Exploring the Impact of Online Open Course Wares on Student Learning at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (India)

LIBRARY HERALD

Year : 2025, Volume : 63, Issue :4

First page :(526) Last page :(539)

Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469.

Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-2469.2025.00040.4

Seema Parmar1, Jatin2, Simple3

1 Deputy Librarian, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India

2 Library Trainee, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India

3 Library Trainee, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract

This paper brings into limelight the level of awareness and use of Open Courseware (OCW) by students at the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana. A well-structured questionnaire was distributed among 200 students who visited the campus library to achieve the objectives of the study. A random sampling technique was adopted to collect the responses. The findings revealed that 87.10% of the students are aware of OCWs and that 84.95% of the students were using them. Some of the most frequently used OCWs were the YouTube Channel (84.95%), National Digital Library of India (83.87%), and Self Study Courses (75.27%). More than half of the students (55.91%) had become aware of OCWs through the various library websites. The majority of students, which is 65.59%, used OCW at the campus library. Language barriers and copyright infringement were found to be one of the most important obstacles for users who were using the OCW frequently.

Keywords

OCW Awareness, OCW Use, Open Course Ware, Open Learning Resources, CCSHAU, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Students, Postgraduate (PG) Students.