Use of digital media and demand for digitized contents in higher education sector of Pakistan

Rafiq, Muhammad; Ameen, Kanwal

doi:10.1016/j.iilr.2012.04.007

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“…The ICTs projects carried out at federal government level paved the way to develop and offer web services to the prospective user community. In response to the ICTs developments through HEC, research culture and web services have been improved (Warriach and Tahira, 2014) and an increasing trend to use digital media is also visible in the higher education sector (Rafiq and Ameen, 2012).…”

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Assessing distance education students satisfaction with web-based services

Arif

Ameen

Rafiq

2017

OIR

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Purpose Universities across the globe are spending an increasing amount of their budgets to offer web-based services to cater information need especially off-campus students. However, the success of web-based services depends on how well the target users are satisfied with the use of the web services. The purpose of this paper is to assess students’ satisfaction with the use of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) web-based services. Design/methodology/approach Pilot tested questionnaire-based survey was administered to collect data from a sample of 388; selected through systematic sampling technique from the study’s population consisted of master level students belonged to 11 different academic departments of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the AIOU from all over Pakistan. Findings Based on 318 useful questionnaires, response rate 82 percent, the results show that majority of the students were satisfied with the use of at the AIOU web-based services except for online mailing books tracking system, library web OPAC and web radio service. However, t-test analysis shows that no difference was found in the opinion of male and female respondents in terms of their satisfaction with the use of the web services. ANOVA results indicate that there was no significant difference depicted in satisfaction with the use of the web services among the respondents enrolled in different disciplines of the faculty. Similarly, no significant difference was found among different age groups. Moreover, the respondents belonging to all five provinces; Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Baluchistan, Gilgit Baltistan, and Federal Capital territory showed the same level of satisfaction with the use of the services. The results of regression analysis (R2=0.226) denote that both perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use significantly predicted, 22.6 percent, in students’ satisfaction with the use the web services. Practical implications The study provides valuable recommendations which may be helpful for web administration of the university to improve AIOU web-based services. Originality/value To the best knowledge, this is the first study conducted to investigate the satisfaction with the use of the university web-based services in distance education’s perspective of Pakistan.

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Assessing distance education students satisfaction with web-based services

Arif

Ameen

Rafiq

2017

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“…Shafique and Mahmood (2008) reveals that the country is experiencing strong growth of technological application usages such as e-learning, e-government initiatives, information, and communication technologies (ICTs), cellular phones, and the Internet. Rafiq and Ameen (2012) tried to access the role of digital media in Pakistan and with this purpose interviewed 25 library experts in all provinces of Pakistan. 20 interviewees mentioned that the use of technologies in higher education in Pakistan is increasing.…”

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“…Another respondent noted that they had to increase the subscription of online journals from 25 to 75 due to growing demand. As an impediment to wider use of technology the 'textbook-based educational system, absence of digital access to indigenous scholarship, lack of orientation of digitized contents and the passive role of libraries' were mentioned (Rafiq & Ameen, 2012).…”

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Digital Media and Technological Challenges for Media Education in Pakistan

Muneeb

Mehmood

Mehboob

2020

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This paper aims to record concerns of media education currently under debate in Pakistan. It indicates three main study trends. The first trend is concerned about Pakistani digital technology users, their skills in technologies especially digital media usage and the second about new media learning and teaching methods by using new media tools like mobile devices, tablets, social media networking, which needs new technical and technological framework. The last trend deals with literacy concerning digital education, related to both the skills required by digital media students have to progress and what educators especially faculty members have to be trained about these media technologies. In order to achieve objectives pertaining to these trends, semi-structured interviews of students and educators are conducted. Concerning the first trend, we observe a division of perspectives and understanding between those who believe that all we need is new media education for old academic solutions and those we think there is a need of changing academic styles, thus allowing it to grow into a new standard. For this purpose, they stress that digital devices should be made an integral part of today’s classrooms. Concerning the second trend, we observe a consensus on teaching and learning by using digital devices as the most useful, helpful tools. Mostly, the school educators have their own laptops, tablets, and mobile phones however, they stressed on a combination of ethics, education and utilization of digital media in a good manner. Finally, the notion of literacy concerning digital media which has received significant consideration be defined in various ways particularly in the south Asian context. Keywords: Digital Media, Digital Technology, Native Educators, Pakistan

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“…Studies revealed that 70% of reading time was spent on digital media despite the fact that more people prefer print media (Kurata, Ishita, Miyata, & Minami, 2017;Parodi, Morenode-León, Julio, & Burdiles, 2019). Studies indicated the increasing use of digital media in higher education and the rising demand for digitized contents (Rafiq & Ameen, 2012). Contemporary teaching method may include e-learning, virtual and augmented reality, or networked based community learning accessible via digital devices like smartphones, laptops, computers or digital whiteboards (Molnar, 2015).…”

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A Clog on the Right to Quality Education through OER: A Case of Japan and Malaysia

Wahid

Saidin

Arif

2018

JIS

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States and world institutions have globally recognized the right to quality education. One of the method to access quality education is via Open Educational Resources (OER) that operates under the concept of "openness" where knowledge should be freely shared and disseminated for all. Yet, copyright law appears to be an area of great concern hampering OER development. This paper begins by clarifying the fundamental right to education which can be supported by developing trends of using digital resources. It then describes some of the developments in achieving sustainable development goal towards quality education through OER. The paper then explains certain legal challenges hampering open education initiatives by highlighting relevant copyright laws at the international and domestic levels. This investigation takes the form of a qualitative case-study approach comparing Malaysia and Japan practices in respect of its OER initiatives within their higher education institutions. This study specifically examines related regulations extracted from relevant statutes, cases, reports and secondary sources available in both countries. There appears to be a growing tension between the desire to promote open access to quality education and the need to protect works even though OER may be useful and beneficial for society.

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Use of digital media and demand for digitized contents in higher education sector of Pakistan

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Assessing distance education students satisfaction with web-based services

Assessing distance education students satisfaction with web-based services

Digital Media and Technological Challenges for Media Education in Pakistan

A Clog on the Right to Quality Education through OER: A Case of Japan and Malaysia

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