Tata McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global publisher and Vriti, a Smart Education Platform company announced a partnership to launch free, online 'Smart Courses' for Engineering and Management students on tablet devices, which will be made available globally.
These pre-bundled courses will be available on the Micromax Funbook, India's most popular e-learning tablet.
Smart Courses combine world-leading education content from Tata McGraw-Hill on the platform developed by Vriti. These would contain e-books, assignments, videos, multimedia, detailed assessments & personalized tips wrapped in an intelligent lesson plan. The course will also create student edu-social communities per course on the cloud globally.
The pre-bundled short summarized courses will be upgradable to the full 'Smart Course' offering through e-payments on the tablet. The partnership plans to introduce over 100 free courses in the higher education segments of Engineering and Management. The platform will adapt the content while adhering to the syllabus of several technical universities in India and abroad making it relevant for a broad group of students. The first set of courses are planned for release in early September.
Ajay Shukla, Managing Director at Tata McGraw-Hill Education said, "We are excited about this innovative partnership that puts the power of learning in the hands of the students and gives anytime, anywhere access to our acclaimed education content and resources.
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We believe that the partnership can contribute significantly to improving learning outcomes and enhance the learning experience of students."
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Deepak Mehrotra, CEO, Micromax commented, "Tablets have huge potential in the education sector. Funbook, our 7" version of the device came packed with content targeted towards early learners.
The focus with the upcoming 10" Funbook Pro is going to be on higher education and for the same we have tied-up with Tata McGraw Hill and Vriti. Our tie-up will strengthen the content on the device for management and engineering students who will be able to access the due supported content. This association will open up opportunities for students across the globe to get access to valuable content."
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