A REVIEW OF TEACHING ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN A NEW DIGITAL AGE

The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of digital technology or ICT in Islamic education of teaching and learning in the classroom.  The aim of Islamic education is to cultivate the three key domains of a human: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. In implementing the digital approach in Islamic education, the teachers need to consider the critical aspects of the teaching and learning processes in a classroom such as creativity, reflectivity, cooperation, and responsibility. The research found out that the focus of the digital approach was to change the old paradigm of traditional teaching to a new paradigm of teaching and learning process in the classroom. Undeniable, the digital technology becomes an important element in Islam, as the main source of information for Muslims all over the globe. Teaching approach using technology facilitated Islamic education in the teaching and learning process in the classroom. The implication of using digital technology enables teachers in Islamic education to have the courage to adopt modern technologies for their teaching in the classroom.