Browsing by Author "Kumar, Abhishek"

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    A Case Study on e-SARTS (e-Scholarship-Fellowship Award Registration Tracking System)
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2014-04) Kumar, Abhishek; Shah, Dharmesh
    The article provides details of a single-window platform for all scholarship/fellowship available to students, scholars and faculties under various schemes of University Grants Commission. The article delves on various features and functionalities of e-SARTS platform, methodology involved, role of INFLIBNET Centre and a brief write-up on each of the 13 scholarships / fellowships that are covered under e-SARTS. The article aims to reach out to eligible students, scholars and faculties who can benefit from these schemes.
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    Case Study on Vidya-Mitra (e-Learning MHRD Initiative): A Quantitative Analysis on Multimedia Content (Video)
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2019-11) Kumar, Abhishek; Tiwari, Sanjay; Pallavi
    The present study reports about the usage of audiovisual resources available under Vidya-Mitra, An integrated e-Content Portal. Vidya-mitra facilitates to host all the content and provides searchbrowse facility for all hosted content wherein a learner can easily access the desired material including audio/video learning material, textual material, multimedia enriched materials etc., through a single interface. Resource analysis has been done in different area such as collections, viewership of content, subscribers, outreach in terms of geographical region, gender etc.
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    e-Learning: Initiatives in India
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2013-03-23) Pallavi; Kumar, Abhishek; Thakur, Archana
    The rapid growth in the e-content development using web technology and its ever increasing usage has given unprecedented opportunities to educators to extend teaching material to students not only within the four-walls of their class rooms but also in the comforts of their home all over the globe. Indian Government has taken a number of initiatives, and awarded a no. of e-content development projects under NME-ICT for the growth and development of e-learning environment. The targeted users are not fully availing the e-learning opportunity of such initiatives. The bigger challenge is to get the attention of target users or in the other word to spread the awareness amongst its target users so that the e-learners not only get the maximum benefits from the projects but also participate in its creation and evolution through interactive Learning Management System (LMS) platforms. With increases use of ICT in education and setting up of National Mission in Education through ICT (NMEICT) in 2009, e-learning has become the most popular learning method that helps a learner to learn at his own place. In this article we have defined the e-learning and studied about the major initiatives taken by Government of India for e-learning & self education. The article also develop upon the categories of the learner and their respective e-Learning choices among the e- GyanKosh, Sakshat, FlexiLearn, NPTEL, CEC, Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILLL), and e-PG Pathshala.
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    E-Learninq Content DeveLopment and Hostinq
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2012-04) Kumar, Abhishek; Arora, Jagdish
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    Learning Management System: ATutor for Academic Institutions
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2013-01) Kumar, Abhishek
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    Massive Open Online Courses: EdX.org, Coursera.Com and NPTEL, A Comparative Study Based on Usage Statistics and Features with Special Reference to India
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2015-03-12) Agrawal, Pratik; Kumar, Abhishek; Agrawal, Ankush
    Internet and communication technologies (ICT) have changed the way we perceive education. ICT has major impact on recent evolving Education Technology field. Internet and smart phone users are growing at rapid pace in the world as well as India. Leveraging technologies to solve India’s higher education problem is the key. A massive open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support community interactions between students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs). The present paper is an effort to analyse and compare two of the world’s most widely used MOOCs i.e. EdX.org and coursera.com with MHRD funded India’s own e-learning initiative NPTEL which provides open courseware to engineering students across the globe. This paper compares these three platforms of e-learning based on parameters like the usage statistics available, features, technology platform and other parameters like design approach to content etc. This paper is an effort to derive best practices from world class MOOCs and adapt them for India’s e-learning initiative NPTEL- a portal dedicated to technical e-content
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    MOOCs: An Educational Space with Difference
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2015-04-01) Kumar, Abhishek; Brahmbhatt, Shweta
    The article explains about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) which is now a new educational space with difference in online educational world. The purpose of this article is to explain current scenario of e-Learning system using MOOC and its platform. The article is focused on MOOCs, its features, process / methodology, classification/category and platforms including different platform that offers MOOCs such as Coursera, edX, etc as well as parameter to evaluate MOOCs platforms.
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    New Era Digital Library: Re-engineering Library
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2010-02-18) Jha, Ram; Kumar, Abhishek
    This paper focuses on and discusses the evolution, developments, importance and essence of Digital Library and its integration in new era in regard to multimedia data, Internetworking aspects and Hypermedia Applications. Storage, retrieval, cataloguing and design architecture of digitization of library will take the centre stage in the context of fast growing technology and in view of very large users requiring information at lightening speed simultaneously. Also, this paper discusses the reengineering perspective of Library.
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    One Step towards Copy Catalogue: An Application by INFLIBNET Centre
    (2011-03-07) Kumar, Abhishek; Shah, Dharmesh
    This paper is about to cataloguing and more emphasis on copy cataloguing. Recently INFLIBNET Centre developed an application Online Copy Catalogue System (OCS). Basically to promote cooperative cataloguing and avoid duplication of efforts in terms of cataloguing, OCS is designed. Online Copy Catalogue System (OCS) is a windows based application that enables copying records of documents available in IndCat (collection of more than 60 lakh unique bibliographic records of books) into the Integrated Library Management Software (SOUL 2.0) directly. This process updates the holding information for the bibliographic record being downloaded. It als of acilitate upload & download the bulk record to & from IndCat server respectively . This paperalso explains briefly in terms of how to catalogue, issue during the process of catalogue, parameter to choose the catalgoue system.
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    Ranking Model for Indian Higher Educational Institutions through NIRF
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016-04-01) Kumar, Abhishek
    First time in the history of independent India, the Government of India, took up the initiative to launch a Nationwide Ranking framework to rank the educational institutions in the country. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched by Ministry of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015 and ranking was announced on 4th April, 2016. The major role was played by UGC, AICTE, NBA and INFLIBNET in ranking of the institutions. INFLIBNET was entrusted with the responsibility of carrying out the implementation of the NIRF. This paper provides an overview of the various challenges and opportunities for improvement in the next interaction of the NIRF implementation.
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    Topical Coverage Analysis of Library and Information Science Discipline’s Learning Objects of ePG Pathshala with UGC-NET Syllabus A Study for Future Sustainability with Emerging Topics
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2019-11) Pallavi; Kumar, Abhishek; Gala, Bhakti
    Online learning resources are an advantageous option for supporting teaching and learning in the present environment. Different types of learning objects are available on different topics in many subject learning object repositories. This study evaluates and presents a comprehensive and evaluative mapping of the coverage analysis of learning objects (LO) in Library and Information Science (LIS) discipline available in the national learning object repository e-PG Pathshala (ePGp) with the latest syllabus of University Grants Commission (UGC)- National Eligibility Test (NET). This evaluation will provide the stakeholders using these learning object repositories with an overview of the subject coverage analysis to help in LIS teaching and learning. It also identifies gaps in the subject coverage of the learning objects which need to be addressed by content producers for future sustainability and relevance in LIS education.
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    Video Content Delivery: Red 5
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2015-03-12) Modi, Darshan; Kumar, Abhishek; Tiwari, Sanjay Kuamr
    In modern era, E-learning has been emerged as the new learning approach that incorporates multimedia and other technologies. As a part of e-learning, video lectures recorded from classroom teaching includes the important content. This paper describes the process of implementing open source media streaming server for delivering e-learning video content. Server uses RTMP protocol for distribution of videos over web. With the use of RTMP protocol, streaming media server maintains the connection between the client& server and also preserves the client interaction with the video stream. The server can publish real-time data or a file in the server to the Web so that end users can view all the videos at anytime and anywhere over web, without being forced to be downloaded entirely. The paper contains the design of streaming server and how videos will be delivered to the end user.