MOOC for capacity building in Indian agriculture
Balaji, Venkataraman · Sodhi, Balwinder · Prabhakar, T V

PublishedMarch 2014
PeriodicalPages 1-29
PublisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)
CountryIndia, Asia

ABSTRACT
Presentation slides of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Brainstorming Session in partnership with COL, New Delhi, India, 5 March 2014. By Venkataraman Balaji, Commonwealth of Learning, co-written with Balwinder Sodhi, IIT Ropar and TV Prabhakar, IIT Kanpur.

Keywords course materials · evaluation · learning event · learning materials · MOOC · proctoring · technology mediation

URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/1032
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