IGNOU

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched online courses in two subjects.The courses are Masters Degree in Library Science and post-graduate certificate in Cyber Law.All the academic activities like admission, classes, assignments and examination will be held online in these courses.These courses will provide virtual learning environment right from registration to certification.The students will have to furnish their details through Internet to get admission while university will provide the course materials and classes on its website.The university will also introduce an online admission system under which there will be a payment gateway for receiving admission fees from the students.The university has developed a digital repository of learning resources.About 80 per cent of the study materials of IGNOU has been put out in the digital repository which has been thrown open to the public in its website.IGNOU also launched webcasting facility for its educational channels, GyanDarshan and Gyanvani.