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Research Study – Published: July 18, 2009.


Awareness of Digital Learning among Prospective B.Ed Teachers

F.L. JASMINE ANNE SHYLA & F.L. ANTONY GRACIOUS
ABSTRACT
The progress of Science is marked as an accumulation and emergence of scientific method and digital learning. Science would provide an intellectual atmosphere for the pupils to be developed by providing the problem solving activities for every day. In such situations, it is essential to understand Hence, Awareness of Digital Learning is an offshoot to know about the awareness of /CT application in education by the prospective B.Ed teachers is the need of our present day. The problem has been stated as “AWARENESS OF DIGITAL LEARNING AMONG PROSPECTIVE B.Ed TEACHERS". The population of the study is prospective B.Ed teachers studying in Colleges of Education from Kanyakumari, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli districts affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. The investigators has used random sampling technique for selec;:.ting the sample for the investigation. The investigator randomly selected 242 Prospective B.Ed teachers studying in College of Education from Kanyakumari, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli •districts affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Digital Learning Scale prepared by the investigator was used for collecting data for this survey method. The investigator has used arithmetic mean,’t’-test; standard deviation and ANOVA for analysing the data. The findings of the study shows that male are better than female prospective B.Ed teachers, rural prospective B.Ed teachers are better than urban Prospective B.Ed teachers and day scholar are better than hostel students in their digital awareness and it may be due to their curiosity to know the innovative and new things their environment and also their freedom to know new things of this digital world.
Keywords: Digital Learning, ICT Awareness, Prospective B.Ed Teachers, Gender Differences, Rural and Urban Students, Day Scholars and Hostel Students, Teacher Education, Digital Competency.
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How to cite this article: Shyla, F. L. J. A., & Gracious, F. L. A. (2009). Awareness of digital learning among prospective B.Ed teachers. Indian Educational Researcher, 2(2), 11–16.
Received: June 17, 2009; Revision Received: July 08, 2009; Accepted: July 18, 2009.