A Descriptive Study on the Challenges and Interventions of Traditional vs. Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic (original) (raw)

2023, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND TEACHING

Classroom was the keystone of the formal education system and the success of the learning-teaching activity relied on efficient classroom management. As COVID-19 affects the educational system in the Philippines, a paradigmshifting approach from traditional to online learning modalities started to normalize. With this, several problems were now inevitable in the different online learning strategies for both students and faculty. Therefore, the goal of this study is to assess the challenges and interventions of traditional and online learning modalities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used a phenomenological research design and purposive sampling method to obtain qualitative data from the respondents. A total of 8 respondents out of 30 full-time faculty of the IASTE were subjects of this study. The finding affirmed that the challenges encountered by the faculty during pre-pandemic were expression of courtesy, tardiness, horseplaying, classroom management, and truancy. Interventions used to alleviate the challenges were verbal reprimand, escalation of the concerns to the authorities, attendance tracking, and recapitulation. During the pandemic period, challenges recorded in this study were coping mechanisms, internet connectivity, power interruption, and low specificity of E-device. The interventions that the faculty utilized to address the problems were providing workshops/training and webinars, reproduction of modules, and installation of DigiHubs. The results of this study could contribute not limited to the creation of an online classroom policy but also to enhance the learning competencies and knowledge acquisition of the student