Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic greatly affected the education sector in the Philippines. From the traditional face to face classroom teaching-learning, schools shifted to flexible learning and virtual classrooms; where learners and educators need to hurdle numerous difficulties such as resources, curriculum revisions and problems in internet connectivity. This is a major concern because the Philippines ranked 77 among the countries with the slowest and least stable Internet connection in the world. This collaborative research among different colleges and universities in the Philippines explored the prevailing concerns of virtual classroom learning to come up with a program that benefits learners and educators in the country. Utilizing descriptive-correlational design, an online survey using Google Form was conducted in the respondent schools after the implementation of virtual learning. A total of 2,444 students from different levels, private and government schools with varying age and sex participated through snowballing data gathering technique. Results revealed that the respondents’ considered themselves physically prepared; but they are not psychological-emotionally and financially prepared in their virtual classroom learning. The students experienced challenges in terms of teacher, curriculum and resources factors. The students perceived that most teachers are unaware that learners differ in terms of capabilities in online learning; thus, they prefer a student-friendly curriculum; and they suggested that the capability of students to have appropriate gadgets and internet connectivity should be looked into by the educators. Significant differences were established between the profile characteristics and preparedness and challenges experienced by the students in their virtual classroom learning. Furthermore, the preparedness and challenges experienced in virtual learning of the respondents are significantly correlated. A proposed program that benefits the students and educators was designed as an output of this research which is recommended for implementation in government and private schools in the Philippines.
Highlights
The Covid-19 pandemic brought enormous effect to all aspects of human life
The study established that online class readiness was significantly higher among female than male students; and the same is true in terms of online readiness of students with internet accessibility at home than those who did not have it; but there was no significant association between readiness for online classes according to their academic programs and years
Similar to the goals of the previous researches conducted, this study examined various factors of virtual learning the preparedness and challenges of learners
Summary
The Covid-19 pandemic brought enormous effect to all aspects of human life. People were required to maintain social distancing. The study established that online class readiness was significantly higher among female than male students; and the same is true in terms of online readiness of students with internet accessibility at home than those who did not have it; but there was no significant association between readiness for online classes according to their academic programs and years They recommended that online learning can be considered as a viable alternative method in the academic institutions for the students in Nepal. Age, year level, annual income, academic standing, internet access, and the number of hours previously spent on online learning affected the medical students’ perception of their capacity to learn online The barriers they identified were: technological, individual, domestic, institutional, and community barriers. The research expounded the growth of EdTech during the time of pandemic and natural disasters; suggestions for the academic institutions on how to deal with challenges associated with online learning were provided in the study
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