Since the summer of 2020, teachers all over the country have been undergoing a professional certificate course on online learning and teaching called  Adaptive Design for Learning (ADL). The unique hands-on workshop is designed and spearheaded by the Ateneo SALT Institute of the Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design. 

Initially launched on 25 May 2020 for the faculty and formation professionals of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, it has since then been offered to the Philippine network of Jesuit schools, totalling 2,333 educators who have completed the program. From the course, our colleagues from basic education and higher education were able to retool–and reinvent–themselves for this most extraordinary of academic year.

ADL is rooted in the emerging philosophy of online Jesuit education that we have come to call AteneoBlueCloud, which also stands for the virtual campus that we are building for our online community of learners and educators.

 

AteneoBlueCloud makes it unapologetically clear to us that this shift isn’t about technology, but about learning. More, it isn’t just about learning, but also about the faith and values formation of our students.

Moreover, our brand of online education is characterized by inclusivity and empathy, with special personal attention given to those who are at risk of being excluded by this shift to online learning. Hence, every effort will be exerted to make sure that no learner is left behind, that support and assistance will be provided not only for those who may not have regular and reliable Internet access, but also for those who have special learning needs.

AteneoBlueCloud makes it unapologetically clear to us that this shift isn’t about technology, but about learning. More, it isn’t just about learning, but also about the faith and values formation of our students.

Moreover, our brand of online education is characterized by inclusivity and empathy, with special personal attention given to those who are at risk of being excluded by this shift to online learning. Hence, every effort will be exerted to make sure that no learner is left behind, that support and assistance will be provided not only for those who may not have regular and reliable Internet access, but also for those who have special learning needs.

By no means, however, has ADL been limited to educators from Jesuit schools and universities. Since its launch last summer, ADL has been offered to various other institutions–namely, over 500 teachers from the Philippine Science High School System and about 200 teachers from 12 private school systems, in partnership with the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC). 

Soon the same online training program will be offered to over 700 educators from the University of Cebu and over 100 educators from the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.