International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2017
Mobile learning generally offers delivery of blended learning or simply as tool for course enhanc... more Mobile learning generally offers delivery of blended learning or simply as tool for course enhancement in university setting. A small teacher education institution piloted a low-priced-tablet-aided instruction in its language courses via exploratory case study. Through focus groups and journal writings, students favorably reported most aspects of mobile-aided learning experiences and confirmed some challenging technical issues. Moreover, qualitative analyses on the device, learners’ engagement and course-activities revealed these five key categories: (1) tableting pros and cons; (2) making adjustments and connectivity issues; (3) moodling, googling and strategizing use; (4) trending apps and functionalities; and (5) changing views on technologies and pedagogies. Finally, lessons learned and future works on the tablet adoption, applications and strategic implementation in aid of teacher education course delivery and related disciplines are suggested.
Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early histo... more Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early historical and cultural background, this paper compared and contrasted the two countries’ naming systems through their review, realignment, and decolonization for the purpose of heightening their indigenous Malay identity. Using hermeneutical phenomenology, the researcher engaged in the review of related literature and applied the extracted ideas to the existing names in due consideration of the historical facts and evident cultural patterns. Discussions yielded the following results and recommendations: the present names of the two countries have colonial underpinnings; during the pre-colonial periods, these two groups of people had the same mononymic naming system based on the same language parent-stock, but different colonial policies and succession of religious preferences caused their names to evolve; and there are specific slices in the systems that need realignment and decolonization which are posited in the recommendations.
This article emerged from the author’s apprehension regarding the lack of social sensitivity caus... more This article emerged from the author’s apprehension regarding the lack of social sensitivity caused by the failure to connect the environment to the school lessons. Furthermore, creating balance and harmony within society and environment seemed impossible to realize in this sense. As in the Philippines in this case, schools often negated the significance to connect the environment to schools. From author point of view, the fact that the Philippines has strong ecological footprints and the local wisdom which can be traced through copra-making industry should not be discharged. The author examined this ecological intelligence which manifested inherently among the kinfolk of copra-makers by elaborating the indigenous cultural practices of the rural folks in the Philippines and making sense of those practices with metaphorization to advocate and conduct more connection in the classroom. As a result the highlighted indigenous processes that provided as a model in contextualizing sociolog...
Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early histo... more Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early historical and cultural background, this paper compared and contrasted the two countries’ naming systems through their review, realignment, and decolonization for the purpose of heightening their indigenous Malay identity. Using hermeneutical phenomenology, the researcher engaged in the review of related literature and applied the extracted ideas to the existing names in due consideration of the historical facts and evident cultural patterns. Discussions yielded the following results and recommendations: the present names of the two countries have colonial underpinnings; during the pre-colonial periods, these two groups of people had the same mononymic naming system based on the same language parent-stock, but different colonial policies and succession of religious preferences caused their names to evolve; and there are specific slices in the systems that need realignment and decolonization which are posited in the recommendations.
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2017
Mobile learning generally offers delivery of blended learning or simply as tool for course enhanc... more Mobile learning generally offers delivery of blended learning or simply as tool for course enhancement in university setting. A small teacher education institution piloted a low-priced-tablet-aided instruction in its language courses via exploratory case study. Through focus groups and journal writings, students favorably reported most aspects of mobile-aided learning experiences and confirmed some challenging technical issues. Moreover, qualitative analyses on the device, learners’ engagement and course-activities revealed these five key categories: (1) tableting pros and cons; (2) making adjustments and connectivity issues; (3) moodling, googling and strategizing use; (4) trending apps and functionalities; and (5) changing views on technologies and pedagogies. Finally, lessons learned and future works on the tablet adoption, applications and strategic implementation in aid of teacher education course delivery and related disciplines are suggested.
Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early histo... more Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early historical and cultural background, this paper compared and contrasted the two countries’ naming systems through their review, realignment, and decolonization for the purpose of heightening their indigenous Malay identity. Using hermeneutical phenomenology, the researcher engaged in the review of related literature and applied the extracted ideas to the existing names in due consideration of the historical facts and evident cultural patterns. Discussions yielded the following results and recommendations: the present names of the two countries have colonial underpinnings; during the pre-colonial periods, these two groups of people had the same mononymic naming system based on the same language parent-stock, but different colonial policies and succession of religious preferences caused their names to evolve; and there are specific slices in the systems that need realignment and decolonization which are posited in the recommendations.
This article emerged from the author’s apprehension regarding the lack of social sensitivity caus... more This article emerged from the author’s apprehension regarding the lack of social sensitivity caused by the failure to connect the environment to the school lessons. Furthermore, creating balance and harmony within society and environment seemed impossible to realize in this sense. As in the Philippines in this case, schools often negated the significance to connect the environment to schools. From author point of view, the fact that the Philippines has strong ecological footprints and the local wisdom which can be traced through copra-making industry should not be discharged. The author examined this ecological intelligence which manifested inherently among the kinfolk of copra-makers by elaborating the indigenous cultural practices of the rural folks in the Philippines and making sense of those practices with metaphorization to advocate and conduct more connection in the classroom. As a result the highlighted indigenous processes that provided as a model in contextualizing sociolog...
Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early histo... more Since the Filipinos and the Indonesians descend from the same ancestors and share the early historical and cultural background, this paper compared and contrasted the two countries’ naming systems through their review, realignment, and decolonization for the purpose of heightening their indigenous Malay identity. Using hermeneutical phenomenology, the researcher engaged in the review of related literature and applied the extracted ideas to the existing names in due consideration of the historical facts and evident cultural patterns. Discussions yielded the following results and recommendations: the present names of the two countries have colonial underpinnings; during the pre-colonial periods, these two groups of people had the same mononymic naming system based on the same language parent-stock, but different colonial policies and succession of religious preferences caused their names to evolve; and there are specific slices in the systems that need realignment and decolonization which are posited in the recommendations.
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