Websites to Watch-4: Websites of Universities and National Institutions of Learning in Tamil Nadu

Alagappa University

 www.alagappauniversity.ac.in

 Anna university, Chennai

www.annauniv.edu

 Anna University of Technology,Coimbatore

 www.annauniv.ac.in

 Anna University of Technology,Tiruchirappalli

www.tau.edu.in

 Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli

 http://www.auttvl.ac.in

Annamalai University

www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in

 Bharathiar University

 http://www.b-u.ac.in

 Bharathidasan University

www.bdu.ac.in

Central University Of Tamil Nadu

http://www.cutn.ac.in

 Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

www.iitm.ac.in

Indian Maritime University

http://www.imu.tn.nic.in

Madurai Kamamj University

www.mkuniversity.org

Manonmaniam Sundarnar University

http://www.msuniv.ac.in

 Mother Terasa Women's University

www.motherteresauniv.org

Periyar University

www.periyaruniversity.ac.in

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

 www.tnau.ac.in

Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law Univesity

www.imsc.res.in

Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University

http://scripts.tnmgrmu.ac.in/joomla

Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University

www.tnp'esu.org

Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in

Tamil University

 www.tamiluniversity.ac.in

Tamil Virtual University

www.tamilvu.org

University of Madras

www.unom.ac.in

Websites to Watch-3: SAKSHAT: A One Stop Education Portal

The pilot project SAKSHAT: A One Stop Education Portal launched on October 30, 2006 by His Excellency, the then President of India to facilitate lifelong learning for students, teachers and those in employment or in pursuit of knowledge free of cost to them. The content development task for ‘SAKSHAT’ was looked after by the Content Advisory Committee (CAC) for the respective subject, which consisted of representatives from educational institutions like IGNOU, Delhi University, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS), Navodyaya Vidyalaya Sangthan (NVS), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and prominent academicians in the field. In addition, some NGOs had also provided the contents developed by them free of cost for this portal.

The vision is to scale up this pilot project ‘SAKSHAT’ to cater to the learning needs of more than 50 crore people through a proposed scheme of ‘National Mission in Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The scheme is to provide connectivity to all institutions of higher learning to world of knowledge in the cyber space, to leverage the potential of ICT, in providing high quality knowledge modules with right e-contents, to address to the personalized needs of learners, in order to take care of their aspirations. These modules are to be delivered through ‘SAKSHAT’. The scheme may also have a provision of certification of competencies of the human resources acquired through formal or non-formal means as also to develop and maintain the database of profile of human resources.

For more information on Sakshat, please visit:

http://www.sakshat.ac.in/

Grateful thanks to MHRD and Sakshat.

Websites to Watch-2: Top Education Guide

Top Education Guide is a comprehensive directory of colleges, universities, career schools, trade schools, vocational training and online degree programs. You can quickly search through their database of online and campus college locations to find the right degree program best suited for advancing your professional goals.

The relevant link is:

http://www.topeducationguide.com/

Websites to Watch-1: "eLearningArtDesign.org"

www.elearningartdesign.org

Interactivity in Teaching and Learning of Multimedia

The objectives of this site are:

1. Identify the main charactaeristic of Interactive Multimedia(IMM) as empowering the user.
2. Distinguish between levels of interactivity and their applications.
3. Recognise the educational benefits of IMM.
4. Outline good teaching practices in the delivery of multimedia courses.

This site may be of interest to:

1. Students of multimedia, vocational and undergraduate levels.
2. Multimedia designers and content developers
3. Educators designing interactive courseware.
4. Instructional Designers working with multimedia technology.
5. Multimedia educators.

You can try this site and let me know your views.