MAKING SENSE OF PROSPECTS OF DIGITAL EDUCATION

There would be no two opinions about the fact that the advent of digital technology has revolutionized modern life. It has drastically changed almost every aspect of modern life. A plethora of questions, however, still haunt us, especially in terms of its accessibility both to rural India and low-income groups in urban India, as also with regard to its use and credibility in the eyes of all those who pursue digital learning and the potential employers of digital learners. An attempt has been made to make deeper sense of these issues by the authors of this Paper through case-studies of two universities of Haryana i.e. Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak and Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh. A questionnaire was developed and administered to a randomly selected sample of 123 teachers and students of the above-stated universities and some interesting patterns were observed through the responses of the respondents along five dimensions i.e. (a) Awareness (b) Genesis (c) Utility (d) Contribution/Participation (e) Potential/Possibilities. It is hoped that the observations and suggestions registered in this Paper will help formulate better policies for the effective implementation of digital education to the extent it is required.