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Empowering Veterinarians Through agMOOCs for Improving Livelihood of Livestock Farmers
Abstract
Veterinarians need to refresh knowledge and skill to improve performance. Based on need analysis, problems listed, prioritised and two major areas viz., animal nutrition and control of parasitic diseases formed the topics. agMOOC platform, offered free online courses to learners with internet connection; MOOKIT was used for course delivery. The courses were offered in 2023 and 2024, each for six weeks duration with text, videos, diagrams charts etc. Promotion on the course to enrol veterinarians was done. Course materials were developed and uploaded. Every week lectures with additional resource materials were provided. Quiz was uploaded at week end. 100 multiple choice questions were used to evaluate each course. Forums and hangouts were utilised for interaction. A total of 9,692 learners benefitted. Interaction and knowledge sharing done through 3054 forum posts and 5329 comments in both the courses. Majority accessed course at home (69%). Video was accessed by 90 % of learners. Mobiles were mostly used to access information (70%). Active users were 78.13%. 40.39% active learners participated in all the quiz and scored more than 70 percent and were certified. 38.75 percent were women. Obtained course feedback on various parameters and overall, it was opined to be good and useful.
PCF11 Sub-Theme: Changing Mindsets for Inclusive Open Education
Paper ID: 9256
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India
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Asia
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2025-09
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)