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A means of  \nUniversity Reforms?  \nHarish VENKATASUBRAMANIAN  \nPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India [harish@psgim.ac.in](harish@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-9419)[ | orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-9419](harish@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-9419)  \nSudharani RAVINDRAN  \nPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India [Sudharani@psgim.ac.in](Sudharani@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-2134)[ | orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-2134](Sudharani@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-2134)  \nMansurali ANIFA  \nPSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India  \n[Mansurali@psgim.ac.in](Mansurali@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-8360)[ |](Mansurali@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-8360)[ ](Mansurali@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-8360)[orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-8360](Mansurali@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-8360)[ ](Mansurali@psgim.ac.in | orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-8360)ABSTRACT:  \nUniversities play a crucial role in creating a better pathway for providing better education to the young generation of students. While many studies worldwide have indicated the benefits of using E books and a higher preference of E books among the younger generation Gelfand (2002), the acceptance of E books is relatively slow. Many research indicate that Digital Learning or E books are able to meet the expectations of this current generation popularly known as Digital Natives. There are also a great number of challenges faced by stakeholders in adoption of E books in their academic process Rowlands (2007) . Universities will have to move towards adopting Digital learning platforms for a better teaching learning process thus acting asa pioneer for other colleges to follow. This paper attempts to study why Universities should push towards E books and find out the stakeholders view about the usage of E books as a learning platform and to obtain the benefits and drawbacks of using E books and what are the benefits and challenges for the key stakeholders in the higher educational system. The study was carried out as a descriptive study in which four major stakeholders were selected, and interviews were conducted and data collected. Using structured and semi-structured questions, participants were asked to describe and reflect on their E book experiences. The results of the study indicate that all major stakeholders agree on the benefits of using E books have also identified few challenges. The challenges vary for each stakeholder and the analysis of the pain points indicate the need for universities to play an key role and ensure that the challenges are taken care before the benefits of E books be reaped. By analysing the benefits and drawbacks of the various stakeholders the benefits of using E books outweigh the disadvantages and hence universities should act as nodal centers to find solutions to overcome the stated problem.  \nKeywords: E books, Digital Natives, University, E Learning, teaching-learning.  \nASIAN JOURNAL of DISTANCE EDUCATION  \n1. INTRODUCTION  \nUniversities are often cited as strategic assets of a country as they often guide the higher education sector. In India according to the All India Survey on Higher Education released by MHRD (2013) there are 238 affiliating universities with 34,908 colleges affiliated with these universities. Acting as a regulating and governing body universities have a very important role to play in the education system of the nation. Universities will have to act as the change agent and lead the way in identifying the manner in which the student prepares himself for the rapidly changing and volatile industry environment. Universities","cbCaiafIOkMbVn2z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiafIOkMbVn2z","pdf",414121,17,"English","# Abstract\n# 1. Introduction\n## Background and role of universities\n## Change agent responsibilities and stakeholders\n## Key challenges and evolving student generations\n## Technology-driven differences for Digital Natives\n## ICT and emerging education approaches","[{\"question\":\"What conclusions does the paper draw about benefits and challenges for stakeholders?\",\"answer\":\"Stakeholders agree on benefits but also identify challenges that differ across stakeholder groups, leading to the recommendation that universities act proactively to address these challenges before benefits are fully realized.\"}]","Why Universities should push for E books - A means of University Reforms? | PDF",1792076428,43]