Track: Information Systems and Information Technology

Abstract

It is evident how the pandemic has confronted the country with massive disruption in the education system, thus restraining students in all levels to acquire the knowledge and skills that physical school’s endeavor to deliver- opening opportunities for the development of digital tools. Students are compelled to acquire education through home-based learning where course contents are packaged into digital forms called courseware which are accessed by students through the LMS to gain knowledge and skills required of their discipline of choice. This study aimed to examine the insights of students who use courseware as their primary medium of acquiring education obtained using a descriptive survey method in the form of questionnaires. Undergraduate students of Pangasinan State University were the respondents. The computed sample size from the population was analyzed by getting the weighted mean of the survey results. The results showed that the courseware utilized by the students of Pangasinan State University through MS Teams has high impact that promotes self-directed learning - guiding students to learn independently at their own pace without assistance from others, fostering favorable learning environment/ platform also gained high impact hence moderate impact in terms of the learning growth of students with a grand mean of 3.44 which was described as “high” and interpreted as “impactful. Thus, it is recommended that the Instructors or Professors need to maximize the use of courseware to improve learning process consistently in order to achieve higher level of learning growth.