Dharankar, MadhaviBarve, MinakshiBarve, V D2022-11-202022-11-202004-07http://hdl.handle.net/11599/4718PCF3 // Developments in information communication technology (ICT) have spawned a number of innovations in virtual education or ODL. Creating discussion forums in the regional language was an innovative idea that was used. The paper shares the various experiments that were tried, strategies we adopted, the results of these innovations tried and the lessons learnt. // The Information and Communication Technologies will have a substantial effect on what we do in schools just as the advent of the pen and paper did in the past. // Seymour Papertenhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Building Learning Communities for our Millennium Reaching Wider Audiences through Innovative Approaches: A Case of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open UniversityWorking Paper