Study on the Awareness Level of Postgraduate Students on Digital Education (With Special Reference to Sri HD Devegowda Government First Grade College, Hassan, Karnataka)
Keywords:
Digital Education, Post Graduate, Awareness level, Advantages and disadvantages of digital learning.Abstract
Digital education is an innovative use of digital tools and technology during teaching and learning and is often referred to as technology enhanced learning or e-learning. Higher education covers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level education Through this, one can learn throughout their life and continue to improve their knowledge and abilities to better meet their needs. Upon the emergence of the pandemic, we have seen the essentiality of digital learning in the field of education. It is very significant in higher education as it provides a wide range of sources for the understanding of concepts and also it is easily accessible to everyone. The study was conducted to understand postgraduate students' perception of digital education in the higher education field. The study’s objectives included (a) knowing the level of awareness about digital education among postgraduate students;(b)understanding the advantages and disadvantages of digital education in higher education; and (3) collecting suggestions from postgraduate students on how to increase the effectiveness of digital learning. The study used a descriptive research design to report the characteristics of the phenomenon. The scope of the study covers only first year postgraduate students who are studying at Sri HD Devegowda Government First Grade College, Paduvalahippe, Hassan District in the year 2022–2023. The researchers took both primary and secondary data for the study and used an online questionnaire as a tool. The questions are framed in a Likert scale. For this study, 105 samples are taken through the convenience sampling technique of the non-probability sampling method. The study significantly describes the demographic profile of respondents that includes the majority of the respondents studying postgraduation in the particular institution falling in the age group 20–22 years, most of them belong to rural areas and reside in hostels. Additionally, women made up the bulk of the respondents. More than 70% of respondents were aware of E-education and knew its advantages. More than 80% of respondents knew about its disadvantages and agreed to provide suggestions for improving the effectiveness of E-education.
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