ARE THE PAKISTANI HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS PREPARED FOR THE DIGITAL LITERACIES CHALLENGE? EXPLORING THE LANDSCAPE

Abstract

The definition and criteria for productive and meaningful economic and social participation is changing as a transformative impact of digital proliferation. This mandates development of multiple transversal literacies or capabilities which extend beyond function know-how of digital technologies. Global evidence suggests that higher education institutions’ (HEIs) approach to digital literacies education is based on conjectures on the young adults’ natural digital abilities.