“WE are now facing a big shift in how learning can be done, but we believe that learning beyond classrooms can produce results and even better results as long as the students have a strong support and supervisory system from their family and teachers. Most importantly, crisis-resilient learning would be possible if we can gather communities, the government, and even the private sector to support every Filipino child’s education,” said Ramon Magsaysay Awardees and physicists Dr. Chris Bernido and Dr. M. Victoria Carpio-Bernido.
Online learning is part of everyone’s “new normal” but so many, educators and students alike, are lost. How do you make it work? Is it feasible in our country?
In 2002, the Bernidos created an innovative teaching strategy called the CVIF-Dynamic Learning Program (DLP) to help student become independent learners so they can continue their studies at home even with limited to no Internet connectivity, and with minimal teacher and parent intervention.
The program, recognized by the Department of Education as a Flexible Learning Option, helps students, including those in DepEd’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program, to hone their skills and develop competencies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM.
Students under the program were recorded to achieve exemplary academic performance and
passed entrance examinations for universities here and abroad. The CVIF-DLP staged a three-day, free-for-all Web forum titled “No Learner Left Behind: Education for All in the New Normal,” with the support from the Department of Education, and its lead implementers, PLDT-Smart Foundation and Smart Communications Inc. With over 400,000 views throughout its three-day run on Dynamic Learning Program’s Facebook page, the virtual event was made possible through the efforts of lead proponents and partner organizations such as Gabay Guro, AHA Learning Center, Save The Children
Philippines, World Vision Philippines, and Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation.
“We understand how difficult it must be for our educators to adjust their strategies and look for an approach that can stand any situation, whether there is a pandemic or not. We believe that the CVIF-Dynamic Learning Program can help schools acclimatize to the new normal, and I am also proud to say that we believe in this learning method and that we have been supporting this program, along with other initiatives, for many years now,” said Ramon Isberto, PLDT-Smart Public Affairs Group head.
n Day 1 saw the Dynamic Learning Program sharing concrete steps on how to implement this approach for the coming school opening. Present were Education Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs, External Partnerships and Project Management Service Tonisito M.C. Umali, Esq.
n Day 2 focused representatives from schools who have adapted DLP. They shared their experiences and best practices in implementing the program especially under the new normal. Present on that day was Education Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Diosdado San Antonio.
n Day 3 was in-depth look at the Learning Activity Sheets, a key component of the DLP in the new normal, and how to align it to DepEd’s Most Essential Learning Competencies. AHA Learning Center also presented the use of Facebook Messenger for Teacher Intervention.
“We’ve supported the CVIF-Dynamic Learning Program for over 10 years now because it provides concrete, tried-and-tested solutions to the problems faced by the education sector, to ensure that no learner will get left behind,” said Stephanie Orlino, assistant vice president for Community Partnerships, Smart Communications.