Open School or Virtual Learning
| The outbreak is far from over, and more and more schools are closing. The debate over whether to reopen schools in the fall centers on the choice between two bad options. Either students attend school in-person and risk catching the virus and infecting those around them or students, once again, suffer through an extended period of substandard online virtual learning that has proven to be terrible compared to in school, or on campus, learning. Students are wasting their youth and teachers will soon lose their jobs.
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Perfect Storm for Teachers
| Teachers may not realize that their crisis is forming and growing day by day due to school closures. People are increasingly complaining that their children are not being educated by their teachers, and are not agreeing to give aid to schools and teachers. It is conceivable that before long, people will even question whether teachers should continue to get paid. According to a survey by Horace Mann of 2,490 educators in the U.S. in June, 34% of them are considering leaving the profession due to the financial stress they’re feeling.
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The Common Crisis of Students and Teachers
Therefore, it is time for both students and teachers to consider how to continue education with schools closed. Otherwise, students will waste their youth and teachers will lose their jobs.
Virtual Learning Company Performance
Many giant virtual learning companies are bragging about their virtual education products. However, as Trump president said: “Virtual Learning has proven to be TERRIBLE compared to In School, or On Campus, Learning."
Why TERRIBLE and Student–Faculty Ratio
Why? The fatal reason is that student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio of virtual learning is too high.
Student–teacher ratio is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution. For example, a student–teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher. Student–teacher ratios vary widely among developed countries. In primary education, the average student–teacher ratio among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is just below 16, but ranges from 40 in Brazil to 28 in Mexico to 11 in Hungary and Luxembourg. --- wikipedia.org
Student–Faculty Ratio of Virtual Learning
What is the student–teacher ratio value of virtual learning? We can calculate it through a real virtual learning private school that is offering $400.00 virtual math class for this fall enrollment. On a four-month basis, that is, $100.00/month. According to the US National Education Association, the average salary for a teacher in the US was $5,000.00/month. Considering the virtual learning company's operating costs and reasonable profits, the math teacher needs to earn at least $10,000.00/month from students to get paid and ensure the basic operation of the company. Therefore, the teacher has to teach $10,000.00/100.00 = 100 students. So, the virtual learning private school’s student–teacher ratio is 100. Moreover, because it is a conservative calculation, the actual situation may be much higher than this.
The student–teacher ratio of virtual learning is more than 100. However, in United States the average student–faculty ratio is 15.
The Shortcomings of the High Student–Teacher Ratio
Due to the high student-teacher ratio, teachers cannot correct the students' homework on the same day. Students enter the next day's new knowledge learning without knowing whether the homework is right or wrong. Such repetition will lead to vicious follow-up. At the same time, because the virtual learning system does not support handwriting devices, students can only do multiple choice questions in homework. There is no problem-solving process, for mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects is not feasible.
Virtual Learning vs. Traditional Learning
There is a lot of discussion about "Virtual learning vs. Traditional learning". It shows that people are difficult to give up the advantages of both, and difficult to accommodate their shortcomings. But there is no doubt that if people find a solution that can combine the advantages of the two and discard their disadvantages, which teachers can teach at home, students can learn at home and really get the same quality education as in school, people will not hesitate to choose. THAT IS SWOTE!
What is SWOTE?
SWOTE is Sanwhole Online Traditional Education. SWOTE is an online education self-help platform based on traditional education. SWOTE allows principals to set up virtual schools, teachers teach remotely, and students learn remotely, and can obtain the same quality of education as in school learning.
SWOTE platform provides students, teachers and principals with all the infrastructure of distance education, including remote network platform, must-have licensing local supporting software and handwriting input equipment. The residents only need computers and Internet access.
In SWOTE platform, principals can establish their own virtual schools, recruit teachers and enroll students. Teachers can apply for the virtual school and carry out the remote teaching same as in school teaching. Students can choose virtual school to carry out remote learning same as in school.
| SWOTE combines the advantages of the Virtual learning and Traditional learning and discard their disadvantages, which teachers can teach at home, students can learn at home and really get the same quality education as in school.
SWOTE requires major course student-teacher ratio less than 30 for its online traditional schools. Major course teachers must correct the students' homework on the same day. All the systems support handwritten input.
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Safest
SWOTE allows students to learn in-person at home. Students studying at home will not infect other students and educators, and will not be infected by them.
Highest Quality
SWOTE allows students to learn at home. Students are still learning in the traditional way, including teachers in class teaching, students do homework after class, teachers correct students' homework, students correct their mistakes. In this cycle, students learning knowledge, correct their mistakes and consolidate their correctness. As the whole learning process of students is the same as that in school, they are still guided by real people teachers, students' homework and test papers are corrected by real people teachers, so students can get the same quality education at home as in school. Therefore, even if the school is closed, students can continue to complete their studies.
More Opportunities for Teachers
SWOTE allows teachers teach in-person at home. All teaching activities can be completed remotely from home, such as release teaching materials, assign homework and exams, correct each student's homework and papers, contact with students etc. Because it is the same as teaching at school, the workload of teachers remains unchanged or slightly increase, the demand for teachers is basically unchanged. Compared with the existing virtual learning, more teachers' job opportunities are reserved.
Pods - Opportunities for Parents
SWOTE provides an excellent platform for home-school. Parents can set up their own virtual schools like Pods and teach in turn. The SWOTE system only charges a symbolic basic fee.
SWOTE Operation Mode
Virtual schools in SWOTE platform operate as companies. Principal creates virtual school company. The tuition fees paid by students belong to the virtual school income and will be entered into the virtual school account. The salaries of teachers, principals and other expenses are deducted from the balance of the virtual school account. SWOTE collects virtual taxes and fees on the expenditure and income of virtual schools. The cost classification and virtual rate shall be implemented according to the company's management measures. The principal is the CEO of the virtual school, and has full authority to manage the virtual school. Virtual schools are SWOTE assets.