Page 524 - Compendium of UGC Regulations 1957-2023

Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

Pharmacy, Nursing, Dental, Architecture, Law, Agriculture, Horticulture, Hotel
Management, Catering Technology, Culinary Sciences, Aircraft Maintenance,
Visual Arts and Sports;
b) The research based programmes such as M.Phil and Ph.D;
c) Such other Programmes not permitted to be offered through Open and Distance
Learning mode and/or Online mode by any concerned statutory or regulatory
body or council:
Provided that, if the concerned statutory or regulatory body or council permits any
of the prohibited programmes, as mentioned above, under its domain, in Open
and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode, the same may be considered by
the Commission, and the decision so taken shall be notified by an Order.
(za) Prospectus‖ includes any publication, whether in print or e-form, issued
for providing fair and transparent information, relating to a Higher
Educational Institution and its programmes, to the general public (including
to those seeking admission in such Higher Educational Institution) by the
management of such Higher Educational Institution or any authority or
person authorised by such Higher Educational Institution to do so;
(zb) Regional Centre‖ means a Centre established or maintained by the Higher
Educational Institution for the purpose of coordinating and supervising
the work of the Learner Support Centres in the region as per its territorial
jurisdiction and for performing such other functions as may be conferred
on such Centre by the statutory authorities of the Higher Educational
Institution;
(zc) Self-Learning e-Module‖ for Online mode means a modular unit of course
material in e-learning form which is inter alia self-explanatory, self-
contained, self-directed at the learner, and amenable to self-evaluation,
and enables the learner to acquire the prescribed level of learning in a
course of study and includes contents in the form of a combination of the
following e-Learning content, namely:-
(a) e-Text Materials;
(b) Video Lectures;
(c) Audio-Visual interactive material;
(d) Virtual Classroom sessions;
(e) Audio Pod casts;
(f) Virtual Simulation; and
(g) Self-Assessment Quizzes or Tests;
(zd) Self-Learning Material‖ for Open and Distance Learning mode means and
includes contents in the form of course material, whether print or in e-
form, which is inter alia self-explanatory, self-contained, self-directed at
the learner, and amenable to self-evaluation, and enables the learner to
acquire the prescribed level of learning in a course of study, but does not
include text-books or guide-books;
(ze) SWAYAM‖ (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds)
means the learning management system as specified in the UGC (Credit
Framework for online learning courses through SWAYAM) Regulations,
2016.

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