CHaSS initiates lecture-workshop series on flexible teaching and learning

CHaSS faculty members during the orientation on CSU Masao Learning Management System on June, 30, 2020. Photo by CHaSS PIWO

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences conducted a series of lecture-workshops for the flexible teaching and learning scheme in the first semester of school year 2020-2021.

The Office of the CHaSS Dean delegated select faculty members of the university to facilitate each of the lecture-workshop series.

Dr. Junrie Matias, faculty member from the College of Computing and Information Sciences, opened the lecture-workshop series by introducing the CSU Masao Learning Management System to the participants composed of department chairpersons and faculty representatives on July 20, 2020 at the New Administration Building Function Room.

On July 22, 2020, Dr. Jonathan Manigo, faculty member from Physics Department of College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, shared inputs on free Text-to-Speech Apps relevant to the creation of course contents in the same venue participated by CHaSS faculty members.

‘These free text-to-speech applications are useful for your current preparation for the flexible teaching and learning while we still wait for the release of recording equipment allocated to each college,’ Dr. Manigo said.

Another part of the lecture-workshop series was held on July 30, 2020 in the same venue. Mr. Cedrix Von Alesna and Mr. Myron Cubillan, faculty members from the Department of Communication and Humanities, and Mr. John Albert Quijano, from Department of Sociology, facilitated the exploration on CSU Masao Learning Management System participated by a number of CHaSS faculty members.

CHaSS faculty members during the orientation on CSU Masao Learning Management System on June, 30, 2020.

The lecture-workshop aimed to facilitate knowledge transfer of the CSU Masao LMS to CHaSS colleagues to optimize features of the LMS for the flexible teaching and learning. Mr. Cubillan echoed the rationale of the activity and mentioned the importance of role assignments in the LMS such as course creator, instructor and non-editing instructor roles. Mr. Quijano followed the articulation of the activity’s rationale by introducing features of adding or managing courses and learning activities. Meanwhile, Mr. Alesna facilitated the exploration of adding assessment and evaluation measures to the LMS.

Aquessa Piamonte, faculty member from the Department of Communication and Humanities and Technical Assistant to the Office of Vice-President for Administration and Finance, shared insights about the importance of originality and legitimacy of course contents in the Masao LMS as implementations for flexible teaching and learning are governed by the CSU Implementing Rules and Regulations blueprint.

Faculty representatives from Department of Psychology navigating the CSU Masao LMS

Demonstration of navigating features in LMS with a representative in each of the four departments concluded the said activity. -CHaSS PIWO