e-Learning portal Learning and Development Portal

What is E-learning? eLearning typically involves the use of the internet to access learning materials; interact with the content, instructor, and other learners; obtain support during the learning process Allows participants to acquire knowledge, to construct personal meaning, and to grow from the learning experience. One form of distance learning, a type of educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both.

How is it different from Learning? Delivered through Computer. Its a good alternative to printed teaching materials. Includes rich media including videos, animations etc. Uses communication technology such as blogs, wiki, discussion boards, Video Conferencing etc A mode of distance learning, flexible learning.

Types of Learning Learning OfflineOn LineInstructor led

Importance of eLearning in CSIR To take care of the learning needs of employees Executing Responsibilities Effectively and Efficiently Skill Enhancement Multiple Domain Expertise Career progression of employees (Development Path). Can be Self Paced as well as Controlled by Authority. Access Anytime Anywhere. Return on Investment.

A Comparison Before Offline Training Mostly Instructor Led Reference Materials may not be easily traceable Learning mostly individualistic Might not be a very dynamic process Now Online training Instructor led as well as Self Learning Reference materials easily accessible Collaborative learning Active and dynamic learning process Tracking of learner possible

A Comparison Before Now

Collaborative Learning-Importance  Modes: Web Conference, Blog, Wiki, Podcast, Ask an Expert etc  IMPORTANCE  Learning becomes an inclusive activity  Group activity  More dynamic  Faster

Instructor Centric

User Centric

Collaborative Learning Video Conferenci ng Ask Experts Chat Discussion Forum BlogsWiki

Features in e-learning portal  Online Courses  Online tests  Classroom Training  Provisions for Counseling  Collaboration

How CSIR Learning Portal will help you in Learning….?

Self learning It has a SCORM Course player which tracks the learning progression of the Users. Course player will also allow to bookmark the course section for reference purposes. Course player is capable of handling tests at each node level in the SCORM course package. There can be Pre and Post Test tagged to each Course.

Course Admin Create Course Category mapping SCORM Package Supplementary resources QTI Tests Publish Course Course (s) available for Learning Employee Bulk Enrollm ent Approvals Self Register Self Register Browse the Course(s) SCORM Package Supplementary resources QTI Tests Discussion Forum Ask an Expert FAQ Feedback Certificate Expert Answers to Questions Publish to FAQ Publish to FAQ Ask an Expert Published Course(s) will be available for self registration Admin can enroll more than 1 employees to a selected Course Employee will browse the course and participate in the Collaboration activities. Employee learning progression is tracked Published Course(s) will be available for self registration

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Classroom Training Training Management module allows for planning, implementing and reporting training programmes for the calendar year. It can create training programmes, intimate users to enroll, track attendance, take feedback and archive a training programme. It will also enable collaboration around each Program activity It allows to use digital assets such as Course, Test and Supplementary resources as additional learning content.

Training Admin Create Program Program Metadata Activity Details Digital resources for Activity Create Event Events are shown in Employee’s Event Calendar for Self Registration Events are shown in Employee’s Event Calendar for Self Registration Employee Self Register Self Register Attend the Program activity sessions Reference SCORM Package Supplementary resources QTI Tests Discussion Forum Ask an Expert FAQ Feedback Certificate Trainer Uploaded Materials Publish programs as Events with definite dates for Program and Activities. Location will be associated with each program. Trainers are also tagged for a specific activity of a program Admin can enroll more than 1 employees to a selected Course Employee will attend the Classroom sessions and will participate in the Collaboration activity. They can also use the Digital learning materials available Published Event(s) will be available for self registration Training Halls Request for Cancellat ion Trainer Upload Digital Data Upload Digital Data Take Attendance and Record Offline Assessment Scores Take Attendance and Record Offline Assessment Scores Trainer Calenda r Bulk Enrollm ent Approvals

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Online Assessments Assessment which Supports 5 question types. It has a local repository for storing assets which can be used to create questions. It supports Test creation which includes random and selective based question presentation. Ability to import/export questions from word templates. It supports user defined grade schemes, Negative marking and Feedbacks

Author/Trainer Create Question Create Test(Asses sment) Admin Select and Publish Test Online Course Classroom Training Activity Employee Take Test Response Processing Results Upload to Test Repository Supports 5 Question types Authored Questions will be a part of Question Bank which is later used in creating Test/Assessment Test/Assessment can be authored in 2 ways 1.MS Word based authoring 2.Web based authoring Where, MSWord based authoring supports 5 Question types and Web based will support all 27 type of questions Author will be allowed to upload only if he has created Tests using MSWord authoring tool where, offline QTI Packages are uploaded back to the application Course Admin/Training Admin will select the Test and Tag it to Classroom training/Online course Employee will take Test and the results will be sent to Processing Employee responses will be processed and results are generated Employees results are shown. This can be configured such that, Response processing can be a deferred/scheduled tasks

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Knowledge Library Supports managing Knowledge resources across the CSIR Labs. It supports classification and categorization of documents which improves search capability. It also supports a document review workflow which helps in moderating the documents uploaded by authors and publish the same for the CSIR Lab users

Admin Create Sector Create Policy Area Create Sub Sector Create KR1 Create KR2 Create KR..n Create KR1 Create KR..n Manage Informatio n Dimension Manage Informatio n Dimension Template Documents are uploaded under KR and each document is categorized under Information dimension Document Templates are managed which can be used when Employee wants to contribute a document Sectors, Sub-Sectors and Policy areas are the document classifier Document repository in which Employee can search for documents Search and Download document Employee Store in file system Contribute a Document Document Approval Workflow Employee contributes a documentAdmin approves it for live after review process

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Ontology Structure - Digital Learning Assets e-Learning Course KR Document Supplement ary documents Classroom Session Meta Data Online Tests Offline Tests Feedback FAQ Discussion posts FAQ

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