Technology Mediated Pedagogy: Implications For Alienation Amongst Higher Education Students

Abstract

Technology mediated pedagogy or online education in its various modes has been growing steadily worldwide due to the confluence of new technologies, global adoption of the Internet, and intensifying demand for a workforce trained periodically for the ever-evolving digital economy. Online education is on track to become mainstream by 2025. Changes in education delivery models have been rapid and transformational. While on one hand, the digitalization of education has become a necessity in order to provide seamless education; on the flipside it has also created a digital divide and given rise to many paradoxes of modernity such as alienation, loneliness and estrangement. Also, a paradigm shift in pedagogy requires new ways of coping. This paper is a narrative review-based study and would be discussing the problems faced by the students who are pursuing higher education online. This paper also tries to find out the positive & negative impact it has on the pedagogy, learning and evaluation methodologies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; what coping strategies students use; and what steps our policymakers can take in order to provide seamless education to the students who are pursuing higher education. Some suggestions will also be pointed out in this paper with regard to how we can further revolutionize the teaching & learning process to improve the experience of both; teachers and learners in today’s world.