Factors that define the success of LDM utilization in the new normal

In this new normal stage of education, the shift only happens in the adjustments in the alternative teaching-learning methods and more emphasis on home based, distance learning system. This distance learning system is supported and reinforced by the utilization of various learning delivery modalities or LDM. Learners, are therefore being subjected to the present LDM-based stage and period of learning and education. With the use of these modalities, the promise of sustainable instruction and education remains at hand even amidst the on-going crisis.

However, in order to make the LDM implementation more productive and meaningful in this new normal, there are various factors and aspects that need to be considered and supported. One of these factors is the level of readiness of school leaders in facing the new normal system of school management that could reinforce the management of LDM School leaders need to be flexible and creative enough to succeed in the administration of the sudden shift in the learning modalities and system of learning. Educational managers need ample readiness and ability to support and empower teachers and parents as collaborative mentors of children and youth in the home-based learning set-up. Another salient and integral factor is the readiness of both the teachers and learners in subjecting themselves to the massive utilization of LDM. The new normal requires readiness among the learners in executing their independent learning skills and competencies especially in accomplishing self-learning modular tasks. On the part of the teachers, they need stable readiness in the sudden shift and adjustments in the design of learning materials and tools especially in this stage of learning when massive development of modular tools is evident.