The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education globally, closing schools and forcing 1.6 billion students to transition to online learning. In the Philippines, medical schools suspended in-person classes in March 2020 and shifted to online curriculums, but students faced challenges with the transition including difficulties adapting learning methods and poor communication. While e-learning tools have helped facilitate continued education, moving from in-person to online learning represents a significant change for both students and educators.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education globally, closing schools and forcing 1.6 billion students to transition to online learning. In the Philippines, medical schools suspended in-person classes in March 2020 and shifted to online curriculums, but students faced challenges with the transition including difficulties adapting learning methods and poor communication. While e-learning tools have helped facilitate continued education, moving from in-person to online learning represents a significant change for both students and educators.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education globally, closing schools and forcing 1.6 billion students to transition to online learning. In the Philippines, medical schools suspended in-person classes in March 2020 and shifted to online curriculums, but students faced challenges with the transition including difficulties adapting learning methods and poor communication. While e-learning tools have helped facilitate continued education, moving from in-person to online learning represents a significant change for both students and educators.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education globally, closing schools and forcing 1.6 billion students to transition to online learning. In the Philippines, medical schools suspended in-person classes in March 2020 and shifted to online curriculums, but students faced challenges with the transition including difficulties adapting learning methods and poor communication. While e-learning tools have helped facilitate continued education, moving from in-person to online learning represents a significant change for both students and educators.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted negatively on the world's
education institutions, affecting approximately 1.6 billion students in over 200 countries. More than 94 percent of the world's student population has been affected by school, institution, and other learning facility closures. All elements of our lives have changed as a result of this. Traditional educational techniques have been severely disrupted by social distancing and restrictive movement policies. Online classes in the Philippines are courses delivered over the internet and are a popular form of flexible learning. Because of the pandemic, mobile learning is the only way to keep up with your studies. Students can take classes online or in a modular format. The COVID-19 pandemic harmed all sectors of society, especially how classes were taught in the classroom and online. The Philippine government imposed lockdowns, resulting in a rapid shift to solely online teaching and learning methods. While some institutions have closed as a result of the situation, others have continued to provide instruction and classes through the Internet and various online learning tools. Concerns have been raised by students and professors about the continuation of online classes, ranging from a lack of technology to mental health issues.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the
Philippines forced medical schools to suspend face-to-face learning activities in March 2020 and transition to an online curriculum. As they attempted to adjust to online learning, medical students in the Philippines faced a number of interrelated challenges. Needing trouble modifying learning methods, having to undertake obligations at home, and poor communication between educators and learners were the most common issues. Medical schools and educators can help overcome these problems during and after the COVID-19 outbreak by developing student-centered interventions.
Lockdown and social distancing measures due to the COVID-19
pandemic have led to closures of schools, training institutes and higher education facilities in most countries. There is a paradigm shift in the way educators deliver quality education through various online platforms. The online learning, distance and continuing education have become a panacea for this unprecedented global pandemic, despite the challenges posed to both educators and the learners. Transitioning from traditional face-to-face learning to online learning can be an entirely different experience for the learners and the educators, which they must adapt to with little or no other alternatives available. The education system and the educators have adopted “Education in Emergency” through various online platforms and are compelled to adopt a system that they are not prepared for. E- learning tools have played a crucial role during this pandemic, helping schools and universities facilitate student learning during the closure of universities and schools (Subedi et al., 2020)
While adapting to the new changes, staff and student readiness
needs to be gauged and supported accordingly. The learners with a fixed mindset find it difficult to adapt and adjust, whereas the learners with a growth mindset quickly adapt to a new learning environment. There is no one-size-fits-all pedagogy for online learning. There are a variety of subjects with varying needs. Different subjects and age groups require different approaches to online learning (Doucet et al., 2020). As schools have been closed to cope with the global pandemic, students, parents and educators around the globe have felt the unexpected ripple effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments, frontline workers and health officials are doing their best slowing down the outbreak, education systems are trying to continue imparting quality education for all during these difficult times. Many students at home/living space have undergone psychological and emotional distress and have been unable to engage productively. 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 programmed. (Petrie, 2020).