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DIGITAL COMPETENCE AND MYSTERIES OF LEARNING USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM

53 Pages : 523-530

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).53      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).53      Published : Mar 1

Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom

    The idea of digital competence has emerged in recent years around the globe. It entails a wide range of abilities and knowledge in every field. The current research paper is to investigate the digital competence and mysteries of learning: use of technology in classrooms by the teachers. University teachers were used as population and sixty teachers were randomly selected as a sam-ple from different campuses of education university Lahore. Self-constructed instrument, Teach-ers' Digital Competencies Survey [TDCS] instrument, was adapted and used for data collection. The results revealed a statistically apparent difference in gender of teachers about different indi-cators of digital competencies and learning with technology. It was concluded that male teachers had used more digital technology with more confidence than that female teachers. There search-ers recommended that digital competence may be promoted among teachers for the better teaching and learning environment. The universities should provide better technological facilities for better learning.

    Digital Learning, Technological Competence, Use of Technology
    (1) Shahbaz Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Naveed Khalid
    Resource Person, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah
    Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Education Lahore, Dera Ghazi Khan Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ahmad, S., Khalid, M. N., & Shah, M. A. (2021). Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(I), 523-530. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).53
    CHICAGO : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. 2021. "Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I): 523-530 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).53
    HARVARD : AHMAD, S., KHALID, M. N. & SHAH, M. A. 2021. Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 523-530.
    MHRA : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. 2021. "Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 523-530
    MLA : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. "Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.I (2021): 523-530 Print.
    OXFORD : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Khalid, Muhammad Naveed, and Shah, Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain (2021), "Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I), 523-530
    TURABIAN : Ahmad, Shahbaz, Muhammad Naveed Khalid, and Muhammad Anees-ul-Hasnain Shah. "Digital Competence and Mysteries of Learning: Use of Technology in Classroom." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 523-530. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).53