UPCEd's Curated Resources for Remote

Learning
Stay Well, Keep Learning: Education Resilience and Learning Continuity
in the Time of COVID-19
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1 - Stay Well, Keep Learning: Education Resilience and Learning Continuity in the Time of COVID -19

UP Col l ege of Education

Download a PDF copy of the UPCEd's white paper here.

Webinar Sessions:

Session 1: Charged Up: Prioritizing Self-care for the New Normal

Session 2: Providing Psychosocial Support

Session 3: The Learner during the Pandemic: Implications to Student-centered Emergency Education

Session 4: Teaching Beyond Subjects: Tapping Connections among Learning Areas

Session 5: Contextualizing Curricular Priorities: Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19

Session 6: Enacting Flexible Learning Options

Session 7: Using Indigenous Resources and Low Technologies for Remote Learning

Session 8: Exploring Blended Learning Strategies

Session 9: Using High Technologies for Remote Learning

Session 10: Home-based Learning for Young Children

Session 11: Home-based Learning for Older Students

Session 12: Leading for Resilience and Innovation

Session 13: The ABC of Redesigning the Learning Environment

Session 14: Evaluating Education Financing

Session 15: Redefining the Education Research Agenda

Session 16: Doing Online Ethnography, Part I

Session 17: Doing Online Ethnography, Part 2

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Prioritize teacher and student safety, health, and well-being

Online Resources
Self-help and Resilience Online Classes and Other Free Resources on Mindfulness and Stress

Psychological Association of the Philippines

This is an online portal offered by the Psychological Association of the Philippines. It offers free online
classes for dealing with stressful emotions during the pandemic. It also has several downloadable
resources on mindfulness and stress.

2 - Teaching Through a Pandemic: Cognitive Load, Mental Health and Learning Under Stress

Terri Johnson | University of Denver

Teaching and learning during this stressful time radically re-centers our whole-selves and wellbeing and this article invites us to
consider the importance of cognitive load, and mental health as our students learn under stress.
 3 - How School Counselors Can Care for Others -- and Themselves -- During Coronavirus School Closure

Bronwyn Kota rski | Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)

Bronwyn Kotarski's May 19, 2020 blog explains the unique role of school counselors in supporting students, teachers, parents,
and themselves while schoolsare closed during COVID-19 crisis.

Coronavirus and Mental Health: Resources to Support Kids during School Closures

Moni ca Rodriguez | Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)

Monica Rodriguez shares an interview with a school-based mental health consultant on how to help students when schools are
closed. This blog can help school counselors support children and their parents with the stress brought by school closure due to
COVID-19 and other emergencies.

Six Ways to Support Students with Disabilities during COVID-19 School Closure

El i zabeth Barker | Northwest Eva luation Association (NWEA)

Elizabeth Barker shares 6 ways of supporting teachers and students with disabilities in maintaining access to special educati on.

4 - How Teachers can Talk to Children about Coronavirus Disease (COVID -19)

UNICEF

This article gives suggestions on how to talk about COVD-19 to children in different developmental stages.

How to Talk to Your Child about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

UNICEF
 Open, supportive discussions with children can help them understand, cope, and help others. This article discusses 8 tips for
parents to help them support their children understand their feelings of anxiety, stress, and anger during the crisis.

5 - Covid-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?

Smi thsonian Institute Science Education Center, Sci ence for Global Goals

It will help you, and your community, understand the science of the virus that causes COVID-19 and other viruses like it. It will
help you to figure out how this virus is impacting or affecting you or may impact you in the future. It will help you to unde rstand
the actions that you can take to keep yourself and your community safe.

6 - Sesame Workshop Expands "Caring for Each Other" Initiative to Help Parents and Children During Coronavirus Pandemic

Ses ame Workshop

Sesame Workshop releases new songs, animated Sesame Street spots in support of young children, their parents, and caregivers
during the Coronavirus-19 crisis.

Journal Articles Online

The Forgotten Plague: Psychiatric Manifestations of Ebola, Zika, and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Veronica Tucci, Nidal, Moukaddam, Jonathan Meadows, Suhal Shah, Sagar C. Galwankar, and G. Bobby
Kapur | Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

The media and public health generally focus on the biological and physical ramifications of epidemics.
Mental health issues that coincide with emerging diseases and epidemics are rarely examined and
sometimes, even eschewed due to cultural considerations. Those on the frontlines of epidemics
including emergency physicians, primary care providers and infectious disease specialists should serve
communicate this need and advocate for sustained and increased funding for mental health programs to
heighten public awareness regarding acute psychiatric events during infectious diseases outbreaks and
offer treatment and support when necessary.

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Technology Use to Support the Well-being of Children

Karen Goldschmidt | Journal of Pediatric Nursing

This column explores how technology is best used to leverage and mai ntain social, physical, emotional,
intellectual, and spiritual well-being for children, in an environment where children are co-engaged with
an adult.

Addressing Collegiate Mental Health Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Yusen Zhai and Xue Du | Psychiatry Research

This article recommends that university counseling centers should set up options to continue to provide
college students with counseling services at a distance (i.e., telemental health counseling) within the
constraints of the pandemic outbreak, as telemental health has been found effective in treating anxiety
and depressive symptoms and will facilitate the delivery of counseling services to address students ’
pressing mental health concerns.

7 - How to Manage the Onslaught of Information and Fake News? The 2019-nCOV 'Infodemic'

European Distance and E-Learning Network

Downloadable PDFs

8 - Work-life Boundaries and Well-being: Does Work-to-life Integration Impair Well-being through Lack of Recovery?

Ari a ne G. Wepfer, Tammy D. Al len, Rebecca Brauchli, Gregor J. Jenny, Georg F. Bauer | University of Zurich
 This study investigates the implications of employees’ work-to-life boundary enactment for well-being. Understanding of the
well-being implications of boundary enactment and underlying mechanisms can help human resource professionals and
practitioners to devise and implement organizational policies and interventions that enable employees to develop boundary
management strategies that are sustainable in that they do not impair employees’ well-being.

9 - Closure of Universities Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact on Education and Mental Health of Students
and Academic Staff

Pra deep Sahu | Cureus

This article argues that the health and safety of students and staff should be the top priority and that proper counseling se rvices
should be available to support the mental health and well-being of students. Authorities should take the responsibility of
ensuring food and accommodation for international students. Faculty members should embrace technology and pay careful
attention to student experiences to make the learning rich and effective.

10 - 15 Ways to Support Young Children and their Families in the COVID-19 Response

Worl d Bank Group

This document presents 15 strategies of supporting young children and their families within emergency reponses. Platforms
that can be used and specific examples of interventions and approaches are also provided.
11 - Thriving While Working from Home

Cha ngi General Hospital, SingHealth

12 - Essential Self-Care for Essential Work

Cha ngi General Hospital, SingHealth

 13 - Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind

Cha ngi General Hospital, SingHealth

Pessimism towards Optimism: Empowering University Students amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Anil Shukla and Meenakshi Dwivedi |Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

The purpose of the article is to propose some coping strategies to boost positivity and optimism in
students of higher education dealing with negativity emerge from COVID-19 pandemic circumstances
and subsequent lockdown all around. The coping strategies are categorized under five main themes
named daily-life coping strategies, media coping strategies, social coping strategies, personal coping
strategies, and institutional coping strategies.

Teacher Resilience During Coronavirus School Closures

Sarah Duffield & Dan O'Hare

This article explores how resilience can be promoted for teachers at this time – supporting positive
adaptation in the face of significant challenge. This short paper is a quick reference guide and a
‘conversation starter’ designed to promote teacher resilience.

Philippine Teachers’ Practices to Deal with Anxiety amid COVID-19

Karen Joy Talidong and Cathy Mae Toquero | Journal of Loss and Trauma
The authors recognize that teachers are not immune to the vulnerabilities due to COVID-19 since they
had to discontinue teaching immediately after lockdown. They have found that these teachers, despite
their own struggles, looked for ways to still communicate to families, colleagues, and a few of their
students who are accessible online. The social implication of this study is grounded on the teachers ’
capability to communicate and follow the guidelines of the government for social distancing and other
preventive measures as offered through social media.

Home Activities of Students to Counter Psychological Disturbances during COVID-19 Pandemic

Cherish Kay Pastor, Caren Ventayen, Timothy Ventayen, Lemuel Ventayen, and Randy Joy Ventayen
|Pangasinan State University

The results of this study show that students use messaging services, surfing the internet and social
media in order to counter the boredom that could lead to psychological problems. While students
understand that those leisure preferences may not hinder loneliness and mental illness, students are
finding other activities that contribute in combatting the negative mindset during COVID-19.

Key Messages and Actions for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Schools

UNICEF, WHO, & IFRC

The purpose of this document is to provide clear and actionable guidance for safe operations through
the prevention, early detection and control of COVID-19 in schools and other educational facilities. It
provides checklists to guide the various stakeholders.

The Story of the Oyster and the Butterfly: The Coronavirus and Me

Ana M. Gomez

This is a book written for young children to understand and deal positively with their feelings to be
strong and resilient during the COVID-19 crisis. It encourages children to learn from oysters and
butterflies in dealing with their struggles during the COVID-19 crisis. It provides an activity for children
to express their feelings and provides suggestions to use their "powers" to be stronger and resilient.

Safe to Learn during COVID-19: Recommendations to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against
Children in All Learning Environments

Safe to Learn

The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on children’s right to be safe to learn in any
type of learning environment can only be solved by collaborative action with meaningful involvement of
different sectors of government, civil society, donors, NGOs, and communities themselves.
Webinar Session 1

Charged Up: Prioritizing Self-care for the New Normal

Francis Grace Duka-Pante

June 16, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Webinar Session 2

Providing Psychosocial Support, Part I

Abigail Thea O. Canuto

June 19, 2020 | Friday | 10 a.m.

Providing Psychosocial Support, Part II

Lorelei R. Vinluan

June 19, 2020 | Friday | 10 a.m.

Recalibrate curricular and assessment priorities

 14 - Parents and Caregivers as Partners in Learning: Home Learning Activities to Help Parents Support Children's Learning
During the Covid19 Crisis and Beyond

UNICEF

The purpose of this document is to provide a resource to support EAP country offices to include the most marginalized children
and families in their country’s education response to the COVID pandemic. The document provides general guidance and a set
of activities to help parents and caregivers engage with and support their children’s learning at home. These activities are
intended to complement, but not replace, distance learning and home-based assignments.

15 - Are Students Still Learning during COVID-19? Formative Assessment can Provide the Answer

Jul ia Li berman, Victoria Levin, & Diego Luna-Bazaldua | World Bank Blogs

Formative assessment is important when schools are closed and students are continuing their education ith the help of their
parents-turned-teachers. Teachers and parents can learn how formative assessment can be conducted synchronously and
asynchronously, making sure that it is valid, timely, constructive, and specific.
 16 - Exams and Assessments in COVID-19 Crisis: Fairness at the Center

UNESCO

This article presents the different challenges related to high-stakes exams and the different strategies countries adopted or
considered with regards. This article is helpful to policy makers and school administrators in making sure examinations are fair
to all learners.

Journal Articles Online/Downloadable PDFs

Taking the Load Off a Learner’s Mind : Instructional Design for Complex Learning

Van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G. & Kirschner, Paul & Kester, P.

The article presents "a framework for scaffolding practice and just-in-time information presentation,
aiming to control cognitive load effectively. A design model for complex learning consistent with
cognitive load theory is described."

A Model of Learner-centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education Cases from Higher Education

Georgine K. Fogel | Fairmont State University

"The paper examines critical issues in web-based distance education including the changing role of
faculty and students, instructional design for quality education, outcomes assessment, and
administrative support. The premise of the paper is that educational excellence in online instruction
requires institutional commitment to a learner-centered approach rather than a teacher-centered
approach of education. Recommendations are made for quality measures and faculty development in
adapting to methods of online teaching that facilitate a learner-centered education."
 17 - How to Design and Manage Assessments for Online Learning

European Distance and E-Learning Network

Learner-centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases from Higher Education

Thomas M. Duffy Jamie R. Kirkley | Indiana University

"In seeking to meet this goal, we invited individuals who were a part of distance education programs
that reflected the principles for engaged learning and asked them to describe their programs from the
perspective of the pedagogical design but also focus on issues of assessment, retention, and workload.
describes eight distinct distance education programs. For each program, there is a chapter describing
the program with a focus on the pedagogy, a formal reactant to the chapter, and an edited transcript of
the group discussion of the chapter. This is our attempt to provide the level of detail and the perspective
taking that is too often missed in many program and course descriptions."

Teaching Skills that Matter in the Home Learning Environment

Assertiveness

researchcollaboration.org

As students learn in new environments due to a crisis like COVID-19, they need to develop their intra-
personal and interpersonal skills to succeed. This paper provides resources to help teachers and parents
hone and support learners' assertiveness.

Conflict

researchcollaboration.org

As students learn in new environments due to a crisis like COVID-19, they need to develop their intra-
personal and interpersonal skills to succeed. This paper provides resources to help teachers and parents
hone and support learners' assertiveness.

Self-efficacy

researchcollaboration.org

As students learn in new environments due to a crisis like COVID-19, they need to develop their intra-
personal and interpersonal skills to succeed. This paper provides resources to help teachers and parents
hone and support learners' assertiveness.

Self-regulation

researchcollaboration.org

As students learn in new environments due to a crisis like COVID-19, they need to develop their intra-
personal and interpersonal skills to succeed. This paper provides resources to help teachers and parents
hone and support learners' assertiveness.
Webinar Session 3

Understanding Learners' Behavior and Context during the Pandemic

Lizamarie Campoamor-Olegario
June 23, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.
Webinar Session 4

Teaching Beyond Subjects: Tapping Connections among Learning Areas

Eva Haydee Alipustain, Leonor Diaz & Marie Yvette Alcazar

June 26, 2020 | Friday | 10 a.m.

Webinar Session 5

Contextualizing Curricular Priorities: Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19, Part 1

Darlene D. Echavia

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Contextualizing Curricular Priorities: Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19, Part 2

Lutze-Sol Aplaon Vidal

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Contextualizing Curricular Priorities: Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19, Part 3

Frances Olivia M. Magtoto

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Contextualizing Curricular Priorities: Inclusion in the Time of COVID-19, Part 4

Myra Trinidad T. Tantengco

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Enact flexible learning options

Online Resources

18 - Promising Practices for Equitable Remote Learning: Emerging Lessons from Covid-19 Education Responses in 127
Countries

Thoma s Dreeseni, Spogmai Akseeri, Ma tt Brossardi, Pra gya Dewanii, Juan -Pablo Giraldoii,Akito Ka meii, Suguru Mizunoyaiii,
Ja vi er Santiago Ortizi | UNICEF

This brief offers "potential promising practices for equitable remote learning" culled from household surveys and data gathered
by UNICEF education staff in 127 countries.

19 - Teaching Through Coronavirus: What Educators Need Right Now

Cory Col l ins | Teaching Tolerance

This is comprehensive list of suggested online resources that cover the following: Resources to Share With Students, “Do
Something” Projects, Resource List for Educators, Resources Students Can Use Online, Printables for Pick-Up, COVID-19 and
Social Justice, Best Practices for Online or Distance Learning, Resources for Families in Need, Resources for Caretakers
 20 - Collection of Remote Learning ResourcesCollection of Remote Learning Resources

C&E Publ ishing, Inc.

This is a collection of various discipline-specific remote learning resources prepared by C&E Publishing to support College of
Education's Task Force Edukasyon.

21 - Distance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers

Jennifer Gonzales | Cult of Pedagogy

This is a 4-part collection of teacher resources. Part 1 consist of articles that address the emotional and psychological factors
that may be preventing teachers from doing a decent job with online learning; Part 2 provides options for content delivery; Part
3 is a collection of general tips and advice the author has gathered from teachers in the field; and Part 4 suggests ways to
troubleshoot online learning.
 22 - Teacher’s Guide for Remote Learning During School Closures and Beyond

FIT-ED (Coalition Secretariat) with Coalition members Education University of Hong Kong, SUMMA a nd RTI International

This is a helpful decision-making guide intended for teachers continuing to engage their students in learning during school
closures and beyond.

23 - Digital Learning Solutions

UNESCO

Digital learning resources that can help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and
provide social care and interaction during school closures. Most of the solutions curated are free and cater to multiple
languages. These include resources to provide psychosocial support, digital learning management systems, systems used on
basic mobile phones, systems for offline mode, massive open online classrooms (MOOCs) platforms, self -directed learning
content, moblie reading applications, collaboration platforms for live-video communication, tools to create digital learning
content, and extenal repositories of distance learning solutions.
 24 - Learning at Home in Times of Crisis using Radio

Educa tion Development Center (EDC) and World Bank Group (WBG Video)

This online video explains how Interactive Audio Instruction (IAI) is used to reach teachers, parents, caregivers, and students in
hard-to-reach areas in low-resource countries.

Downloadable PDFs
Flexible Pedagogies: Technology-enhanced Learning

Neil Gordon I University of Hull

This provides a better understanding of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) in higher education (HE). It
identifies and analyzes relevant pedagogies and approaches within the context of flexible learning and
recommends ways in which flexible TEL can work for your institution.

Handbook on Facilitating Flexible Learning during Educational Disruption: The Chinese Experience in
Maintaining Undisrupted Learning in COVID-19 Outbreak

Huang, R.H., Liu, D.J., Tlili, A., Yang, J.F., Wang, H.H., et al. | Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal
University

This handbook describes flexible online learning strategies implemented in China during the COVID-19
outbreak. These strategies are presented based on six dimensions, namely (a) infrastructure, (b) learning
tools, (c) learning resources, (d) teaching and learning methods, (e) services for teachers and students,
and (f) cooperation between government, enterprises, and schools.

Introducing Flexible Learning

Deakin University

This report was produced by Deakin University (Australia) as a support resource for teachers and
principals participating in the review process of flexibility options in student learning.

Flexible Learning Options for Adult Students

Vickie Choitz and Heath Prince

This paper takes a closer look at emerging trends in public postsecondary education that offer adult
learners more flexible access to courses and help accelerate their progress through cre dential programs.
FutureWorks and Jobs for the Future have examined the literature and conducted interviews with public
postsecondary education practitioners and research experts and fielded two surveys with state -level
experts in an effort to identify barriers to program development and diffusion, identify promising
practices, and solicit examples of model programs.

Learning Effectiveness Using Different Teaching Modalities

Norman Carrol | Dominican University; Molly Burke | Dominican University

A tool for evaluating teaching effectiveness can be seen here.

E-learning Methodologies: A Guide for Designing and Developing E-learning Courses

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The purpose of this guide is to provide detailed guidance on designing and developing an e -learning
course for trainers and instructional designers who are new to e -learning design. It also provides basic
concepts and information on the processes and resources involved in e -learning development, which
might be of interest to capacity-development managers. The information in this guide is based on
consolidated instructional design models and learning theories and incorporates FAO’s experience in
delivering e-learning courses in development contexts.

Evaluation and Selection of Learning Resources: A Guide

2008 Prince Edward Island Department of Education

The purpose of this handbook is to expand upon the general criteria for selection of learning resources
as stated in the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Selection of Learning Resources document, as well as
to expound upon specific selection criteria in the areas of content, instructional design, technical design,
and social consciousness. The overall goal must be to support the learning outcomes of the curriculum.
The consideration of curriculum fit must be applied rigorously to all mediums of presentation. These are
guidelines that may be useful to Department and school board/ district personnel, administrators,
teacher-librarians, teachers, students, and members of the community. The forms that appear in the
appendices are samples to help in the selection/evaluation process and can be utilized, adapted, and/or
modified to meet specific needs.

Alternate Education Service Delivery COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan

Afghanistan Ministry of Education

"Based on the instructions of H.E President of Afghanistan and mandate of Ministry of Education, this
emergency response plan for COVID-19 pandemic has been prepared in order to use the existing
resources and capacity of MoE and through various innovative ways, continue the education service
delivery to students at their homes.
25 - Considerations and Options for Connected Education: COVID-19 Response How to Ensure Refugees Benefit from National
Virtual Learning Responses

The UN Refugee Agency

"How to ensure refugees benefit from national virtual learning responses"

26 - ALS-EST Handbook. Chapter 6: Learning Delivery

Department of Education (Philippines) Alternative Learning Sys tem

The chapter discusses the key elements of ALS-EST Learning Delivery and the Learner Support Mechanisms.
 27 - Flexible Learning

Mi chelle Schwartz |Ryerson University

The paper basically discusses what flexible learning is.

EDTECH Learning Pack on Remote Learning Response to COVID-19 with Special Focus on LCDs and
FCVs

EDTECH at World Bank Group

This is a resource to help Ministries of Education of low-resource countries to use remote learning to
respond to COVID-19 based school closures. It focuses on K-12 education.

Guidance Note: Remote Learning and COVID-19

Wold Bank Global Education Practice

The World Bank offers this guidance note to help countries' Ministry of Education effectively design and
implement remote learning through TV, radio, and mobile technology.

Expanding Access to Early Childhood Development using Interactive Audio Instruction: Guidelines to
Program Design and Implementation

Education Development Center (EDC) and World Bank Group (WBG Video)

Interactive Audio Instruction (IAI) is a low-cost and culturally appropriate distance-learning technology
via fradio or mobile audio technology. This document outlines the preparation, development,
production, and delivery of the IAI program cycle in a community-based facilitated group setting to
increase access to learning. Policymakers and program developers will benefit from reading this
document.

Supporting the Continuation of Teaching and Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Annotated
Resources for Online Learning

Fernando Reimers | Global Education Innovation Initiative, Harvard University; Andreas Schleicher |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Jaime Saavedra | The World Bank Saku
Tuominen, HundrED

"The resources are grouped into three broad sections, according to their purpose: 1. Curriculum
Resources: These include lessons, videos, interactive learning modules and any other resources that
directly support students in acquiring knowledge and skills. We present 72 resources, which include
several repositories of resources. 2. Professional Development Resources: These are resources which
can support teachers or parents in supporting learners, guiding them to content, developing their skills
to teach remotely, or more generally augmenting their capacity to support learners now learning more
independently and at home, rather than at school. We present 21 professi onal development resources.
3. Tools: These include tools that can help manage teaching and learning, such as communication tools,
learning management systems or other tools that teachers, parents or students can use to create or
access educational content. We present 20 professional development resources."
Remote Learning, Distance Education and Online Learning during the COVID19 Pandemic: A Resource
List by the World Bank’s EdTech Team

World Bank’s EdTech Team

"The selection of resources and platforms that you will find here has been elaborated in order to
facilitate the rapid identification of helpful technological solutions that could be used to support remote
learning. The list provided here is not meant to be comprehensive, however, the selection has been
driven by prioritizing resources and solutions that are free (or freemium), offline friendly or are available
in more than one language (especially beyond, English). This list offers a glimpse of the kind of solutions
that can be incorporated to support remote learning for different contexts, levels of connectivity, levels
of education or subject."

28 - How to Start Teaching Online

European Distance and E-Learning Network

Webinar Session 6

Creating Flexible Learning Options

Dina Joana S. Ocampo

July 3, 2020 | Friday | 10 a.m.

Webinar Session 7

Using Indigenous Resources and Low Technologies for Remote Learning

Elenita N. Que

July 7, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Webinar Session 8

Exploring Blended Learning Strategies, Part 1

Elenita N. Que

July 10, 2020 | Friday | 10 a.m.

Exploring Blended Learning Strategies, Part 2

Jon Paul F. Maligalig

July 10, 2020 | Friday | 10 a.m.

Webinar Session 9

Using High Technologies for Remote Learning

Jon Paul F. Maligalig

July 14, 2020 | Tuesday | 10 a.m.

Empower families for home-based learning

Online Resources

29 - Supporting the Youngest Learners and Their Families in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response

Ama nda Devercelli | World Bank

This article describes why children are especially vulnerable during the pandemic. It details some practical ways of helping
children and their families.

30 - Parents and Caregivers as Partners in Learning

UNICEF

This material provides direction to marginalized and disadvantaged families in providing home-based learning. It provides
practical ideas in teaching literacy and basic skills and how to manage challenges.

How to Talk to Your Child about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

UNICEF

The article provides ways that parents can engage with their children during COVID.
 31 - Lockdown Learning is not Homeschooling

Dr. Renuka Ramroop | University of Li mpopo

This article explains that home learning activities that are done during lockdown are not the necessarily reflective of the
established homeschooling practice.

32 - COVID-19 Homeschooling

Mi cha el Tan | UP CSSP

The article explains how homeschooling is done during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 33 - Empower Families, Collaborate for Home-Based Learning

Ma ri a Mercedes Arzadon | College of Education, UP Diliman

This article explains how Filipino parents can position themselves during the pandemic. It details how naturalistic learning can
be fun and meaningful.

34 - Education in the Face of a Pandemic: Should Parents Shift to Homeschooling?

Da nielle Nakpil|CNN

The writer provided questions parents should ask themselves before they do homeschooling.
 35 - Parenting in a Pandemic: Tips to Keep the Calm at Home

Ameri can Academy of Pediatrics

This short article explains how to identify children's fears about the pandemic and how to deal with them.

36 - Forget Homeschooling during the Pandemic, Teach Life Skills Instead

Jenny Ma rder

Parents are not prepared to do what the professional teacher does. It provides ideas how parents can build on what they already
know in teaching their children develop life skills.

Downloadable PDFs
Tips for Parents and Caregivers: Keeping Children Safe Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic

UNICEF

This article lists possible dangers that children would face as they spend more time online. It provides
practical ideas on how parents can ensure safety.

How COVID-19 Can Strengthen Your Family

Adele Blair

Provides insights how adversity brought by pandemic can strengthen the family.

COVID-19 and Violence at Home Setting

Eric Sserukera

This paper addresses the domestic violence issues among Ugandans during the COVID-19 pandemic
outbreak. Several of causes, effects and solutions are provided in this paper.