Free Teaching And Academics Courses & Certifications

The Regulatory Requirements for Conducting Clinical Trials programme has been developed by the Clinical Development Services Agency (CDSA) in association with NPTEL and  Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). It is a prerequisite course if you are interested in conducting clinical trials and involving yourself in developing new drugs. The course will also discuss the latest guidelines and regulations in the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Rules, 2019.

Regulatory Requirements for Conducting Clinical Trials certification is an elective course with a duration of eight weeks. It is a multidisciplinary course that you can access on Swayam, the online learning platform. There are no prerequisites to join this online course. All the course material is available for free. You will also have the chance to study under a reputed group of educators from multiple organisations and institutions.

Regulatory Requirements for Conducting Clinical Trials has an option for certification as well. You need to submit all the assignments and sit for the offline end-of-term exam to obtain it.

The Academic Research & Report Writing certification course is spread over eight weeks and throws lights on the beneficial tools and techniques that can be used in report writing. The course has also been approved by the AICTE. It falls under the domain of Teacher education.

The Academic Research & Report Writing course curriculum extensively covers all the topics ranging from different reports and presentations to various word processors and plagiarism detection tools. The course proves worthwhile to all the researchers and teachers who need to hone their report writing skills for effective dissemination (both academic and research-oriented).

The Academic Research & Report Writing online training is offered by Dr Samir Roy. He is currently working as the professor and the head of the department of computer science and engineering at the NITTTR, Kolkata. He has over twenty-five years of academic teaching experience. Thus, the learners can be completely assured of being trained by one of the best minds that the field has witnessed.

The Geomorphic Processes: Landforms and Landscapes certification course is designed for those particular students who want to learn about processes in the geomorphic field in detail, this course will help them to learn about different segments involved in the processes engaged in this particular field. The course exposes the pupil to the underlying concepts of geomorphology and the physical world associated with it.

The modules of this course would encourage the student to have a deeper understanding of processes that work within the earth and even on the surface of the earth. The Geomorphic Processes: Landforms and Landscapes certification will be given as assurance that the candidate has successfully completed the particular programme. A student should be well prepared with the knowledge of the numerous landforms and processes that exist in fluvial, glacial, karst, aeolian, coastal terrains after this course.

More focus will be done on engaging students in a more analytical approach towards learning the concepts more clearly that will give them better understanding about the concepts in a more detailed manner. The Geomorphic Processes: Landforms and Landscapes training will be given as per the weekly structure of the syllabus for the programme.  

Microfoundations of Macroeconomics Certification aims to provide an understanding of the behavior of aggregate economic variables — consumption, investment, employment — rather than understanding a single economic unit or market in isolation.

Microfoundations of Macroeconomics Classes help to grab the goal of macroeconomics and it becomes interesting when we analyze the size of the government and when to analyze the money supply, inflation, and unemployment.

All students get a Microfoundations of Macroeconomics Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur).

Infrastructure Economics Certification is designed to introduce the role of infrastructure in economic growth and the development of a country wholly depends on the availability of its infrastructural facilities. Infrastructure plays a vital role in the improvement of the country’s standard of living and in contributing to a higher rate of economic growth.

Infrastructure Economics Classes give a broad view of physical as well as social infrastructure will be dealt with in depth which will be helpful for the students along with the economic infrastructure meaning.

All students get a Infrastructure Economics Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) under the Swayam Initiative by Government of India. 

Comprehending and applying newer surface analysis methods into contemporary surface science studies is what this intermediate course offers the students. This course is ideal for those students who want to build an impeccable career in surface science and to explore the techniques in this field of science. 

This completely online based self-paced course will be accessible to the learners with a flexible learning system offered by the edX platform which will cover a comprehensive curriculum under the guidance of experienced faculty. For the enrolled students, the Surface science: Methods of Surface analysis program is provided by edX which is an online platform for providing global online education, and the course is designed by the National research nuclear university: MEPhl, one of the top technical universities in Russia. This course is packed with multiple benefits including free and paid versions for the course. The students are provided with a verified certificate upon course completion which will be certified with MEPhl’s course instructor, Yaroslav A Sadovskiy.

The students are introduced to the concepts of surface analysis and various methods such as Probe microscopes, X-ray diagnostics, Electronics diagnostics, Corpuscular diagnostics, and so on which form the overall Surface science: Methods of Surface analysis certification syllabus.

Have you ever wondered about the different ways of measuring speed, and why do objects move the way they do? If yes, then the Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life training is for you. This science course is created for curious individuals with an inclination to unpack the inner workings of everyday instances and make you better prepared to pursue Science and Maths. 

The course is the fruit of a collaboration between the University of Queensland and Brisbane Grammar School. The Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life online course will cover key scientific concepts and real-life applications of these concepts. You will also get to supplement your learning with examples. 

High school students can join the Question Everything: Scientific Thinking in Real Life program to nurture their interest in maths and science. Students will develop their scientific thinking skills in this online course which has a duration of eight weeks. Learners familiar with fundamental concepts of Mathematics can pursue the course. The candidates are given the option of two tracks which may be chosen so that the course can be completed. Both the course tracks are self-paced but there is a time limit until which the course remains accessible in the audit mode. But in the case of the verified track, the candidates will be able to access the course materials for an unlimited period of time.

The Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking is a four-part series for the interested candidates. Conducting an Informational Interview certification course happens to be the capstone course of the series. It is an eight-week-long course with an online mode of learning. The faculty from the University of Washington will instruct this course.

Conducting an Informational Interview online course houses practical approaches to putting your communication and networking skills into place. You will get the opportunity to practice and conduct a mock informational interview. Through the interview, you will learn to clarify your goals, telephonic arrangements, and how you can research a person. The parts of an interview are also covered in the curriculum.

Conducting an Informational Interview course by edX will allow you to write important questions for getting to know a person better. You will be able to make out the details of their career and personality by conducting these mock interviews. This language course requires you to devote roughly three to five hours every week to get the maximum out of the programme.

There are 2 modes of study which are called the Audit and Verified Track. The students have the provision to select any track and continue their studies. In the case of Audit tracks, candidates will get a time limit in which they will have to learn the course materials but in the case of Verified tracks, one will have an unlimited period in which they may complete the course.

Learning has taken various new forms and has been upgraded for online consumption in the past few years. This is where MOOCs come into play as they make learning more accessible and interactive for a wide range of aspiring students. 

Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs online program is a free elective course that aims to bring Massive Open Online Courses forward and explain how these courses can be designed to become more learner-friendly.

The Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs certification is a part of the multidisciplinary category and the Faculty domain for experienced categories. The course is aimed at teachers and MOOC creators to help them create effective learning environments for their students. 

The Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs certification syllabus consists of four modules that will be taught in a span of eight weeks using video lectures and regular assignments. You can also earn a certificate by sitting for the proctored exam and qualifying with a valid score. 

The Fundamental of Outcome-Based Curriculum in Engineering Education online programme is an eight-week-long course developed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Bhopal. It is designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Outcome-Based Curriculum Development (OBCD). OBCD serves as the basis of Outcome-Based Education (OBE). This course lets you explore the curriculum development process in detail by discussing four distinctive elements of OBCD.

The four phases discussed in the Fundamental of Outcome-Based Curriculum in Engineering Education course by Swayam are curriculum designing, curriculum evaluation, curriculum planning and curriculum implementation. You will also study the foundational characteristics of Outcome-Based Teaching-Learning (OBTL). The course educator is professor Joshua Earnest of NITTTR, Bhopal.

The Fundamental of Outcome-Based Curriculum in Engineering Education certification programme uses numerous teaching methods, including PowerPoint presentations, examples, discussion forum,  learning activities, videos, doubt clearing sessions, etc. You will learn how to use Outcome-Based Assessment (OBA) in multiple situations like laboratory, industry, classroom and the field.

The Accreditation for Diploma Engineering certification course throws light on the procedures followed by institutions to get accredited and the NBA certification benefits. The course training is imparted through fourteen modules, NBA documents, eighty-nine video sessions, in-course assessments, and discussions that enhance learners' conceptual understanding. 

The Accreditation for Diploma Engineering course curriculum requires the students to devote forty hours to the programme. This elective course falls under the domain of teacher education and is scheduled for eight weeks. Comprehensive coverage of the curriculum ensures that the learners have a holistic understanding of the subject. 

Mr. Badrilal Gupta provides the Accreditation for Diploma Engineering online training. Professor, Department of Management at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Bhopal. He has over thirty-four years of experience in education, training, consultancy, extension, and research. 

The Accreditation for Undergraduate Engineering certification course takes learners through the complete process of accreditation and drives focus towards the intricacies of the outcome-based approach. It enables and equips the learners to obtain the certification successfully. It is an elective course and is scheduled for eight weeks. 

The Accreditation for Undergraduate Engineering course curriculum falls under the domain of teacher education. Moreover, its extensive coverage of concepts related to NBA accreditation for higher technical education ensures that the students have complete knowledge of the entire process. Everything is covered in training, from the attainment of POs, PSOs, and COs to applying for accreditation and visit. 

The Accreditation for Undergraduate Engineering online training is offered by eminent faculty from the NITTTR, Bhopal - Professor R.K. Dixit, with several years of teaching and training experience, candidates can be assured of being trained by the best professionals in the field. 

A capstone project enables an individual to design a problem, develop the solution, and tackle troubleshooting. It is an important milestone in any professional programme. The goal of the Capstone Project programme is to enable you to integrate theories, skills, and principles and encourage you to use them to solve real-world problems. While capstone projects come in various forms, this particular course will focus on various aspects of technology.

The curriculum of Capstone Project certification has been developed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research or NITTTR, Kolkata. This massive open online course or MOOC has been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as a faculty development programme or FDP. The course instructor will be Dr. Prasanta Sarkar, professor and head of the electrical engineering department at NITTTR, Kolkata.

Capstone Project is an eight-week online course in the Teacher Education category. It also offers certification if you pay the necessary fee, submit all assignments and appear for an offline exam at the end of the term. Otherwise, enrolment is free.

Learning resources are available in abundance on different levels and in several forms such as books, journals, social media, audio and visual materials, databases, newspapers, digital and printed archives, and more. However, it is crucial to manage and organise these learning resources through planning and technology. The Managing Learning Resources by Swayam aims to teach how to maximise the utilisation of resources using minimum investment. 

The Managing Learning Resources certification has been compiled by NITTTR Kolkata for the welfare of current and aspiring teachers. This eight-week course has been termed an FDP course and is approved by the AICTE for the online learning platform. After finishing this course that consists of eight modules, you will be eligible to write the proctored exam and earn a course certificate.

Besides, the Managing Learning Resources program is a self-paced online learning MOOC. Hence, you can learn at your own time and leisure and gain new skills and valuable knowledge.

Swayam has designed a unique programme centred on student evaluation and question paper authoring in association with NITTTR. Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation  helps teachers construct different assessment procedures and testing methods that provide better learning outcomes. The curriculum discusses assessment methods that can judge the students’ quantitative and qualitative performance and incorporate 360-degree feedback. 

The Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation syllabus includes assessment procedures, designing question papers, performance assessment, two-dimensional learning and more. The MOOC will help you learn through interactive methods and develop a deeper understanding of the concepts. The modules help in self-learning, and the internal assessment method of weekly assignments will test your progress during the course.

The Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation programme comes under the teacher education series and is a valuable course for teachers at different academic levels. If you wish to obtain the certificate, you can register for the certification exam and qualify for it.

Technical education has witnessed considerable growth in the last two decades. However, its quality faces criticism as the educational system’s various subcomponents, like the input, instructional procedures, curriculum,  resources, etc., require improvement. To introduce change in this system, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data are crucial. This is where educational research comes into play, and the Research in Technical Education programme explains its numerous aspects.

The Research in Technical Education course by Swayam is an eight-week curriculum that helps teachers understand the essentials of teaching-learning and its relevant areas. The programme syllabus covers vital topics that will help you obtain the skills for defining and choosing research problems and describing research methodologies. You will be skilled in collecting data, formulating research proposals, and other critical activities.

Designed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, the Research in Technical Education training is an AICTE-approved FDP. Upon satisfying all the eligibility conditions, you can also earn the verified e-certificates to display your acquired fluency in this domain and seek career opportunities.

Developed by NITTTR Chennai, the Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching program by Swayam focuses on the AICTE Technical Teacher Training module. This interactive MOOC will help you learn how technology is enhancing and transforming classroom instructions. Since incorporating technologies into classroom teaching is challenging, this curriculum provides all the critical learnings to help faculty members like you become fluent in technology-enabled learning.

The eight-week Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching training will also help you leverage your teaching skills and discover an ideal approach for your students, educational contexts, and yourself. The extensive syllabus will enable you to comprehend effective virtual teaching practices and progressively design your online learning activities. 

Furthermore, the Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching certification curriculum is a result of experts input, experiential sharing, and stakeholders interviewees. It also contains numerous case studies and examples, which will help you establish technology-enhanced instructions and what to address when you create these experiences. Upon fulfilling the required criteria, you can also obtain the course certificate.

Today, there are rapid changes in the world’s knowledge landscape. According to the National Education Policy 2020, an ideal educational institution is one where students feel cared for and welcome. Such an environment must provide stimulating and safe learning, diverse educational experiences, appropriate resources, and a robust physical infrastructure. Every educational institute must strive to attain these attributes for achieving NAAC’s accreditation, and the Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process program explains how to do that. 

The Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process certification syllabus covers essential topics to understand how accreditation and assessment are used as external quality assurance mechanisms for higher education. These topics include curricular aspects, learning resources, student progression, institutional best practices, etc. To learn these concepts in the best way possible, the curriculum offers leading experts’ demonstrations, discussions, and lectures, who work in coveted NAAC-accredited institutions.

The AICTE-approved Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process is an eight-week FDP (faculty development program). It belongs to the ‘Teacher Education’ domain and also offers verified e-certificates if you clear all the eligibility prerequisites. The curriculum is divided into 8 modules, and you can also access books and references for further reading. 

Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Course is one of the core courses provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University in the teacher education programme. The 8-weeks long course, included in the B.Ed programme as per the NCTE Regulations, 2014, allows candidates to understand the factors affecting the formation of an academic discipline.

Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Certification by Swayam aims at helping candidates understand the concept of knowledge and the ways of identifying specific categories of knowledge. It will further deal with the categorization of academic disciplines with the use of a knowledge base. The course will help candidates excel in the sphere of teaching and academics.

The Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Training course would assist aspiring teachers to frame school subjects and curriculum using their detailed insight about different aspects of academic disciplinary knowledge. The course will ultimately help candidates to make their teaching-learning process multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary.

The ‘Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning’ online certification course is designed for the students to learn about the effective methods of teaching and to gain insights to develop an outcome-oriented curriculum for learning. This free online certification course is provided by the education portal, Swayam along with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The classes are scheduled to be conducted for eight weeks and this is an undergraduate-level course for any individual who is interested in knowing more about effective pedagogic strategies to fulfill the knowledge needs.

The course instructors for this elective course and multidisciplinary program are assistant professor S K. Das Mandal from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Prof. Anup Kumar Ray. The students of this program are given academic and industrial training by professionals through hands-on methodologies that impart a theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts.

The ‘Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning’ online training helps students get a course certificate and two credit points after completion of the course.

The Ecology and Environment course help candidates to learn the concept of how different systems and processes interact and behave in the environment. The curriculum also dives deep into how different types of urban planning structures adapt amid the varied components of the environment. It also offers the learners a course certificate.

The Ecology and Environment certification emphasise sustainability, which has been an important concept due to the constantly occurring changes in our environment. It also touches upon how sustainability can be achieved. The course is taught to evolve your thinking about the issues facing different facets of ecology and the environment.     

The Ecology and Environment online programme is taught by Professor Abhijit P and Ravi Krishna R, who are from the prestigious IIT Madras. The course is relevant for all candidates in the field of management and engineering and will enhance your sensitivity during the process of creation of products, systems, and processes.  

Scientific temper and positive policymaking stem only from earnest humanitarian considerations and social commitments. Therefore, sustainable development can only be brought about as an outcome of humanitarian and social indoctrination. That is what the Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability focuses on.

In eight short weeks, the Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability programme will educate learners about the relationship between environment and society, the importance of environmental education and jurisprudence, and environment-friendly technologies. 

The Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability also covers environmental laws including the Water Act, Wildlife Protection Act (1972), Forest Conservation Act (1980), Air – Prevention & Control of Pollution Act (1981), Environment Protection Act (1986), etc.

Internal assessment for the Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability would be through quizzes and assignments. There will be a proctored examination at the end of the course covering all the topics.

The Application of ISO 14001 for Waste Prevention certification is mostly practice-based and includes real-life implications. Here, how ISO 14001 could be applied effectively for waste management and waste prevention is thoroughly taught. The insights could be used to enhance the environment and lead to sustainable modern development. The industries and companies will reach their desired goal with equilibrium. Another added benefit will be to know how to analyze data and stakeholders.

Application of ISO 14001 for Waste Prevention course contents are to the point and emphasizes the basic requirement for waste prevention. It contains a discussion forum, Lecture videos, practice sessions, readings, feedbacks. It is flexible because of the online mode. The learners can access the Application of ISO 14001 for Waste Prevention course in their free time. Another hallmark of the edX platform is its 90% financial assistance. For that, some information regarding the annual income and three essays of 200-300 words is required.

Application of ISO 14001 for Waste Prevention online course is verified by ITMO University. The Certificate will have ITMO University’s logo and signed by the instructors of the Application of ISO 14001 for Waste Prevention online course. 

The Document Processing and Organisation Certification course by Prof. Jaideep Sharma is authorized by Indira Gandhi National Open University. This detailed course on organizing library documents is offered by Swayam. The course is four weeks long and will give a clear picture of the different processes involved in the classification and cataloguing of documents in the library.

The Document Processing and Organisation Training course discuss the two major operations involved in processing library documents. The students will learn about the different steps involved in library classification and library cataloguing. The course will give a detailed understanding of the theory of classification, mainly focusing on Dewey Decimal classification.

The Document Processing and Organisation Online Courses explain in detail the concept of cataloguing, different forms of library catalogues and the process of cataloguing books using AACR2R Anglo American Cataloguing Rules. The course will also provide an overview of different filing and shelving systems that helps in maintaining an orderly arrangement at the library.

The Nuclear Astrophysics Certification consists of an 8-week online course. Even if Swayam is assigned to teach the course, IIT Roorkee advances and validates the course syllabus. This course certificate is licensed to be issued by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and NPTEL. Nuclear Astrophysics training is offered as a physics elective. Anil Kumar Gourishetty is the instructor for this certification program.

The goal of the course is to educate students on the newly developed subject of nuclear astrophysics, which has the ability to discover novel observational signatures probing the universe. It has been demonstrated that this field has the ability to classify the circumstances at the centre of stars and to provide details on stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, and energy generation. 

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics certification course will help candidates learn about the different theories, the implementation and how it works in the real world and are involved in matter physics. The candidates will also be learning the higher-level concepts so that they are able to learn properly during the course.

The candidates can feel free to reach out to the experts for the queries they have. The course covers all the necessary headings and subheadings to have a crystal clear learning for the aspirants taking the course. Applications to the Hubbard model, Kane Mele model, and superconductivity are some of the important topics for discussion of the candidates.

The course will be beneficial for all the candidates who are looking forward to enhancing their skills in the Advanced Condensed Matter Physics program. There are various learning materials added in the course, the candidates will have the learning materials always with them during the course.

The Physics Through Computational Thinking online program is an eight-week-long course that familiarises you with computational thinking and its application in fundamental undergraduate physics. You will learn to convert physics problems into computer-supported formats for appropriate analysis. The course will extensively take you through the four stages of computational thinking – definition, translation, computation, and interpretation.

With the help of the Physics Through Computational Thinking course by Swayam, you will learn to analytically solve algebraic equations and problems using numerical algorithms on a computer. Also, you will be acquainted with visual thinking using Mathematica, which is a symbolic programming language. You will develop the cognitive ability of computational thinking through physics.

The Physics Through Computational Thinking certification course uses physics to teach computational thinking by taking examples from many areas of physics like quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, mathematical methods, classical mechanics, etc. This online program is crafted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal.

The Student Psychology certification course is an excellent programme to learn about modern students’ psychology who belong to this technology era. It’s vital to know about their abilities, attitudes, interests, development stages, needs, and previous learning levels. That way, teachers can redefine their classroom activities accordingly to provide an effective learning experience for today’s technical students. 

The Student Psychology certification syllabus spans eight weeks. It touches upon all the vital topics such as the teaching-learning process, student motivation, psychological inventories, counselling skills, social development, student characteristics, and more. This curriculum is AICTE-approved too and belongs to the ‘Teacher Education’ domain. 

What’s more, the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, has curated this Student Psychology training. Hence, you will learn from their trained educator and also get a chance to earn a verified e-certification that will display the Institute’s official logo. The curriculum is entirely online, self-paced, and there’s a sample YouTube video available as well on student psychology. 

For anyone who is curious in venturing into the original manuscripts relating to different subjects from the conventional Indian knowledge systems, Sanskrit knowledge is very beneficial. However, this language is also perceived to many as a difficult language to learn and, moreover, as a classical language of the past that is not of particular significance in the modern age.

The purpose of this Intermediate Level of Spoken Sanskrit programme is to give candidates a more extensive base of Sanskrit as a distinct language. The programme will lead them to more grammatical constructs that will promote their comprehension of simple texts as well as enable them to use it in everyday life. This also intends to give candidates a better understanding of the beauty of Sanskrit language's various facets, from its sounds to its rich material, such that they feel sufficiently excited to dive more into it.

This Intermediate Level of Spoken Sanskrit programme is an undergraduate level programme that lasts for 8 weeks. SWAYAM grants the learning free of charge to the candidates. For the final proctored test, which is for the qualification, the money will be required.