SRG Orientation on eContents 2024-2025

Government of India has brought in several initiatives for dissemination of eContent such as DIKSHA (One Nation One Platform), PMeVIDYA (One Class One Channel), MOOCs on SWAYAM, ePathshala, etc. and DIKSHA has been sought as a one stop solution for School Education. The Ministry of Education has launched NIPUN Bharat Mission for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), Education for All (Adult Education), Jadui Pitara (for pre-primary students) and Virtual Labs as special verticals on the DIKSHA platform. Besides, several other verticals i.e. DIVYANG/CWSN, CPD for educating educators, administrators, vocational education etc are also being created on DIKSHA portal. These verticals aim to nurture skills, special abilities and help increase the quality of life of an individual by enabling them to pursue their livelihood, be aware of their rights and responsibilities.

The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) is aimed towards achieving basic foundational skills of reading with comprehension, writing and doing basic operations of mathematics as it focuses on the importance of early learning and/or early childhood education programmes. The vision of the FLN document emphasises that children learn in a joyful manner through plays, stories, rhymes, activities, local art and craft forms and music while developing strong foundations for lifelong learning. The NIPUN Bharat mission outlines learning outcomes for FLN which have been designed in a spiral and progressive manner from Preschool to grade three aiming at holistic development and learning.

The Adult Education vertical viewed pursuing a livelihood as basic rights of every citizen and to achieve the same this vertical provides the opportunity to attain foundational literacy, and obtain an education. Literacy and basic education open up whole new worlds of personal, civic, economic, and lifelong-learning opportunities for individuals that enable them to progress personally and professionally. The cell for National Centre for Literacy through Adult Education and Continuing Learning, NCERT aims to increase the quality of life of an individual by enabling them to pursue their livelihood, and being aware of their rights and responsibilities by imparting foundational literacy and numeracy, critical life skills including financial literacy, legal literacy, digital literacy, health and awareness and so on.

Experiments or laboratory work are vital for learners. They are useful in understanding the theories and concepts of science or other subjects that cannot be studied alone only by textbooks. The virtual labs are based on the Exposure to the laboratory and experiments are vital for learners. They are helpful in understanding the theories and concepts of science or other subjects that cannot be comprehended only through the textbooks. The virtual labs are based on the idea that lab experiments can be taught using the internet, more efficiently and less expensively. The virtual labs can be made available to the students who either have no access to physical labs or whose school labs have a scarcity of equipment. This shall help them come at par with students from better equipped schools and bridge the geographical, socio-economical and digital divide. With the virtual labs, the experiments can be accessed anytime and anywhere, overcoming the time constraints felt while accessing the physical labs which are available for a limited period of time. 

The National Education Policy - 2020 (NEP- 2020), unveiled by the Ministry of Education emphasises for the development of quality eContent in varied forms in all regional languages to feed into the FLN and Adult Education vertical on DIKSHA for a diverse group of learners including DIVYANG and to empower students and teacher communities across India. eContent augments the learning experience by deploying various resources for visualisation and explanation of abstract ideas. Keeping in view the diverse needs of learners, now use of eContent has become an essential component of the teaching and learning processes. eContent is available in large numbers through various sources, but few of them are found to have the desired quality in terms of content, pedagogy as well as technical aspects. Copyright violations are rampant thereby restricting the scope of customising the eContent according to the local needs. Also with a plethora of smart and mobile devices, teacher and student driven eContents are available in abundance in the market.

NEP 2020 further emphasises on development of eContent by institutions like CIET-NCERT, CBSE, NIOS, etc. to be hosted on the DIKSHA platform. The DIKSHA platform is also to be used for teachers’ professional development. The eContents have to be created for DIKSHA and its verticals on FLN, Adult Education, Virtual Labs, Vocational Education and CWSN based on the quality parameters and learning outcomes defined therein.

NEP 2020 also emphasizes that each teacher and school principals is expected to participate in the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities for at least 50 hours per annum. Therefore, CIET-NCERT has planned a series of virtual training programmes to familiarise the SRGs on curation, development and dissemination of eContent, highlighting the process towards a quality eContent through multiple modes -online/ offline/ on air/ web portals /apps etc. and contribute in bridging the digital divide.

Objective of the Programme

  The objectives of this five-day orientation programmes are to:

• Sensitize stakeholders about the Digital Education Initiatives undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and CIET-NCERT.
• Familiarize SRGs (State Resource Groups) with the process of eContent development.
• Support the creation of diverse eContent such as audio, video, interactive materials, quizzes, XR, AR, VR, and virtual labs.
• Introduce SRGs to various FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software) tools for eContent development.
• Acquaint participants with quality parameters related to metadata standards, including curation, licensing, cyber safety, and security in content development.
• Facilitate brainstorming on best practices for futuristic and sustainable eContent development.

Programme Schedule

Program Content

Session Title	Video Link (Bilingual)	Video Link (English)	Other Resource
ICT initiatives @ India with emphasis on DIKSHA
Digital Resources for Teaching, Learning & Assessment- Types & Formats(With special ref to: Verticals on DIKSHA)
Accessible Digital Resources for CwSN
OER and Licences -OER Course
Audio Resources Concept, Purpose, Type, Script writing and storyboarding.
Video Resources Concept, Purpose, Type, Script writing and storyboarding.
Interactive Resources- Concept, Purpose, Type, Script writing and storyboarding.
Audio Resources Development & Dissemination Process
Developing Audio Resources Hands On
Video Resources Development & Dissemination Process
Developing Video Resources Hands on
Interactive Resources Development & Dissemination Process
Developing Interactive Resources Hands on H5p
Instructional Designing
Developing Instructional Designing Hands On
Graphic Resources - Concept, Purpose, Types, Development Process
Developing Graphic Resources Hands On
Immersive Technologies for Teaching, Learning and Assessment ‘XR’(AR, VR and Virtual Labs)
Script writing and storyboarding for (AR & VR)
AI for eContent Development
Developing eContent Hands on
Animation Resources - Concept, Purpose, Types and Development
Developing Animation resources Hands on - Stop Motion Animation
Subject Specific Tools (AR, VR) Geography:
Subject Specific Tools (AR, VR) History & Political Science: Google Arts & Culture
Subject Specific Tools (AR, VR) Chemistry: Argus Lab
Subject Specific Tools (AR, VR) Physics: Falstad
Subject Specific Tools (AR, VR) Biology: Biorender
Subject Specific Tools (AR, VR) Mathematics: CollabGEO
Languages (MLE): Use of Various GPTs & AI Engines
Evaluation of eContent
Content Pedagogy & Technology Integration
Understanding ebooks types and possibilities
Super Searchers
Cyber Safety and Security

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