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A spoken-tutorial initiative from IIT Bombay demonstrates that capabilities exist in-house. On 4 March 2014 19:24, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > -- CK Raju _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
