This presentation discusses issues and challenges surrounding student preparedness and support for online learning. It notes that online students must be self-motivated since classes are self-paced. Teachers must work to keep students engaged and motivated to complete assignments. Because students do not have direct access to teachers, it is important for teachers to tap into each student's interests and learning styles to engage them in online learning.

1. Mary R. Broussard
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

2. This presentation was created to help you to
understand some of the issues and challenges
surrounding the preparedness and ongoing support
needed for K-12 students to learn successfully online.

6.  Online students must be driven by self-motivation do to
online classes being mainly self-paced.
 Teachers must work extra hard to keep a student
motivated and engaged in online learning.
 Students are typically focused to complete assignments
solely due to the amount of interest and motivation that
have in a particular assignment.
 Because students do not have direct access to a teacher
and because motivation is an important factor, it is
extremely important for teachers to tap into each
student’s interests, learning styles, and engage them
accordingly.
(Butner, Fraughton, Heiner, Sansone, & Zachary,
2011)

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