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part 2. Curriculum, Foundations,

Definitions, and Trends

defining curriculum
and role of open
educational resources

Alfan D. Fabio
what is curriculum?
The term ‘curriculum’ originated from the Greek word
“curere” meaning to “run a course.”
Curriculum refers to a comprehensive plan or
framework that outlines the educational content, goals,
objectives, and instructional methods used in an
educational program, course, or learning experience.
It encompasses everything that students are expected to
learn, how they will learn it, and how their progress and
achievements will be assessed.
 1. Learning Objectives and Outcomes: Clearly defined statements of what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do by the end of the educational experience.

Key components of a 2. Content and Topics:

curriculum typically include:
The specific subject matter,
topics, or themes that will be
covered in the curriculum.
1. Learning Objectives and
Outcomes: 3. Instructional Strategies:
Clearly defined statements The methods, techniques, and
of what students are approaches used to deliver the
expected to know, educational content, which can
understand, and be able to include lectures, discussions,
do by the end of the hands-on activities, projects, and
educational experience. more
Key components of a
curriculum typically include: 6. Sequence and Structure:
1. Learning Objectives and Outcomes: Clearly defined statements of what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do by the end of the educational experience.

The organization and order in

4. Assessment and Evaluation:
The methods and tools used to measure
and evaluate students' learning,
including tests, quizzes, projects,
presentations, and grading criteria.
which content is presented,
ensuring a logical and coherent
progression of knowledge and
skills.

5. Resources and Materials: 7. Timeframe:

The textbooks, reading materials, The duration of the educational
digital resources, laboratory equipment, experience, including the length of
and other educational materials used to the course, program, or school year.
support learning.
 1. Learning Objectives and Outcomes: Clearly defined statements of what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do by the end of the educational experience.

Curriculum in the Philippines:

5. Assessment and Grading

6.Higher Education
1. Basic Education Structure:
Pre-Primary Education 7.Technical-Vocational
K to 12 Program Education and Training (TVET)

2. Core Subjects
8.Alternative Learning System
(ALS)
3. Additional Subjects

9.Private vs. Public Schools

4.Mother Tongue-Based
Multilingual Education (MTB-
10. Curriculum Updates
MLE)
 1. Learning Objectives and Outcomes: Clearly defined statements of what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do by the end of the educational experience.

Curriculum in the Philippines:

The DepEd recently launched the MATATAG

Curriculum, which aims to decongest the current K to
12 Curriculum and which includes a reduction in the
number of competencies and is more focused on the
development of foundational skills such as literacy,
numeracy, and socio-emotional skills for kindergarten
to Grade 3.
 the Role of
Open Educational Resources OER

Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational

materials that are freely available and openly licensed,
allowing anyone to use, adapt, share, and distribute them
for educational purposes.
These resources can encompass a wide range of content,
including textbooks, lecture notes, videos, quizzes, lesson
plans, interactive simulations, and more.
 KEY FEATURES OF
OER:
FREE ACCESS OPEN CUSTOMIZATION

LICENSING Users, including

OER are freely accessible
to anyone with an internet
connection, making
education more affordable
and accessible
educators, can adapt
OER are published
and modify OER to
under open licenses that
suit their specific
define how the content
needs and educational
can be used, modified,
contexts.
and shared.

COLLABORATION
DIVERSE
OER encourage FORMATS

collaboration OER can be available

among educators in various formats,
and content including text, audio,
video, and interactive
creators.
multimedia.
EXAMPLES
1. ONLINE TEXTBOOKS AND LEARNING MATERIALS
OF
2. OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW)

O 3. VIDEO LECTURES AND TUTORIALS

4. MOOCS (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES)

E 5. EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES AND PORTALS

R
6. EDUCATIONAL APPS

7. OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS AND RESEARCH PAPERS

8. OPEN TEXTBOOK INITIATIVES

IN
9. GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
THE 10. LOCAL CONTENT CREATORS

PHILIPPINES
 most visited OER sites
in the Philippines:
DepEd Commons
CHED's iAccess
SEAMEO INNOTECH's Open Educational Resource (OER)
Portal
Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn
YouTube
Khan Academy
MIT OpenCourseWare
Project Gutenberg
TED-Ed
Google Arts & Culture
Wikipedia
 In summary, Curriculum is a comprehensive plan that
guides teaching and learning, and it encompasses various
components such as learning objectives, instructional
methods, resources, and assessment.
Open Educational Resources (OER) can complement and
enhance curriculum by providing access to high-quality,
adaptable, and cost-effective educational materials that
benefit both educators and learners. OER supports
customization, collaboration, and innovation in
curriculum development, making education more
accessible and effective.
thank
you!