An institution develops staff’s interest in teaching online and blended programmes by providing incentives, rewards and support.
Purpose
The purpose of the practice is to provide appropriate incentives to staff to ignite their interest in online teaching. Staff play an important role to the success of online delivery. An institution needs to encourage staff to develop pedagogies and strengthen skills in the area of online teaching. To ensure the smooth running of online programmes, scheduled or just-in-time support to help their staff find solutions for the problems they encounter is important. Recognition of and rewards to staff to encourage them to pay extra effort, in addition to their normal teaching duties, in integrating new technologies in programme delivery through the online environment is another important priority.
Outcome
The outcome of employing the practice is boosting staff’s enthusiasm in developing new pedagogies and integrating new technologies that make the most out of the online environment.