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IIT Bombay’s Open Education Initiatives: Exploiting Distributed Creators Serving Distributed Users. DEP - Satellite-based Live & interactive Distance Education + Internet-based streaming Ekalavya - Distributed UG student project execution
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IIT Bombay’s Open Education Initiatives:Exploiting Distributed Creators Serving Distributed Users • DEP - Satellite-based Live & interactive Distance Education + Internet-based streaming • Ekalavya - Distributed UG student project execution • OSCAR- Animated content creation • aAQUA- Multilingual content creation tool (for rural folk)
Ekalavya Project Project eKALAVYA • Launched at IITB on alumni day • 26 December 2004 • Pilot eGURU program for projects • Final year students • portal based scheme (2000+4000 students) • Red Hat scholarships • Some assistance from TAs • Work committed to Open Source
Ekalavya Project eGURU program • Enroll willing expert volunteers • Industry professionals, teachers • Must commit 2 to 3 hours/week • Will identify areas/fields/domains • Help in formulating projects • Colleges and companies endorse and provide support
Ekalavya Project Program • ASL at KReSIT • Maintain collaborative web site • Coordinate project activities • Provide useful information / links • assess submitted projects for awards / release to Open Source
Ekalavya Project program … • Industry support • Identification of activities, project areas • Prizes, scholarships, equipment • For students, mentors, Institutes • Institute support • Infrastructure, faculty coordinators
Ekalavya Project Other programs under Ekalavya • e-OUTREACH program • Creation of Open Source contents • Workshops/seminars for faculty • Audio Visual recording • Tutorials, problems, experiments • Open source software • Priced Rs 200 per DVD • One hour of high quality content
Ekalavya Project Other programs … • eCONTENT program • Contents in Indian languages • Educational books • Literary work • Audio-visuals • Under Creative Commons license <