Study on the impact of NPTEL (national program on technology enhanced learning) video lectures on students with special reference to Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad

Abstract

Technical education has been playing an active role in human resource development of the country by generating skilled manpower, developing industrial productivity and improving the quality of life of its people. The present study demonstrates various aspects of use of NPTEL videos such as frequency of library visits, purpose of using videos, awareness about NPTEL videos, place of accessing, preferred search, search method, level of satisfaction of internet facility, and problems faced by students while using NPTEL video lectures. Well-structured questionnaire was developed to collect the data. Out of 168 questionnaires, 152 filled in questionnaires were received. The methodology adopted for this study is descriptive statistics. The major finding is students of Guru Nanak Institute of Technology used NPTEL as part of their teaching-learning process. This study also highlights the suggestions made by the students who are the respondents of the study. There is a gap that exists between the current expertise level of faculty in institutions of higher learning such as the IITs/IISc and those in private and other government aided engineering institutions in India.