IP University to offer 15-week free online course in Society and Media, Register before July 15

GGSIPU is offering an online MOOCs course in Society and Media, which will be launched through the SWAYAM platform. Read more to know the registration process and other details.

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has announced that it will offer a 15-week online MOOCs course. The course named as Society and Media, in its second phase, will be launched through the SWAYAM platform of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

GGSIPU has started the registration process for the same and students can apply on or before July 15, 2020. The free online course will help students whose academic schedules have been affected severely due to the coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown followed after it.

Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs’, Society and Media were among the top five courses launched at the SWAYAM portal in the 2019 odd semester with more than 1,200 enrollments across the country. The course, this year, has been selected among 42 other courses from across universities based on its demand and quality of content.

The course is designed and coordinated by Dr. Durgesh Tripathi, founding faculty of the University School of Mass Communication (USMC), GGSIPU.

The online course on Society and Media is a joint effort of the media academicians from central and state universities across the country. The National Testing Agency (NTA), will conduct the examination for this 15-week online course. A certificate verified by the university will also be issued to the learner on the successful completion of the course.

“ Students from various disciplines and subjects should enroll in the course to gain a better understanding of the role of media in our society as it has become an integral part of our lives and impact all of us. The students should take advantage of the situation and enroll for the course to gain new perspectives on the functioning of media especially when we are flooded with fake news and misinformation,” Dr. Tripathi said.

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