Self-Paced Learning in Exploring Noli Me Tangere During the Covid-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government made sure that learning was still in force in the country’s basic education system by utilizing a modular approach in delivering its programs. All lessons were to be completed without a teacher on-hand, where students will simply rely on their self-paced learning style in understanding and answering the written activities given in the modules. This study describes the self-paced learning process and experiences of students in the exploration of Jose Rizal’s literary masterpiece, Noli Me Tangere. A phenomenological approach was adopted for this study, focusing on the lived experiences of the research participants during this period of learning under a protracted lockdown. Axial Coding was utilized to construct linkages among data to reveal codes, and emerging themes were analyzed. It is found that students were able to practice self-paced learning despite some negative feedback, while the stakeholders’ support for students during the pandemic is individualized and vital to the student’s learning experience. © 2022, North American Business Press. All rights reserved.

Online Distance Learning Amidst the Pandemic COVID-19

The purpose of this paper is to determine the factor that makes online distance learning successful during the pandemic COVID-19 and focused on uncovering factors to make online distance learning possible during the pandemic. The research is phenomenological in nature and was conducted during the pandemic COVID-19. A descriptive-survey method was used to identify the technology skills, attitude towards the characteristics of a successful online teacher/student, and level of readiness for the administrators, together with the experienced benefits that were experienced in online distance learning. Correlational analysis was employed to determine the relationship between the variables. Attitude towards online distance learning is strongly correlated to the experienced benefits of online distance learning by the teachers and students. The readiness of the institution in adapting online learning is strongly correlated to the experienced benefits of the administrators. The study brought to surface the lived experiences of the respondents in online distance learning during COVID-19. This paper will be useful for school administrators and teachers as a basis for policy and program formulation for online distance learning implementation to be crafted to suit in the "new normal" environment.