The third meeting of a consortium comprising 11 universities was held at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Islamabad as part of the Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project. The purpose of the meeting was to develop high-quality asynchronous online courses that would be incorporated into the new core curriculum for undergraduates across the country.
The university’s expertise and interest in creating and delivering high-quality online learning platforms and major online courses is the foundation of the corporation. It includes Islamabad AIOU; Karachi’s Agha Khan University; BUITEMS, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Science, Quetta; COMSATS College, Islamabad; Habib University of Karachi; Hazara University of Mansehra; Women’s College in Lahore; University of Science and Management (LUMS) in Lahore; National University of Science and Technology (NUST); Skardu, University of Baltistan; and Lahore Virtual University. The meeting was attended by the university’s senior managers and vice-chancellors.
Dr. Shahista Sohail, CEO of HEC, chaired the meeting. “As a woman, I am delighted to be involved in this initiative as it will benefit everyone regardless of their gender,” she said, in her opening remarks. she. Women will be able to continue contributing to the economy through PakistanEdX without having to compromise their official and domestic duties. Since women’s mobility can be an issue in many parts of our country, many women, especially in disadvantaged areas, will benefit.
Dr. Nasir Mahmood, VC AIOU, greeted each of the dignitaries and pledged AIOU’s support. The discussion was led by Dr Mahmood Butt, Project Coordinator, HEDP, who highlighted the importance of universities’ contributions in creating ODL and Pakistan EdX policies. The new curriculum includes 11 core courses from five major categories of HEC University Policy courses. Multilingual options in these five areas—Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Quantitative Skills, Natural Sciences, and Report Writing will be offered by these universities for inclusion in the courses. PakistanEdX course.
PakistanEdX is an important activity started as part of the HEC HEDP project supported by the World Bank. It aims to deliver Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in a manner comparable to that of well-known international platforms such as Coursera and edX. The goal is to expand the reach of high-quality education at the national level, especially by focusing on remote and disadvantaged areas.
Poor youth will be able to take courses (MOOCs) taught by highly qualified instructors through PakistanEdX. MIT/Harvard’s edX, University of California, San Diego’s edX, and Wikimedia are just a few of the international learning platforms that are developed by the same organization. More than 55 million students around the world have benefited from this company’s technology. The HEC PERN project, which is expanding high-quality internet access to all affiliated colleges and universities, will be a complement to the platform. For provinces like Balochistan, inland Sindh, newly merged districts of KP and far from Punjab, these initiatives are especially important.
To ensure both accessibility and high quality, models of financial assurance, sustainability and quality have been widely discussed. Technical and financial procedures for carrying out this activity were discussed by representatives of the participating universities. The participants present in person at the meeting, VC LUMS, VC AIOU and VC Virtual University, all agreed to continue contributing to Pakistan EdX. Discussions ended with the development of the Letter of Interest for Course Development, the deadline for accepting credits for the online courses, and the minimum number of contact hours required.
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