidates of this course are evaluated through internal assessments, assignments, and the final examination. 

The ‘Strategic Communication for Sustainable Development’ certification course equips the students with the course certificate and course credits after successful completion of the course. This is an undergraduate and postgraduate level course for the students and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE).

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Communication skills Strategic Mindset Knowledge of Sociology Knowledge of Psychology
User Interface Design

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User Interface Design

User Interface Design programme is an AICTE approved Faculty Development Programme or FDP course. In this course, you will learn about various aspects of user interface design, with special attention given to virtual media platforms. This programme was designed keeping in mind the emerging paradigm of human-machine interaction in the industrial design pedagogy. 

In the User Interface Design certification course, you will understand the user experience and cognition, using contemporary technology like eye tracking, and learn to design a user interface using a methodological approach. Professor Saptarshi Kolay has developed the course curriculum from IIT Roorkee in association with NPTEL. 

User Interface Design training is an undergraduate/postgraduate programme in the field of Architecture and Planning. It is a four-week online course delivered through live instructor-led sessions. There is no enrollment fee to join the course. You can also take advantage of the optional exam to secure a course completion certification from this course. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Designing skills
Foundations of Cognitive Robotics

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Foundations of Cognitive Robotics

Foundations of Cognitive Robotics certification is an associate presentation by Swayam, NPTEL, and IIT Kanpur. The inclusion of robots directly from the industries to the social arena has been rapidly advancing with the functional requirements of corresponding behaviour of humans increasing day by day. To meet this demand, the course has been prepared. In order for the robot design complexities to be processed, the course has been made to give an overall idea of this topic.

Foundations of Cognitive Robotics training is a short 4-weeks duration course with 14-course modules that are designed for striking a balance between streams of engineering, biology, and control system design for attracting people towards the interdisciplinary fields. This certification has been curated free for the participants except for when they require certification. Also, this postgraduate level course is an FDP one that has secured the approval of the AICTE council under the government of India.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Design Thinking A Primer

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Design Thinking - A Primer

Design thinking is a systematic method and a unique approach to problem-solving. It is an innovative process that offers a solution-based and hands-on approach to human-centric problems. Design Thinking- A Primer online program is an elective faculty development program that will introduce you to the concept of design thinking and its use to make our lives better and easier. 

You can learn this course for four weeks and there are no prerequisites attached to it. Hence, you only need to be interested in the subject to enrol in the free program. Moreover, the IIT Madras faculty has designed this comprehensive course, and it will be delivered in the form of video lectures.

The program also includes multiple live sessions that you can attend to learn more about the course curriculum. After completing the Design Thinking- A Primer training, you can earn the course completion certificate by qualifying for the written proctored exam with a valid score.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Design thinking
Medical Image Analysis

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Medical Image Analysis

4 Weeks
Free
Postcolonial Literature

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Postcolonial Literature

The Postcolonial Literature online programme is a free elective course offered by Swayam in partnership with IIT Kanpur. The course is aimed towards postgraduate English literature students from any college or university. The robust course syllabus involves various crucial literary texts that emerged in the 1980s by significant writers such as Raja Rao, Chinua Achebe, Joseph Conrad, Jhumpa Lahiri and some literary critics.

Furthermore, the Postcolonial Literature certification falls under the English studies and Humanities and Social Sciences categories. The elective course will run for four weeks and help you navigate some complex concepts and theories that are a part of postcolonial literature. Also, the programme is curated by IIT Kanpur and is delivered by its department of English Literature.

At the end of the Postcolonial Literature certification course, you will have a thorough understanding of postcolonial studies and the rich texts that left their literary imprints on the history of world literature.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history
Systems and Usable Security

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Systems and Usable Security

4 Weeks
Free
Water, Society and Sustainability

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Water, Society and Sustainability

Water, Society, and Sustainability certification is a course for one month that is held directly using the Swayam platform. The course curriculum is designed by the 2 institutions NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur to help understand the global water scenario. The world consists of a number of people who do not have access to safe and clean water. Candidates will learn about certain lessons from small-scale community water conservation practices. 

Water, Society, and Sustainability training for the course exhibits all the characteristics across technology, water, society, and science The course is located at the intersections across the water, technology, science, and society towards a sustainable future. The context is important for understanding and addressing the need for water beyond the technical, and physical attributes of the water shapes designed by the society. Also, the students will be understanding the challenges associated with water like availability, severe drought, or floods. The certificate that is showered at the end of the course modules, assignments and an examination will be supported across different commerce industries.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Civil Engineering skills
Teaching And Learning in Engineering TALE

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Towards an Ethical Digital Society from Theory to Practice

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Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice

The objective of Towards an Ethical Digital Society programme is to help you ask relevant ethical questions related to the design and implementation of technologies. The course will look at three facets of technology in detail from the perspective of ethics: Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Data.

Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice certification has been designed and developed by IIIT Bangalore in association with NPTEL. The course material, lectures, and weekly assignments are available on Swayam's online learning platform.

The Towards an Ethical Digital Society course length is four weeks and comprises a well-researched curriculum. You will learn to look at technology as a complex sociotechnical collection and point out the different ethical considerations.

Prof Bidhisha Chaudhari from IIT Bombay will teach the Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice. It is an AICTE approved course. You can even apply for certification if you are interested.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
Python for Data Science

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Python for Data Science

Data Science has enabled many industries and organisations to make better business decisions by providing useful insights and information. Hence, this exciting branch of science can be used to test new techniques, theories and models. Python for Data Science online programme is an undergraduate-level course that falls under Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science categories.

The Python for Data Science course curriculum has been curated by the prestigious IIT Madras faculty and delivered by Prof. Ragunathan Rengasamy. Also, the certification has been designed as a four-week-long course that will be divided into several modules. It will teach you the basics of the Python programming language and how it can be used to solve data science problems.

Furthermore, the course will equip you with skills to use Python and data science which are extremely important and valuable today. You will learn through video lectures and will be given regular weekly assignments during the tenure. When you finish all the modules in the Python for Data Science certification course, you further obtain a certificate by qualifying the eligibility criteria.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Python Data science knowledge Knowledge of Numpy Visualisation skills
Fundamental Algorithms Design and Analysis

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Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP

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Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP

The Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP program's primary focus will be the shared memory programming paradigm. This course is available at the UG/PG level. The training has been designed for both computer science and non-computer science students interested in parallel programming. 

Learn to use parallel programming for the various Parallel/HPC applications in the Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP online course. Throughout this online course, you will learn about core principles and programming concepts essential for developing scalable parallel applications. 

Besides, IIT Delhi has designed the Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP syllabus while focussing on OpenMP and C programming applications. As such, this course is rife with programming assignments for practice. 

You will work on assignments like writing programs in C and OpenMP for multicore architectures for practical learning. The Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP course also offers printable reading material, books & references, live sessions, and video lectures for an engaging learning experience.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Programming skills
Software Testing

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Software Testing

The software testing methods have evolved remarkably over the last 20-30 years. Today, monkey testing techniques are not efficient as computer programmes have become sophisticated with up to millions of lines of code (LOC). The Software Testing online course by Swayam is developed to introduce you to various software testing methods.

The Software Testing certification programme discusses numerous testing techniques such as mutation and integration testing, usable for white box and black-box test case design. During the course, you will study multiple black-box testing techniques, including equivalence partitioning, boundary testing, combinatorial testing, cause-effect graph, special value testing, robustness testing, decision table, and more.

You will also explore different white box testing techniques in Software Testing online training. These include coverage-based testing methods, path coverage, data flow coverage, decision coverage, Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC), etc. This course uses high-quality video lectures, assignments, practical examples and quizzes to impart in-depth knowledge of testing methods.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Software development skills
Cost Accounting

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Cost Accounting

The ‘Cost Accounting’ online course is a study about the fundamentals of accounting and finance to learn and control costs we incur and enhance the efficiency of cost management. This online course also dwells on the concepts of decision-making as it provides effective information to make informed decisions. This online training program is provided by the free Swayam online education portal by the Government of India along with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The course classes are conducted for four weeks.

The course instructor for this elective course is the academically and professionally trained, Dr. CA. Varadraj Bapat from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai. The students of this program are engaged with the financial concepts of costs, accounting, profit, budgets, and financial planning. 

The ‘Cost Accounting’ online training course equips students with the course certificate after completion of the course study and the certification exam according to the eligibility standards with the gain of academic course credit.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Financial Management Financial knowledge Accounting proficiency Budget management Decision making skills
Innovation by Design

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Innovation by Design

Understand what entails "innovation" and how it can solve specific problems and challenges in the Innovation by Design online course. This course will also touch upon how design plays a vital role in the innovation process, whether in the form of products, systems, or services.

By the end of the Innovation by Design syllabus, you will have covered the entire innovation journey as enabled by design, from conceiving a design idea to its final execution. And how the design solution can impact a large community of users positively.

In a span of four weeks, you will have video lectures from a top faculty of IIT Bombay, Prof. B. K. Chakravarthy. The Innovation by Design certification course will also focus on the seven concerns of innovation through various case studies.

You will understand how meticulous effort, empathy, effective collaboration, and constant user interaction are essential to the innovation process. So, by the Innovation by Design course end, you will have a sound knowledge of the design-based innovation process.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Designing skills
Understanding Design

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Understanding Design

Design is used to translate the ideas of an object to fulfill a functional need. The Understanding Design programme is an online course where you will be given a broad introduction to design. You will learn about how valuable and relevant design is in this society. The course will also explore the impact of design on the environment, industries, and society.  

The Understanding Design certification course is an online programme where you will gain access to case studies, assignments, and video lectures to understand the course material. There will be an optional exam at the end of the course for participants. You can take this exam and gain a verifiable e-certificate as proof of successful completion of the programme. 

Understanding Design online course is an undergraduate programme in design engineering. The faculty of IIT Bombay has designed the curriculum for this programme. Professor Nita Sabnani, IIT Bombay, is the primary instructor for this four-week online training. The programme also offers a list of books and references if you are interested in additional studying. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Designing skills
Gender justice and workplace security

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Gender justice and workplace security

The ‘Gender justice and workplace security’ online course is organized to enable students to develop their understanding of aspects of gender justice such as gender equality and other significant laws that have been drafted over the years to support the position of women in society. This National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) course is provided by Swayam and the course of study is designed to be completed in four weeks.

The course instructor for this elective course for the undergraduate level students is Prof. Dipa Dube from the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The students of this program will gain a comprehensive knowledge of gender-based concepts and theories in the context of a workplace.

The ‘Gender justice and workplace security’ online training program ensures the participants of the course with a course certificate and credit points after finishing the program with the assessments according to the qualifying criteria. This management studies program is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE).

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of law Knowledge of Sociology Knowledge of gender studies
C Programming and Assembly Language

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C Programming and Assembly Language

The C Programming and Assembly Language certification is a 4 weeks programme designed for the students of engineering in the fields of electrical, and computer science by NPTEL and IIT Madras on the Swayam platform. The students of these fields work a lot on Microprocessors, and also in C programming but often their curriculum lacks these two topics. Hence this course was made to build a link between these two concepts.

C Programming and Assembly Language training are for establishing an understanding of how assembly language is translated for benefitting a microprocessor. The course uses different animations that show how C programming is executed based on the data, stack, and code segment of a microprocessor. Established as an FDP course sanctioned by the Government of India, under the computer science engineering category, candidates obtain course completion certificates as and when they attend final exams and secure passing marks.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Programming skills
Leadership

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Leadership

4 Weeks
Free
Effective Engineering Teaching in Practice

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Effective Engineering Teaching in Practice

Teaching is one of the faculties that has been around since the dawn of time, but we have still not perfected this skill. In modern-day Indian institutions, the assumption is that if a person knows enough about the subject, they will be able to impart it to other students. However, more often than not, this leads to an unpleasant classroom experience. Effective Engineering Teaching in Practice online course aims to bridge this gap between knowledge possession and impart it. 

In the Effective Engineering Teaching in Practice training, candidates will understand the learning process's essentials and how to put the learner at the center. Concerning this, they will train in various methodologies and strategies to improve their teaching process. Thus, newly joined and experienced teachers can benefit from this course. 

Three distinguished faculty members from IIT Madras are the program instructors for this course and have designed the Effective Engineering Teaching in Practice syllabus to fit an engineering teacher’s context. This MOOC is available for free enrolment on Swayam, and it has no prerequisites. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
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Guidance and Counselling

The Guidance and Counselling certification course is offered by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai. It ensures that teachers have a much broader scope in assisting students while making important educational and vocational choices. The course is scheduled for a duration of four weeks and is a teacher education course.

The Guidance and Counselling course curriculum extensively covers all the topics related to assessment techniques in guidance and counselling. Moreover, this course forms one of the most important and integral parts of our educational system as it allows for the overall development of the students.

The Guidance and Counselling online training is offered by Dr. R Rajendran. He is currently working as the Professor and Head at the Centre for Education Management and Applied Psychology at the NITTTR, Chennai. Given his vast experience in guiding teachers, students, and institutions, learners can be sure of being trained by one of the country's best minds.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Psychology
ICT in Teaching and Learning

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ICT in Teaching and Learning

The ICT in Teaching and Learning certification course is offered by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Bhopal. The curriculum is spread over four weeks and has been approved by the AICTE. The training course aims to enhance the capacity of aspiring and in-service teachers, thereby facilitating the transformation in educational culture and the teaching, learning systems of institutions.

 The ICT in Teaching and Learning course curriculum has been carefully curated so that teachers can make the most of the training. It extensively covers all the topics ranging from the roles and functions of e-tutors to the integration of SPOC, MOOC and M-Learning in teaching and learning.

The ICT in Teaching and Learning online training is offered by Dr K. James Mathai. He is currently working as an associate professor at the NITTTR, Bhopal. He has over 37 years of academic teaching experience, and learners can thus be assured of being trained by one of the best in the field.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Pedagogy skills Teaching skills
Certificate

Learning Management System _ MOODLE

The LMS through Moodle certification course is perfect for learners interested in utilising the system to enable structured delivery and management of instructional resources and assessments. Moreover, the Learning Management System (LMS) can also be used to track the progress of learners and provide information regarding the teaching-learning process to the management.

The LMS through Moodle online training is scheduled for four weeks and is a training programme for teachers. AICTE has also approved this FDP course. The course throws light on utilising LMS through Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE), an online platform specifically designed to achieve the objectives of learning and teaching programmes.

The LMS through Moodle course curriculum extensively covers all the necessary concepts that help teachers administer quizzes, quickly grade assignments, host online discussions, share resources, and much more! Learners can access, understand, and benefit from the complete demonstration of MOODLE LMS application through this training programme.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Pedagogy skills
Certificate

OER & Open Education Practices

OER are basically openly licensed educational materials available online. The OER & Open Education Practices certification course has been designed with the objective to offer teachers the aid of freely available instructional materials. These materials can offer greater flexibility for teachers and give them the opportunity of sharing, using and reusing the knowledge.

The OER & Open Education Practices online training is conducted by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai. The course schedule extends for four weeks and comes under the category of Teacher education. Learners who sign up for the accreditation can also receive an e-certificate containing their name, photograph, final percentage obtained, roll number, and logos of MHRD, SWAYAM and NITTTR.

The OER & Open Education Practices certification curriculum covers a wide range of concepts related to Open Education Practices and Open Educational Resources, ranging from the advantages and disadvantages of OER to the design, development and publishing of OER.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
Advanced Instructional Methods

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Advanced Instructional Methods

The ‘Advanced Instructional Methods’ online course is a study of the advanced-level techniques and strategies of teaching and instruction that aid in active learning. This online certification course is provided by the Swayam online free education portal in association with the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal. The students are enabled to learn about student-centered learning methodologies that include collaborative techniques. 

This is an elective course that comes under the domain of teacher education and the course classes are conducted for four weeks.

The program coordinators and faculty of this certification course are associate professors at NITTTR, Mrs. Asmita A.  Khajanchee, Dr. Sharad K. Pradhan, Dr. K James Mathai, Dr. B. L. Gupta, Dr. J.P. Tegar, and Dr. Sandip S. Kedar. The ‘Advanced Instructional Methods’ certification course enables students to gain two credits and a course completion certificate after finishing the course study and the assessments.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Pedagogy skills Teaching skills
Accreditation of the Post Graduate Engineering Programme

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Accreditation of the Post Graduate Engineering Programme

The ‘Accreditation of the Post Graduate Engineering Programme’ certification program is a study of the various standards and procedures involved in getting accreditation of the PG engineering programs by considering the quality improvement. This online free course is provided by the Swayam online portal in collaboration with the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR). The duration of this certification course is estimated to be four weeks.

This elective course which comes under the category of teacher education enables students to gather valuable insights on the nuances associated with procedures, benefits, differences in approval and accreditation, and several other concepts. The program coordinators and instructors for this faculty development program are Prof. D. Singh Karaulia of NITTTR.

The ‘Accreditation of the Post Graduate Engineering Programme’ online certification course helps in upskilling our knowledge and getting an E-certificate after completion of the proctored exam. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Quality control Pedagogy skills
Basic Instructional Methods

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Basic Instructional Methods

The ‘Basic Instructional Methods’ online course is a study focussed on developing the understanding of the process of teaching and learning through innovative pedagogical approaches with the knowledge of the challenges in the methods to facilitate learning. This course is provided by the free online education portal Swayam in association with the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal. This elective course that is part of the teacher education domain is conducted for a period of four weeks. 

The curriculum is created with innovative concepts and principles to facilitate the pre-determined outcomes. The students are made to learn through course videos, lectures, discussions, and assessments. The ‘Basic Instructional Methods’ online certification course enables students to receive e-certificates after completion of the course study and the final exam. The candidates of this online training program are given the opportunity to explore the innovative methods of teaching and learning while also gaining academic credits after course completion.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Pedagogy skills Teaching skills

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