Virtual Learning amid the Pandemic

Cathlene Rose L. Mercado

Regular classes in all schools in the country have been cut short on the third week of March due to the then emerging health crisis, the novel Coronavirus or COVID-19. Since public healthcare is the top priority of the local and national governments, students were sent and kept home for their safety.

Students have yet to complete their lessons from the previous school year, and now, it’s time to prepare for the new school year.

Virtual learning is primarily done online. It is a learning experience by using computers and the internet. The lessons are executed online where the teachers and students are physically distant, which is the best thing to do since there is an existing threat to public health nowadays.

Aside from the physical distance, which is part of the â€oenew normalâ€? now, virtual learning provides unlimited educational resources, flexibility, and individualized learning.

We all know that the internet presents limitless resources that could complement materials provided by the Department of Education to make each online lesson more interactive and fun for students.

Since lessons are done online, time schedules can be flexible depending on the availability of the students and teachers.

Virtual learning also allow students to learn at their own pace. As they study at home, students discover learning and studying styles that best work for them.

Given the uncertainty of the pandemic, students would have to stay at home, thus, virtual learning is the best option for now.

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The author is Teacher III at Pitabunan Elementary School, Concepcion North

District, Concepcion Tarlac