With the Covid19 pandemic shifting the bulk of teaching to the online platform, the teachers also faced the dilemma of coping up with the shift in the way they deliver classes to the students. Keeping in view these challenges in the present pandemic-struck scenario along with the post-pandemic teaching in a blended or online environment, NAHE joined hands with IQUK College to support to the higher education sector for the online delivery of courses.
National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) is the academic arm of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC). Its vision is to establish itself as an apex learning institution that will institute and lead a broader national discourse around the purpose, perspectives and policy in Higher Education and help develop high quality human capital to achieve excellence in academic setting.
Since IQUK College specialises in delivering recognised British qualifications through online and blended learning method, Ejaz Chowdary, Chief Technology Officer at IQUK College and Sumbal Manzoor, Head of Studies at IQUK College work with NAHE to develop a foundational level course for online teaching to facilitate the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the enhancement of online teaching pedagogies, engagement in online learning environment, educational technology, and online evaluation strategies.
Ejaz Chowdary
Chief Technology Officer at IQUK College
Sumbal manzoor
Head of Studies at IQUK College
This 20-hour online course offered over the course of one month has been delivered to faculty members from all over Pakistan over the duration of 5 hours per week for four weeks starting on the 20th March, 2021. The modules of this course include:
- Module I: Enhancing Instructional Design with Educational Technology
- Module II: Developing Material for Online Teaching
- Module III: Student Engagement for Online Teaching
- Module IV: Assessment for Online Teaching
In a live session, Rector NAHE, Professor Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali gave the orientation about the course to the participants and also touched upon the importance of online teaching for the HEIs in Pakistan.
“Online teaching is a highly valuable skillset with its importance only growing due the unprecedented challenges posed by the lockdown due to the pandemic globally,” said Ian Fraser, the Principal of IQUK College, about this collaborative project, “We at IQUK College are proud to contribute our knowledge and expertise with NAHE in Pakistan for the training and development of the Pakistani academia through innovative pedagogical methods of online and blended learning, paving way to future collaboration among British and Pakistani informational exchange and professional resource development.”
The Head of Studies at IQUK College, Sumbal Manzoor added, “It is encouraging to see all of the dynamic work NAHE is doing for the capacity building of higher education professionals. It has been a generative opportunity for IQUK College to collaborate with the NAHE team to develop and instruct this course, helping the Pakistani HEI community adapt to this unprecedented and accelerated move to teaching in an online environment.”
Learn more about the course here: https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/NAHE/CDP/Pages/Online-Teaching-Level-1.aspx