How to Empower Educators through Digital Pedagogies and Faculty Development Strategies

Abstract

Purpose: In order to fully explore and comprehend the dynamic intersection between digital technology, pedagogical innovation, and faculty development within the higher education landscape, it is currently necessary to empower educators by providing them with training in digital pedagogies and various other faculty development strategies in higher education institutions, including universities. In an era of rapid technological change and shifting educational paradigms, this research aims to identify efficient tactics and approaches that can enable educators to flourish in their roles as mentors, teachers, and researchers. This research seeks to provide important insights that will help educational institutions improve the quality of teaching, learning, and research, thereby fostering a more robust and responsive educational ecosystem. It does this by looking into global trends, synthesizing postulates, and offering useful suggestions. Methodology: Exploratory research methodology is used. Required information are collected using various online sources through Google search engine, Google Scholar search engine, and Various GPTs including ChatGPT and Bard. The information is analysed, evaluated, and interpreted as per the specific framework to develop the postulates and provide suggestions to improve the system. Outcome: Based on systematically identified objectives, analysis, evaluation, comparison, and interpretation, on how to empower educators through digital pedagogies, and faculty development strategies, few postulates and suggestions are presented as the outcome of this exploratory research. Originality/Value: Through systematically reviewing the current status, and collecting secondary information, various digital pedagogies for classroom teaching, blended teaching, and online teaching, faculty development strategies for improving classroom teaching, online teaching, and blended teaching are identified, analysed, compared, evaluated, and interpreted with unique suggestions. Type of the Paper: Exploratory Research