Usage of Digital Tools and Techniques by Students of Agricultural Universities

Usage of digital learning was gaining popularity for last one decade due to development of science and technology. However, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it becomes mandatory to conduct online classes for the students to continue their academic curriculum. Besides the institutional curriculum, now students are also interested in extra online courses. The current study was taken in Agricultural universities. The purpose of the study was to study the different digital tools’ use patterns by the students. For this research, two universities, namely Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour and Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, were purposefully selected, and from each college, 60 students were randomly selected. Total of 120 students was chosen from both colleges. The study results depict that the majority (98.3%) of the students had smartphone followed by 65.0 per cent students had laptops. The tools used by the students of both the university are found indifferent from each other, whereas the difference was found in the use of applications used for virtual classroom and content collection. The findings of the study also showed that time spent by the students in digital learning was positively and significantly correlated with their academic performance