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A Discussion of Applicant of Digital Learning Tools for Universities

Ziming Yang

Abstract


Following level of digitization, the growth of online tools is currently rapid and it benefits a lot to education system. However, several barriers and challenges are holding it back which demands to be overcome. This paper aim to identify potential barriers and push factors to off er solutions, indicating to implications for future improvement. Secondary research and mix of qualitative-quantitative approach will be applied to procced this research, including comparison of secondary findings through literatures to identify the most representative factors. It is resulted that low level of popularity and unwelcomeness of academics’ have caused ignorance to learning technologists and online educational tools. Additionally, rise of engagement shows as the most useful benefit among push factors except the impact of pandemic. Current identified barriers can hardly be overcome, adaptation with digital learning technology is recommended and should further improve educators’ perceptions about learning assistance technique.

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Universities; Digitization; Learning tools; Applications

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i27.10461

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