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

(g) “credit course” means a course which follows an academic curriculum and for
which credit transfer is permissible under these regulations;
(h) “four quadrant approach” means the e-learning system that has the following
components, namely:-
(i) Quadrant-I, which shall be an e-Tutorial containing video and audio
content in an organised form, animations, simulations, virtual labs;
(ii) Quadrant-II, which shall be an e-Content containing e-Books or glossary,
case study, frequently asked questions transcriptions of video lectures and
any other study materials;
(iii) Quadrant-III, which shall be a discussion forum, for discussion of doubts,
opinions and comments with course-coordinators and others;
(iv) Quadrant-IV, which shall be a self-assessment process that shall contain
multiple choice questions, problems, quizzes, assignments and solutions;
(i) “higher education institution” means a university established or incorporated by
or under a Central Act, Provincial Act or State Act as referred to under clause (f)
of section 2 of the Act, institution or college recognised by or affiliated to such
university and an institution deemed to be a university under section 3 of the Act
which is offering programmes through conventional mode or through open and
distance learning mode or through online mode, in the area of higher education or
research therein;
(j) “Host Institution” means the higher education institution duly recognised or
approved by the regulating authority, to which the course-coordinator offering the
course belongs;
(k) “Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)” mean such online courses which are
developed as per the pedagogy following the four quadrant approach;

(l) “National Coordinator” means a National level agency or institution designated as
such by the Central Government, for the purpose of coordinating the production
of the online courses and for overseeing their quality and delivery in a designated
discipline or level of learning;
(m) “parent institution” means the higher education institution where the student is
enrolled;

(n) “proctored examination” means the examination conducted under the supervision
of approved person or technology enabled proctoring which ensures the identity
of the test taker and the integrity of the test taking environment, either in pen-
paper mode or in computer based testing mode or in full fledged online mode, as
may be permissible;
(o) “programme” includes a diploma, undergraduate or postgraduate degree
programme;

(p) “SWAYAM Board” means the board constituted by the Government of India in
the Ministry of Education to oversee Massive Open Online Courses, SWAYAM
and SWAYAM Prabha programmes;

(q) “SWAYAM guidelines” means the guidelines for developing online courses for
SWAYAM programmes issued on the 1st June, 2017 by the Government of India
in the erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development and as amended from
time to time;

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