University Grants Commission (UGC) - Country Wide Class Room (CWCR)

As early as in 1984 University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi has launched Country Wide Class Room (CWCR) and production facilities at 6 universities in India through establishing media centres in the name of Audio Visual Research Centres (AVRCs) (AVRCS) (later these centres have been renamed as Educational Multimedia Research Centres (EMMRCS). read more..

Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) is an Inter University Centre, established by University Grants Commission, on 26th May 1993, under section 12 (ccc) of its act of 1956. CEC is registered as a society and enjoys Central University Status. read more..

EMMRC has published 17 research reports on the various aspects of educational television such as Content Analysis / Message System Analysis, Audience Research, Formative Research and FM Channels. A regional report on the impact of teaching / talkback course on new Information and Communication Technologies. Ten research papers in the field of Educational Television and Mass Communication have been published in the national and international journals.

Research Reports:

  1. National Viewership Survey Project, 2009.

  2. Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) Survey of FM Channels at Chennai – Palm Top Survey 14-20, August 2003, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University.

  3. A study on the utilization of Eklavya Technology Channel at Vel Tech Engineering College, Chennai, 3-5 July 2003, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University.

  4. Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) Survey of FM Channels at Chennai, 5-11, June 2003, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai.

  5. A Pilot study on the utilization of Eklavya Technology Channel at Anna University, Chennai, 2-6 June 2003, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University.

  6. Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) Telephone Survey of FM Channels at Chennai, 18-25 May 2003, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University.

  7. Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) of FM Channels at Chennai, 5-12, May 2003, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University.

  8. Educational Television in Higher Education: An Assessment by College Teachers, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University, 1997.

  9. A Study on Television Audience: For Educational Telecasts in DD3, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University, 1996.

  10. Interactive Tele-teaching Course on New Communication / Information Technologies: report Trichy Talkback, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University, 1996.

  11. Educational Television in Higher Education: UGC Countrywide Classroom – An Education, Audio Visual Research Centre, Anna University, 1996.

  12. Programme Evaluation Report (along with a software package for future evaluation report preparation), 1992.

  13. The UGC Countrywide Classroom – An Evaluation of ETV Telecasts, 1990.

  14. Formative Research with an ETV Programme: Bio-Environmental Control of Malaria, 1990.

  15. A Study of the motivation in relation to the associated factors, 1989.

  16. Message System Analysis of ETV programmes, 1989.

  17. Content Analysis of ETV programmes, 1989.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Anna University is the first University to take up the idea of India's University Grants Commission (UGC) to start MSc (Electronic Media) Programmes. It offers a five-year integrated MSc programme and a two-year MSc programme in Electronic Media. The Department of Media Sciences was started in Janurary 2002, branching off from the UGC'S Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC).read more.