For becoming successful in our lives, being responsible for our actions, activities, learning is very important. There are a certain set of skills and qualities that all have to follow and practice for achieving their goals and objectives.

Today in the digital era we are living in online teaching platforms that are growing rapidly. As students follow some responsibilities for effective learning in conventional classes, the same way they have to do here as well. Let us discuss the duties and responsibilities that all students should follow to become successful in online teaching.

Responsibilities to follow for successful online learning

Being punctual to the classes

As we go on time for our conventional classes, the same way it is an important responsibility for all the students to be on time for the classes. Latecomers not only miss the lessons themselves but also distract others from effectively learning.

Maintaining a right study space

In conventional methods, we have seen a proper and appropriate classroom build where all students study together. Similarly, it is the responsibility of all online students to have the right study space. Have a neat and well-organized study desk. A noisy space can affect your studies as well as other students' learning. Therefore, having a space that is free from environmental distractions is important.

Checking the networking device being used in advance

We all know that online classes are taken with the help of an internet connection and a networking device. To take classes smoothly without any interruption and connectivity issues, students must check the device beforehand. This will help to join the classes timely and understand, participate in classes smoothly without any technical issue in the device.

Response when called out

In online teaching platforms, face-to-face and physical interactions are not possible. Teachers cannot see students in real life and hence checking whether they are actively involved or not becomes difficult. To help teachers with this, all students must respond whenever called out.

Don't keep your camera and mic off when the teacher is calling. If you do so, this can be a disrespectful act towards the teacher, further affecting the learning of students. To become a good online student, all must actively respond when teachers call out the names. Keep cooperating and interacting with teachers for successful learning.

Appropriate dressing

When in a classroom, students need to be appropriately dressed. If you have a fixed uniform given by the educational institutions, it is important to wear the same. Otherwise, all online learning students should wear appropriate formal clothing only for the classes.

How to make online learners accountable: tips for teachers

1. Set rules for your class

To make students responsible, teachers should set some rules and regulations. Students must know what is expected from them, what all responsibilities and duties they must follow to become effective online students. For example, set rules about joining time to the class, message the teachers before being absent, or sending an application, submitting the homework on the date given, keeping cameras on when asked, not typing inappropriate messages in the chatbox of the classroom app being used, etc are some rules which teachers should set and explain to students for making them accountable.

2. Don't be too strict with them

In the present academic times, the mode of education has been drastically changed for students. All are trying to adapt to online teaching. But coping with this new mode of learning and managing everything technically takes time. And therefore teachers should not be overly strict with students.

For example, for giving them the time of home submission, give them one day extra to make PDFs, files and upload them on the apps. Allow students to enter the class even if they are five to ten minutes late if they have a valid technical reason. Use LMS to manage the record of their progress and guide them to become more accountable for their studies. Help them to learn and become responsible gradually.

3. Model the responsible behavior

Students adopt what they see happening around themselves. So in order to make students responsible in the classes, it is essential for teachers to model and portray the same. For example, if you have asked your students to come for the classes at nine am in the morning, be there at least five to ten minutes before so that you can activate the class link and can add the students one by one too.

When students will see their teachers being highly responsible in terms of punctuality they will also do the same. Maintain the right teaching space, use the appropriate language to talk, etc to make students follow the same behavior.

Conclusion

Being accountable is very important for students to learn, participate better and become successful in academics. The above mentioned are the responsibilities that all online learners must follow to become effective students in their online classes. We also discussed the tips which teachers can follow to enhance accountability in the online students.

Greenery and trees play a very important role in our lives. Forest or tree cover is said to be life-altering for us all. Greenery or trees are said to contribute to reducing the amount of pollution faced by the people. Greenery in a person's life has many environmental benefits. It has benefits that improve health and well-being but are not limited to only that. It can also make water management better and help in the conversation of groundwater. It also helps in promoting biodiversity as well. In residential areas, it can help in the reduction of the effects of noise and other types of pollution as well.

Trees are said to be important to one's environment and people's well-being. They provide us with clean water to drink. They also give us the air that we breathe. Pollution in the air gives us serious health complications. Trees can purify and air and make life better and easy for us. They also give us shade and food. All humans and animals are benefitted from trees. They play an important role in our development.

Trees are important as they also provide us with habitats or places to live. They provide us with an environment where we can grow numerous plants and feed multiple animals. They also give us the fire for cooking and heating. These days, however, authorities try to use nonharmful sources of heat. Trees, therefore, are protected materials and not burnt for food or fuel. Trees act as a place where one can connect for spiritual and cultural purposes as well. Trees are extremely needed for the global world. The health of all the individuals that live on the planet earth depends on the health of trees. Wherever we live and trees provide us with unlimited care and protection.

Here are some of the ways awareness can be spread about the role of trees.

Spreading Education Online

There has been great awareness about greenery and trees and how one should conserve them. The online teaching apps help in spreading awareness about trees and forest cover. They teach environmental science by giving practical examples. Live classes help in the promotion of awareness about sensitive topics such as climate change and the preservation of nature.

One must use online resources or digital notes so that the demand for paper is less. Digital books or online notes are said to be better and convenient as they have an unlimited supply of books online. One can also read from a digital device from anywhere and anytime.

Saving Paper

One must try to reduce the amount of paper they use. One must make sure they have always proofread the work before they printed it. If they are planning on printing a large document they must try to avoid it. It can cause certain problems later if the work has problems. If a person realizes that there are spelling mistakes in the document, they will need to print it again. This would then lead to a lot of wastage of paper. One should also always preview their work to make sure it looks similar to how they want it. Printing document twice a day because of a problem is a waste of paper. It is going to affect the environment in the wrong way as well.

Another way to save paper is to use emails. One must communicate with people via email. One must not send letters to people or minutes of a meeting. Sending emails to save a lot of paper. One must also save their company a lot of money as well. They will not waste their money on buying paper and stamps. These items are not needed in the email to send the letters. One can also save paper by sending documents to their clients and colleagues with the use of email. Instead of printing the message out and handing it to someone else, they must use digital messaging. When a client or the person will read the paper, it will save a lot of paper for their business or company.

Conclusion

Trees and greenery are an absolute must for the health of people. One must therefore plant trees for a better life.

Procedural Posture

Defendant employer appealed the judgment of the Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco (California), which awarded plaintiff $ 15,000 in economic damages in wrongful discharge from employment action.

Overview

Plaintiff was employed in the law office of defendant. Plaintiff informed defendant that she was pregnant. Within a week, defendant reduced plaintiff's hours and pay by half. Plaintiff retained counsel, who wrote a letter to defendant. The letter advised that defendant was discriminating against plaintiff on account of her pregnancy. Soon after the letter, defendant fired plaintiff. Plaintiff brought suit, and the jury returned a special verdict finding defendant did not fire plaintiff because she was pregnant, but did fire her in retaliation for the letter sent by her attorney. Plaintiff was awarded economic damages. On appeal, defendant contended that Cal. Lab. Code § 923 did not protect plaintiff because it only applied to collective bargaining or non-union self-organizing among employees. The court determined that § 923 protected individual employees. The concerted action of several employees was not necessary to trigger § 923.

Outcome: How to give two weeks notice

Judgment affirmed; statutory employee protection did not apply only to collective bargaining or non-union self-organizing among employees; statute protected individual employees, concerted action of several employees was not necessary to trigger protection.

Procedural Posture

Plaintiff ex-partner sought review of the decision from the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco (California), which determined that the ex-partner's breach of contract action against defendant partners failed to state a claim and dismissed the complaint.

Overview

The ex-partner retired from the partnership and assigned his partnership rights to his brother. The buyout agreement specifically provided for an end of year accounting and payment to the brother of the ex-partner's interest in any profits. The brother, under a second agreement, was required to pay the profits over to the ex-partner. The partners failed to have the accounting and the ex-partner filed an action for breach of contract. The trial court determined that the ex-partner failed to state a cause of action because he had assigned all of his interest in the partnership to his brother and, therefore, had parted with all of his interest. The ex-partner challenged the decision and the court reversed. The assignment of his interest was specifically conditioned on an accounting and payment of profits to his brother. He retained an interest under the agreement to the profits for the year in question and sufficiently stated a cause of action for the profits. It was immaterial that the profits were to have been paid to the brother and then remitted to the ex-partner under a separate agreement. The cause was remanded for trial.

Outcome

The court reversed the dismissal of the breach of contract action filed by the ex-partner against the partners.

Procedural Posture

Defendant lessee challenged the judgment of the Superior Court of Tehama County (California), which granted plaintiff contractor a judgment for the balance owed for work performed in the clearing and leveling of three parcels of land on which the lessee ran a dairy farm.

Overview

The contractor, the lessor, and the lessee agreed that the contractor would clear and level several parcels on which the lessee ran a dairy farm. The contract called in part for the lessee to pay the contractor from the lessee's profit from crops raised on the land that was cleared. When the lessee did not pay, the contractor obtained a judgment for the balance due. On review, the court held that the contractor's action alleged four causes of action, all of which relied on the contract's terms. Therefore, if the contract count was defective, then all of the counts were defective. The court held that the contractor failed to plead the essential element that the lessee actually profited from his use of the land; the lessee did not have to pay until that condition was met. Because that essential element was not plead, the trial court should have sustained the demurrer as to all of the counts of the complaint. Second, not only did the contractor fail to plead that the lessee had produced profits from which he could pay the debt, the contractor failed to prove that the lessee had produced profits. Therefore, the evidence was insufficient to sustain the judgment.

Outcome: California final paycheck law

The court reversed the judgment of the trial court.

Procedural Posture

The parties appealed from a decision of the Superior Court of San Diego County (California) in which the trial court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellant for restitution based on rescission, compensatory damages, and punitive damages in plaintiff-appellant contract and tort action against defendant-appellants.

Overview

Plaintiff-appellant brought a contract and tort action against defendant-appellants based on their violation of a covenant not to compete. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff-appellant for restitution based on rescission, compensatory damages, and punitive damages. The parties appealed. One issue on appeal was whether the jury instruction on covenants not to compete was erroneous. The court reviewed the instruction, which stated a covenant not to compete would be enforced to the extent that it was reasonable and necessary in terms of time, activity, and territory to protect the buyer's interest. Defendant-appellants contended the territorial extent of the instruction was too broad and violated Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16601. The court held the instruction was proper and affirmed the decision. The court noted the territory encompassed in the terms of the covenant was an accumulation of the cities and counties impacted by the market area of the business, which was sold.

Outcome

The court affirmed the lower court's decision and held that the jury instruction on covenants not to compete was proper because the territory encompassed in this case was an accumulation of the cities and counties impacted by the market area of the business, which was sold.