Digital Education and Learning: The Growing Trend in Academic and Business Spaces — An International Overview

Abstract

The world becomes Digital day by day and thus activities, features and sectors and different spaces are highly associated with Digital Tools, Techniques and Technologies. Education domain becomes highly technology enabled in recent past and this strategy is rising out and as a result, various concepts, areas, and domains have been created viz. Education Technology, E-Learning, Online Education, Blended Learning and as a whole this concept and this area may be called as a Digital Education/ Digital Learning. Internationally many universities have started educational programs leading to Bachelors and Masters Degree in respect of Digital Education and its subfields (mentioned above). The awards are offered in different subjects and are tagged with concentration and major in this area. The Digital Education becomes an important area of research as well due to its importance, many universities have started research program leading to PhD and other professional doctorate degrees. This study is concentrated on Masters degrees in the field of Digital Education and Digital Learning which are available internationally, based on selected research methodologies. This paper emphasizes the role, growth and values of Digital Education and Learning including future growth and stakeholders in this field.

Keywords: Digital Education, E-Learning, Higher Education, Digitalization, MSc (Digital Education), International Universities, Professional Degrees