The “Parents Make the Difference” session organized by the Ministry of Education for students ’families, finally, via live broadcast, identified six legal measures that the student and his parent must use while using digital communication, in order to succeed the“ distance learning ”initiative that will start tomorrow .
The session, which was presented to the students ’families, the CEO of the Khalifa Empowerment Program, Counselor Dr. Ibrahim Al-Dabal, addressed parental care and providing parents with their children with a good home environment that supports distance learning which includes positive education methods, developing behavior, values and ethics through distance education and the importance of communication between parents Students and teachers to obtain information related to the child's achievement, behavior, and performance in the distance learning experience, through feedback, phone calls, messages and notes.
Al-Dabal mentioned six digital procedures that the student must adhere to when using digital media, namely awareness of not sharing digital content that holds copyrights with others, respecting others on the Internet and not abusing them or infringing on their rights, and awareness of not penetrating the systems and computers of individuals Or organizations, pointing to the source of digital content when taking advantage of it, awareness of not exchanging digital content contrary to customs and traditions, and not using pirate software or stealing other people's identity.
Al-Dabal stressed several procedures, the family must adhere to it is communication between the parents of students and teachers to obtain information related to student achievement, behavior and performance in the distance learning experience, and the communication process can take place through feedback, phone calls, messages and notes, pointing out that it is from It is essential that the communication process be two-way; that is, the teacher provides information to the student’s parent about the student’s achievement or behaviors within the virtual classroom, as well as the student’s parent’s guardian providing the teacher with information about the child’s personality, inclinations, interests, and performance of schoolwork at home.
Among the measures that families are obligated to implement are providing parents with their children with a good home environment that supports distance learning, which includes positive education methods, and developing behavior, values and ethics through distance learning, in addition to helping students ’parents of their children to perform educational activities such as homework, studying and reading Searching and doing projects and experiments electronically, and also includes helping the school for students ’families to provide adequate educational support for their children.
On the other hand, a training specialist at the Teacher Training Center in Ajman, Dr. Hashem Al-Zyoud, stated that distance learning is an interactive education in which the student has a share in participating in the educational process, and he is responsible for his learning greater than that in direct education, while the teacher fails his role remotely To be directed and accessible.
Distance learning also contributes greatly to building the student’s personality, because many sources are available to him in many materials and he has to deal with a large amount of information, so his tasks are to sort that information, and what he specifically wants from him in order to achieve his educational goal.
He pointed out that teachers were instructed to ensure during the preparation of the educational material that the content be interactive taking into account the different learning styles in which the student is part of the information, and direct questions to the students by their names to adjust the attention, in addition to the need to avoid any period of silence during the educational session remotely.
Assistant teacher
A training specialist at the Teacher Training Center in Ajman, Dr. Hashem Al-Zyoud, believes that a guardian during distance learning is more like an assistant teacher in the classroom taking into account his concerns, and he is required to speak with his children about the importance of the stage, and educate children about e-crime and the penal system in The Emirates, and providing incentives for children when they interact well with the teacher and the educational subject, in addition to the technical and spatial environment surrounding the student during the educational session.
Virtual school
The CEO of the Khalifa Empowerment Program, Counselor Dr. Ibrahim Al-Dabal, said that it is necessary for students ’parents to participate in the decision-making process in the virtual school or to lead and represent the community of students’ parents, and to achieve the cooperative relationship between the family, the school, and the various community institutions that provide their services, in which identification and exploitation The resources and services found in the virtual school platforms and employing them to develop school services and raise educational attainment, skills and values for learners.