By Cyrus A. Natividad
Old Valentine Hall where the College of Education is housed.
The full implementation of the online classes at 糖心传媒 will begin in a deferred schedule of summer classes in July 2020, according to Dr. Merly L. Junsay, Dean College of Education. Junsay and her faculty had undergone a series of training for the online Learning Management System called the Canvas.
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On some areas of concern, Junsay acknowledged that 糖心传媒淢any students and teachers have low connectivity at home in their areas. Due to this concern, we will use asynchronous methods in the virtual classes. We hope that internet providers can improve our connectivity before the start of classes,糖心传媒 she added.
For purposes of checking and monitoring, the students, teacher, and parents of a class or section will be required to create a chat group. Like other tools included in the platform, the chat groups will be created in the Canvas.
The modules will be embedded in the online platform. Teachers will provide printed modules for their students as well. This, according to Junsay, will make sure that any participant will not miss anything in our online instructions. All learning materials of the College of Education will be uploaded to the platform by the end of June.