Mag-Aral ay Di ‘Biro: A Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experiences of the Students on Blended Learning Amidst COVID-19

Education, Psychology, Filipino Psychology, Sociology

Blended learning cut the barriers brought by the distance between teachers and students through online and traditional teaching and learning methods. Thus, it is subjected to many challenges such as forced consideration of digital technology characteristics, which demands skills and knowledge and the improvement of the reading comprehension ability of each student. This study is intended to identify the lived experiences of the students towards blended learning amidst pandemic, specifically: (1) to describe the experiences in blended learning, (2) to describe the challenges experience on blended learning, and (3) to describe their coping mechanisms. Thus, the study utilized Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis (IPA) with ten (10) respondents from the community. Based on the study, the findings are the following: (1) Blended learning implications are mostly negative. (2) The respondents are most challenged in adopting a lesson and lacking resources. Due to the sudden changes, they resorted to adjustments, but conflicts such as not having enough sources necessary for blended learning requirements still emerged. Finally, (3) most of the respondents need to seek social support to cope with blended learning.

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