The Impact of Module Enhancement in the Remote Area Amidst the Pandemic Covid 19: A Community Extension Program

Abstract

The use of suitable and relevant pedagogy for online education may depend on the expertise and exposure to information and communications technology (ICT) for both educators and the learners. Some of the online platforms used so far include unified communication and collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Canvas and Blackboard, which allow the teachers to create educational courses, training and skill development programmes (Petrie, 2020). This study is an assessment of the aforesaid program. Module Enhancement in the remote area was aimed to educate and capacitate the beneficiaries with practical skills, techniques, or ideas which they can then use in their blended learning. The study determined the effect of the program on the beneficiaries’ personal and professional development acquired from the training. Mixed- method was used in the study. Surveys and focus group discussion (FGD) was used to gather data. The study found that the beneficiaries acquired the different teaching modalities learned from the training. Ninety percent 90% beneficiaries used the skills they learned from the program. 85% beneficiaries respond that the program has helped them in introducing Modular learning. Generally, the learning acquired by the beneficiaries of Sulu State College extension program was found to be useful at Maimbung National High School, one of the remote areas in the province of Sulu.