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Swayam

Academic Writing

H.N.B Garhwal University (A Central University) Srinagar Garhwal and CEC via Swayam

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Number of Credits :-4 Myself, Dr Ajay Semalty, from HNB Garhwal University (A Central university) Srinagar Garhwal (Uttarakhand) welcome you on behalf of our entire teamin the new cycle of our course.After the five successful run of the course, we are proud to present India's most popular SWAYAM MOOC which gotmaximum number of exam registration (among all the SWAYAM MOOCs) and has been listed in top 30 MOOCs worldwide (http://tiny.cc/pib27april2020;Course in News:http://tiny.cc/AWnews). Recently, the course has been listed in Class Central’s Best Online Courses of All Time (2021 Edn.). So far, more than 46000 learners across more than 150 countries have taken the course.In academic and research, who does not want the publications? In spite of being the vital requirement in academic & research career there is no comprehensive set up of learning academic writing in the knowledge domain. This course aims to fill this gap by providing the fundamental knowledge required for effective and result oriented academic writing. It is a foundation course and the application of this knowledge completely depends on an individual learner and his or her area of research.Objectives of CourseUpon completing the course, one would be able1. To differentiate between various kind of academic writings.2. To identify and avoid the plagiarism.3. To practice the basic skills of performing quality literature review.4. To practice the basic skills of research paper, review paper and thesis writing.5. To target the research work to suitable journal and communicate for publication6. To practice the Time and team management.7. To practice digital writing or develop Open Educational Resources (OER).8. To write research proposals, conference abstract and book chapters/ book proposals.Target GroupAny student or learner who wants to learn the academic writing. The course shall be helpful for PG students, research scholars, young scientists and faculty members (of any discipline or subject) for their career growth.Learn more about the course gcbTagYoutubeEnqueueVideo("yQ0LTLJDrQM", "zzVydxfWl7on");Testimonials from learners"....I was looking for such type of course for many years and finally, you fulfilled my wish to know more about research, guidelines about research, plagiarism, open educational resources, paper writing, thesis writing and many such significant topics for a researcher to know and understand about the various aspects of research." - Dr Anil PatilIt is a great experience. Just like it is a face to face classroom learning. The course providers actually from science faculty even though any one can access in such a way they provided all the information. Their tagged notes to the video is very useful for those who may not interact in web classes. -G. Satyanarayana,Asst. Professor, English."The course is interesting, creating curiosity, enthusiasm, educative, stimulating for a professional career. It is useful for practicing teaching faculty, researcher, and professionals. The presentation and transcript are useful and interesting. The presentation is clear, complete and effective. The quiz questions are interesting and challenging." -V.Chandra Sekhara RaoTeam AWDr Ajay Semalty(Course Coordinator & Subject Matter Expert)Dr Mona Semalty(Co-Course Coordinator & Subject Matter Expert)Prof Rajat Agrawal(Subject Matter Expert)Dr Lokesh Adhikari(Instructional Designer)Pandavaas Creations Pvt. Ltd.ProductionandTeam EMRC Roorkee

Syllabus

Course Duration 15 week
Credits : 04
Week 1
Academic & research writing: Introduction; Importance of academic writing; Basic rules of academic writingWeek 2English in academic writing I & II; Styles of research writingWeek 3*Plagiarism: Introduction; Tools for the detection of plagiarism; Avoiding plagiarismWeek 4*Journal MetricsWeek 5*Author MetricsWeek 6*Literature review: Introduction, Source of literature; Process of literature reviewWeek 7*Online literature databases; Literature management toolsWeek 8Review Paper Writing, I & IIWeek 9Research paper writing I, II, IIIWeek 10Referencing and citation; Submission and; Post submissionWeek 11Thesis Writing I, II & IIIWeek 12Empirical Study I, II & IIIWeek 13*Challenges in Indian research & writing; Team management (mentor and collaborators); Time ManagementWeek 14*Research proposal writing; Abstract/ Conference Paper/ Book/ Book Chapter writing; OERs: basic concept and licensesWeek 15*Open Educational Resources (OERs) for learning & Research; OERs development I & II

Additional Week*
Ethics in Research: Research fraud, competing interest, authorship, slicing research, FFP, COPE guidelines.
* The contents of these weeks (in total) cover the UGC’s newly introduced subject “Research & Publication Ethics” prescribedfor Pre Ph D Courses work of every subject.

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Dr Ajay Semalty

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  • Today is first week of September(5th sep,2022),its our American fall session of universities.

    I just join the class central and find this Academic writing course interesting for me, but I saw the staring date of the course is July 11,2022.that mean it already started and end date October 2022.
    so is there any way that I can join this same course after October 2022 by this year?
  • i love this course i learned a lot from it and it did really help me get through a lot of my writing problems- thank you so much.
  • Ifeanyichukwu Akuma
    The Academic Writing course offered by H.N.B. Garhwal University via Swayam is a commendable resource for honing writing skills. With a focus on academic conventions and clarity, it equips learners with essential tools for effective communication in…
  • My course is on Academic writing. Thanks to Dr. Shetty and his team, the course was indeed a new and explored one. I have enjoyed the sessions and the lectures. The teachings were done so perfectly with the visualised presentation of contents. The course had covered lots of topics which is very useful for PG students who were interested in becoming junior research fellow and authors.
  • Sir can you please discuss the review paper writing in more detail . Telling us the difference b/w LR and review paper and the significance of the review paper
  • Anonymous
    This course will give you insights regarding every aspects of academic writing. It is going to be helpful throughout your research career. You will learn here regarding plagiarism, reference management tools, each and every parts of a paper and how to write it with novelty and much more. The best MOOC in swayam platform I must say. Very knowledgeable and cooperative mentors.
  • Anonymous
    First of all, let me thank both the hard-working and fully-devoted people, Dr. Ajay Semalty and Dr. Mona Semalty. I am extremely overwhelmed with the way both of you have conducted the course and engaged the audience with your webinars as well. I w…
  • Anonymous
    Best swayam course I have enrolled till date. Academic writing is very essential in research work.Ranging from the sequential steps of research to journal metrics , author metrics and databases for research, this course has already enlighten us with so deep information. Thanks for broadening our knowledge regarding research and academic writing practices.
  • Anonymous
    A package of information that I needed clarity a lot. Plagiarism part I am still finding difficulties with. Will work with what I have learnt now and get back. The online sessions are helping a lot. Thank you for the organisation of this webinar and live interaction session.
  • Anonymous
    My name is Minal and currently persuing PhD degree in department of applied psychology, GJUS&T, Hisar . In research field I started from basic and this course really help me to understand every detail related to research. Teacher's explanation is really appreciable.Thanks to all who involved in this course.
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    Badri Narayan Panigrahi
    I want to thank SWAYAM to offer such a usefull course. Well designed course for research scholars as well as students who wants to write a research paper. It will also benefit the faculties. Live interactions were very interactive. Assignements were very informative.
  • Anonymous
    Very impressive course design by experience scholars
    I think it is very helpful for we people as we are students of poor background knowledge and institute
    Bundle of thanks 🙏
  • Anonymous
    Powerful and very effective content. Great course great teachers. Thanks a lot for coming with this course. Hope to see more and more courses from Professor Semalty.
  • Anonymous
    the course is so useful for the research scholars. it gives complete information regarding the research , its process, publication and its elements, the list of varous journals .
  • Anonymous
    the course is so useful for the research scholars. it gives complete information regarding the research , its process, publication and its elements, the list of varous journals .
  • Anonymous
    Although it's content is very helpful but some times it's difficult to understand by own self analysis
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    Sumant Jagtap
    The Academic Writing course run by Dr. Ajay Semalthy on SWAYAM was very useful for all those who wish to do best in their academic writings. Through this course, I have learned many useful and important information on writing paper, synopsis, thesis…
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    Udayakumar Naik
    Dr. Ajay Semalty Sir, Greetings. I am Dr.Udaykumar Naik, Professor , Electronics and Communication Engineering ,KLE DRMSSCET, Belagavi, Karnataka India. My collogue Prof. Hegde suggested me to go through this course. This course is well organized.…
  • Anonymous
    The Academic Writing course offered by Swayam is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for anyone looking to enhance their writing skills. Over the first eight weeks, the course delves into 18 modules covering various aspects of academic writing.…
  • Anonymous
    The Academic Writing course offered by Swayam is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for anyone looking to enhance their writing skills. Over the first eight weeks, the course delves into 18 modules covering various aspects of academic writing.…

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