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By Elijah Espiritu
With the Philippines' decade-long struggle with low academic performance in math and science, it is crucial to implement strategies to improve these outcomes. It has been a consistent and observed trend for the country to score poorly on the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), placing the Philippines below the global academic average.
The Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) developed Coursewares designed to integrate inside the curriculum and classroom settings established by the Department of Education in order to curb the continuous academic decline. These supplementary materials aim to bridge the gap of accessibility to quality materials in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
The courseware is a readily-available interactive classroom software application designed for both K-12 students and teachers. The software contains interactive multimedia materials aiding to deepen the understanding of complex mathematical and scientific concepts.
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By Elijah Espiritu
As the country continues to recover from the pandemic, the Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) sustains its efforts to improve their remote learning facilities. One of their projects was the Virtual Laboratory Application in Science (VLAS), which is an immersive 360° 3D biology lab simulator providing users with virtual experiments and theoretical knowledge.
DOST-SEI developed VLAS as a way for students to familiarize themselves with a laboratory environment through virtual means. This project aims to build competencies in students who lack access to physical laboratories due to geographical or logistical challenges.
VLAS is currently on its final stretch in development. They plan on releasing for Microsoft Operating Systems and other Virtual Reality platforms by 2025. The project aims to address further the resource integration of ICT in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), the team, under the leadership of Josephine Feliciano, believes that their online educational materials can be effectively used as supplementary to classroom teaching as well as in self-learning situations.
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