Benefits of Modular Distance Learning

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It takes a village to raise a child. It is the parents' obligation to guide their children in making decisions in life, and it starts by giving time to them like when they need help in their school assignments in the usual face-to-face classroom learning. The roles of teachers are focused on the making of modules which consist of tasks and discussion that are based on the most essential learning competencies. These competencies are pre-determined as a response to the new normal. Curriculum experts and educators identified only the competencies which the students can demonstrate- only the essentials. This is a way to ensure that learning through modular instruction and even online learning is simplified.

Yeah but what about the uneducated parents and those that simply don't have time for their kids. The kids really won't understand what they're doing and not every child will have the drive and resources to look up what they don't understand in he modules, thus why I'm too against this. And in consideration to a lot of crowded environments we have here. It's not conducive of learning in any way. At least in a face-to- face classroom though, there would be some sort of guidance

The point why education should be continued amidst the pandemic is for students not to get stagnant. That is why schools will provide materials which are easy to grasp. Since students are aged 21 and below, they are not allowed to stay outside and one way to keep them busy is to let them study on their own pace. It is not necessary that they do it all day. In an instance that the students can not accomplish the tasks, an appointment for consulation may be conducted by the teachers through home visitation.

Just think of this: When will the vaccine be available? What if it will be available not only after a year but more? Is that how long our children will wait to go to school?

This is the reason why we need to coexist with Covid and not let the virus overexists us.

The case is, there might never be a vaccine since they're trialing antivirals and not the virus itself. But my case is, there must be a better approach to this than modules because if college students who /should/ be disciplined enough and have enough knowledge on where to find and get other resources, still have a hard time with modules and learning from those, then what more for kids who still have limited access to sources and lack the judgement to know what information they're searching for would be right or not? I don't believe the teachers would always be available to actually guide the students nor directly understand what some students would want to ask about. And not all students can properly phrase out what they're thinking about the topic. I'm not for keeping education stagnant but i do think that other approaches should be put into consideration and not just the modules and online classes

Modular distance learning is not only the option. There are more as prescribed by DepEd. See https://www.teacherph.com/deped-learning-delivery-modalities/. These are research-based.

We have to understand that these modalities might be new for us but are not new anymore in the field of education. However, we do not expect that all of these will be effective since we are in an experimental stage.

The only thing I am sure about is that educators and teachers are trying their best to instill to the people that education matters amidst any pandemic or circumstance as the future of a decade might be greatly affected by our actions today.

Yes, I am. I have been teaching for four years already and I could say that this transition to the new modalities of learning would not be very difficult if each of us will do his or her part. We have to put in mind that it takes a village to raise a child. In your case, any preference of modality would be as effective as the other since the goals of education have never changed. I already cited the benefits of modular learning in this article but in addition, this can only be effective with your guidance as a parent since your children are still young. You need to monitor their progress and you need to allot them time as they also give time to do their tasks. It is like helping them with their assignments at first, but once they are used to this new type of learning environment, your children shall establish the tasks as habits and you will not be needing a lot of effort to tell them to do the tasks. You have to remember that your role is to communicate your children's progress to their teachers so that the school can offer better opportunities of learning.

Whatever the modality is, even in usual classroom setting, has prons and cons. There is no perfect method in teaching and learning because each student differs in terms of intelligence, interests, and preferences.