Participate 4.1.1 Digital Rights and Responsibilities Quest
How can a DLC ensure that citizens within the community have access to an environment where an AUP protects members as well as the community itself, where individuals uphold laws, and a cooperative/collective venture provides robust, safe, and ethical resources and opportunities for learning?
Our DLC, Digital Learning Community, here at GAVS has an AUP, Acceptable Use Policy, clearly in place. It is explained in our syllabus. It includes the following categories:
In addition, it includes the link to the current Student Handbook. Spring 2015 Student Handbook for all Georgia Virtual School policies and procedures, refer to the Spring 2015 Student Handbook by clicking here.
It is important that each teacher uses the same syllabus template so that all students are given the same information about our rules and policies.
What is the best way to establish and maintain a flourishing DLC where citizens understand, observe, and are inclined to willingly support and ultimately benefit from Digital Rights and Responsibilities?
We begin to help students understand how to be responsible members of our DLC in our welcome SLS. In this SLS, which follows a template common to all teachers, we go over the GAVS policies as they directly affect students. Here we also go over our expectations. Here is a link to one of my welcome sessions: Welcome Session - AP Chemistry - January 2015
After this initial introduction to these policies, it is crucial that we all enforce the policies. The most important one for us teachers to enforce would be the late work policy. It is extremely confusing and problematic when teacher differ in this policy. We also need to maintain the procedures set in place for extensions on assignments and enter zeros in a timely manner.
Throughout the semester, I remind students of the policies in a positive and encouraging manner. For example, here is an example of an email I sent after entering zeros. It reminds the students of our late work policy, and encourages them to submit their work in a timely manner. I remind them that the reason is to keep them well-paced and not overwhelmed as they complete their course.
Our DLC, Digital Learning Community, here at GAVS has an AUP, Acceptable Use Policy, clearly in place. It is explained in our syllabus. It includes the following categories:
- Refund Policy: Fall and Spring Semesters
- Withdrawal Policy
- Late Work Policy
- School Break Policy
- Student Code of Conduct
In addition, it includes the link to the current Student Handbook. Spring 2015 Student Handbook for all Georgia Virtual School policies and procedures, refer to the Spring 2015 Student Handbook by clicking here.
It is important that each teacher uses the same syllabus template so that all students are given the same information about our rules and policies.
What is the best way to establish and maintain a flourishing DLC where citizens understand, observe, and are inclined to willingly support and ultimately benefit from Digital Rights and Responsibilities?
We begin to help students understand how to be responsible members of our DLC in our welcome SLS. In this SLS, which follows a template common to all teachers, we go over the GAVS policies as they directly affect students. Here we also go over our expectations. Here is a link to one of my welcome sessions: Welcome Session - AP Chemistry - January 2015
After this initial introduction to these policies, it is crucial that we all enforce the policies. The most important one for us teachers to enforce would be the late work policy. It is extremely confusing and problematic when teacher differ in this policy. We also need to maintain the procedures set in place for extensions on assignments and enter zeros in a timely manner.
Throughout the semester, I remind students of the policies in a positive and encouraging manner. For example, here is an example of an email I sent after entering zeros. It reminds the students of our late work policy, and encourages them to submit their work in a timely manner. I remind them that the reason is to keep them well-paced and not overwhelmed as they complete their course.