RUSA

eLearning Centre
Department of Educational Technology
SNDT Women’s University

The SNDT Women’s University has initiated activities in the field of Open Education Resources (OER) since last 10+ years. Some University teachers are geared up with the idea of creating OER and many others can be motivated to contribute. eContent development, therefore, is envisioned as one of the major activities of the University.

Department of Educational Technology of SNDT Women’s University is a unique department which specializes in Instructional Design, eContent development and eLearning. The department has so far developed eContent of more than 400 hours for students of grade I level to postgraduate level.

Chroma studio set-up for video-production, video editing, audio-production, audio editing, instructional designers’ and multimedia developers’ lab were proposed for the eLearning centre to RUSA.

The grant of 135 Lakh was sanctioned was received on April 1, 2016.

Proposed Outcomes of eLearning Centre

Set-up	Outcomes
Video production equipment and set-up for and video-based eContent development	Record videos of teachers’ lecturettes of about 7-15 minutes Record demonstrations to support theoretical aspects Produce video-based case studies Produce videos for promoting innovative academic programmes Produce videos for skill-development of university faculty and faculty of affiliated colleges
Audio production equipment and set-up for Audio-visual eContent development	Record audio narrations, lectures of teachers Produce educational programmes in the form of audio-based case studies, interviews, discussions Screencast modules
Multimedia development	Develop eContent Develop and continuously enhance OER repository

Infrastructure and Facilities:

Video recording studio with
- Complete sound-proofing cutting external sounds with perfect acoustics
- Two professional video recording cameras
- Ceiling, standing and back lights with adequate rods for lights
- Professional microphones to catch audio
- Two LED screens to display input background content and images and to display output after merging of human figure with the background and images
Control room with video editing facility
- Clear glass view for control room personnel
- Live Producer for pre-production chroma cutting and background merging
- Audio and video streaming and editing
- Video streaming Mac server
Audio recording studio with screencast set-up
Computer lab with latest software Instructional Designers and Multimedia developers