Effectiveness of e-content on “crystal systems” in teaching physics to first year engineering students

In this era of modernization, possibilities are emerging to provide technical education in an innovative way to meet global demands with the tremendous developments in technology. Educational Technology has been widely used all over the world. The Engineers of today and tomorrow are expected to be far more creative. A study was undertaken to develop an e-Content on ‘Crystal Systems’ which is prescribed in the Syllabus of First Year Engineering Physics subject of “Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu”. This study also measured the effectiveness of the developed e-Content. A pre-test, post-test two group experimental design was adopted. Samples of 60 First Year Engineering students were exposed to different treatments such as e-Content and conventional method of teaching. Their achievement scores were analyzed using different statistical techniques. It is found that the experimental group students who taught with the help of e-Content material scored more than the control group in learning “Crystal Systems”.