a proposal to bridge the digital divide among educational researchers to develop educational knowledge in Egypt.

Objectives:
The present study aims to highlight the most significant implications of the digital era on educational knowledge, the reasons for its development, the most significant factors affecting the situation and role of the educational researchers in developing educational knowledge, as well as their most significant competencies required for developing the educational knowledge in the digital era. It also investigates the concept, reasons, levels, dimensions, aspects, and implications of the digital divide among educational researchers and its reality among the MA. and Ph.D. candidates. The study makes a proposal to bridge the digital divide among educational researchers as an approach to developing educational knowledge.
Limitations
The study was limited to the implications of the digital era on educational knowledge and reasons for its development, extent and reasons for the digital divide, and a sample of MA. and Ph.D. candidates mostly at the Faculty of Education, Sohag University.
Method
The study utilized the descriptive and analytical approach.
Results
The study concluded that there is a digital divide among educational researchers that shall be addressed. While some of its aspects were moderate, others were very poor.
Proposal
The study makes a proposal to bridge the digital divide among educational researchers to develop educational knowledge in Egypt.