Use of E-Resources in Indian Agriculture Education System during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Author: Deepak Kumar Namdeo, Vivek Badhe, S. Sarvade and Purshottam Namdeo

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Abstract

Whole world is facing problems arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. In this pandemic era agricultural activities, teaching/learning process and research activities in agriculture education system of India conducted well because of implementation of information technology (IT). Whereas, the fully adoption of such technology is not seen in case of inaccessible areas and some faculties, who not familiar with advance IT tools. Internet connectivity is the one problem faced by most of the faculty/scientist/ students of the agriculture. This paper focuses on the awareness and uses of various online e-resources by faculty members in research, teaching learning process, and its satisfaction level of information needs. This research presents the holistic picture of uses of e-resources in the Indian agriculture education in the course of current pandemic.

Keywords

Agriculture Education, COVID-19, E-Resources, Information Technology

Conclusion

Online e-resources plays key role in teaching, learning and research activities during pandemic COIVD-19 situation. Most of the teaching/ learning community use e-resources effectively for the regular academic and research activities. Research scholars, faculty members and scientists move towards the e-resources to fulfill their requirement regarding information through mobile apps with high satisfaction level among all age group. Use of such resources may not lower down an importance of information print resources. Whereas, e-resources were most important for getting information related to agriculture during such a pandemic situation.

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Namdeo, D. K., Badhe, V., Sarvade, S. and Namdeo, P. (2021). Use of E-Resources in Indian Agriculture Education System during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 476-482.