TITLE: STRUGGLES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN BLENDED LEARNING

THROUGH MODULAR AND ONLINE LEARNING FROM LITTLE BAGUIO

STUDYING AT SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF PADADA

INTRODUCTION

The shifting methods of course content distribution have long been a source of debate

and discussion among professors and, more specifically, academic management at

institutions all over the world (Hamilton and Tee 2010; Michinov and Michinov 2008).

The varied benefits of information and communication technologies and their potential

delivery methods of the learning objectives for each course, as well as the extension of

the physical classroom beyond its four walls and its assignments, activities, or the

program itself at the institutional level, have been the latest focus of Learning &

Teaching departments in most universities (Bonk et al. 2012). Blended Learning, the

Flipped Classroom, Active Learning, Online e-Learning, and Problem Based Learning

are just a few examples.

Some in Higher Education have viewed newer modes of content delivery, such as

Blended Learning, which is defined as a combination of digital and face-to-face content

delivery methods (Graham 2006), as a threat to the status quo, as they threaten to

disrupt the time-honored didactic approach of many brick and mortar institutions, which

have relied solely on student tuitions in a face-to-face setting until recently. Although

many consider it as a solution to bridge the gap between traditional pedagogies and

those of today’s innovative thinkers, estimates published in 2000 predicted a 70% drop
in student registration at Universities and colleges from 2010 to 2015. (Moskal et al.

2013). These prophecies, it turned out, were not all as dreadful as had been anticipated.

According to records from 2014, the number of students enrolled in US institutions

peaked at 21 million in 2010 and then declined by just 812,069 students over the next

four years, resulting in a 4% drop in enrolments (National Center for Educational

Statistics – NCES 2014).

This research into students’ learning outcomes and experiences as a result of a blended

curriculum backs up the growing global trend of using Blended Learning as an effective

content delivery technique in higher education. This method of delivery may include one

or more modes to supplement the face-to-face tutorials, such as using social media,

problem-solving gamification, video-conferencing with each other or with industry

participants, role-playing activities, virtual learning systems, online interactive quizzes or

challenges, or any of the numerous simulations available online (Hamilton and Tee

2010). Contact hours are usually 3 hours each week, split between two sessions.

Course teams worked with academic developers from the Learning & Teaching unit (a

central unit within the university) throughout the first semester of the redesign phase to

rebuild their course learning paths using a Blended Learning paradigm. This entailed

moving course content from face-to-face classes to online classes, as well as

introducing new online activities (watching videos, taking short quizzes, discussing a

topic on a discussion board, and so on) to be completed before the first class of the

week or in between the two classes of the week. After the second lesson, there was
also a general wrap-up activity. The Learning Management System hosted all of the

online content and activities (LMS – Blackboard at the time). Course teams created

orientation modules for their courses during the second semester of the redesign phase.

A welcome video explaining what the course involves, a film or animation illustrating the

course’s real-world applicability, and another video or written narrative explaining what

students will be able to do after completing the course were all included in these

orientation modules. Finally, students were taught in a Blended Learning environment

that featured weekly online learning pathways available on the LMS as well as face-to-

face contact time after these two semesters of remodeling. The study’s goal,

contribution to knowledge, and research questions are all listed here.

The student perception of a Blended Learning model associated with this study aimed to

discover and has thus far strongly supported the argument that this is a successful

mode of course content delivery, adding to the growing body of research supporting this

claim. However, much of the literature focuses on Western settings, and thus findings

may not be as relevant to developing economies, particularly those of Confucian

heritage where passive and rote learning are the norm (Phelps et al. 2012). This

research aims to add to our understanding of blended learning’s effectiveness in

Confucian heritage settings. “Does a Blended Learning environment promote student

involvement with their peers, teachers, and course content, and is it seen as a pleasant

experience?” is the main research question that underpins this study.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

This research is intended to know the struggles of college students in blended learning
through modular and online learning from little baguio studying at Southeastern College
of padada Specifically, this research sought to answer the following:

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:

1.1 Name

1.2 Gender

1.3 Age

1.4 Status

2. Which New Learning System that the Respondents preferred.

3.. Awareness of Respondents towards the blended learning and online learning

4. For the Respondents opinion, Does The New Learning System was hard to adapt
with?

5.For the perspective of the respondent’s, If it would given a chance to bring back face ti
face classes, would you agree?
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Teaching methods, lesson designs, and school programs that are based on the latest

scientific research about how the brain learns, including factors like cognitive

development—how students learn differently as they age, grow, and mature socially,

emotionally, and cognitively—are referred to as brain-based learning. The broad

concept that learning can be expedited and enhanced if educators base how and what

they teach on learning science rather than prior educational methods, established

traditions, or assumptions about the learning process motivates brain-based learning.

Intelligence, for example, was once thought to be a fixed trait that remained basically

intact throughout a person’s life. However, new findings in cognitive science have
 revealed that learning causes physical changes in the human brain, and that practicing

specific skills makes it easier to learn and improve those talents. This finding—that

learning effectively increases brain functioning, resiliency, and functional intelligence—

could have far-reaching ramifications for how schools develop academic programs and

how teachers manage classroom experiences.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

1. What is the demographic profile

of the respondents in terms of:
1. Distribution of Survey STRUGGLES OF
COLLEGE
1.1 Name Questionnaire
1.2 Gender STUDENTS IN
1.3 Age BLENDED
1.4 Status
2. Which New Learning System 2. Analyze the Data using LEARNING
that the Respondents preferred.
THROUGH
descriptive statistics to
MODULAR AND
determine measures of ONLINE
3.. Awareness of Respondents towards central tendencies and LEARNING
the blended learning and online learning measures of variations.
FROM LITTLE
BAGUIO
STUDYING AT
4. For the Respondents opinion, Does 3.Presents data in tabular SOUTHEASTER
The New Learning System was hard N COLLEGE OF
form.
to adapt with?
PADADA

5. For the perspective of the

respondent’s, If it would given a

chance to bring back face ti face

classes, would you agree? 4. Interpreted and

analyze data
Feedback

Figure 1: Paradigm of the Study

 Figure 1 Illustrates the Input, Process and Output of struggles of college students
in blended learning through modular and online learning from little baguio studying at
Southeastern College of padada as an input, the researcher designed a instrument to
collect the necessary information about the Impact of Imprisonment of an offender.
Selecting the corresponding answers by the respondent’s experiences. After collecting
the data it is analyzed the using descriptive statistics to determine measures of central
tendencies and measures of variations. After that it is presented in tabular forms. Lastly,
interpretation of data is t, analyzed and interpreted in order to formulate a fundamental
idea on the output that the researcher’s studies of the respondents . After proposing the
Output, the researcher collect the feedback such as how does the proposed output affect
the following inputs, does it improve or it stays as it is, and the process continue until the
researcher find out struggles of college students in blended learning through modular
and online learning from little baguio studying at Southeastern College of padada.

HYPHOTESIS

The following are the hypothesis of the study.

HO1: The Respondents are students

HO2: The Respondents encountered problem with learning.

HO3: The Study was believed to point out the problems of online learning and Online
learning

HO4: The respondents are aware with the issue.

HO5: The study will serve as an eye opener for Everyone about the problem regarding
to the learning system.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study benefits the following:

Government—As a result, the government's proper responsibility is to lower the cost of

risk-bearing for all initiatives Investors play a critical role in a company's and a project's

success and growth. As a result, it's critical for businesses to establish strong,

transparent relationships with their investors. This is where a company's investor

relations department comes into play by establishing a stable and effective legislative

framework. As a result, governments should refrain from participating in projects or

businesses, whether with equity or debt. Commercial risks should not be covered.

Because of the following sources, the government has funds for preservation. State and

local budgets are supported through taxes, federal grants, fees, licenses, and lotteries.

The majority of individuals have a better understanding of where their state and local

taxes and levies go than they do of federal spending. Perhaps this is because state and

municipal services have a greater impact on their personal life.this will help them to

understand the both sides.

School; for them to know the problems of students regarding the new learning system.

Advocate group and NGO's- Advocacy is used by non-governmental organizations

and advocacy groups to influence public opinion and, eventually, policy. Lobbying,

media campaigns, awareness-raising the reasons of establishing the parent child gaps.,

research, and policy briefings are all used by groups to try to achieve their goals.
Environmental, social, advocacy, and human rights work are only a few examples of

NGO activities. They can work on a large scale or very locally to promote social or

political change. NGOs are vital to the development of society, the improvement of

communities, and the promotion of citizen participation.

Local Communities—Local communities play a critical role in fixing this problem. They

are seen as respectable and moral participants in the community it self. The local

community must be included in policy and decision-making in order to increase local

people's trust and confidence towards this project.

Researchers: This study benefits us researchers Studies Struggles of college

students in blended learning through modular and online learning from little baguio
studying at Southeastern College of padada

Future Researchers: This serves as guide in making their related research.

 DEFINITION OF TERMS and ACRONYM

The following terms are defined operationally.

Brain-based learning -. Teaching methods, lesson designs, and school programs that
are based on the latest scientific research about how the brain learns, including factors
like cognitive development—how students learn differently as they age, grow, and
mature socially, emotionally, and cognitively—are referred to as brain-based learning.

Online Learning- refers to a school activity and learning system that involves online.

.Respondents-This is the group of people that gives their answers about the given
questions from the distributed questionnaires.

NGO-this are the organization that is not handled by government.

Local Community- the group of people that is locally known and part
SCOPE AND LIMITATION

The research will take place in the place of your choice. The respondents will be

interviewed remotely via Zoom, and the Questionnaire form will be emailed to them

individually following the interview. Respondents were also acquired by the researchers.

Video chat will be used to interview these people. The researchers chose this location

for implementation because it will provide them with information on the chosen topic for

people who are affected by the this problem. This will take place in the first semester of

the 2021-2022 school year. This research mainly focuses on The concept of necessity

is a legal theory that extraconstitutional activities by administrative authorities, such as

those taken to restore order or gain power under the guise of stability, are determined to

be constitutional, even if they would ordinarily be deemed unconstitutional. Struggles of

college students in blended learning through modular and online learning from little

baguio studying at Southeastern College of padada In this research, this mainly

perceive the perspective of the responders for The Student Lack of Financial Support

Respondents of this study are the people that is mostly in involve in this teens.

The researchers decided to particularize the respondents with a limited total of

respondents due to the pandemic that still infesting right now . This was chosen by

the researchers because of they are involved mostly involved in Financial Problem

and they are the one that can give opinion regarding to Student Lack of Financial

Support
REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE

The effects of gender, educational level, and personality on online learning

outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, a growing number of people are learning through
online learning methods. This research will look into how to make online learning more
successful during this period. The effect of educational levels, gender, and personality
factors on online learning outcomes was discovered through a mixed design study. In
online learning, postgraduates (N = 599) outscored undergraduates (N = 553), and
those with high personality qualities including agreeableness, conscientiousness, and
openness to new experiences outperformed those with strong extraversion and
neuroticism (N = 1152). Future research could focus on how to create scaffolding online
learning and how to increase the quality and dynamic of the online contents, as well as
emphasize hybrid learning rather than either purely online or traditional face-to-face
learning.

Refferences;

https://educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41239-021-
00252-3

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Teaching and Learning Continuity Amid and Beyond the Pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, the study looked into the problems and issues in

teaching and learning continuity in public higher education in the Philippines. The data

was collected from 3, 989 respondents, including students and faculty members, and

analyzed using the exploratory mixed-method triangulation approach. It was discovered

that during school lockdowns, teachers made adaptations to teaching and learning

designs based on the institution’s policies. Due to restricted or no internet access, the

majority of students struggled to complete the learning activities and objectives. The

trajectory for flexible learning delivery, the role of technology, the teaching and learning

environment, and the importance of safety and security were recognized as emerging

themes from the qualitative replies. The backdrop for strategic decisions during and

after the pandemic was supplied by scenario analysis. Higher education institutions

must migrate to flexible teaching and learning modes, recalibrate the curriculum,

capacitate staff, improve infrastructure, implement a strategic plan, and analyze all

components of the plan to assure teaching and learning continuity.

REFERENCES:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.678692/full

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN

The study used Descriptive research design to have the reliable and legitimate

interpretation that uses questionnaire in gathering information’s. According to Chona Mc

combos(2019) Descriptive research aims to accurately and systematically describe a

population, situation or phenomenon. It can answer what, when, where, when and how

questions. A descriptive research design can use a wide variety of quantitative and

qualitative methods to investigate one or more variables. Moreover, this research

design is used to provide more accurate information’s and it justify the current practice

and make critiques.

Besides, according also to mc combes (2020)Descriptive research is an appropriate

choice when the research aim is to identify characteristics, frequencies, trends,

correlations, and categories. It is also useful when not much is known yet about the

topic or problem. Before you can research why something happens, you need to

understand how, when and where it happens. According also to question pro.com,

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descriptive research design allows the researchers to provide insights into the why and

how of the research. This research design can be a very effective research framework

to identify the effects of Imprisonment to the offender.

RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

The researchers choose to gather data from the people related to the students, they are

mostly likely be involve in the main point of this study.

They are mostly involve in the study was the students because they are the people who

is more able to the struggles of college students in blended learning through modular

and online learning from little baguio studying at Southeastern College of padada. The

researchers conduct a numbering for the participants and it ranges of 20 participants.

SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

The samples are determined Purposive sampling. This type of sampling involves the

researcher using their judgement to select a sample that is most useful to the purposes

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of the research. The sample size that the researchers use are 20 participants that is

related in the study.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

The researchers use the questionnaires for the accurate method of collecting data. This

questionnaires is used to identify .This questionnaire consist the Demographic profile of

the respondents, and it also consist of questions that justifies the chosen research, this

consist of the questions related and elaborated by the researchers.

The researchers was given freedom by their research adviser to compose the said

instrument and reviewed by their thesis adviser. The questionnaire used open answers

to be able to know more about their insights.

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VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENT

The first draft of the questionnaire is presented to their research adviser for

correction and suggestion for the betterment of the questionnaire.

In the course of data gathering, the researchers make a request letter and passed it to

their research adviser for approval. After having the approval of their thesis adviser, the

researchers went to the houses of the participants, survey is conducted in room after

the class of the respondents. To facilitate these the researchers use the letter with the

approval of the researcher adviser and presented it to the precinct for accepting and

confirmation to continue and conduct the survey.

The researchers explained thoroughly the content of the questionnaire. For the

respondents to answer it correctly. The researchers also explain the importance of the

study.

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REFFERENCES

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.678692/full

https://educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41239-
021-00252-3

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

PHASE DATE ACTIVITIES

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CHAPTER 1 2022, JANUARY- COMPLIANCE OF THE

FEBRUARY1 PAPER WORKS

CHAPTER 2 2022 FEBRUARY- COMPLIANCE OF RRL

MARCH AND RRS

CHAPTERS 3 2022 MARCH- APRIL COMPLIANCE OF THE

METHODOLOGY

CHAPTER 4 2022 APRIL- MAY GATHERING SURBEY

AND INTERPRETATION

OF DATA

CHAPTER 5 2022 MAY- JUNE FINALIZING AND

SUMMARIZATION OF

THE WHOLE STUDY

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APPENDICES:

APPENDIX A

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

NAME: DATE:

AGE: STATUS:

1. Which New Learning System do you prefer?

2. Are you aware towards the blended learning and online learning?

3. In your opinion, Does The New Learning System was hard to adapt with?

4. In your perspective, If it would given a chance to bring back face to face

classes, would you agree?

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