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of Buddhist teaching  is offering  online       learning  environment  towards  a  fuller                                       below:                                       Through    evidence-based   research,
               classes. More people  outside  the              understanding  of  concepts.  Annotation                                        (A) Leverage time better: Digital learning   instructors can measure how people
               classroom are able to attend the Buddhist       technologies, discussion boards, and                                            provides quick feedback to instructors on    learn  most  effectively  and  respond  with

               lectures through online  streaming. In          online support provide additional forums                                        where students are struggling, allowing      scientifically  grounded  strategies  for
               the 21st century, distant learning  and         for  discussion,  debate,  conjecture,  and                                     teachers to provide additional instruction   educating  students.  As addressed above,
               online  education became an internal            edification.                                                                    and answers to common questions, either      the important role of technology which
               part of  education in many Buddhist                                                                                             online or in person. Automation eases or     is two ways of communication in the age

               Universities  as well  as in the Buddhist       3. Learn with mastery: The ability to pace                                      eliminates routine grading, freeing course   of  digital  are  more  and  more powerful
               studies departments of some well-known          learning  to  one’s  preference,  to  review                                    teams to spend more face-to-face time with   to people daily life because everyone
               universities in the West. Students around       material, and to be assessed on a section                                       students.                                    are able to buy and own smart phones
               the world can enrol in a distance learning      before moving to another lead to mastery                                                                                     along Journal of Buddhist Education and

               course from different Universities  and         learning.                                                                       (B)  Spread  knowledge  widely:  Digital     Research 19 with internet Wifi. This is the
               are able to receive credit for the courses.                                                                                     platforms allow instructors to reach more    new age of propagating Buddhism in the
               Nearer home, the International Buddhist         4. Learn the best way: Active engagement,                                       students,  often  by  orders of  magnitude   new era of human beings.
               College (IBC) started by Ven Wei Wu of          hands-on experiences, discussions and                                           than  via  on-campus courses.  Instructors

               Than Hsiang  Temple has embarked on             flipped  classrooms  allow  students  to                                        can disseminate new ideas more quickly,   Conclusion
               an e-learning platform for people to study      experience learning that applies best                                           touching more people and impacting more   In  conclusion,  Buddhist leaders should
               Buddhism.                                       practices and  directly employs  current                                        lives. Engage a worldwide audience:       utilise  technology    in   propagating
                                                               theories of learning.                                                           Digital  platforms  allow  instructors to   Buddhism  in a manner  that encourages

               P.A.  Payutto,  the leading  Thai Buddhist                                                                                      meld worldwide participants into campus   proper study and practice of the Dharma.
               scholar  monk, has offered the following        5. Learn anytime, anywhere: Asynchronous                                        teaching, creating global conversations –   However,  Buddhist   leaders   should
               suggestions on the importance of digital        classrooms allow students to “go to school”                                     resulting  in richer teaching  experiences,   themselves  be familiar  with the many
               learning.   Digital  learning  technologies     where and when they are most ready to                                           from architecture and entrepreneurship,   uses of the internet so that they can utilise

               help people, teachers, scholars and             learn. This helps graduate students access                                      to climate change and innovation, and     it efficiently and effectively. It is only when
               students:                                       advanced  information  needed  for  their                                       beyond.                                   the  leaders are  well-equipped  with the
                  1.  Learn  more  efficiently:  Digital       thesis research when they need it. It gives                                                                               means of modern  technology that they
                  assessments offer people rapid feedback      flexibility  to  undergraduates  to  study                                      (C) Build learning modules quickly:       can utilise it to propagate the Dharma with
                  on their understanding, allowing both        abroad  or  pursue  an  internship.  And,  it                                   Digital learning empowers instructors     the sole purpose to benefit others.

                  learners and instructors (who can access     allows  lifelong  learners  to  continue  to                                    to build courses using the best content
                  this  information)  to  concentrate  their   pursue an education, while meeting work                                         previously developed by other instructors
                  efforts on where further understanding       and family commitments. Digital learning                                        and colleagues, whether within the same
                  is most needed.                              makes  education  more  accessible  and                                         department, or even at other institutions.
                                                               affordable  to  students  on  campus  and                                       This “digital abstraction” for modular

                  2.  Learn  more  fully:  Rapid  assessment,   also worldwide.                                                                learning content is the real meaning
                  simulations, visualisations, games,                                                                                          behind the “digital” of digital learning.           吉中佛教会
                  annotation technology, and videos with       6.  Digital  learning  technologies  help

                  multiple instructors provide a richer        instructors to propagate Buddhism  as                                           (D) Improve instructional  techniques:
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