Perception of Teachers on Training Needs towards Educational Technologies in a State Agriculture University (SAU)

The study was conducted in Bangalore district of Karnataka, during the year 2010-2011. The study revealed that training needs of teachers on educational technologies are varied. RJ scores explain this fact more clearly. Based on the importance given by the teachers and rank order they (i) Methods of class room teaching (ii) Preparation of lesson plans (iii) Techniques of student motivation (iv) Class room evaluation methods (v) Learning theories and their application to class room teaching (vi) Preparation and use of A.V. aids (vii) Guidance and counseling to students (viii) Handling A.V. equipments and (ix) Photography- use of digital cameras. The Kendall's test of concordance was found to be highly significant in ranking of the problems.