The Concept and Context of Distance Learning in the New Normal Learning Scheme

Abstract

Distance Learning has been around since its advent in 1960 and evolved in the creation of World Wide Web (WWW) in 1991 with the introduction of first education programs through internet of University of Phoenix and other universities and colleges. Vast ideas of concepts, theories and context have aroused in the popularization and implementation of distance learning in educational system and its first and most adversary are those in favor of lecture style of teaching. In the onset of the COVID-19, all fields of society have been affected and one of it is the educational system. This pandemic propagated the rise of distance learning in the Philippines and it becomes the most reliable modality of continuing the academic years. Distance learning becomes more adaptive and effective with the help of flexible teaching and learning modalities. Several studies exposed the concepts and theories for the distance learning to be more acceptable. These concepts and theories are supported by the literature with claims of context of distance learning in order to create an open and good system. Frameworks and being literate with the aid of continuous studies in this rising field is one of the key concepts in creating more possibilities to attain the quality of sufficient distance learning modality.

Students in the New Normal: Their Experiences in the Pandemic’s Limited Face-to-Face Classes

“…These teachers face significant difficulties with internet access (Abante et al, 2021;Agayon et al, 2022) and students' challenges with following instructions (De Villa & Manalo, 2020;Villonez et al, 2020;Agayon et al, 2022), the transfer of learning quality, the distribution and retrieval of modules, power outages, health risks (Agayon et al, 2022), and insufficient training on the various online platforms for online teaching and learning processes and learning assessment (Abante et al, 2021). Faced with these challenges caused by the pandemic, distance learning proliferated in the Philippines and become the most reliable method of completing school years (Dagdag & Darang, 2021). With the aid of adaptable teaching and learning modalities, distance learning becomes more adaptive and effective.…”