Uses of MoE-GoI Open Educational Platforms by the College Teachers of Assam: A Study Focusing on the Role of Library

Abstract

Today, the use of technology in education is the need of the hour for any higher educational institution. NEP-2020 has very clearly mentioned the roadmap for the adoption of technology in education. It has emphasized the use of open online learning platforms along with the different e-contents, information repositories, etc platforms. The OER developed under the MOE-GOI has its own credibility in terms of courses available across the higher educational institutions of our country. Various platforms like SWAYAM, NDLI, e-PG Pathshala, CEC-OER, virtual labs, etc are developed under the guidance of MOE-GOI. Even these platforms served as an alternative during the pandemic situations. Till the study was submitted, 244 numbers of colleges have already registered in N-LIST out of which 185 colleges were the present beneficiary. College libraries are providing maximum assistance to library users in using the N-LIST services. So, whether a similar approach is found to be practiced by the college libraries in the case of OER. Further whether the faculty members are using all the different open online education platforms of MOE-GOI. What challenges are faced by the college teachers of Assam in utilizing the OER? So, this paper basically deals with all these three questions mentioned above.