It takes a village to educate a child, and the child’s holistic journey to learning begins at home. I believe most challenges that both teachers and learners are experiencing right now are within the context of their microsystem. If the parents are unable to provide the necessities for their children to participate in blended learning like internet connectivity and gadgets for online classes, that is where the dilemma begins. We cannot blame the parents since some of them lost their job due to this pandemic. They may opt to choose the purely offline or modular modality, but a common predicament of this scenario is that learners may not be able to fully understand and achieve the content and performance standards as prescribed by MELCs.
I do hope DepEd would explore the possibility of tapping other government agencies and private institutions as well to support us in these pressing concerns. I know that our government is doing its very best, moving heaven and earth just to deliver still quality education amidst pandemic, but I believe we should also start with some bold actions like investing to virtual learning infrastructures, amenities, and gadgets (with one is to one ratio), so that we can combat this digital divide that is very evident here in our country.
Sharing here my output in Flex2Educate course about creating a poster showing my learners local knowledge ecosystem:
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