Assignment #2 - Accommodations in an Online Environment
Reflect on your experiences with your students. Think
of a situation in which online education may have been a preferable
option for one of your special needs students or a student with an
extenuating circumstance. If you do
not have an example of a situation you have had as an educator, you may
want to extend your thinking to your own experiences as a student, your
own child’s experience, or choose a specific disability or special
needs population you learned about earlier in this course.
Post in your blog: At least four well-developed paragraphs that address each of the four points:
As an online teacher I am often asked who my students are. I explain that while I do have some home school students, my students have a lot of variety. This includes anything and anyone from students who live in rural areas and may not have access to certain courses due to funding or inability to find qualified teachers, military students who transfer to a new school with different course offerings, students who want to get ahead in their coursework, students who may not have room in their face to face schedule for certain courses, and even young mothers.
I love the premise that online learning attempts to even the playing field by offering all courses to all students in the state of GA. This way, students can get ahead of the game or try a class online in which they haven't been successful in the face to face environment. I've had many students with special learning needs who, for various reasons, have not been successful in their Spanish course in the face to face environment. When they attempt the course online, they are able to work during an optimal time of day and submit assignments with the right blend of structure and flexibility.
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- Describe student’s disability, special need and/or the extenuating circumstance, without including personally identifiable information.
- Identify at least three specific aspects of the online environment you feel would be beneficial for this student’s situation or disability.
- Explain why each aspect of the online environment you identified above would be advantageous to your student, using specific examples.
- What challenges do you suspect your student may encounter in the online environment?
As an online teacher I am often asked who my students are. I explain that while I do have some home school students, my students have a lot of variety. This includes anything and anyone from students who live in rural areas and may not have access to certain courses due to funding or inability to find qualified teachers, military students who transfer to a new school with different course offerings, students who want to get ahead in their coursework, students who may not have room in their face to face schedule for certain courses, and even young mothers.
I love the premise that online learning attempts to even the playing field by offering all courses to all students in the state of GA. This way, students can get ahead of the game or try a class online in which they haven't been successful in the face to face environment. I've had many students with special learning needs who, for various reasons, have not been successful in their Spanish course in the face to face environment. When they attempt the course online, they are able to work during an optimal time of day and submit assignments with the right blend of structure and flexibility.
Variety of Formats and Multimedia
Flexible Schedule
Social Engagement Online
These students also can benefit from the variety of formats and multimedia, especially in a Spanish course. They have the ability to submit assignments orally as well as listen to assignments rather than reading. They can have fun and be creative in their completion of assignments.
Discussions allow students to interact online and for some students, this is much needed social engagement. The more engaged the student is in the course and with other students, the more successful they are likely to be.
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