The Virtual Campus

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The Virtual Campus

• .putting learners and faculty together

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Nature of the Virtual Campus

• Provides Education
• Also does training
• Faculty do consulting
• Research is encouraged
• Development work is undertaken
• Academically connected
• Alumni networks

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Components of the Virtual Campus

• Virtual Universities
• Virtual Institutions
• Virtual Professors
• Real learners
• Points of Physical presence
• Glue that holds it all together

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Modes of access to the Virtual Campus

• Mobile learner
• Learner-at-home
• Learning Boutique
• Learning Hub
• Tele-learning Centre
• Participating Institute

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Academic and Consulting Units

• School of Information Technology
• School of Management
• English Language Teaching Institute
• Law School
• Centre for Life-style Lifelong Education
• Bridge over the Digital Divide

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Future Centres,Institutes,and Academic Units

• School of Telecommunications
• School of Biotechnology
• Institute of Education
• Agricultural Institute
• Health Education and Management Centre
• Centre for Good Governance/Direct Democracy

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Facilities,Services and Utilities in the Virtual
Campus

• Learning Facilitation System(Extralearn)
• Registration and Fee Payment system
• Digital Library
• Online bookstore
• Educational Information Services
• Educational Counselling Services
• Placement Services

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Programmes on offerIT

• Australian Computer Society Professional
  Certification
• Bachelor Degree completion in BSIT from Jones
  International University,Denver,Colorado,USA.

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Programme on offerManagement

• MBA from Jones International
• Bachelors degree in Management from JIU

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Programmes on offerELTI

• IELTS orientation for just before taking the exam
• IELTS preparation with support for English
  language Improvement as well

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Programmes on offerLaw

• PG Diploma in Information Systems security
• PG Diploma in cyber-laws

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Bridge over the Digital Divide

• Free courses available on the Internet
• Information about devices to reach the
  inaccessible areas

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How real is the Virtual Campus?

• This project is running
• Some activities are already on
• We will start other activities
• We are looking for Professors/ Teachers who would
  want to teach virtually in the areas defined
  above
• We should be able to show that India can teach
  the world

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What evolutionary stage are we talking about?

• The 1960s were the age of the IITs
• The 1970s saw the rise of management as in IIMs
• The late 1980s witnessed establishment of the
  Open Universities
• Distance learning was the buzzword of the 1990s
• The future is the Virtual Campus

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Yes, Dr Ashok K. Chauhan

• No dream is too Big, and
• No step is too small
• Thank you, for giving me this opportunity