In arguing for Online Education as one of the possible solutions to our education problem, I would like to separate it into two. First is the Technical aspect of the idea (which is the ease of its accessibility and the number that the program can serve at a time) and Second, the actual online education program itself (or that part that will actually make the program work).
Since Filipinos spend a lot of time online, why not try and make this more productive by allowing them to enlist in a government-sponsored online education program that will help them get a diploma or a degree?
The fact that the internet is getting more accessible by the day is a significant factor in that more people will be able to enroll and avail of the service. More than that, if we can have the program up 24/7, Filipinos can technically work and study in the same day and at their own pace, thereby lessening dropouts due to the inability of the student to keep up with their school schedules.
Furthermore, the cost of maintaining an online education program is actually minimal since it's just going to be a function of server space (once the program has already been finalized, of course). Employees will theoretically be fewer, which will thereby lead to lesser administration costs and lesser tuition fees.
Of course, the success of this idea is not just dependent on its accessibility. An Online Education Program will only work if it is actually able to "educate" the online students. In other words, no matter how widespread and accessible this program is, it doesn't matter if it is not able to achieve it's objectives.
The challenge, therefore, is coming up with a system that will actually work with our culture and the way Filipinos learn. Most of the online degree programs right now are foreign-based or -sponsored programs, while some universities do have online degree programs, I doubt if we have already figured out a tried-an-tested way of making this work.
Another factor that we should address if we decided to take online degree programs mainstream is the acceptability of online degrees on the part of the employer. Since one of the purposes of getting educated is to be able to land a good job after, we should also try to address how employers view graduates of online education programs.
If employers won't recognize online degrees as at par with university-issued degrees, then I doubt we can make this program successful. While there are significant differences between the online and classroom approach, I don't think that all the differences are negative.
Given the current state of public education, where more than 40 students are cramped into one small classroom, I bet that students will actually learn more if they just enrolled in an online education program than try to concentrate on a lecture with 40++ students with them. An online education program is actually more personal in this sense in that the student is able to engage the material one-on-one and move on at his or her own pace.
Taking Online Education mainstream is just an off-of-my-mind idea. I am sure that there are still a lot of factors we should take into account before actually implementing this in the entire country. However, I hope you can concede that this is actually a viable solution to public education.
We have a lot of students here in the Philippines who are actually home-schooled by their parents (under a government-prescribed home school education program). If that works for them, then I am sure we can make Online Education work as well. Think of it as the middle ground between the "personalization" afforded by home school and the kind of education afforded by a classroom education (I don't know how to term this but I hope you get my point).
*image taken from - http://www.theonlinedegreeinfo.com/Resources7.html
- Aaron Jarveen Ho (15th Entry)
Since Filipinos spend a lot of time online, why not try and make this more productive by allowing them to enlist in a government-sponsored online education program that will help them get a diploma or a degree?
The fact that the internet is getting more accessible by the day is a significant factor in that more people will be able to enroll and avail of the service. More than that, if we can have the program up 24/7, Filipinos can technically work and study in the same day and at their own pace, thereby lessening dropouts due to the inability of the student to keep up with their school schedules.
Furthermore, the cost of maintaining an online education program is actually minimal since it's just going to be a function of server space (once the program has already been finalized, of course). Employees will theoretically be fewer, which will thereby lead to lesser administration costs and lesser tuition fees.
Of course, the success of this idea is not just dependent on its accessibility. An Online Education Program will only work if it is actually able to "educate" the online students. In other words, no matter how widespread and accessible this program is, it doesn't matter if it is not able to achieve it's objectives.
The challenge, therefore, is coming up with a system that will actually work with our culture and the way Filipinos learn. Most of the online degree programs right now are foreign-based or -sponsored programs, while some universities do have online degree programs, I doubt if we have already figured out a tried-an-tested way of making this work.
Another factor that we should address if we decided to take online degree programs mainstream is the acceptability of online degrees on the part of the employer. Since one of the purposes of getting educated is to be able to land a good job after, we should also try to address how employers view graduates of online education programs.
If employers won't recognize online degrees as at par with university-issued degrees, then I doubt we can make this program successful. While there are significant differences between the online and classroom approach, I don't think that all the differences are negative.
Given the current state of public education, where more than 40 students are cramped into one small classroom, I bet that students will actually learn more if they just enrolled in an online education program than try to concentrate on a lecture with 40++ students with them. An online education program is actually more personal in this sense in that the student is able to engage the material one-on-one and move on at his or her own pace.
Taking Online Education mainstream is just an off-of-my-mind idea. I am sure that there are still a lot of factors we should take into account before actually implementing this in the entire country. However, I hope you can concede that this is actually a viable solution to public education.
We have a lot of students here in the Philippines who are actually home-schooled by their parents (under a government-prescribed home school education program). If that works for them, then I am sure we can make Online Education work as well. Think of it as the middle ground between the "personalization" afforded by home school and the kind of education afforded by a classroom education (I don't know how to term this but I hope you get my point).
*image taken from - http://www.theonlinedegreeinfo.com/Resources7.html
- Aaron Jarveen Ho (15th Entry)
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