International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
M Papegowda, BM Puneeth, N Kavya, DK Suresh and Prahlad P Bhat

abstract
The present study was carried out during 2024 in Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendras Campus of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore to know the extent of awareness of students towards YouTube educational videos. Four hundred eighty undergraduate and post graduate students studying in Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra campus were personally interviewed using a pre-tested schedule. The collected data was scored, tabulated and analyzed using chi square test and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that as high as 95.0 percent of the students were aware of the YouTube educational videos and only five percent of the students were not awareness of the YouTube educational videos. Majority of the students (64.2%) expressed that the lessons in the educational videos were easy to understand, while 94.2 percent of the students had faced the problems of too many advertisements while watching YouTube educational videos. Age, family type and rural urban background of the students had non-significant association with the awareness level on the YouTube educational videos, whereas family annual income, academic achievement, attitude towards online tools and aspiration of students had association at five percent level with the awareness level. The variables such as e literacy, knowledge regarding online tools, internet access and ICT environment of the students had association at one percent level with the awareness of students regarding YouTube educational videos.