FLEXIBLE

LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
DR. ROJA GUIA A. GUMBAN, LPT
 Intended Learning
Outcome
Describe a flexible learning
environment and the different
platforms used for flexible
learning
 Agenda
DO NOW Activity/ Attendance

Review

Discussion

Individual’s Presentation

Exit Ticket
 DO NOW
Click the link in the chat box and answer the
question/s in the Google Forms
DO NOW
Choose one from the following digital tools
presented by your classmates. Why do you
like this digital tool?
1. Adobe Photoshop
2. PowerPoint Presentation
3. Mentimeter
4. Microsoft Excel
5. Scribens
6. Socrative
7. Quizziz
8. Youtube
DO NOW
Choose two from the following digital tools
presented by your classmates. Why do you
like this digital tool?
1. Kahoot 9. PicsArt
2. Gamma AI 10. Canva
3. Verification Portal 11. Google Docs
4. Google Forms 12. Google Sheet
5. Brisk AI 13. Padlet
6. 3D and Augmented Reality in Google Search 14. Khan Academy
7. Microsoft Teams
8. Pear Deck
Online Distance Education
Online distance learning is not a new
concept.
Some schools, higher education institutions in the
country, and educational agencies such as the
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Innovations in Educational Technology (SEAMEO-
INNOTECH) provide this mode of learning.

It allows flexibility in learning

to a certain extent.
 These are free programs designed for
educational purposes.
Different It has features that are patterned

Platforms after the instructional activities of a

teacher in a physical classroom.
Digital education provides flexibility
and accessibility: When you use this, you can actually
hold a lesson, post questions for
discussion, hold an online chat
discussion, give assessment
activities and provide references or
links to other online materials,
features relevant to instruction and
facilitating of learning.
MOODLE 01
Moodle was created by Martin
Dougiamas, founder and CEO of
Moodle
Moodle stands for Modular Object
Oriented Dynamic Learning
Environment
An open source software
A Learning Management System
(LMS) that supports teaching and
learning
Moodle is the world’s most popular Learning
Management System
 02
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Google Classroom is a free service
for teachers and students.
It is an LMS platform that is
accessible google account.
You can create classes and
perform your roles and functions
as a facilitator of learning
In 2008, Edmodo was created by Nic Borg, CrystalHutter
and Jeff O’ Hara.
EDMODO 03
EDMODO & GOOGLE
Martina (2015) compared Edmodo and
Google classroom in her blog.
Although she discussed several
commonalities, there are apparently
differences but with technology, things evolve
in so short a time.
What is clear is that they were created as
apps that can integrate well with classroom
activities.
Both Google Classroom and Edmodo are
designed to help teachers supplement their
classroom lessons.
With both platforms, teachers can organize
their course content, track assignment
status and communicate with students.
 04
SCHOOLOGY
Another LMS founded in 2009 by Jeremy Friedman,
Ryan Hwang, Tim Trinidad and Bill Kindler.
SCHOOLOGY 04
 MOOCs
(Massive Open Online Course) 05
Another recent modality to learning which is a
model for delivering learning content online to
any person who wants to take a course.
It allows one to pursue learning even outside of
university or higher education formal structure.
Those who are working can enroll in MOOCs with
no limit on attendance. As long as you are willing
to learn you can engage in an area of discipline
and learn
It allows interconnectedness among peoples in
the world to discuss and share recent
developments in their common field of interest.
 IN THE FLEXIBLE LEARNING MODE,
THE ACTIVITIES CAN BE DONE IN
TWO WAYS: (1) SYNCHRONOUS AND
(2) ASYNCHRONOUS
SYNCHRONOUS session is an
ASYNCHRONOUS session
online chat at real time.
Course participants meet in a happens when questions or
virtual classroom and discuss a tasks are posted and course
topic in the lesson. participants answer the
So wherever they are situated in question or post their reply at
the world, they agree on the
any time most convenient to
scheduled session and log in to join
the live class.
them.
 BLENDED
LEARNING
is another way of handling flexible
learning.
It is a combination of learning
activities wherein a part of the lesson
is delivered online while the other part
is handled in actual physical setting of
a classroom.
KINDS OF BLENDED
LEARNING
MODEL 2: ROTATION
MODEL 1: FACE-TO-FACE DRIVER
In a particular course or subject ,
The teacher delivers the curricula
students rotate on a fixed schedule
most of the time and utilizes
between learning online in a one-to-
online learning at certain times
one, self-paced learning environment
with the purpose to augment or
and being inside the classroom with
provide an alternative experience.
a face-to-face teacher.
Instruction is provided in a
This is the model that is in between
computer laboratory or assigned
the traditional face-to-face learning
tasks are uploaded online.
and online learning.
 KINDS OF BLENDED
LEARNING
MODEL 3: FLEX
This model uses an online platform
that delivers most of the course.
Support to learning is provided as MODEL 4: ONLINE LAB
needed through on-site support or This model uses an online platform in
by an online tutor who facilitates delivering the course but located in a
the tutorial or small group sessions. physical classroom or computer
Sessions can be arranged into laboratory.
synchronous or asynchronous. Since the lessons are in modular
Course participants may work on format and available in the online
their tasks at any convenient time program, teacher assistants
as long as it is within the confines of supervise these classes.
the course duration.
KINDS OF BLENDED
LEARNING MODEL 6: ONLINE DRIVER
This model utilizes a platform and a
teacher that delivers all curricula.
Students remotely work on their
MODEL 5: SELF-BLEND
program most of the time.
It is a system provided by the
If ever there is face-to-face
school where the students can
component, it is made optional or if
choose the courses they would like
ever it is required for the students to
to have in addition to their typical
go to the physical learning
brick-and-mortar classroom
classes. environment such as in a school,
This model is always remote – a then it can be extracurricular
major difference from the Online activities augmenting the curriculum.
Lab.
 @rojaguiaangelesgumban

ONLINE
COMMUNITIES OF
LEARNING/
SOCIAL
NETWORKING
What is Networking?
A network is defined as that group of individuals who
communicates and connects on a regular basis. If an
individual has a personal network of people, one can tap on
the potential contacts for social, educational or professional
purposes.
Networking is the exchange of information and ideas among
people with a common profession or special interest,
usually in an informal social setting. Networking often begins
with a single point of common ground.
 SOCIAL
NETWORKING
PLATFORMS
Social networking services have been evolving for more than a
decade.
Initially, these social networking services allowed users to
construct their personal profile so that other contacts may
know the relevant information about them.
At present, these have now evolved to sharing of multimedia
resources . Even having immediate and direct contact with
friends in real time is easily accessible through these sites.
These are varied platforms available where one can create a
personal account. Some of these popular networking sites include
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube and LinkedIn
among others.
 Facebook
FACEBOOK apparently is the biggest social
networking site founded in 2004 based in
Menlo Park, California.
It is the most popular social network
Used by most people, it allows users to
post their profile, blogs, pictures, and rojaguiaangelesgumban
videos.

It lets one share status updates, news

articles with friends and family.
It allows people ages 13 and up to use a
Facebook account for personal or even
business reasons.
 Twitter/ X
TWITTER is the site where users post and
interact with messages called “tweets”,
restricted only to 140 characters.
Only registered users can post tweets, but
those who are not can only read them. rojaguiaangelesgumban

One of the main features of twitter is

it enables people to post their
thoughts immediately.
Founded in 2006, Twitter is based in
San Francisco, California, United States.
 LINKED IN
LINKED IN is another social networking
website for work.
When one is trying to find a job and may not
have contacts, LinkedIn helps one search for
career connections.
It may contain ones resume for potential rojaguiaangelesgumban
employers to see.

The website lets one upload his

educational qualification, skills, work
history and relevant experiences.
Launched in 2003, this is a popular
social site in the professional world.
 Google +
Google + is designed to be a total
communication social network.
Launched in 2011, Google is its parent and it
is more advantageous if it is kept as a browser
for users are connected even if they are
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outside Google+ site.

Users can make friends and remained up to date

with old friends without leaving their Gmail
account.
To distinguish connection, Google+ creates circles
and the four standard circles refer to friends,
family, acquaintances and those being followed.
Users can actually create as many circles as they
intend
 YouTube
YOUTUBE is an American video sharing
website where users can upload, view
and even share video clips or
multimedia productions.
It is a free social networking site to join rojaguiaangelesgumban
and use.

Since it is owned by Google, YouTube

prefers a Google account to make it easier
and streamlined. Just like with other social
networking sites, users can make their
videos private or public.
Based in San Bruno, California, the service
was created in February 2005.
 Pinterest
PINTEREST was designed as a catalogue
of ideas or project ideas by its founder
Ben Silberman.
This is an excellent choice for those who
have a passion for creativity.
Users must have an account to use rojaguiaangelesgumban
Pinterest.

An email account or a Facebook

account can be used is signing up to
Pinterest, and if users will use
Facebook, their wall would be easy
to post pins without linking with
Facebook.
 Instagram
INSTAGRAM is a platform where users share
visual stories.
This system allows users to post photos with
captions allowing followers to like or
comment on one’s posts.
Photos shared have a wide range of coverage – rojaguiaangelesgumban
trips, food, business products.

Since the site is free, advertisers can

use IG to reach a wide and are
follower base.
IG accounts can be private or public.
It is the best social networking site
for photography.
 TikTok
TikTok has allowed viral trends in food and
music to take off and increase the platform's
cultural impact worldwide.
TikTok has become one of the world's most
popular social media platforms, using
recommendation algorithms to connect rojaguiaangelesgumban
content creators with new audiences.

TikTok, whose mainland China

and HongKong is a short-form
video hosting service owned
by Chinese internet company
ByteDance.
 Snapchat
Snapchat is an American multimedia instant
messagingapp and service developed by Snap
Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.
One of the principal features of Snapchat is
that pictures and messages are usually only
available for a short time before they become rojaguiaangelesgumban
inaccessible to their recipients.

It also allows users to store photos in a

password-protected area called "My
Eyes Only".
It has also reportedly incorporated limited
use of end-to-end encryption, with plans
to broaden its use in the future.
 MYSPACE
MYSPACE is another popular social
networking website where members
can make friends, post blogs and
photos, videos.
It was acquired by Specific Media in rojaguiaangelesgumban
2011 and based in Beverly Hills
California.
Personal users can use MySpace to keep up with
their favorite artists, have an update on music
industry, see what their friends are listening to,
and connect with people who have similar music
preferences.
It is a fitting social networking website for
music.
 Flickr
FLICKR (pronounced “flicker”) is an
image and video hosting website that
was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and
acquired by Yahoo.
It offers massiveonline photo storage. rojaguiaangelesgumban
 Bebo
BEBO is a social networking website
with the backronym“Blog Early, Blog
Often”.
It was invented to answer the rojaguiaangelesgumban
question what the name meant.

It was founded by husband-and-

wife team Michael and Xochi
Birch in January 2005 at their
home in San Francisco.
THE BENEFITS
OF USING
SOCIAL
NETWORKING
SITES
BENEFITS
?

1 Getting connected to family and

friends is now just a few clicks away.

2 Social networking websites

provide information.

Social networking websites can support

3 learning or augment educational
activities
THE DANGERS
OF USING
SOCIAL
NETWORKING
SITES
DANGERS
One major risk is making
friends with strangers who
RG may actually be a predator or
a cyberbully.

Sometimes a youngster gets

bullied by others who may not
PG even be connected as friends in
a social networking website.

There are also trolls who are actually

instigate conflict, misunderstandings,
LM emotional response by eliciting anger
or ill feelings from other users through
social media
SAFEGUARDING
ONESELF
WHEN
ENGAGING IN
SOCIAL
NETWORKING
SITES
You need to understand and take precautionary measures
to safeguard yourself in social networking sites.

A social networking account has

passwords and log-in details. Secure
passwords and keep them private.
Reply

Log out every time you use public

computers.

Reply
You need to understand and take precautionary measures
to safeguard yourself in social networking sites.
Regularly check privacy settings of social
networking websites so that only direct
friends or those particularly known can
see these posts.
Reply

Online posts are saved and may become a

permanent part of their online reputation.
As you use the internet, you leave a digital
footprint which can be tracked back to
you.
Reply
You need to understand and take precautionary measures
to safeguard yourself in social networking sites.
Do not accept invites from contacts
unless you know them personally or you
are sure of their identity.

Reply

Seriously consider the effect of possible

posts on other before deciding to do so. If
posts (i.e. text, picture, video) could be
considered offensive or humiliating another
person, then you refrain from posting or
uploading it.
Reply
You need to understand and take precautionary measures
to safeguard yourself in social networking sites.
Using appropriate language is essential.
The tone when communicating or sending
social networking messages should be
respectful.
Reply

Better be safe than sorry. You should accept

friends and connections when you are sure of the
person’s identity. Personally meeting someone
you only met online is discouraged. Even if the
sincerity of having a personal meeting looks
convincing, it would be better if you will be
accompanied.
Reply
You need to understand and take precautionary measures
to safeguard yourself in social networking sites.

When there is an indication of

harassment or abuse, it is advised that
you report this by clicking report button
of abuse. It is better still to talk to friends
or trusted adults about the case.
Reply
You need to understand and take precautionary measures
to safeguard yourself in social networking sites.
Bullying takes place even in social networking
websites. Cyberbullying uses the site’s messages ,
updates and other functions to harass, intimidate,
humiliate, taunt or pick on the individual. When this
happens, you can do the following actions:
Reply

ignore the behavior by not

responding at all;
block the person;
click the report button or abuse; or
talk to a trustworthy adult about it.
Reply
 note
Connecting with friends and having an
active life on social networking websites
have its rewards.
However, when one is not taking
precautionary steps, there is also imminent
danger.
It is more beneficial if you understand both its
potential and its pitfalls.
When used properly and in the right
measure, it can bring more benefits.
Only then can social networking sites lead to
one’s growth and ensure a productive social
life.
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