摘要：New Media based learning materials are gaining popularity among teachers and students
nowadays. The present investigation was intended to explore the efficacy of new media-based video
lectures in Open and Distance Education system of India. For this investigation a sample of 300
students was drawn from three Indian Open Universities viz., Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand Open University,
Uttarakhand. The 100 students were selected randomly from each University. This research was
focused on student's opinions about effectiveness of Video lectures which were watched on New
Media Platforms either during their course of study or otherwise. In order to know the effectiveness of
video lectures, a questionnaire consisting of 16 items were used. The questionnaire was designed to
get responses about the duration of video lectures, their presentation format, the language used, and
the mode of delivery of lectures. Data revealed that video lectures of short duration were more
popular. Further the format containing the Presenter with PowerPoint presentation, integrated with
Animations and Graphics format was more popular among respondents. As far as language was
concerned, both English and Hindi were preferred equally by respondents. The mode of delivery of
video lectures which was preferred was online and New Media (web) based. TV broadcasting was
least preferred by respondents. The above findings indicated that an effective video lecture with
duration of less than 15 minutes including Presenter with PowerPoint presentation integrated with
Animations and Graphics format either in Hindi or English were more effective delivered through New
Media (web) based platform.
关键词：New Media; E;learning; Indian Open Universities; Open Distance Learning; Video
Lectures;
