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Jane's Classroom Management

Group Work

Students may not be comfortable working online or find it more challenging Students may not put in equal effort into the group work Students might try to contact each other outside the LMS causing safety concerns

Preventative Measures Provide an area such as forums or google docs for students to collaborate where there are teacher controls

Solutions Help students to advocate for peers and themselves

Further Reading Lowes, S. (2014). How Much "Group" is there in Online Group Work? Online Learning, 18(1). doi:10.24059/olj.v18i1.373

Completion of Assignments

May be more difficult to contact and encourage students who have fallen behind

Preventative Measures/Solutions Attain contact information from students prior to course start, include in your personal course profile for a quick reference/look

Supports FNSSP Worker Guidance Counselor Spec. Ed. Lead/Resource Teacher

Further Reading Poonam, K., EdD, & Skrocki, M. (2017, May 16). Ensuring Student Success in Online Courses. Retrieved from https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/ensuring-student-success-online-courses/ Wilson, K., & Kristina. (2017, May 30). Best Practices for Communicating With Students in Online Classes - SPS | Distance Learning. Retrieved from https://dl.sps.northwestern.edu/blog/2017/05/best-practices-communicating-students-online-classes/

Generally students are required to complete all assignments, but this is a higher work load than regular schools where it is simply expected that students come to class but there are many reasons for missing i.e. sports, assemblies, illness

Preventative Measures/Solutions Drop a set number of courses from non-summative 70% which can include missed assignments Include process assignments

Supports/Further Readings Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in ... (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growSuccess.pdf

Attendance

Is this really an issue, or are we really talking about Completion of Assignments? Should a student who completes a week's work on Monday be required to sign in the rest of the week? MOE requires courses to be 110 hours, they don't require students to spend 110 hours in a course.

Safety on the Internet

Students may be subjected to 3rd party advertising

Preventative Measures/Solutions Contain all course materials within the LMS (This solves the problem but may also limit best practices) Use original material, not vendor-purchased courses

Supports AdBlocking extensions

Further ReadingThe Selling of Our Schools: Advertising in the Classroom. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin083.shtml

Students may put themselves in situations where they compromise themselves i.e. privacy, finances, peace of mind, personal safety

Preventative Measures Remind students of cyber safety rules at start of course Create pseudonym or classroom accounts whenever possible

Solutions Check websites and links at the start of every term to ensure that if you are sending students out of the LMS that the new site is still secure.

Supports CybersafeBC Carnegie Cyber Academy

Further Reading 10 ways schools are teaching internet safety. (2011, November 15). Retrieved from https://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/11/11/10-ways-schools-are-teaching-internet-safety/

Flaming/Cyberbullying

Without ftf consequences students/teachers may find it easier to bully other students/colleagues. Real-world consequences can vary up to and including suicide

Preventative Measures Create an environment of inclusion by: -Modelling proper behaviour especially towards vulnerable groups such as FNMI or LGBTQ+ members -Consciously represent diverse peoples in your courses -Introducing yourself with your pronouns -Create empathy for all students in the course to help students understand

Solutions -Use progressive discipline with students in keeping with MOE policies -Help students to develop the ability to stand up and not remain silent when they see bullying. Peers are often the first to see and have the ability to react first.

Supports Many programs and LMS allow teachers to moderate, remove, and 'spy' on discussions/postings. Some programs even allow delays until approval by the administrator to be put in place for the class/individual student

Further Reading Strickland, M. (2014). Making the Online Classroom Feel Like a “Classroom”. Teaching Theology & Religion, 17(3), 226-226. doi:10.1111/teth.12209 Tien, Shannon. Gender Inclusive Social Media https://blog.hootsuite.com/gender-inclusive-social-media/

Netiquette

Students and Teachers may be unaware of proper online behaviours. May be due to cultural differences.

Preventative Measures Have students assist with creating a code of conduct for the course including formatting replies in discussion boards Clearly state the rules for the online environment at the start of the course and have these in an easy-to access resource for students to refer to if needed

Solutions Participate alongside students in forums modelling correct behaviours

Supports http://www.albion.com/netiquette/

Further Reading Mcdonald, S. E. (2012). Reclaiming the Wireless Classroom When Netiquette no Longer Works. College Teaching, 60(3), 130-130. doi:10.1080/87567555.2011.601773

Plagiarism/Copyright

Students -easy to copy and paste -ability to have another person take the course -easier to hide inappropriate collaboration

Preventative Measures Include a lesson/reminder/test on plagiarism at start of course

Solutions -Stress the right behaviours and why we want to see them, i.e. we want to see the students' work because we value their ideas even when those ideas are wrong -Include incremental lessons so students work through the process with rough work and brainstorming handed in for part of the final assignment mark allocation

Supports Turnitin DupliChecker

Teachers - may present other lessons as their 'own' -may use photos or images they do not own copyright

Preventative Measures Provide resources for images Develop guidelines for teachers creating online courses

Solutions Administrators should 'set the tone' Enforce through progressive discipline the expectation that teachers will not plagiarize or break copyright Create common layouts and templates for courses so teachers can't copy and paste

Supports Pixabay Unsplash

Further Reading Crawford, M., Phd. (2017, September 08). Are You Committing Plagiarism? Top Five Overlooked Citations to Add to Your Course Materials. Retrieved from https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/are-you-committing-plagiarism-top-five-overlooked-citations-to-add-to-your-course-materials/

Management of documents, handouts and student files

Equipment Issues Students may not have necessary equipment, i.e. scanners or cellphones with wifi access/data

Preventative Measures Try to incorporate multiple methods, or tell students where they could go to find equipment free to use, i.e. public library Note any specialized equipment requirements in Course Descriptions so students know before they sign up Have options to complete online activities for worksheets, handouts, etc.

Solutions Have 'computer lab' type environments in the schools where students can go to complete online classes

Supports Libraries and public use computers may exist in some communities

Further Reading Inside Higher Ed. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/technology-and-learning/technology-driving-educational-inequality

Privacy Student privacy should not be compromised Use of 3rd party sites may compromise student privacy

Preventative Measures Limit the inclusion of third-party websites used Don't use unsecured wifi to connect to school sites with student info Create pseudonym or classroom accounts whenever possible when using sites outside of the LMS

Solutions Follow the board's IT SOP (Standard operating procedures) Stay abreast of data-security issues and threats Require teachers to update their virus protection regularly

Supports School IT department/person MOE recommended software/programs

Further Reading Robertson, L., Muirhead, B., & Leatham, H. (2018). Protecting Students Online: International Perspectives And Policies On The Protection Of Students’ Digital Privacy In The Networked Classroom Setting. INTED2018 Proceedings. doi:10.21125/inted.2018.0705