Islamic Perspectives: Using New Media in Education

Abstract

New media such as smartphones, social media, computers, virtual world, single media, and online games are dominantly used in the modern world. In fact, current education scenario advocates the use of the new media in the teaching and learning processes. The positivity of using new media is limitless but not without risks and challenges. Nevertheless, Islam has outlined that Muslims should uphold knowledge and guidance from truthful sources of knowledge such as the Qur’an and Hadith to prevent them from becoming deviant users of the new media. The main objective of this paper is to present the Islamic perspectives in terms of the benefits, challenges, and moral ethics of using the new media in education and also in the society in general, so that contemporary users of the new media technology have the knowledge which can guide them to embrace the transformation responsibly and humbly.