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EDUCATION IN FLUX EXAMINING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH THE LENS OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE COVID19 ERA

03 Pages : 19-31

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-IV).03      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-IV).03      Published : Dec 2023

Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era

    This research explores the impact of digital media on students' educational lives, and how digital media contributed to improving the students' lives during the COVID-19 phase. The study employs the quantitative approach with the usage of a survey method based on the questionnaire that was distributed among 100 students from Karachi, Pakistan aged 22-30 onwards who studied during the pandemic period and took online classes. It investigates how digital technology transformed the meaning of teaching and studying during the COVID lockdown. The findings have implications for the educational strategies for future students for a flexible and healthy study environment. The statistical tests explored that digital media significantly contributed to improving students' learning with the gender and university sector-related variations. The discussion concluded that studying flexibility and skills enhancement were interconnected with digital learning. It is clear that it was an effective and great tool that reshaped education during COVID.

    Digital Media, Online Education, Covid-19, Quantitative Analysis, Educational Strategies
    (1) Ayesha Farhan
    MS Scholar, Department of Mass Communication & Media Studies, Greenwich University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Robina Saeed
    Associate Professor, School of Media and Communication Studies, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Ashfaq
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, Bahria University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

    APA : Farhan, A., Saeed, R., & Ashfaq, M. (2023). Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(IV), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-IV).03
    CHICAGO : Farhan, Ayesha, Robina Saeed, and Muhammad Ashfaq. 2023. "Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (IV): 19-31 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-IV).03
    HARVARD : FARHAN, A., SAEED, R. & ASHFAQ, M. 2023. Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 19-31.
    MHRA : Farhan, Ayesha, Robina Saeed, and Muhammad Ashfaq. 2023. "Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 19-31
    MLA : Farhan, Ayesha, Robina Saeed, and Muhammad Ashfaq. "Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.IV (2023): 19-31 Print.
    OXFORD : Farhan, Ayesha, Saeed, Robina, and Ashfaq, Muhammad (2023), "Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (IV), 19-31
    TURABIAN : Farhan, Ayesha, Robina Saeed, and Muhammad Ashfaq. "Education in Flux: Examining Student Learning through the Lens of Digital Media in the Covid-19 Era." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. IV (2023): 19-31. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-IV).03