FIELD STUDY 2: LEARNING EPISODE 7 Making On-line or Virtual Learning

Environment Safe and Conducive

Participate and Assist

If you are assisting your mentor in an on-line class, these are some reminders you
should share to your remote learners on a synchronous platform like google. meet, zoom,
MOOCS or any other platforms you are familiar with and are using.

With the use of any google. meet, Zoom or any platform, organize a virtual class. Do
this with the guidance of your mentor.

Try to handle one on-line class and use the guidelines above. Happy virtual teaching!
Notice

Unlike the traditional face-to-face classroom environment, online or virtual

environment is a bit difficult to manage. It is because Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is
imaginary and not in the physical sense. It has no corners or walls and it can be set up with
the support of technology.

As a teacher, what have you discovered to be easy to implement in your virtual class?

For me, open lines of communication are key to a virtual classroom, especially now
that face-to-face conversations are limited, by providing accessible and consistent
communication, teachers can keep parents and guardians are always updated to the school or
their student’s progress. This also lets educators check in on their students and ensure their
social and emotional needs are met

How did the students show their active participation in the lesson?

Students show their active participation in the class by means of raising hands and
answering teacher’s questions during class.

Analyze

Which of the following is/are your analysis/analyses of on-line learning environment?

Check one or more.

✓ It was difficult to observe the physical behavior of the students.

________ It takes time for students to learn how to use the platform.

________ Students who are alone in their home space find difficulty to make
responses.

✓ Internet connectivity is a great factor to support a conducive environment.

Reflect

As a future teacher I feel that the on-line learning environment can be safe if The teacher has
the master list of the students under his/her supervision. The teacher has to verify first each
student before accepting if he/she belongs to the class so that the strangers will not be able to
get into the class.

I think that teaching in a virtual learning environment is Difficult in the part of the students
because their home serves as their classroom and we all know it is not the best place to learn.
And also, internet connection and gadget is a must. If you do not have as a student, online
classes would not be possible.

Write Action Research Prompts

OBSERVE

Identify the problems brought about by the on-line learning environment.

Actually, technical issues are bound to happen in an online only environment. This
may sound obvious but technical issues and internet connection only add to the online
environment’s frustration and interrupt new learning sessions. Sometimes your computer will
shut down or these are moments when your Wi-Fi is weak.

REFLECT

How would you solve this problem?

The most important step is to always cooperate with teachers and then inform them
about what’s happening. They should understand and be flexible about the situation, perhaps
even recording class sessions on your computer through learning platforms as a backup.
There will be technical issues and it’s important to realize you are the only one with this
problem. If your school has technical support services, they can be a valuable resource.

PLAN

What initial plan do you intend to do to solve the problem?

As a teacher should contact technical support for solving problems that cause barrier
in the learning process. Or maybe provide other strategies of teaching to make discussions
easy.
Check for Mastery

Direction: Choose the appropriate answer.

1. What is common among the following learning environments: (a) remote learning, (b)
virtual learning, (c) on-learning learning?
A. Presence of a teacher
B. Use of cyberspace
C. Asynchronous delivery
D. Use of module
2. If your co-teacher asks you to borrow your email address password for an urgent
concern, which action should you take as a safety measure?
A. Deny your friend's request because of privacy.
B. Open your email yourself and print your friends email.
C. Quickly share your password to your friend.
D. None of the A, B, C.
3. Why should parents be involved and be a part of a safe on-line environment?
A. Parents should provide guidance in the selection of websites for children's
references.
B. Parents know better than the children so they can coach in answering on-line.
C. Parents can do research for their children's assignments.
D. Parents should sit by their children's side during virtual class time.
4. In a virtual synchronous class, when a student would like to talk, which of the
following actions should be done?
A. Mute the microphone
B. Open the camera
C. Raise hand
D. Send message to chat box
5. Which would describe a safe and conducive virtual learning environment?
A. When parents are involved
B. When the teacher provides open communication
C. When students are supported with resources
 D. A, B and C

Work on my Artifacts

Make a list of 10 websites where you can source references and instructional
materials for this episode. Place the list in the matrix like the one below. Share this with your
mentor.

LIST OF WEBSITES and the TITLES of the CONTENTS

Name of Website Topics/Title of Content or Instructional Materials

1. TED Ed Is an education initiative from TED to help
teacher’s educators and student to access and
create interactive video lessons?
2. Symbaloo Edu Is the visual resource management tool that helps
educators and students organize and share
organize the best of the web users, save their
resources in the cloud and access them from
anywhere with any device
3. Khan Academy: khanacademy.Org Khan academy provides free educational content
in the form of instructional videos and practice
exercises covering different subjects including
math, chemistry, physics, science, arts,
humanities and many more.
4. Discovery Education Discovery Education provides tons of standards
aligned resources, tools to enhance students
thinking skills and opportunities for collaborative
learning experiences to help teachers grown their
professional practice.
5. Edshelf This is socially curated discovery engine of
websites mobile apps desktop programs and
electronic products for teaching and learning
6. OER Open educational resources are a public digital of
open educational content that allows you to
 explore create and collaborate with educators
around the word improve curriculum.
7. Smithsonian Learning Lab Smithsonian learning lab empowers learners with
materials and tools to help them personalized
their learning, create new ideas find resources and
access collection of educational content and build
meaningful educational networks.
8. CK-12 Provides teacher-curated STEM content that
include lessons, activities study guides and
practice exercises.
9. Common sense media This is a platform where you can access teacher-
created reviews of educational tools and mobile
apps, read-made lesson plans, webinars, videos
and many other resources
10. Read Write Think Offers a wide variety of classroom and
professional development resources. These
includes student interactives, lesson plans,
printouts, mobile apps, strategy guides etc.