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In today’s digital economy, rapid technological change is transforming the workplace, and it has become apparent that we can no longer stop our education after college if we are to stay relevant. We will need to be continually learning, refreshing and updating our skillset as we progress through our careers. This drastic change in the nature of work also means that the way in which we learn needs to similarly transform.

But how can we be prepared for jobs of the future that will require a hybrid, evolving set of skills from a variety of subject areas, when traditionally we spend four years studying one subject and often don’t return to college once we graduate? Your field could transform several times over as your career progresses; just think about how much journalism or marketing has changed in the last 10-15 years. Recognizing that we need to expand the options for students to gain an education, higher education institutions are starting to innovate, creating new ways to unbundle degrees and create non-linear, modular career and education pathways.

Modular education partitions degrees into smaller, Lego-like building blocks of learning, each with their own credentials, learning and skills outcomes. This kind of modular content will benefit students and employees by allowing them to tailor their education background to better position them for job prospects and career mobility. Modular learning also enables lifelong learning because working professionals are able to learn new skills in shorter amounts of time, even while they work. They will be able to combine humanities skills with tech skills, communication skills with coding skills, analytical skills with design skills. Students wil l essentially be able to synthesize their own education with the customized skill set they need to advance their careers, making for a truly unique job candidate. Hiring companies will also have clearer insights into the skill set that a potential candidate has, as the modular credentials  of their education will call out the types of skills the candidate has acquired.

Higher ed institutions are using massive open online courses (MOOCs) as one of the vehicles on which to deliver these modular degrees and credentials. The latest teaching and learning research shows that learning online often results in similar or better outcomes than the traditional classroom setting because of its flexibility, personalized pacing and instant feedback, all based on the latest in cognitive science learning. Plus, using technology to enable  high-quality education at scale provides universities an increasingly promising option to bend the cost curve of education.

The transforming higher education landscape reflects the changing nature of the future of work. The fastest-growing fields often lie at the intersection of two seemingly unrelated professions— for example, data science is one of the fastest growing fields, but a data scientist often also needs a strong working background in the industry in which they are embedded. This requires a unique hybrid skill set that can be a challenge to teach in a traditional education setting. But in the near future, a student could build a custom degree that fuses modular data science components from one university, and finance, biotech, marketing, or manufacturing from another. Additionally an employee could augment their education with a specialized credential or portion of a degree to better position themselves for data science jobs.

The biggest lesson to take forward about the transforming workplace is that learning and knowledge-sharing will be a continuous, lifelong experience. Education isn’t static. The skills needed to succeed are changing faster than ever, and workers will need to continually learn and refresh their skills in order to stay relevant. The innovations of modular education are a solution to this problem.

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Modular Distance Learning: a Phenomenological Study on Students' Challenges and Opportunities During Pandemic

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Modular Learning: 8 Tips for Effective Online Teaching

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers in affected areas worldwide suddenly faced the task of getting their instructional materials ready to facilitate modular learning as a strategy for the sustained delivery of education to their students. I am one of these teachers, but the possibility of teaching the students exclusively online did not deter me because I have already worked on my instructional modules designed for online delivery.

So if you’re someone willing to innovate in your modular learning approach and make the teaching and learning process more efficient and less time-consuming, I dedicate this article to you. You may work on the tips gradually until you become comfortable with them. 

Besides, today’s trends follow a digital path as global technological innovations occur at light speed. Teachers have to keep up to be relevant.

I start this discussion by defining modular learning, asynchronous versus asynchronous delivery of lessons, problems encountered, and solutions to those problems.

What is Modular Learning?

The modules include sections on motivation and assessment that serve as teachers’ and students’ guides to achieve desired competencies. Feedback mechanisms aid teachers in monitoring student achievement and identify those who require follow-up interventions.

8 Tips to Achieve the Course Outcomes in Modular Learning

1. write your instructional tips to students online.

Teaching is a repetitive exercise. So what I did is to write articles about the lessons I teach and publish them online. I update those articles once in a while to ensure their relevance.

2. Compress and upload instructional materials on a fast-loading website

I uploaded all of my instructional modules in pdf on a fast-loading website I created at the beginning of the pandemic. I compress each module in the free pdf compressor provided by ilovepdf.com . Compressing the modules makes downloading into students’ smartphones easy. The small files also save them bandwidth, thus reduced data consumption in their internet subscription.

WordPress as a Tool in Modular Learning

I used WordPress to develop the simple but fast-loading website that students can easily load on their cellphones. It scores an almost perfect speed of 99% in both mobile and desktop (Figure 1).

You may listen to the simple instruction in the video I give below. Knowing how to create your website will give you more opportunities to become digitally savvy. Modular learning will be much more easily as you gain experience and expertise.

3. Use a Learning Management System to assess student performance

Using a Learning Management System (LMS) such as the free, open-source Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle™) can help a lot in designing quizzes and periodic examinations. The once time-consuming task of checking the students’ quizzes and periodic examinations is done real time .

Students get their quiz or exam results in a matter of seconds. Once they submit their quiz, long exam, or midterm or final exam, they get the results right away.

I realized I can create an independent Moodle site on my GoDaddy server. In short, I figured that the only thing I need to put Moodle to work was to register a unique domain name. I hosted Moodle in the same platform where my blogging site, Simplyeducate.me, is being hosted. The LMS had virtually a free ride as a sub-domain.

Moodle takes time to load; it’s slow

After spending considerable time looking for answers online and tweaking the Moodle website, I gave up, even though I successfully enhanced the speed of the LMS. I cannot make the Moodle site load faster without adding more investment in Random Access Memory (RAM) capacities and having it work on a Solid State Drive (SSD). I have a limited budget for this expense.

But Moodle is a good performance assessment site that enhances modular learning

Also, the system can shuffle the questions and the answers in the exam. Each student has a different set of questions and answers, ensuring a unique performance record.

4. Conduct regular short synchronous meetings to remind and update the students

Recording of synchronous meetings.

Recognizing these student difficulties, I always record the proceedings of the synchronous meetings. I upload the zoom video in MP4 format in mediafire.com , the cloud service I have been using for easy access. Then I provide a link to the fast website I created for the instructional materials.

5. Follow-up students through Messenger

Almost everyone has an account on Facebook together with Messenger nowadays. I tell my students to communicate with me through Messenger if there are concerns that they need me to know.

So far, Messenger has become an effective tool to connect with students and give them support, especially in crucial times. Also, it is easy to find them online if I need to issue additional instructions related to the subjects I teach.

6. Use an Ishikawa diagram to contextualize the Most Essential Learning Outcomes

The fishbone diagram motivates the students concerning the overall outcome of the things that they do each learning session. One learning activity progresses to another one that leads towards the goal of learning.

7. Give generous time for achievement of MELCs

Writing many tasks without enough time to ponder or reflect on their work leads to a half-baked performance. Thus, less than stellar work dampens the motivation to do things in the best way they can.

8. Use a Feedback table

Some of my students would tell me they have submitted, but I could not verify their submissions. Perhaps failing to upload is due to a poor internet connection. Given the real-time feedback I get via Messenger, they try again until they have successfully uploaded. I confirm that I have received their outputs. Thus, the student’s anxiety because of failure to upload the required submissions is eliminated or minimized.

The feedback table instantly tells me potential problems and takes corrective measures before they get worse. Students exert more effort to keep up with their classmates once they notice that some of their classmates have already accomplished the modules. Modular learning becomes more effective with a monitoring system like this.

Modular Learning is here to Stay

Despite the setbacks experienced by teachers on the  effects of modular learning , we must be progressive in our thinking. The challenges are not without answers as technology progresses. Most students can access a laptop, or virtually everyone can access a cell phone, to download educational materials like the ones I make available on my IM website.

A 30-minute or less synchronous meeting is more than enough to brief your students about the module, the expected learning outcomes, and ask a few questions to get their feedback on the modules and constraints on their performance.

We must undo the belief that we are the authorities of knowledge. Digital technology has shaped how we live, learn, and navigate this increasingly automated world.

© P. A. Regoniel 22 June 2021

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Impact of Modular Classes to Academic Performance

71 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2022 Last revised: 28 Sep 2022

Rachelle Tongol

Don Honorio Ventura State University, College of Education

Anna Paula Angeles

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Date Written: August 4, 2021

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused us a lot of drastic change, mainly affected by this uncertainty in education. The unforeseen changes brought by the Covid 19 give rise to different modalities, and one of these is the modular classes. The educational sectors try to adapt to this new kind of teaching-learning process for the learners and teachers. This investigation's in-depth locus is to identify modular classes' impact on academic performance among Grade Six learners. The researchers employed quantitative research using cluster sampling - 50 participants among the sixth-grade learners. Using google forms, links were provided to gather data. Pearson's correlation, frequency, mean, and percentage distribution were used for the analysis and interpretation. The study revealed that GWA's first and second quarters have negative moderate and low significant impacts, thus rejecting the null hypothesis. In addition, the learning experience gained from the self-learning modules is neutral to students; it facilitates the learner to have power over his/her learning and acquires higher accountability for learning. Therefore, the overall general weighted average of the learners for both the first and second quarters was found to be approaching proficiency and proficient. At the same time, the neutral results of the self-learning module experience significantly impacted the GWA and rejected the null hypothesis. Thus, for a better result for this study, the researchers recommended that a standardized test be used to get a high positive correlation of modular class experiences to the learners' academic performance.

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Online Class or Modular Class: Which is Better?

Gibson Perez

Aug 17, 2021

Our education system adapts to the complexity of our situation amid the pandemic. So, we’re introduced to new forms of student learning. One is e-learning which brings classes online. The other is distant learning that uses modules.

The divided opinions of people have created an important question. Online class or modular class: which is a better form of student learning?

What is Online Class?

An online class is a form of learning that takes place on the internet. The instructional materials and exams are accessed online, while interactive discussions are held via chat groups, video call rooms, and e-mails.

Advantages of Online Class

Here are reasons why taking the class online proves to be beneficial:

1. Lesser Cost

We all know getting an education is expensive, especially attending a physical school. Aside from tuition fees, the daily commute, meals, and miscellaneous fees add up to the expenses. If your children study in a different place, monthly boarding rentals have also their weight.

Now, online classes remove the need to attend a physical school. Not going to physical school also eliminates these additional expenses, leaving only tuition and other school-related fees.

2. More relaxed

The whole schedule of classes takes different forms and efforts. It includes showing up on time regardless of where the students come from and enduring hours of various teaching styles with all distractions nearby. Rests and socialization also occur in between subjects. These can be exhausting.

Online classes, on the other hand, reduce these activities at some level. The whole day of studies takes place in front of your screen, in the comfort of your home, and far away from the intensity that physical classrooms give.

3. More flexible attendance

The travel from one’s place to a school sometimes can be a hassle, especially for heavy traffic jams or natural phenomena. Online classes spare you from heat, sweat, rain, or illness ruining the day. The student can also do other tasks quickly without the worries of going late to the classes.

4. Comfort at home

Going to physical classes requires students to dress well in either school uniform or smart casual clothes. There’s also a challenge in choosing the best food during lunch breaks and behaving in public. However, online classes just ask the students to be present on-screen, without demanding too much about attire or behavior. A student can attend the class with sweatpants while sitting comfortably on the bed. Since at home, food and breaks each day bring comfort.

Disadvantages of Online Class

Meanwhile, these are the drawbacks of a virtual class:

1. Limited access

We agree that the digital era has gone full bloom as schools and businesses have adapted to the change. However, in the Philippines, internet connectivity doesn’t fare well. Aside from the speed that needs improvement, the majority of Filipinos cannot afford or access the internet. This puts online classes not convenient for all.

2. More prone to distractions

There’s no classroom atmosphere, just a home too familiar. No pressure to listen to the teacher or participate in the lesson. Staring on-screen during online classes may be less inviting than family conversations, entertainment shows, or sunshine outside the window. Without discipline, homey comfort can dissolve a student’s focus.

3. Inactivity and lack of socialization

On the other hand, if a student focuses his time on online classes, it can also result in lethargy. The student will be on screen all the time, without any physical or social activities. It can negatively impact the health of your children and their mental state.

4. Additional training for teachers

The sudden shift of classes from traditional to digital may not be favorable to some teachers. Elders and those who are not exposed to technology will have to take extra steps in using digital platforms. This can affect the quality of their teaching performance and student’s learning experience.

What is Modular Class?

A modular class is a form of learning where references and instructions are summed up in handouts. These printed lessons are then distributed to students for them to study and accomplish on deadline.

Advantages of Modular Class

Let us look at the benefits of having modules:

1. Flexible schedule

With modular classes, students are still away from a physical school. It allows them to have a flexible schedule, lessons they can study at their own pace, and freedom on how to finish them all.

2. Equal access to resources

Everyone in the class has equal access to learning materials, unlike the lessons taught in online classes. These resources are printed and distributed to students in the community. By these, students also get inventive with how they’re going to study the lessons or answer the tests.

3. Summarized and simplified lessons

Because you can find the lessons in print, all the pieces of information undergo intensive abridgment and simplification. Students get to learn the massive and complicated branches of knowledge into simple chunks that are easy to digest.

4. Costs less

Like online classes, modular class eliminates the need to travel to school, and so, it saves you from spending on daily transportation, food, attire, and other things. Students receive the modules, which are already printed by the school.

Disadvantages of Modular Class

These are the demerits that a modular class has:

1. No sense of pressure

The whole class experience works through the use of handouts. These printed lessons have exchanged the more interactive learning mechanics into something that relies on student’s self-discipline. There’s no pressure to finish it in one sitting, and this lack of pressure makes the students lose focus.

2. Subjected to procrastination

The student has the freedom to finish the lessons at his own pace. But sometimes freedom from pace and comfort at home results in procrastination. Either the students may work on the modules right on the deadlines or not work on it at all, since there’s “much time” to use.

3. Can be done with less effort

The modular class makes students exert less effort. For grade school students, there are reports that it’s the parents who accomplish the handouts. Moreover, for intermediate students, the modular tests can be finished as quickly as searching the internet without prior reading of the reference handouts.

Online Versus Modules: Which Type of Class is Better?

Now, let’s do the verdict:

1. Students learn in a more interactive setting like an online class.

A class setting that requires students to be more participative results better than working alone on modules. The online class is a streamlined form of a traditional class, wherein students and teachers can interact.

2. Multimedia media content attract more attention.

People are already used to getting information and accomplishing tasks through digital platforms, which are quick and easy. Online classes do these well, unlike modular classes, which require more effort. There’s more fun in watching colorful slides than reading plain pages of letters.

3. Online learning demands less time.

There’s so much a person can do in a day, and it is more realized in having online classes. Students need not worry about going from a classroom to another as switching classes is as easy as one click. Aside from that, as lessons are short and snappy, students can split their time to do other things.

4. Regular online assessment encourages productivity.

While modules are checked only on the passing date, there’s no way to evaluate how a student behaves before the deadline. Online classes have real-time assessments from teachers and so impose focus on the student.

5. Online classes are better.

With these things said, online classes are better. It is a form of learning that fits to our ever-changing world – an education that works remotely and quickly without compromising the student-teachers experience.

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