There are seven components for evaluation:
- Summary of the Chapters (20%)
A summary of 400 words for every chapter is to be submitted at the completion the lecture on each chapter. Learners are required to write the summary in their own words after reading through the course material.
- Application Oriented Questions – AOQs (15%)
A learner has to participate in the AOQ forum by writing answers to the leading question given for every chapter (in 200 words). Apart from this, for at least 5 chapters, the learner must also respond in a minimum of 100 words to the answers
given by other learners.Learners are encouraged to continue further discussions as well on the subject.
- Tasks (20%)
- Learners will be divided into groups and assigned tasks. The tasks prepared by the groups need to be submitted and also presented during the ‘Presentation Session’.
- Each group will be required to work on one task during the course, which would require approximately five hours of work.
- 10% of the total course marks is alloted for the task submission and 5% is allotted for the group presentation.
- Moreover, 5% of the total marks is alloted to peer evaluation by the learner’s group members regarding their contribution toward the task.
- Quiz (10%)
Learners are required to attempt a quiz at the completion of each chapter. Each quiz will consist of five questions and is to be completed in five minutes.
- Course Paper ( 20%)
- A major paper has to be prepared by a learner for each course.
- Learners are expected to refer to a minimum of 3 additional literature / articles / published books which could be printed or available online.
- They are expected to write reference notes for every quotation or ideas taken from a book or material and bring their analysis and application from their own context / organization. Even if an information is collected from an online
source, the link of the source should be provided in the paper.
Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. If found copying from other sources without providing reference, such papers will be rejected outright. If a learner is found doing it, he or she may be disqualified from continuing
the course.
- Timely submission of assignments (10%)
Learners are encouraged to be active and are expected to complete the course requirements on-time. Failure to submit their assignments on time will result in loss of marks.
- Discussion forum (5%)
The learners are expected to interact with fellow learners in the discussion forums, in the form of asking doubts, responding to the views of fellow learners etc. Faculty members will also interact with learners through the forums to
clarify any pertinent discussions. Active participation in the forum is expected from learners.
