PAHAM: The MCU Learning Series Primer

THE LEARNING SERIES PRIMER

ERCEIVING SSIMILATING ARNESSING SCERTAINING ASTERING Academic Department July – August 2022

WELCOME TO PAHAM

Coming out of the 2022 MCU Academic Summit, the Academic Department presents PAHAM. Paham is an ancient Filipino term and a derivative of old Sanskrit language which means a learned individual – a scholar or someone who has an expertise in his/her field and has achieved a certain level of self-actualization.

Like the “Dalit ng MCU” which describes what the University offers to nation-building as an educational institution, PAHAM aims for the “True North” which best describes an individual’s learning experience in the University.

PAHAM is MCU’s learning journey. This describes the kind of student’s participation, the level of engagement, the access to different learning resources and assessment being part of the university’s access to education, gearing towards a modern and non-traditional way of learning experience. These are MCU’s answer to a modern-day challenge in education adding some flavors to the manner of its delivery and touch to give the learning experience an exclusive personality for the MCU Way. To make it uniquely an MCU-owned learning journey, the actual learning experience is described as Perceiving, Assimilating, Harnessing, Ascertaining, and Mastering or PAHAM that students need to undergo, and a learner-centered approach to learning with the aid of the learning curators and facilitators – the MCU Faculty.

The idea of the True North of MCU is the destination that the University wants for its students – Mastery Learning, Graduation, Licensure Performance, and Empowered Individuals, all forming part of MCU Transformative Learning Journey.

The PAHAM Training for MCU Educators is designed to train the trainers to undergo a Transformative Learning Journey that includes reflection on the return to onsite learning, the application of new learning modalities in teaching, the employing of rubrics as part of the assessing the learners, the use of flipped classroom, and the familiarization to the Centralino Pitstop. We encourage everyone to participate in the discussions as we witness a first-hand learning transformation through PAHAM.

The Manila Central University given its experiences during the pandemic, decided to adapt multiple learning modalities to ensure better learning experiences, learning continuity, and to promote mastery learning. The combination of modalities shall employ limited and modified students’ participation, access to learning resources, activities, and assessments.

The multiple learning modalities is coined as MCU PAHAM, it is envisioned to promote independent learning, flexible, and engaging student experiences, efficient use of resources, and development of new pedagogical capabilities.

The significant key elements of the MCU PAHAM learning modality are a well-planned course scheme of work with purposefully-designed rubrics for assessment, and the use of flipped classroom.

RAQUEL CABRIETO Guest Speaker

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Bachelor of Arts major in Psychology, Ateneo De Manila University Master of Arts in Basic Education Teaching, Ateneo De Manila University

Raquel has been in the field of education development for over a decade, having done significant work in professional development of teachers and school leaders, capacity-building of key stakeholders and materials development. Working in projects in the national, regional and division level of the Department of Education, and in schools has allowed her a broad and in-depth perspective on the importance of ensuring sustainability in implementing projects and cascading education policies. Aside from this, she is passionate about coaching and mentoring teachers, as well as supporting children with disabilities. As a teacher and professional, she is a design-thinker by heart, an innovator, and a reflective collaborator. She thrives in projects and tasks that involve problem-solving and qualitative research.

She has submitted and presented research papers like “All about

Learning Action Cells: History of Learning Action Cells in the Philippines and selected field notes about how it works,” “School-based professional development practices and its implementation in the Philippines through Learning Action Cells,” and “The Value of Working together: Starting your own learning action cell in school,”

TEACHER’S LEADING CHANGE: LEARNING FROM EMERGING FUTURE This prepares teachers holistically for the coming school year, starting with themselves, moving to reflecting on their teaching practice and how to cultivate a strong community of practice.

ANGELO C. MADULI, Ph.D Vice-President Academic

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Doctor of Philosophy in Management major in School Management, Summa Cum Laude (with highest honor), Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba Master in Business Administration, Colegio de San Juan de Letran Manila Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Colegio de San Juan de Letran Manila

Dr. Angelo C. Maduli has been championing teaching and learning for more than two (2) decades and has extensive experience in educational change management in several schools in and outside the country, particularly in Malaysia where he acted as the main proponent of curriculum and development, developed early learning books and materials, re-designed learning spaces fit for any educational setting, introduced learning technology, and implemented educators training and development. In Malaysia, he also became Head and Adjunct Lecturer for Southern New Hampshire University, Head of Teaching and Educational Development in Taylor’s University, and was a Visiting Lecturer in the University of Malaysia’s Faculty of Education. He also published academic materials such as “Delearn and Relearn: A Playbook for Learning, R. E. A. L. Education Group,” a research on “Determining Fee Structure of Private Higher Education in the Philippines: An Input to Policy Formulation,” and presented several papers on Education discipline. He is a seasoned educationist who is a specialist in the theory and methods of education and is well-versed with education theories as he promotes and advocates them. Being in the field of education for quite some time, he has affected many prevailing and traditional systems implemented in educational institutions’ pedagogical implementation and delivery as they put the theories into practice.

THE FLEXIBLE LEARNING APPROACH This discussion allows the teacher participants to understand more on Flexible Learning Approach where they allow their students to decipher when and how they will learn by tailoring their course to their own capabilities as it ultimately leads them to retaining in formation and producing better results where its advantage as learning at their own pace which can help to alleviate a lot of pressure.

ASSESSMENTS FOR LEARNING: ASSESSING STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE RUBRICS Together with Dr. Arjan R. Espiritu, Dr. Maduli discusses rubric as a multi-purpose scoring guide for assessing student products and performances.

This will also tackle how this tool works in a number of different ways to advance student learning, and has great potential in particular for nontraditional, first generation, and minority students. In addition, rubrics improve teaching, contribute to sound assessment, and are an important source of information for program improvement.

JACY A. YUMUL Education Development and Innovations Head 

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Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies, Universidad De Manila Master of Arts in Education major in Administration and Supervision, Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology Master of Arts in Teaching, University of the East Master of Arts in History, Ateneo De Manila University Certificate in ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management System Licensed Professional Teacher

Jacy has immersed himself in the teaching vocation for two (2) decades with mastery on experiential learning through ethnographic research and activities given his background in Social Sciences disciplines such as History and Anthropology. He worked as Instructional Design, Planning, and Facilitation Manager at the Philippine Normal University, School Director at TESDA Technical and Vocational Institutions as well as their Managing Consultant. He was a former member of the Board of Regents of the Universidad De Manila and is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Universidad De Manila Alumni Association, Inc. His exposure to Ignatian principle of Magis mentality of “Buhos lubos, lagpas ubos” or sharing without borders and going the extra-mile to share learning inspires him to proceed on choosing the Education path firmly by exposing students to real-life scenarios and learning by solving actual situation via Formative Assessment. He has given lectures on Understanding by Design (UBD) or the Backward Design of lessons and Outcomes-based Education (OBE) which makes him a proponent of assessing students’ performance by quality, forming part of Assessment for Learning.

LEARNING MODALITIES IN THE “NEW NORMAL” EDUCATION SETTING: THE NEW FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING This topic discusses and reintroduces the new face-to-face learning modalities and activities that teachers may employ as part of the “new normal” education setting which helps them deliver learning through a new in-person mode of learning while transfer of learning happens during and after the Pandemic period. This topic will also discuss how approach, methods, and strategies differ in each scenario and which one is fit for each face-to-face learning situation.

FLIPPED CLASSROOM: NO LEARNER LEFT BEHIND This part will deliver the principles behind the Flipped Classroom and how important it is in the “new normal” education setting where it may be combined with other learning modalities. The technical side of this discussion, as well as experiential learning and learning application through skills demonstration and return demonstration will be discussed by Dr. Majoe J. Badiola. Through Flipped Classroom, it is targeted that 100% of the students can work at a fine pace so that one will be left behind.

MELVIN D. MIRANDA College of Nursing Dean  

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Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Manila Central University Master of Arts in Nursing major in Administration and Supervision, Manila Central University Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Education major in Leadership Management (Completed Academic Requirements), St. Paul University - Manila Registered Nurse

Dean Melvin has been the Dean of the MCU-College of Nursing since 2013. Before entering the academe, Dean Melvin served as Chief Nurse at the BA Hospital, Inc. in Meycauayan, Bulacan. He is the Founding Treasurer of the Association of Men in Nursing in the Philippines (AMNP) in 2020, elected as National Member of the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing, Inc. (ADPCN), and an active member of the Philippine Nurses Association )PNA) where he is the current National President. This year also, he was elected Board of Director under the National Council of Professional Health Associations (COPHA) of the Philippine Federation of Professional Associations (PFPA).

Recently, Dean Melvin published in the Philippine Journal of Nursing (PJN) a journal entitled “Filipino Next Generation Nurses as Frontliners Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Husserlian Phenomenology Study” which directed opportunities for the dissemination in an international for a during the East Asia Forum on Nursing Scholars 2021 Virtual Conference. His active participation as appointed Consensus panel Member of the Department of Health and the Institute of Clinical Epidemiology of the UP Manila National Institute of Health Initiated the updating of the 2004 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Periodic Health Examination (PHEX 2). In February 2022, as per Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Resolution No. 1454 s. 2021, he is appointed as Member (APO representation in the Career Progression and Specialization Program and Credit Accumulation and Transfer System Committee of Nursing (CPSP-CATS).

In MCU, Dean Melvin is one of the two Deans who piloted the use of the NEO LMS for his College as the University progresses to a new level of learning in the “new normal” education.

LEARNING MODALITIES IN THE “NEW NORMAL” EDUCATION SETTING: ONLINE LEARNING This topic reintroduces the Online Learning Mode of Learning that is very much applicable in most situations that can be harnessed by teacher’s creativity in delivering learning outside of the traditional classroom setting.

Being one of the two (2) pilot colleges that initially tried and tested the MCU’s transformative learning through the Centralino Pitstop and online discussion, Dean Melvin will also share the best practices that the College of Nursing demonstrated and how its faculty members gradually adapted in the new learning environment and the new learning modality.

ARJAN R. ESPIRITU, Ed. D

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Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English, University of the East Master of Arts in School Principalship, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Doctor of Education major in Educational Leadership (with Academic Excellence), National Teachers College Licensed Professional Teacher

Dr. Arjan is a licensed professional teacher and an advocate of curriculum development, pedagogical tools and authentic assessment. He is currently the Head of the Institute of Education in Manila Central University.

He was a former Area Chair of the School of Health Sciences and Education, General Education and Research Head in the College of the Holy Spirit Manila.

He has published a textbook for the Basic Education and presented researches on Educational Leadership, School Personnel Training and Instructional Assessment. He is a caring and a service-oriented instructional leader aiming to share his enthusiasm and passion to elevate the sphere of teacher education.

LEARNING MODALITIES IN THE “NEW NORMAL” EDUCATION SETTING: HYBRID LEARNING This introduces the Hybrid Learning Modality as a mixture of in-person and virtual learning modalities using hybrid classroom tools such as LMS, video conferencing, and asynchronous learning are all incorporated in a live streamed video of in-person class activities that serves as two-way conversation, integrating remote and in-person students in a singular environment.

2 ASSESSMENTS FOR LEARNING: ASSESSING STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE RUBRICS Together with Dr. Angelo C. Maduli, Dr. Arjan R. Espiritu will reintroduce and facilitate the designing of rubrics to assist the teachers in judging the quality of student performance and incorporate them in the schemes of work.

It also points out how it forms part of the core of Assessment for Learning until Mastery Learning is achieved.

MAJOE J. BADIOLA Educational Technology and Design Lead 

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Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Cum Laude, St. Paul University, Manila Doctor of Medicine, De La Salle Medical Health and Sciences Institute Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, University of New South Wales Master in Business Administration, University of New South Wales, Australian Graduate School of Management Fellow, Philippine Society of Physiologists Juris Doctor (inprogress), Arellano University School of Law

Dr. Majoe is a dynamic individual whose profession actually was rooted in the field of health sciences and the business sector. However, her passion drove her to choosing education as her vocation serving as the aide-de-camp for the Academic Department in serving its educational technology needs. She equipped herself with trainings that will be helpful for the University in addressing its needs in upgrading the use of technology in pedagogy, the skilling initiatives, and re-training, re-skilling, and up-skilling of teachers in the performance of their duties as facilitators in the classroom through efficient and effective use of educational technology tools and equipment. Her recently completed project, the Campus Learning Studio (CLS) has made a remarkable impact on the university’s coping up and upping of the university’s technological status notches higher and inspired programs to maximize the use of technology with the aid of the ICT Department.

LEARNING MODALITIES IN THE “NEW NORMAL” EDUCATION SETTING: HY-FLEX LEARNING This introduces a learning modality that will play a huge part in the learning transformation of the Manila Central University and how it differs from the hybrid learning mode where students are given a choice on how they 2 participate in the course and engage with material in the mode that works best for them over the course and from session to session.

FLIPPED CLASSROOM: NO LEARNER LEFT BEHIND This part of the Learning Series will discuss the technical side of this discussion, as well as experiential learning and learning application through skills demonstration and return demonstration. The preliminary part will deliver the principles behind the Flipped Classroom and how important it is in the “new normal” education setting where it may be combined with other learning modalities will be discussed by Mr. Jacy A. Yumul.

CENTRALINO PITSTOP: NAVIGATING THE NEW LEARNING SPACE This prepares teachers on the transition from the Virtual Learning Experience to a full Centralino Pitstop using the NEO LMS. The step-by-step procedure and a thorough discussion on the navigation of the LMS which will become the teachers’ main tool in the delivery of any of the learning modalities previously discussed. The NEO LMS personnel will have a portion in the discussion to also answer the queries of the participants.

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