Embracing Digital Transformation: E-Learning Strategies in Pakistan’s Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

The world is also experiencing immense changes in schooling as a result of the fast changing technological advancements. The digital transformation among higher education institutions in Pakistan is increasingly becoming implemented owing to its capacity to ensure that the institutions are kept in check in the global environment in an attempt to meet the requirements of the contemporary students. Implementation of e-learning involving the use of digital tools in the educational sector has increased significantly in the Pakistani universities particularly due to the fact that classroom-based teaching was not convenient during COVID-19. The research is based on the digital transformation policies adopted by Pakistani Higher Education Institutions to introduce e learning in their systems and also determine its effect on the learners engagement and academic performance and the willingness of the organization to change.
The paper will cover the e-learning within Pakistani HEIs through the e-learning. The responses were collected using a Likert-scale questionnaire where three hundred participants representing different universities that included students and faculty members and administrators were used. The questionnaire indicated 4 major aspects that entailed technology access competencies and teacher proficiency levels and student satisfaction rates and Digital learning support by schools.
The model of e-learning that has been introduced has demonstrated the potential of improving access to education, yet various obstacles like absence of the infrastructure and the digital capacity of faculty and their low change-tolerance have not disappeared. The interviewed students have indicated that they have a strong desire to know the processes that can enable them to combine the traditional classroom environment and online academic resources to provide educational services. In the case of structural programs on employee training and resource support and construction buildings, the implementation patterns were unequal in the government-managed institutions and those that are privately managed.
The Pakistani HEIs must invest their efforts in developing strong technological devices and they must set up education courses of the staff and develop digital learning spaces that everyone can access. The paper has highlighted that the higher education system in Pakistan requires a long term strategic vision to integrate the e-learning in the educational system.