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Home ⇛ international research journal of science, technology, education, and management ⇛ vol. 1 no. 1 (2021), flexible learning as a new designed pedagogy: the nursing students’ lived experiences.

Kristine A. Condes | Anamae G. Quezon

The compelled shift of pedagogy design in nursing education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought some disparities and challenges in the program, more specifically to the students. The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experiences of nursing students with flexible learning. Using a qualitative phenomenological research design, a one-on-one interview via zoom has been utilized to understand the perception and views of six nursing students who qualified in the inclusion criteria set by the researchers. Specifically, it gives light on their views of flexible learning, the challenges they encountered, and their adaptation methods. The findings show that participants experienced difficulties and made huge adjustments in their routines and approaches to learning. The absence of clinical exposure and the gap in skills and related learning experience in nursing education is their most concerning aspect. However, even with all the gaps and limitations of flexible learning, it also offers unique advantages to them. Participants cited flexibility, self-paced learning, self-discipline, time management, convenience, and time for the family were their positive experiences. The result draws four thematic insights from the experiences of the participants: Sudden Shift of Learning Design is a Tough Change, Gap in the Practical Component of Nursing Education, Flexible Learning is Taking Shape, and Staying Positive with Creative Outlets. The study recommends that nursing institutions and organizations should look into the limitation of resources among nursing students and come up with programs and strategies that would address the gap of skills and practical components in nursing education. Acknowledgment of these limitations should make the nursing schools and administrators come up with some alternatives in the delivery of education as the students adjust to the new learning design.

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A Social Critical Analysis on Philippine Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic Toward a Framework on Flexible Learning

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The global pandemic significantly affects the higher education institution’s delivery of its mandate to educational stakeholders. The emergency shift from face-to-face to flexible modality causes different university problems. The need to evaluate the status quo of the delivery of education in the Philippines is essential to understand the present scenario and propose a framework that is anchored on a pedagogical perspective and educational philosophy. Several proposed models and theories were reviewed as a basis for the proposed framework, and the research employs social critical analysis as the method of the study. The study presents the status of flexible learning in the Philippines, its challenges, and possible recommendations based on the development education principle. The proposed framework on flexible learning intends to exemplify strategies for efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery considering the context of the Philippine higher education system, institutions, teachers, students, and other academic stakeholders.

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