ATM: In connection with the Department of Education’s vision of Digital Rise in the Philippines, spearheaded by its Information and Communications Technology Service (ICTS), the Training-Workshop on the Use and Curation of Open Educational Resources and Capacity Building Programs for OER Trainers for Cluster 3 & 4 is currently happening at Montebello Villa Hotel, Banilad, Cebu City. The said training-workshop is participated in by OER Volunteers, ICT Coordinators and Subject Field Experts in English and Science from Regions V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, CARAGA, BARMM, XII and some delegates from the Central Office.
The capacity building involves a series of workshops which enabled the delegates to acquire technical competencies on creating their own modules and other instructional materials which are pivotal in offline learning. As the ICTS Director Abram Y.C. Abanil urged, “Open Educational Resources will bridge the gap and support digital rise.” He highlighted that ICT Utilization through exposure to digital skills and productivity tools; (2) ICT-assisted Teaching-Learning through provision of access to the system; and (3) Development of localized Open Educational Resources such as generation of National Assessment results will enable the learners identify their areas for improvement and ultimately boost their learning through the use of e-learning resources.
