Digital Learning, Analytics & Student Success Systems
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Synopsis
Digital transformation has become a defining feature of contemporary higher education systems, reshaping institutional structures, pedagogical approaches, and organizational cultures. While digital technologies offer significant opportunities to enhance access, flexibility, and resilience, their implementation is highly context-dependent. This chapter critically examines digital transformation in higher education with particular attention to the Fijian context. Drawing on international literature, the chapter explores how systemic change driven by digital technologies differs from basic digitization and highlights the role of human agency, leadership, and institutional culture. It further situates Fiji’s experience within broader global trends, emphasizing how geographic dispersion, infrastructural limitations, and socio-economic conditions shape digital outcomes. The chapter argues that without targeted policies and capacity-building initiatives, digital transformation risks reinforcing existing inequalities rather than advancing inclusive and sustainable higher education development in Fiji.