IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPHETIC MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES ON ONLINE STUDENTS

Abstract

Modernization and globalization have caused a paradigm shift in student
education from a face-to-face traditional classroom setting to an online
environment. Instructors are increasingly adopting motivational strategies suitable
for online studies. Motivation is the key element in keeping students focused and to
prevent them from dropping out of online studies. The present study is aimed at
exploring pedagogical motivational strategies utilized by Prophet Muḥammad
(صلى الله عليه وسلم) on his companions from authentic Ḥadīth and implementing the extracted
motivational strategies on online students. The motivation of students must be kept
high in order to keep pace with development, to counter its gradual decrease over a
period of time. A conceptual framework for the motivation of students is formulated
by tailoring Western theories in compliance with motivational strategies
implemented by Prophet Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم).Overall, this study encourages online
instructors to implement Prophetic motivational strategies on students.