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    2. Perception and attitudinal behavior of lecturers' in the use of information and communication technology tools in teaching/learning in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Olojede, Joy C. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016
    Published:
    Romania: University of Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Mgmt, Econ Eng. & Rural Dev.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08249
    Journal Title:
    Scientific Papers: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture & Rural Development
    Journal Title Details:
    16 (3): 207-210

    3. Perception of teaching competencies by administrators, faculty and students of Indian agricultural universities: an assessment of faculty training needs

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ramesh, P. (author), Raju, D. Thammi (author), Reddy, K.M. (author), Krishnan, P. (author), Biswas, Amit (author), Umamaheshwari, T. (author), and ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, India Indian Statistical Institute, India Fisheries College and Research Institute, India
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-04-27
    Published:
    India: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10973
    Journal Title:
    The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    25(4) : 337-359
    Notes:
    24 pages, via online journal, Purpose: The study aims at finding out relevance and knowledge levels of selected teaching competencies as perceived by educational administrators, faculty and students, in order to assess the training needs of faculty of agricultural universities. Methodology: Relevance and knowledge levels were tested through a teaching competency questionnaire developed and run on 292 respondents fitting into administrator, faculty and student groups. Needs Assessment Model by Borich [1980. “A Needs Assessment Model for Conducting Follow-up Studies.” Journal of Teacher Education 31 (3): 39–42] is used to identify training needs. Findings: Results indicate differences in perceptions among groups towards teaching competencies. Prioritized training needs were identified which provide the content and direction for the development of faculty in-service educational programmes. Practical implications: Faculty of agricultural universities need periodic in-service training programmes in order to improve their teaching competencies so that they become effective and competent teachers in the present educational environment. Theoretical implications: The statistically validated methodological framework provides for capturing the perception of all stakeholders on the teaching competencies among the faculty members of Agricultural Universities in India, and offers a scope for scaling up the study for similar educational setting in the region. Originality/value: The perception of students and administrators was also considered along with the self-perception of faculty about the relevance and knowledge levels of teaching competencies.

    5. Use of information and communication technology (ICT) to achieve information literacy in agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Nallusamy, Anandaraja (author), Balasubramaniam, Swaminathan (author), and Chellappan, Sivabalan K. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015
    Published:
    ESci Journals Publishing
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11156
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of Agricultural Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    3(2): 111-122
    Notes:
    12 pages., via online journal., Present world belongs to the era of information explosion. With the information edge on hand, the world is getting much competitive. Students are required to develop rigorous digital skills to suit themselves to the multi-faceted world. It is no coincidence that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools form the bulwark of this new age digital literacy. ICTs have been establishing themselves for so long as the futuristic tools of teaching and learning. In addition, ICT has become a polynary and systematic concept in the field of education. Thankfully, agricultural education is not left behind and it is getting more and more realized that agricultural information professionals must support agriculture by managing and improving access to a proliferating and increasingly complex array of information. This paper is limited to the usage and effects of ICT tools in the classroom teaching-cum-learning setup of agricultural education. Research studies show that for massive deployment of ICTs, the student community needs to be exposed to various courses of computer usage and application software. Besides, bottlenecks that hinder widespread ICT deployment have also been identified amongst agricultural community. Apart from the poor or inadequate availability of interactive multimedia, self-learning modules and online class courses in agricultural domain, it has been ascertained that poor signal strength of wifi also pose as barrier in inhibiting the adaptability of ICT tools in countries like India. The study suggests that the students should foster information awareness, build their knowledge about ICT, develop competence in ICT, and the teaching faculty should determine methods for how to use ICT to achieve information literacy in agriculture.