Shillong, Feb 19: An online national workshop on MOOCs or Mass Open Online Courses was conducted from February 14 to 18. University of Hyderabad, North-Eastern Hill University and Don Bosco College, Tura, Meghalaya jointly organized the workshop.

With the Covid-19 Pandemic, it has come to the realization that the traditional method of education is not accessible to everyone. The workshop addressed the greatly-felt need of advanced digital learning and that teachers are in dire need to upgrade their skills in educational technology.

The hands-on sessions were conducted on topics like: making effective blended and online learning, podcast, making concept maps, plagiarism, developing e-content for learners using various software & apps, different collaborative & interactive digital tools, hands on learning for e-content development, open education resources, artificial intelligence, gamification, LMS: Moodle, e-assessment, and learning analytics.

During the Inaugural Session, Prof. G. Singaiah, Campus-in-Charge, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus and Chief Guest of that programme spoke about the great need to take help of technology at a larger scale.

Rev. Fr. Januarius S. Sangma, Provincial-Guwahati Province was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory Programme and he encouraged everyone to attend as many courses and sessions as feasible and learn from them. He appreciated that the workshop brought together some of the best brains of the country to deliver the best to the participants. He pointed out the generosity of the educationists to share their knowledge and the magnanimity to learn from each other.

The five day workshop was a great opportunity for educationists to share their knowledge with the participants and also learn from each other.

About 250 teachers of Higher Education institutions and research scholars from over 21 states and Union Territories of the country participated in this workshop.