Use of Open Courseware by Engineering Students of Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth Dapoli Dist.-Ratnagiri Maharashtra: With Reference To NPTEL

The open access movement provides ample opportunities for study and learning to the students, faculty members, and the general public. It involved different kinds of persons in the communities who are working in various institutions, organizations, universities, and industries. The present study explores the awareness and use of the NPTEL project of MHRD initiated by 7 IITs along with the IISc, Bangalore in 2003, to provide quality education to anyone interested in learning from the IITs.. The paper highlights knowledge, the Source of Awareness, Place and Time of accessing E-Resources, Types of material preferred, Reasons for using E-learning courseware, Frequency of using E-Content, Purposes of using E-Content, Reasons for using e-content over the print articles, Satisfaction and Perception about project NPTEL. It also highlights the Problems faced by users while accessing E-Content.