On Mar 4, 2014 7:11 PM, "Guru गुरु" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 03/03/2014 05:16 PM, varadarajan narayanan wrote: >> >> Hi ! >> >> Before you make an issue of this , please check if they have the platform for SSO like OpenID and anyone can join with an e-mail ID which is SSO compliant . >
>From the home page of the site: ''NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISc. Through this initiative, we offer online courses and certification in Programming, Data structures & Algorithms.'' I presume the question of whether they need 'help' to manage the login scenario was tongue-in-cheek. I don't know about IISc, but many, perhaps all of the IITs manage their student and alumni email using Google services. Possibly the step of restricting registration to Gmail IDs is a careless and perhaps lazy step of the person/group managing the website and online services, or possibly they are simply unaware. A simple straightforward letter to the organisation, pointing out the restriction that will make some students hesitate to join at all, should get quick results. Vickram >> Cheers >> >> Rad >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:18 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Nagarjuna G <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 03, 2014 03:17:36 PM Guru गुरु wrote: >>>> >>>> > NPTEL have come out with a course on Programming, Data Structures and >>>> >>>> > Algorithms <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/programming101> which is >>>> >>>> > laudable... it is perhaps the first MOOC offering from MHRD. >>>> >>>> > However to >>>> >>>> > Sign Up <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/programming101/register> >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > A gmail account seems to be compulsory. Not clear why some one who wants >>>> >>>> > to study a course from MHRD, Government of India MUST have a GMAIL id? >>>> >>>> > (I think not long ago, Google's offer to Election Commission to 'manage >>>> >>>> > the voter information' was rejected but only after some protests from >>>> >>>> > political parties). >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > Does anyone have more info on this matter? >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> When I saw the ad in the paper the other day, I found the footer of the ad has google as one of the partner. I am sure they are using google apps for this mooc. therefore, without gmail id the students cannot register. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Also if you see the header of the ad, all the iits have been listed. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> What a share? Even wth all the iits of India put together they cannot make a mooc platform that can free the Indian students the dependence from Google. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I think we should send a representation immediately. Immediate reactions sometimes work. Let us do a campaign! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> What do others think about this? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> Yes we should give a representation >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> GN >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> network mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Renuka Prasad >>> 9901945674 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> network mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> network mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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