The Need for Digital Literacy for Effective E-learning Environment in Educational Institutes: A Case Study Approach.

Abstract

The sudden learning and teaching practice changes due to the last pandemic
have caused a big leap in educators' and learners' understanding and adoption of digital education. It also demonstrated the need to improve the level of digital literacy across educational institutes to a reasonable standard to enable educators and learners to autonomously adopt and then gradually adapt to the novel digital transformation in education. Digital literacy is far more than just the effective use of technology; it is enhancing educators' and learners' digital skills in education. Blended and hybrid learning is a new learning pedagogy for several educational institutes. However, beyond on-campus education, learning and teaching should continue as normal with minimal interruption, and this requires a reasonable level of digital literacy for both educators and learners. This study will examine the relationship between digital literacy competencies and an effective e-learning environment that enables educational institutes to ensure educational continuity with the least interruptions. Digital literacy has become a prerequisite for digital education and digital technology. Digital literacy, in all its forms, has become the foundation of today's education. Therefore, it is essential for educational institutes to take major steps and move quickly forward to make their educators and learners digitally literate and provide an effective e-learning environment to cope with the local and global digital educational requirements.