Authors : Bibhu Bhusan Nayak

Volume/Issue : Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7511277

Abstract : The researcher explored the concept of Online Faculty Appraisal Report (Online FAR) in higher educational institutes. Purely qualitative research was used in this study. This investigation was conducted by the voice recording of the Assistant Registrar of the University. The investigator did this by a scheduled interview and subsequently the recording was transcribed in a written form for better understanding of the online FAR. The concept was again verified with the permanent senior faculties and a way found out whether this concept can be presented outside and a publication can be made for it was a matter of internal matter of the university. The study revealed that the new way of assessing a faculty in online mode was found out superior than that of the previous ones of the offline mode. The investigation uncovered that the way teaching faculties should be assessed and evaluated by the experts from across the country to give very important inputs after their observations which can be even from abroad where the teaching faculties be more professionally sound and updated in terms of research field outside their regular syllabus to cover. The online FAR will improve the professionalism with respect to faculty appraisal in the days to come, it will be even more important when faculties are related to the institute to train teacher trainees. The study suggested that Online FAR in higher educational institutes is the correct need of the time and integrating technology ought to be utilized in this area for the improvement of faculty appraisal development.