Hi Gautam, Not sure what you have, these links may be of use if they have skipped your notice -
* Keisham & Sophirani (2008). Url - http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in/dxml/bitstream/handle/1944/1134/19.pdf?sequence=1 * TOI (Jan 2012) "Now, classroom content of IITs can be accessed by MIT students" Url - http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-02/news/30580988_1_nptel-iits-technology-enhanced-learning Warm regards, Ashwin On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Assuming a lower threshold as well, that it's just available for free >> and no necessarily the other elements, are there resources that come >> to mind? > > > > Texts books (of few subjects) are available for download from the education > department website of the following states (There might be some more state > government sites). > > Tamil Nadu - http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/ > Gujarat - http://gujarat-education.gov.in/textbook/ > Karnataka: http://dsert.kar.nic.in/textbooksonline/first.asp > Kerala - https://www.itschool.gov.in/initiatives.php > Madhya Pradesh - > http://www.educationportal.mp.gov.in/Public/TextBooks/View_TextBooks.aspx > > But as you already mentioned, like the NCERT text books, these PDFs (in > some cases it is scanned PDF) are available just for download. None of these > are in Public Domain or under free license. > > > Shiju > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org> > wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I'm trying to write a piece on Open Content and Open Educational >> Resources in India and am asking for your help. >> >> Open Content is defined as: >> >> Reuse - the right to reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim >> form (e.g., make a backup copy of the content) >> Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content >> itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) >> Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with >> other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content >> into a mashup) >> Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your >> revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the >> content to a friend)[3] >> >> [from: http://opencontent.org/definition/] >> >> Wikipedia and sister projects apart, do you know of content, both >> educational and otherwise, in India that would fit this definition? >> Assuming a lower threshold as well, that it's just available for free >> and no necessarily the other elements, are there resources that come >> to mind? >> >> I can think of the NCERT textbooks >> [http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbook/textbook.htm], NPTEL >> [http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/], VASAT [http://vasat.icrisat.org/], >> FlexiLearn [http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/] and Pratham >> Books, if I say so myself, >> [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Pratham_Books]. >> >> What else comes to mind? Examples and links would be very helpful. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best, >> >> Gautam >> ________ >> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
