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DIGITAL MEDIA AND SMART EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE TEACHERS IN THE AGE OF ELEARNING

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-IV).06      10.31703/gesr.2020(V-IV).06      Published : Dec 2020

Digital Media and Smart Education in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects for the Teachers in the Age of E-Learning

Abstract

    In the current shift from traditional teaching to a technology-driven scenario, it has to turn out to be a challenge for the teacher to have room for e-learning in the teaching process. Information-Communication Technology is a central part of our daily routine life, except it is still ongoing course to find an improved position in schools and higher education, while large no of teachers still is not up to date with information flooded and technology outburst; however, they are ready to settle in it. Objectives of this paper are to illustrate the responsibility of a teacher and the significance of e-learning in the current scenario COVID19. It highlights the challenges faced by teaching staff in Pakistan to apply e-learning and makes an attempt to propose diverse solutions to the awareness, implementation and compatibility with regard to the e-learning solutions by the teachers in their teaching-learning processes.

    Digital Media, Smart Education, Teacher, Information & Communication Technology and E-Learning

    (1) Azam Jan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Irem Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Malik Adnan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Jan, A., Sultana, I., & Adnan, M. (2020). Digital Media and Smart Education in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects for the Teachers in the Age of E-Learning. Global Educational Studies Review, V(IV), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-IV).06

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    TURABIAN : Jan, Azam, Irem Sultana, and Malik Adnan. "Digital Media and Smart Education in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects for the Teachers in the Age of E-Learning." Global Educational Studies Review V, no. IV (2020): 51-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-IV).06