3.6.1 Developing a staff development plan
The stakeholder analysis and mapping of your institutional context will have provided a good idea of existing levels of understanding about MLE development and where there are gaps. This series of questions will help you to refine your understanding in order to develop a staff development plan to support MLE development.
Think about what staff development, training and support already exists
How might existing support be used or adapted for your MLE development?
What are the skills levels of your identified stakeholders in terms of understanding the MLE development relation to using the new MLE?
What are the skills levels of the intended end users of the new MLE?
What training and support mechanism need to be put in place? Examples might include
A series of hands-on staff development session providing training on the use of the system and to reassure staff of how they will be affected by the introduction of the system.
Hand holding of users during their perception of a difficult transition from their existing practices through education of how to use the system and identification of the benefits.
How can staff development be used as part of the education and communication process in terms of demonstration the role, relevance and importance of the MLE to different stakeholders?
