Educational specialists have identified several measures to achieve a fruitful "distance learning" experience for students of all levels of education, especially school students who require greater follow-up during the application of this type of education.
In detail, President of Hamdan Bin Mohamed Smart University, Dr. Mansour Al-Awar told «Emirates Today» that the university is moving forward to achieve leadership in smart education and distance learning, and in line with the initiative of the Ministry of Education in launching a trip (distance learning), and provide programs and services From a distance, away from the barriers and temporal and spatial obstacles and within an integrated environment that enhances the concept of personal knowledge management and the development of academic and professional capabilities and the acquisition of future skills, stressing that the university continues to provide educational outcomes that meet the needs of the knowledge age.
For her part, Sarah Hedger, head of the Child Protection Department at James Education Group, stressed the need for the family to follow steps with children, to achieve fruitful distance learning, define a program for the school day, and convert the school lessons program into a home program to know the lessons and their dates accurately, and set dates For lunch break, snacks and physical activities.
She added that the students ’parents should allocate a place for distance learning, at home, and be free of chaos, preparing study supplies and books the night before, removing distractions or using headphones, making sure the efficiency of the wireless internet, and developing an alternative plan in the event Interrupted.
The head of the integration department of the James Education Group, and Emily Ellington, said that the distance learning system requires the parents of students to communicate continuously with their schools or universities, warning of the ability of social media channels to raise anxiety and spread misleading information about "distance learning", so it is imperative From making informed decisions about the people you interact with through these channels, with the need for the school or university to be a key partner in the arrangements that the family makes for “distance learning”.
For the first and second episodes, the director of one of the public schools for basic education, who requested not to be named, stressed that the implementation of the distance learning initiative had a great interaction by the students and their families, during the trial day of the initiative devoted to the second episode, which the Ministry implemented on the fourth of this month.
He pointed out that the experimental application showed several points that need to be improved and find solutions to them, most notably the careful follow-up by the students ’relatives during them« remote study », so that the student does not have the opportunity to be distracted from pursuing lessons with other things, such as entering on websites other than the site Selected for distance learning.
He added, "The Ministry of Education must develop solutions to the challenges of dealing with students of determination with the experience of distance learning, as a number of students do not improve dealing with ordinary electronic devices."
He added that the teacher is the main pillar for the success of the distance learning experience, so it must be well qualified, in order to be able to prepare and explain the lessons electronically in an interactive way that attracts the attention of the student, and makes it part of explaining the lesson and not only recipient, following: “Every teacher must make sure To make the most of the opportunity for specialized training decided by the Ministry, for teachers to go through from tomorrow and continue until next Thursday, which will be remote training ».
Precaution procedure
On March 22, students of public and private schools begin to implement the "distance learning" initiative, which continues until April 2, according to the decision of the Ministry of Education, as a precautionary measure to reduce the possibility of transmission of the Coronavirus infection.
Public and private schools have prepared to implement the distance learning initiative, and schools have distributed class schedules to students.