Education to home becomes a reality

PUNE, September 9 : ETH Research Lab announced that the Content Team at

the ETH Laboratory in Pune has created an Education Portal, which will

make learning at home through the Web a distinct reality.

ETH Research Lab is presently working with Yashwantrao Pratishthan and

the Government of Maharashtra to deliver digital education to 24,000

schools in the state. The deployment will be done through ETH Internet,

which is being provided by its Internet enterprise, Dishnet Ltd. Dishnet

is a national ISP with full-fledged range of Internet services on

world-class infrastructure. Dishnet began its operations in Pune on March

18 and in Chennai in April this year. Mumbai and Delhi will come on stream

in September, and will be followed by other metros. Simultaneously, the

whole of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are being mapped.

ETH Research Lab is developing a comprehensive Web-based Education

Environment for creating, administrating as well as for examination and

testing on the Web. This is being layered on Microsoft's MCIS,

incorporating the latest tools and methodologies for Web-based education

and learning.

ETH Research Lab, founded in Pune in 1998, develops technologies and

content with a mission of bring education to home using the technologies

of Internet, Digital Satellite Broadcasting and DVDs. The goal of the Lab

is to take education directly to the doorsteps of aspiring learners,

dissolving the fiscal barriers as well as those created by distance and

languages.

Widely regarded as a major breakthrough in Web-based learning, Anna

University, an engineering and technology university in Tamil Nadu,

recently announced Master of Engineering degree courses through the

Web-based learning in collaboration with ETH Research Lab. For the first

time in India, it has now become possible to take professional education

at Post Graduation (PG) level through Internet-based learning. This course

allows the concept of Credit Banking.

Pune University has also chalked out an ambitious plan for connecting

all its colleges and creating multimedia content creation labs there. Pune

University Professor present Vice-Chancellor Arun Nigwekar, and ETH

Chairman Dr Vijay Bhatkar, have decided to join hands to develop a unique

multimedia content for teaching, using CBTs (Computer-based Training) and

Internet.