What should we, as teachers, teach students to avoid problems while working online?

 

      In time that education worldwide is being disrupted by the pandemic of coronavirus, more and more teachers are being obliged to teach their students from home through online resources. Before this sudden state of emergency, nether students nor teachers were practiced on online education so it all happened without previous preparation for students on how to work on these educational resources or what to do in a case of inconvenient. However, we, as teachers, started to work and develop on ourselves to be more and more knowledgeable about distance teaching. So, teachers are now able to deal and help students overcome any challenge they might face during an online session.

 Most important difficulties that students might face is with online technical tools that are new to them. The teacher should do the following:

• Assess whether students have reliable access to technology (reliable internet connection or available devices for students to use) before starting.
• Try as much as he/she can to help students develop their digital citizenship skills by introducing these skills to the students and helping those who are less proficient when it comes to tackling unfamiliar software and stressing the usage of these online resources in a responsible manner.
• An initial "onboarding" session for students is a good idea.
• Ensure that he/she have a clear "hotline" where students can report technical issues.