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{{Short description|Indian e-learning platform}}

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| name = National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning

| image = File:About_NPTEL.jpg

| ___location = IIT Madras, Chennai

| website = https://nptel.ac.in/

| established = 2003

}}

The '''National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning''' (NPTEL)''' is an onlineIndian e-learning platform for university-level [[science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] (STEM) subjects. ItNPTEL is the largest e-repository in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and management subjects.<ref>{{cite web |title= About Us|url= https://nptel.ac.in/aboutus |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref> The platform and materials have been jointly developed by [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IITs) and [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref>{{Cite journalbook|last=Ananth|first=M. S.|datetitle=July2011 IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education 2011|titlechapter=National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NP℡NPTEL): The Vision and the Mission |urldate=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6004353|journal=2011July IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education|volume=2011|pages=8–88 |doi=10.1109/T4E.2011.9|viaisbn=978-1-4577-1521-1 |s2cid=7045958 }}</ref> The initiative is funded by the central [[Ministry of Human ResourceEducation Development(India)|Ministry of Human Resource and DevelopmentEducation]], [[Government. of India]].The project's central idea is to put recorded lectures taught by its member institutes online for open access. It isoperates one of the most extensivean educational [[YouTube]] channel covering engineering, basic sciences, and some humanities and social science subjects.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pulakkat|first=Hari|title=How NPTEL is democratising education and going into the next level|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/how-nptel-is-democratising-education-and-going-into-the-next-level/articleshow/46615577.cms|access-date=2020-08-06}}</ref> Popular NPTEL courses are being translated into popular local languages. The local languages which the translation are available in include Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.<ref name=":1">{{Citecite web |title= NPTEL Courses Now Available in Local Languages |url=https://stories.nptel.ac.in/about_nptelindex.htmlphp/2024/02/12/nptel-courses-now-available-in-local-languages/ |titleaccess-date=NPTEL2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in|date=12 HomeFebruary page-2024 About}}</ref>

== History ==

NPTEL was initiatedlaunched in 2003 by seven IITs: ([[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|Bombay]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|Delhi]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|Kanpur]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|Kharagpur]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|Madras]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|Guwahati]] and [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|Roorkee]]), andin [[Indianconjunction Institutewith ofthe Science|[[Indian Institute of Science]] (IIScIISC)]].<ref>{{Cite nameweb|title="Nptel, online courses and certification, Learn for free|url=https:0"//nptel.ac.in/about_nptel.html|access-date=2020-08-06|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-24|title=What makes NPTEL India's EdTech hero — without newsy fundings and valuations|url=https://factordaily.com/nptel-india-edtech-mooc/|access-date=2020-08-06|website=FactorDaily|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812121603/https://factordaily.com/nptel-india-edtech-mooc/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The courses were designed for these students. Those who did not have the same background and training, found the courses hard to follow. NPTEL was then restructured to offer customized massive open online courses (MOOCs) with exams.<ref>{{cite journal|title=whatDigital makesinterventions nptelat india'sscale: lessons from NPTEL and IIT madras BS degree program | url= https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3550473 |access-date=2024-05-05|website= Communications of the ACM | date=November 2022| doi= 10.1145/3550473 endtech}}</ref> SinceIn March 2014, NPTEL began offering online courses along with certificatesin-centre toand thoseproctored whocertification completedexaminations. theThese NPTEL online certification (NOC) courses successfully.are offered twice a year (Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec).<ref>{{cite nameweb |title=" NPTEL Online Certification(NOC) |url= https:1"//nptel.ac.in/semester |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref>

==Certificates and assessments ==

== Statistics ==

The NPTEL has adopted the MOOC ([[Massive open online course]]) model so that students outside IIT system can also participate in learning quality content and get certified, provided they meet the assessment criteria in the exams conducted at the end of the NPTEL semesters. All courses are free to enrol and learn from. The certification exam is optional and comes at a fee of Rs&nbsp;1000 per course exam. Course credits can also be transferred to other higher education institutions student or the [[Academic Bank of Credits (India)|Academic Bank of Credits]] under the UGC guidelines. NPTEL courses aim for equitable access. They intended to be available, irrespective of ___location. Students in non-urban and rural areas can also study via supplementary DVDs and mobile delivered content. NPTEL exams can be written by students no matter where they are located. Assessments take place either at an exam site, or via remote proctoring.<ref>{{cite web |title= International NPTEL Learning |url= https://nptel.ac.in/international |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref> Plagiarism Detection Software, known as ShodhShuddhi,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pds.inflibnet.ac.in/about.php | title=ShodhShuddhi &#124; Enhancing Research Quality }}</ref> assists Universities/Institutions with addressing academic integrity matters.

According to [[Alexa rank|Alexa]], NPTEL's website is ranked 155 in [[India]] and 1472 globally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nptel.ac.in|title=NPTEL- Alexa ranking}}</ref> Its YouTube channel has more than 1,400,000 subscribers, 20000 videos, and over 332 million total views.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd/about|title=NPTEL Youtube channel}}</ref> In comparison, [[MIT OpenCourseWare|MIT OpenCourseware]] has nearly 2 million subscribers, but 164 million views.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT/about|title=MIT OCW Youtube channel}}</ref> Its content is distributed under the CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.<ref name=":0" />

The headquarters of NPTEL is located inside [[IIT Madras]].

==References==

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== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://nptel.ac.in }}

* [https://swayam.gov.in swayam.gov.in]

==References==

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[[Category:Ministry of Education (India)]]

[[Category:E-learning]]

[[Category:Indian educational websites]]