Year: 2023 | Month: December | Volume 14 | Issue 2
Curriculum Design in Post-Graduate Media Education: A Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Distance Education Institutions in India
Satyendra Kumar
DOI:10.30954/2231-458X.02.2023.4
Abstract:
The fast-paced penetration of technology and media into higher education calls for an urgent evaluation of the curriculum design practices, especially when it comes to the post-graduate media education courses offered by Indian HEIs. At the same time, very few empirical studies have focused on exploring the process of curriculum design in Indian post-graduate media education programs. In light of the foregoing, the present study seeks to examine the curriculum design characteristics of post-graduate media education in conventional universities (CUs) and distance education institutions (DEIs)/open universities (OUs) in India. In order to achieve this aim, the authors have adopted document/content analysis as the research methodology, with a set of curricular documents and syllabi systematically collected from a randomly selected sample of 10 HEIs (5 CUs and 5 DEIs/OUs), and subsequently analyzed comparatively. According to the results obtained, there appear to be marked differences between the two types of educational institutions regarding their program format, course objectives, media for instruction, learning goals, and methods of assessment. The findings of the study are discussed against the background of their implications for future research and practice.
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