Academic Writing

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

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Free Online Course
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English
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Duration & workload

15 weeks
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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 1Academic & 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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4.8 rating, based on 1,765 Class Central reviews

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Mark Geriko Bucaling @GhettoGecko

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.
FMC @FAMO

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?
Fatema Khan @Fatemakhan2096

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

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…

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 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.
I am highly motivated by the way both of you engaged the learners. I also learnt a lot from the platform of Commonwealth of Learning on Open Educational Resources and received a Certificate which was also suggested by you during the course.

Personally, I am extremely touched by the way both of you conducted and delivered your 100% during the course. I am grateful to Dr. Ajay Semalty and Dr. Mona Semalty for such a wonderful and extremely useful course. I am determined to write a very good research paper in the upcoming months and if I could write a very good research paper in Scopus or any other reputed journal, I would like to give the first credit to both of you. You have really enlightened me with this course and your gentle behaviour.

Thank you so much for the course once again.

Regards,

Anil Patil
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…

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 scholarly contexts. The course structure covers various aspects, including research methodologies, citation techniques, and critical analysis, fostering comprehensive writing proficiency. Interactive modules and assessments enhance engagement and understanding, catering to diverse learning styles. Moreover, the involvement of a reputable institution like H.N.B. Garhwal University ensures credibility and quality. More so, this course is invaluable for students and professionals seeking to excel in academic writing, offering invaluable insights and practical guidance.
Ngampui Mar @ngampuilu

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.
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

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

The content covered weekly is quite relevant to the topic. The topics are covered in parts (broken down from each module) that are easy to follow. There is written material of the topic covered which is easy to look at when you do not have the time…

The content covered weekly is quite relevant to the topic. The topics are covered in parts (broken down from each module) that are easy to follow. There is written material of the topic covered which is easy to look at when you do not have the time to listen to the full lecture that week.
The course is up to date on the recent trends, tools and databases necessary for AW. There are several references, lbd exercises and links provided for further reading which are immensely beneficial. The discussion forum is quite interactive and contained the answers to all my queries as they had been asked by fellow students and promptly answered. I found the first subjective assignment incredibly useful as well since it was a certificate course very relevant to the subject. The layout of the course is very methodical and helps you pick right back at wherever you had last stopped. There is sufficient time provided by the course to complete all the weekly graded quizzes and assessments.

However, for a course of this magnitude of takers, I have noticed certain drawbacks, which I hope are addressed in the coming years:
1) As a course on academic writing, please make sure the grammar and spellings on the written material are correct. A lot of the sentences are running and do not make sense, as they seem to be directly transcribed from the lecture and not proofread.
2) Please make sure there are closed captions (CC) for the lectures for students that are deaf. This is easy as the material is already transcribed and just needs to be captioned into the video.
3) Some of the modules are quite repetitive and become redundant, especially in the later units.

However, I highly recommend this course to anyone who is a beginner (such as myself) as well as anyone who would like to better their Academic Writing skills. A lot of ethical concepts on AW are addressed in the course which has been my favourite aspect to learn about.
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…

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, book, etc. The course was run on very graspable pace and language. The style of explanation by Dr. Ajay Sir was very effective. He was very passionate in delivering the contents. So I sincerely thank him for his outstanding efforts. So this course was for everyone like beginner or advance learner everyone can be benefited to the maximum. This course will certainly help the learners to know how to excel efficiently towards the desired goal i.e. writing a good article and gifting it to the society. Through this course, one can learn the necessary requisites of academic writing and also can enhance their existing skills. Also, with the help of cooperative faculty one can clear all the doubts and learn better. Once again a big salute to SWAYAM and Dr. Ajay sir.

S B JAGTAP, course participant.
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.
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.
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.…

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. Properly explained about writing Research papers, dissertations, thesis, academic journal articles, or any other piece of formal research... Sincere thanks to all Professors involved in this endeavor.. I will recommend this course for my research candidates.

I have gained deeper aspects about research paper writing. My Scopus H- index is 6, My research interests are :Wireless Communication Engineering, ,Meta Heuristic Algorithms.. This course has made me more sophisticated in writing research papers ..So I am excited to write your formal exam and formal certificate.

Thanks and Regards,
Dr.Udaykumar Naik
Professor,Electronics and Communications Engineering
KLEDr.MSS College of Engineering and Technology,
Karnataka, India
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

Dear Sir, This course is helping us a lot. Through these seven weeks course I have learned all about academic writing like , how to start, what to do and how to publish. U have touch all the aspects of the academic writing which a researcher needs…

Dear Sir,
This course is helping us a lot. Through these seven weeks course I have learned all about academic writing like , how to start, what to do and how to publish. U have touch all the aspects of the academic writing which a researcher needs. U have left not stone unturned to make it interesting and vibrant. I am really thankful to you that u have endeavored to make this course free for all. Had it been paid course, it would have been of about 10-20k rupees course. It is freely available for us because of you and your team. I am falling short of words to thank you. I hope the coming modules would be as interesting and helpful as the the earlier have been. I am much excited to go through the coming modules with the same alacrity as i went through the seven weeks.
Thank you sir
Shmoon Arfan
PhD Scholar of English literature
Chandigarh University.
Anonymous

Although it's content is very helpful but some times it's difficult to understand by own self analysis