Issue
Students need support, self-discipline, self-motivation and self-advocacy to work online. There may be other issues that prevent students from doing their work online. Cyberbulling, Internet, platform, device, course content, or support issues could prevent students from having the discipline or ability to work online.
Prevention
Help students to set routines. Offer encouragement. Provide engaging activities. Have set office hours for help. Reach out to students. Use videos and video meetings not just for course work but to chat about issues. Make connecting with students and student collaboration a priority. Reinforce proper netiquette and work to prevent bullying.
Resources
Professional development. Network with other teachers for new and innovative ideas. Contact parents. Share and look for ideas online. Use an online calendar and reminder application with the class.
Solutions
Contact students who are missing assignments. Use the ideas from Prevention on an individual basis. Ask students and parents how you can help. Get to the route of the problem and provide support. Keep in contact. Make a referral to the attendance counsellor.
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Students need support, self-discipline, self-motivation and self-advocacy to complete their assignments and attend class online or login to the platform. There may be other issues that prevent students from doing their work. Cyberbulling, Internet, platform, device, course content, or support issues could prevent students from completing their work.
Prevention
Help students to set routines. Offer encouragement. Provide engaging activities. Use universal design and differentiation. Have set office hours for help. Reach out to students. Use videos and video meetings not just for course work but to chat about issues. Make connecting with students and student collaboration a priority. Offer quick and consistent feedback.
Resources
Professional development. Network with other teachers for new and innovative ideas. Contact parents. Share and look for ideas online. Use an online calendar and reminder application with the class.
Solutions
Contact students who are missing assignments. Use the ideas from Prevention on an individual basis. Ask students and parents how you can help. Get to the route of the problem and provide support. Keep in contact. Make a referral to the attendance counsellor. Ask students what they would like to learn or do in the course.
Issue
Group work is essential for learning, and it is very difficult to orchestrate online.
Prevention
Teacher will have to have well-thought out plans for group work and introduce students to these plans early in the course or before they signup for the course. Teach a lesson on the importance of teamwork.
Resources
Google Documents, slides, and all of the other Google Suite products. Interactive whiteboards. Calendar with reminders for scheduling synchronous interaction and group collaboration. Use Zoom, Adobe Connect, Google Hangouts, and other video conferencing programs. Call the students on the phone to remind and troubleshoot issues.
Solutions
Keep trying to improve group work with reflective practices and networking with other teachers. Help students to feel engaged and comfortable with group work. Troubleshoot issues that are preventing group work with students.
Issue
Need: Safe, organized and accessible online storage
Prevention
Create an online storage network/system with files folders
Resources
Dropbox, Onedrive, Google Drive, and inside the course LMS. School policy on file storage and school IT support
Solutions
Be reflective. Review storage system and add folders and make changes as necessary
Issue
It is very easy to copy, pirate, and improperly give credit for information, sources, and ideas.
Prevention
Education and information on the issue and how to properly give credit and when it is necessary to cite sources and give credit.
Resources
School policy. Youtube videos to explain plagiarism and websites that help with citing sources. Examples: https://wwtw.citationmachine.net/index2.php
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Solutions
Awareness, help, and education
Issue
Everyone needs to behave properly on the Internet.
Prevention
Modeling, information, and quick interception of poor netiquette
Resources
Youtube videos, lessons, tutorials, school policy, and other sources of Netiquette information on the internet
Solutions
Be proactive in preventing inappropriate behaviour and be quick to intercept poor netiquette. Reinforce netiquette learning when appropriate.
Issue
Flaming and cyberbulling make Internet users feel unsafe, victimized, and upset. This is online behavior get goes beyond Netiquette and becomes abusive. Obscenities, lies, rumors, insults, and inflammatory posts can all be part of this abusive behavior. This abusive behavior could result in criminal charges or being banned from a website or online school.
Prevention
Zero Tolerance Policy that all users are informed about before they begin an online course.
Resources
School Policy, news feeds, and Internet searches
Solutions
Be proactive in preventing inappropriate behaviour and be quick to intercept poor netiquette. Reinforce netiquette learning when appropriate.
Issue
Need: Students and their work need to be safe and secure.
Prevention
Education, openness, and awareness of privacy, bullying, and inappropriate content issues is necessary.
Resources
School Internet Use policy, awareness videos, and information from credible news and IT sources.
Solutions
Awareness, modeling, and promotion of safe Internet practices. Have protocols to report bullying, inappropriate content, or privacy breaches.