LMS Practice Course and Liability

The course that I have designed for this class is made to be a distance learning course, yet it is based off the course that I'll be teaching in less than a month that will be more of a blended approach than fully online.  In either scenario, it's necessary that students have access to a device with online capability.  I have heard that the schoology LMS app for the phone is not user friendly and often has issues with pulling up assignments and links.  For this reason, students will need to have certain devises to be successful.  Online resources will be housed in the schoology LMS as well as students Google drives which will be connected to the learning platform. 

One of the great tools that I learned this week is the SECTIONS model.  While each parts of the framework of how to make effective decisions, some of them are not given as much thought as others.  As a teacher, we often focus on "easy of use" or "teaching functions" yet we might neglect "security and privacy".  We have to be aware of FERPA laws and which apps and tools are legally allowed to be used with students.  Elementary school and middle school teachers, especially, need to be aware of which apps need parent permission or what information the site is collecting.  Some apps, like Zoom, might make teaching easier help with the distance part of distance learning, it might be against the law to use with students.  

Resources:

Bates, A. W. (. (2015). Chapter 8: Choosing and using media in education: the SECTIONS model. Tony Bates Associates Ltd. Retrieved from https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/part/9-pedagogical-differences-between-media