On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:56 AM, ck raju <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/creation-partners > > A spoken-tutorial initiative from IIT Bombay demonstrates that > capabilities exist in-house. > > They are a bit different , not a complete course kind > 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 > -- Renuka Prasad 9901945674
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