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Students opting for e-tutoring: Indian Study

Posted 251 days ago by Arti Madan

Greater internet penetration in India and the option of learning in the comfort of home while saving money have led to the increased popularity of e-tutorials, which are expected to be a Rs.3,500 crore market by 2015, a study released by an industry lobby said Sunday.

The online tutorial market is growing at an annual rate of 40 percent and is likely to cross the Rs.3,500 crore mark by 2015 from its current level of Rs.1,200 crore, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

“An increasing number of school and college going students are now getting enrolled for online classes which provides them practical insights and individual attention in the comforts of their home at a time convenient to them,” said the survey.

E-tutoring does not require any significant investments but a basic software and hardware set up to support multimedia and internet connection to facilitate interactive study sessions via e-mails and engaging in live discussions and video conferencing, Assocham said.

“There are several websites which offer e-tutoring and the student can pay with his credit or debit card,” an Assocham official told IANS.

The lobby interacted with about 800 parents in cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai between June and August for the study.

Nearly 55 percent of the respondents were aware of online tutorials. While most of them agreed that conventional tuition centres remain their first choice, the others agreed that online tutorials were a better way of learning, revealed the survey.

“E-tutorial is a niche sector that provides limitless world of knowledge as there are various online learning programs that complement every student’s unique learning needs,” Assocham secretary general D.S. Rawat said.

“However, the online tutorial market in India is still at a nascent stage, mainly confined to the urban centres,” he added.

The My Open Campus ecosystem is gearing towards this eventuality. We are creating a neutral platform for elearning vendors to interact with the students seamlessly. Connecting the person who needs to learn to the person who has the knowledge is our goal.

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Students Love Technology [Infographic]

Posted 284 days ago by Arti Madan

If there was any doubt whether the students are tech-savvy or not – This infographic created by http://www.onlineeducation.net should put your doubts to rest.

Here are some of the findings from the following infographic released by Onlineeducation.net.

more than 1 in 4 students say that their laptop is the most important item in their backpack !
Only 10% say that their textbooks are more important.
Whooping 38% say that they cant go more than 10 minutes without using their digital device.
Nearly 3/4th of all students who own tablets prefer them over text-books.

We at My Open Campus have exactly the same vision – To bring technology in Education, so the students would benefit from it. As the Infographic suggests, Students love technology, however, they also need a tech environment which they utilize to further their education!

Students Love Technology Infographic

Posted in Education, Enhance Pad, Technology | Tagged students community, technological infrastructure, technology, technology and teaching | No Comments

Pune Management Association partners with My Open Campus!

Posted 285 days ago by Arun Prabhudesai

PMA Collaborates with MOC to provide revolutionary new platform for Management & Engineering Professionals across Maharashtra & India.

Pune Management Association (PMA), the Local Management Association affiliated to All India Management Association (AIMA), today announced its collaboration with My Open Campus (MOC), an online Collaborative platform from Enhance Education, which focuses on bringing cutting-edge technology into Education, to provide a holistic platform that will allow PMA members to communicate and collaborate with members across Maharashtra & India.

My Open Campus will help PMA to organise programs, events and bring all its members on one single platform for the benefit of various sections of the Society as well as Engineering & Management Professionals.

Speaking on the development, Mr. Pradeep Tupe, Hon Secretary, Pune Management Association, said, "We are proud to be associated with My Open Campus in this path-breaking initiative. At PMA, we recognize the need & importance of Technology for the benefit of masses. My Open Campus will help over 5000 PMA members to come on one single platform and collaborate with each irrespective of their physical location, time & availability. At PMA, we envisage My Open Campus to become the backbone of our communication framework that will help students as well as professionals to gain immense knowledge thereby benefiting them in their professional endeavours.

Mr. Akshat Srivastava, CEO, My Open Campus, also commented, "Every great product innovated needs a great organization to make the best out of it. This collaboration does exactly that." Mr. Arun Prabhudesai, CTO, My Open Campus, added, "Building a platform that can deliver on the collaborative needs of Pune Management Association was difficult considering the number of cells & organizations it is associated with . Working jointly with the PMA team, we were able to migrate over 5000 members in less than a month. "

About My Open Campus:

My Open Campus is the flagship product brought to you by Enhance Education, a company whose vision is to bring cutting-edge technology into Education. Backed by eminent Educationalists and Industry Experts, My Open Campus aims to bring the learner and the learned together on a single unified platform, where learning is not limited to classroom, but happens 24 X 7 and on demand.

About Pune Management Association:

Pune Management Association is a Local Management Association affiliated to All India Management Association(AIMA). Founded in 1972 by Late Padmabhushan S.L. Kirloskar, Mr. V.S.Vaidya (Swastik Rubber), Mr. C.S.Kirloskar (Kirloskar group), Dr. N.A. Kalyani (Kalyani Group), and Late Mr. C.V.Jog (Bank of Maharashtra), PMA is an independent Trust and Public Organisation for propagation and transformation of society through Better Management Practices.

PMA is very active in organising programs for the benefit of various sections of the Society as well as Management Professional.

Posted in press | Tagged Collaborative Platform, my open campus, Pune Management Association | 2 Comments

Pune Management Assocation & MOC

Posted 289 days ago by Arti Madan

The Pune Management Association has adopted the My Open Campus collaboration platform for its 20,000 members across Pune.

We are very proud to partner with them in spreading education and knowledge to their members. The platform gives the members the ability to interact with each other, upload content, share books and more importantly connect with the students from Engineering and Management Colleges across India. The knowledge in this community is vast and spreading down the line to our student population as well.

There are 2 websites that we have launched for them

1. Managers Collaboration Portal – http://www.punemanagement.org/

2. Engineers Collaboration Portal - http://mahaengineers.myopencampus.in/

Mr. Pradeep Tupe, the Hon Secretary has been instrumental in launching these 2 community sites. He has guided our team in tweaking the site towards the professional community.

The Commuity Portal has Jobs, internships and updated news for all managers and engineers and is helping create a repository of information which is constantly being updated by its members.

If you are a Manager or an Engineer please feel to login and participate in spreading knowledge.

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World Education Summit – New Delhi – 2011

Posted 305 days ago by Akshat Shrivastava

I had the privilege to participate in the World Education Summit held in Delhi recently. My Open Campus was nominated for an award in the Best ICT for a college category. Having launched just 3 months ago, this was indeed a big honour for my team and a testament that educational institutions across India are looking for revolutionary ideas of teaching and disseminating information.

The Summit had the Minister for Education, Mr. Kapil Sibal speak about the state of our higher education system, the challenges and the opportunities which any player in the market has to face.

A very brief synopsis of the 3 days conference according to me are highlighted below

1. The Higher Education System has to become more inclusive and all encompassing. The current degrees and diplomas, although necessary, cannot be sufficient for future India. We have to become a skill based economy and vocational training, industry experience need to become a part of the curriculum. The teaching methodologies and pedagogy have to imbibe industry practices to create an employable graduate.

2. There is a lot of opportunity in the market for players who understand the space and are looking to help the end user – which can be the students or the college depending on which vertical you are operating in.

3. The most important of all is the quality of education – this has been the bone of contention and desperately needs a revamp. I strongly believe that a disconnect between the industry and teaching will only lead to graduates who are not employable. The demographic advantage of India can only be considered a boon if these youth are properly trained and given the confidence to face the real world. Creating of jobs rather than just becoming an employee has to be one of the key visions of India 2020.

The conference has left the My Open Campus team with a new motivation of reaching across all colleges in India. Driving meaningful education to the masses has been our goal and having heard the leading gurus of the Indian Education space also elucidate this point – has made us even more confident of achieving it.

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