Post Graduate

Master of Art (Education)

Duration: 2 Years

Program Approved by : MIT-ADT University, Pune

Intake: 25

Beneficial For

• Content developer.
• Teacher educator.
• Promoted to administrative positions in an educational institute.
• Work in NGO and give NET / SET examinations.
• Progress for higher education for Ph.D.

Unique Features Of The Program

• Focus on developing skills of a teacher for the ones who have not done B.Ed. Courses like emerging trends, pedagogical transitions designed for learners. These courses develop basic skills in students with no teaching background and expertise in ones with B.Ed degree.
• Focus on all round grooming of the students to become administrators, teacher educators, teacher trainers, teachers, content creators etc. Course like Holistic development for educational professionals
• Unique electives like e - content development, Gender education, Lifelong learning, Guidance and Counseling, drama and art in education and teacher education added to have a specialization.
• Dedicated sem 3 and 4 on developing research aptitude through courses and a dissertation.
• Internship is included in the program for exposure to the real life professional set up. Students can do internships from any educational institute like NGO, Teacher training college, school etc. as per their area of interest. (Internship not there in any ma education course).
• Paid internships also offered for international companies for students of e - content development.
• Expertise of faculty helps to choose relevant issues for dissertation like development of an app for learning, developing modules for training of pre - service teachers, using new trends in education to check the impact and so on.
• Values added courses like academic and administrative audit, NET/SET preparation provided to add value to the degree.
• Paper presentation and publication opportunities provided to the students through various in - house events like research paper reading contest and Edu - imagineering conclave.
• PhD in education available with us for progression.

Master of Arts / Master of Science in E-Learning

Duration: 2 Years - Full time - M.Sc. e-learning OR M.A. e-learning

Intake: 30

Semesters : 4 semesters with minimum 80 credits distributed over two years

Exit point: Those students who complete 40 Credits including a project will be qualified to exit with PG Diploma in e - learning.

Entry Point: Those students who have completed a PG Diploma in e-learning can later come back and pursue to complete M.A/M.Sc in e-learning within 3 years from completion of the PG Diploma course.

Maximum Age Limit: No bar

Potential Scope after completion of the program: Candidates after completing the course in Master of e-learning will be able to work in the e-learning industry and institutions including NGOs that support/ function in the e-learning domain. The candidates upon their proven merit can be employed in various capacities, indicative list being as follows:

• Instructional Designers
• Storyboard developers
• e-Content developers
• Online content creators
• Consultants in e-learning
• Corporate trainers
• Researchers in varied dimensions of online education/Educational technology
• Entrepreneurs of e-learning related areas
• Edupreneurs

USP of Program

• Multiple Exit and entry points. On successful completion of requirements, a candidate can exit after one year with a Post Graduate Diploma e learning and on successful completion of four seemsters with 80 credits they get M.A/M.Sc e - learning.
• Any stream students can take the program. Candidates with Arts get M.A degree upon successful completion and Science students get M.Sc degree.
• Strong foundation of pedagogy required for the e-learning industry is covered in the program.
• More focus on Practical and hands-on for developing skills.
• 100% jury assessment rather than traditional assessment like written examinations.
• Internship for the entire duration of last semester with focus on skill development and research on the area of specialization.
• M.A / M.Sc e - learning students get the benefit of double specialization. Specializations offered are as follows:
  • Specialization in Developing Self Instructional and Educational Video Creation in the first year.
  • Educational Game Design & Development, Virtual Laboratory Design &m Development & Educational Design Research offered in the second year.
• Project based on specialization in the 4th semester helps strengthen the specialization.
• Value added course on technologies and applications.
• New trends in the field of education incorporated so as to keep the students abreast with latest developments in the field of e-learning.
• Focused course on Instructional Design with a specific focus on e-learning industry.
• The Programme is structured with a common core curriculum that lays the foundations and all courses have less theory and more of application.
• Swayam and NPTEL courses can be considered as value added courses as per requirement of the industry and availability of the course.
  • Basics of Learning Analytics.
  • Relevant and recommended courses on platforms like SWAYAM, edX and Coursera. (CBCS applicable).
  • Basics of Cyber Security.

Career opportunities