DIGITALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The digitalisation wave has swept every aspect of the society be it daily chores, to shopping, to travel to manufacturing to retailing to advancements in medicine and so on. How can education be untouched by the transformations that the digitalisation is bringing to this sector. Technological impact on Indian higher education is expected to increase. Higher Education sector is already experimenting with the technological solutions like Digital Marketing, Chatbots, Lead management, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Cloud computing & Blockchain Technology. There are various EDUTECHs that are working in the areas like admissions, counselling, online learning, placements, alumni associations, operations, assessments. This paper attempts to evaluate the digitalisation scenario in higher education, key technologies & its drivers & will identify the EDUTECH solutions that will help in accelerating the digitalisation in higher education.