Chennai:
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has
revolutionized the veterinary education in the subcontinent by facilitating
anytime – anywhere learning for the student community of the profession.
The e-course for Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry, which was developed under the National Agricultural Innovation
Project (NAIP) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, has contents for 69
courses offered in nine semesters spread over five years of degree course in
177 credit hours with 101 theory and 76 practical and 3009 lessons, said
TANUVAS vice-chancellor Dr R Prabhakaran.
Developed by 79 content developers of TANUVAS in modular
object oriented dynamic learning environment (MOODLE) platform, the Rs 22.47
lakh project is supported by 79 co-teachers from outside TANUVAS, he said.
Dr Prabhakaran said content developers were initially
exposed to e-content creation procedures, e-content protocols, development of
multimedia and animation, working in MOODLE through a number of orientation and
training programmes.
“To provide a comprehensive working environment for content
developers to create e-content, necessary computer hardware and software were
procured and installed setting up two e-learning laboratories – one at Madras
Vterinary College, Chennai and other at Vterinary College and Research
Institute, Namakkal.
More than 3,000 animations and numerous visuals, pictures
and images were developed for inclusion in the lessons besides power point
slides with voice overs were developed for each theory lesson and later refined
using articulate presenter to make them interactive, Dr Prabhakaran said.
The e-contents were reviewed by 144 external experts from
across the country in different subjective disciplines. The e-contents
classified year wise and semester wise is hosted online in www.elearnvet.net
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