ISSN - 0076-2571 EDITOR - DR. DEEPAK J. TILAK EXECUTIVE EDITOR DR. GEETALI TILAK JANUARY - 2018 EDITORIAL ADVISOR PRICE - 50 RS/- RAMDAS NEHULKAR Editorial Mahratta is a national journal that provides an multidisciplinary forum for the academicians and research scholars. New Media & Society engages in critical discussions of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and on both theoretical and empirical research.New technology has brought on new skills, new gatekeepers, and new game plans. What has yet to catch up is education to understand how the new communication works, its risks and opportunities, privileges and responsibilities.Hence we have focussed mainly on new media in this issue of Mahratta. It also has variety of articles and papers on History , Nursing , Law and Management. Executive Editor 1 CONTENT "A Study on MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) as educational media with reference to new media Literacies" Mr. Gajanan S. Kumbhar - Dr. Ajit Shivajirao Ghodke ................................. 3 "New media stimulation: Journalism student's precedence towards making short film (fiction) than documentary" Mrs Riya Mukhopadhyay, Miss. Shivani Daape, ............................................ 9 Impact of social media on Indian Politics ...........Ramdas Nehulkar................16 Importance of new media in Public Relation ........Vikrant. V. kulkarni .........23 Digital Cultures: Study of Mobile Phone and Internet Usage among Youth.....................................Swapnil Kamble..........................29 "Influence of social media in news writing"...Dr. Hemant Dattajirao More ...40 Contribution of saint Janabai..........Dr. Swarali Chandrakant Kulkarni...........44 Impact of New Media in Promoting & Podcasting entertainment in Marathi language..........................Mr. Devdatta Bhingarkar ........................................49 SOCIAL MEDIA IN AFGHANISTANA GENERAL PERSPECTIVE............................AINUDDIN MURADI...............................55 Changing trends in Cinematography and its impacts on audience with special reference to film“Devdas” (1936-2002)...........................Jagadeeswaran Kesavan................ 66 EFFECTIVENESS OF GUIDED IMAGERY ON PAIN AND ITS ASSOCIATED ...................... Mrs. FERGANZIA JUBILSON ..................70 A comparative study to assess the effect of feeding performance on cheek stimulation versus lip ....... ............Ms.Chhaya Godase....................73 A study of service quality of ICICI Bank Kondhwa branch using "Serqual model"...............Dr. Daniel Penkar.......Sukhdeo B. Nimangare.......................77 Siddharameshwara -Saint of Virasaivism ....Dr. Nalini Avinash Waghmare .. 93 {dYr {ejU Am{U ^maVmVrb gÚpñWVr EH$ Ñ{ï>jon ............gm¡. H$ënZm XrnH OmYd................100 2 "A Study on MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) as educational media with reference to new media Literacies" Mr. Gajanan S. Kumbhar Dr. Ajit Shivajirao Ghodke Abstract large-scale interactive participation In current education advances media and open access via the web. In addi- educationhas new concepts of educa- tion to traditional course materials tion which had student centered such as videos, readings, and problem approach. Open & distance learning sets, MOOCs provide interactive user are on the gain which is supported by forums that help build a community media tools, media rich environments for the students, professors, and &technology. Massive open online teaching assistants (TAs). course (MOOC) is accessible, usually Structure of a MOOC with no prerequisites, to anyone who The common duration of a MOOC is wishes to enroll, usually for free, with from 6 to 12 weeks. A MOOC is self-assessment or peer assessment. accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a MOOC's are more networked with week. The majority of the content is blogs, tweets, wikis etc. MOOC is a delivered asynchronously meaning very significant development in the students can access it in their own current education marketplace. We time and at their own pace. However, can make use of MOOC with allusion sometimes there can be optional syn- to new media literacy in education for chronous events such as 'live' webina- better skill development, knowledge& rs (interactive sessions) which require upgrade of qualities for in job work- participants to join in at specific ing peoples. dates/times. The learning of students Keywords:MOOC, Education, in a MOOC is usually assessed by Technology, Assessment, Media tools. multiple-choice questions. An impor- 1.Introduction tant component of MOOCs is assign- A massive open online course ments. Students have to upload (MOOC) is an online course aimed at assignment solutions into the MOOC 3 Source:http://www.codlearningtech.org/2015/11/23/5-questions-what-you-need- to-know-about-moocs platform. Assignments can be evaluat- them. ed and graded. Students usually don't Open2Study: The headquarters of need to buy any books for these this platform for online courses is courses, because all reading is either based out of Australia. be provided within the MOOC con- Coursera,edX: The headquarters of tent or is linked to open access texts. this platform for online courses is based at USA. MOOCs in India and Abroad: There are various notable institutions, MOOC program in India: both non-profit and commercial, that The University Grants Commission offer these courses worldwide with (UGC) along with the HRD (Human the help ofMOOCproviders [2]. A few Resource Development) Ministry has of these are listed below, launched the MOOC program in India for higher secondary, bachelors and NPTEL (India): Indian Institutes of masters degrees. This will cover a Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute wide range of subjects that may or of Science (IISc.) offer online courses may not be taught in regular campus through this platform which require studies [2].A new portal for MOOCs no registration and are free of cost. named 'Study Webs of Active- WizIQ (India and USA): IIT Delhi, Learning for Young Aspiring India offers this course through this Minds', in short, SWAYAM, is said to platform which requires registration present students with an opportunity and fees to study courses offered by to study anything from a list of 2000 4 courses out of which 200 are current- 5.2. To study MOOC with allusion ly available for registration. Audio- to new media literacy in education for visual medium, illustrations, research better skill development, knowl- and case studies with self-assessment edge&upgrade qualitiesfor in job are few of the mediums chosen to working peoples. approach the study of these courses. 6.The Methodology Comprising 2.Statement of the Problem This study is based on secondary data 2.1. At our neighboring a lot of in collected from well-known articles of job working people who had left their journals, books, outstanding websites, higher education because of number and report sets of appropriate higher of personal, social & other problems education. are searching courses of universities without disturbing their routine job 7.Review of the relevant literature schedule. 7.1. Professor A.K.Bakshi, 2.2. The education is motivated up Chairman of the Centre for E- by adopting latest technology & tools Learning, while providing information which is helping Institutions to gather on SWAYAM and MOOCs in general, a better understanding in job working said, "These online courses have been peoples thrust of higher education. developed by a team of senior acade- micians and are expected to enhance 3.Importance of the Study the gross enrolment ratio in higher By using MOOC in education at max- education without compromising with imum level, it will helpful to in job the quality. These courses will also working peoples to update themselves help in bridging the digital divide in without disturbing their jobs. the country [1]." 4.Scope of the Study 7.2.SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active The scope of the study for MOOC Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) (Massive Open Online Courses) as is basically an integrated MOOCs educational media with reference to platform for distance education that is new media Literacies will be for in aimed at offering all the courses from job working peoples who wants to school level (Class IX) to post-gradu- update themselves. ation level. The platform has been 5.Objectives of the study developed collaboratively by MHRD 5.1. To study conceptof MOOC as (Ministry of Human Resource educational media at current educa- Development) and AICTE (All India tion system with the help media tools, Council for Technical Education) with media rich environments & technolo- the help of Microsoft and is capable gy. of hosting 2,000 courses[1]. 5 7.3. In order to ensure delivery of tion to individuals in every corner of quality content, seven NCs (National the world. MOOCs represent a Coordinators) have been appointed by superb confluence of innovation, tech- the government and assigned a specif- nological advancements, and a philan- ic sector for preparation of online thropic commitment to make the courses for SWAYAM [1]. world a better place though educa- tion."[6] Source:http://www.shiksha.com › All 8.The methodology comprising Engineering articles Methodology is the systematic, theo- retical analysis of the methods applied 7.4. SP Kothari, director MIT India to a field of study. Program, feels that the reason why MIT chose to start MOOCs is that this a. Methods of research top university of America wanted to " Initiallyan