As COVID-19 continues to spread, schools are now switching to online learning.
And it is important to keep in mind key practices for successful online learning.

Here are some of the best ideas from educators to consider for E-learning activities.

• Ensure the availability of internet access and E-learning tools for both students and teachers.
• Choose the right tools and stick with them.
• Manage parents-teachers expectations. It is important to provide expectations to staff and parents. During these times, communication between school administrators, staff, parents and students is important than ever.
• Practice and prepare – invest some time to prepare before rolling out online learning with the students.
• Establish daily schedules. Communication should be clear regarding when teachers and students need to be logged on. A full day in front of a screen is a lot for kids and teachers, especially for families who may be sharing one device.
• E-learning tools must be easy to navigate by pupils as parents might either be at work or working from home and unable to help much. It’s important to design learning that does not require a lot of support from parents who might already be overwhelmed.
• pay attention to the emotional toll.
  Check on students and teachers, especially those who are less comfortable with digital tools to see if they need any help.

E-learning has been described as the future of education, and probably may change the scope and nature of classroom in the future.
Considering the growth of technology and the advancement in new modes of learning and teaching, E-learning has now become a fundamental aspect in the education and development of children.

Here are some of the benefits of E-learning:

• While it enhances children’s learning experience in the classroom, it also allows teachers to find an unlimited supply of resources.
• Promoting and implementing e-learning at the kindergarten level may help to shape children’s educational prospects positively.
• E-learning also functions as a learning aid. This is because e-learning platforms and software help children remember information more clearly, motivate them to develop working schedules, support them mentally, and foster interaction when working in groups.
• Through E-Learning, children form a better mental image of descriptions and examples. E-learning has this positive impact on learning because children develop better hand-eye coordination and motor skills. These skills help them to form clearer images and improve their capabilities to solve problems.
• E-learning helps develop children’s emotional and social skills. In practice, children are more motivated to learn when they see an interactive and colourful screen in comparison to a boring black and white map on paper.
• E-learning also facilitates children’s computer literacy which develops a variety of skills which are associated with employment in the areas of programming and graphic design.
• E-learning platforms also provide a range of multimedia tools which help children to communicate with other children and teachers. Through cooperation and interaction, kids learn new topics more easily and gain better insights.

A teachers influence on a child cannot be quantified; so much so that from time immemorial when teachers reward is contemplated, they are often bestowed with rewards beyond earthly values.

History is filled with great stories of great men inspired by their teachers; inspiring stories of how teachers changed the life of their pupils. Great teachers forge strong relationships with their pupils, they are committed to their students’ well-being both inside and outside the classroom, imparting them with important life lessons. They see potential in pupils that others, can’t or won’t see.

Great teachers bestow on their pupils the courage to forge their own path.

Les brown, one of the worlds foremost motivational speaker once told of how these words by his teacher: “Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” changed his life.

Maya Angelou, America’s powerful poet and civil rights activist passion in poetry was stirred by a teacher whom she said helped her find her voice again.

In Elementary school, Bill gate came under the tutelage of a Librarian, and He has this to say about her: “Mrs. Caffiere took me under her wing and helped make it okay for me to be a messy, nerdy boy who was reading lots of books.”

Aside from educating pupils on the facts of life, teachers are also the protector and the guiding light of their pupils when they are at their most vulnerable. Teachers have the ability to change the lives of students.