TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL (TDCC)

Scope and Objectives

The scope and objectives of the activities undertaken by TDCC Project are:

	To consolidate the TDCC utilisation, expand the user base; cater to its growth.
	To encourage and help the users to establish and operate their own networks including studio, uplink and receive infrastructure.
	To introduce new technologies and to promote utilisation in new applications and geographical areas of the country.
	Training simultaneously in the shortest times a large number of people who are geographically dispersed.
	Multiplier effects by training of trainers.
	Uniformity of the training content.
	Access to the best available learning resources, irrespective of geographical locations of the learners.
	Repeatability of training courses/educational packages, easy updating and dissemination.
	Enhanced involvement of the trainers/learners due to interaction capability and therefore, greater learning gains. Enterprise wide participation.
	Capability to share the same network by different user groups. Specific topics for specific locations for specific groups also possible.
	Significant savings in expenditure due to economies in travel, logistics and replication of teaching infrastructure. More frequent training.
	Can effectively supplement the conventional system of training and in some cases can itself become the major component of the training system.