Full Description
Digital transformation of education is happening at a rapid pace, especially with the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet the transformation is not yet complete because it was implemented in a willy-nilly way. This volume examines the current status of digitalization in higher education, with emphasis on lessons to be learned for the ongoing transformation—what it bodes for the future and how we may shape the direction and scope of the change.
Digitalization in Higher Education: Opportunities and Threats examines the policies of governments, higher education institution management, leadership styles to aid digitalization, the use of online teaching tools, changes in educational pedagogy, the impact of educational technology on the attitudes of students and educators to learning, and more.
Topics include:
opportunities in higher education that were made available by a digitalization process
digital management leadership of the HEIs
governmental initiatives introduced in conjunction with new education policy
how digitalization makes the process of learning more efficient and effective
students and teachers' acceptance of digitalization
psychological constructs of model cognitive, behavioral, and affective effects of e-learning
open educational resources and learning management systems
positive and negative aspects of moving to an online platform
marginalization of the individual due to inadequate resources
The role of capitalism and neo-liberalism in the digitalization process of HEIs
This book will be of value to educators and public policy officials as it provides important updates to what is happening in the field of higher education and also make several policy recommendations that may be of interest to administrators and leaders in public policy areas.
Contents
Introduction 1. Role of Digitalization in Higher Education: Looking through the Lens of Opportunities 2. Different Approaches to E-Learning: A Theoretical Perspective 3. Challenges and Opportunities of Digitalization in the Higher Education System 4. Teachers' and Students' Perspectives on Digitalization in Higher Education 5. Making India a Knowledge Superpower through Digitalization 6. Role of Leadership and Management of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Digitalization 7. Democratizing Education: Reskilling and Rebuilding with E-Learning 8. Virtual Higher Education: Demystifying the Learning Dynamics of Digital Platforms 9. Online Tutelage: Meeting the Educational Needs in the Post-Pandemic Scenario 10. Does Real Learning Happen? Flexible Online Education through Contextualized Hybrid Model Leads to Undisrupted Constructivist Experiential Learning in a Post-Pandemic Global Environment 11. Is Technology a Silver Bullet? Exploring the Boons and Curses of Digital Education 12. Teaching in the Internet Age Encompasses Teaching as a Way of Life 13. Surviving Online, Living Offline: Critical Perspectives on Online Education and Its Impact on Students and Teachers 14. Future of Online Education: The Relationship Between Personality, Learning Strategies, and Learning Medium Preferences 15. The A To Z of Using Social Networking Sites for a Digitalized Higher Education System 16. Transforming Higher Education into Asynchronous Learning: Challenges and Opportunities from the Gender Perspective in India 17. Digital Education During Disruptive Times Like the Covid-19 Pandemic 18. Digitalization in Indian Higher Education: Are Students Ready? 19. Deciphering the Interconnectedness between Digital India and Digital Education
