Far East Maritime Foundation Inc. ensures that our training programs conducted via distance learning and e-learning are first approved and accredited by the Maritime Industry Authority of the Philippines. We also ensure that Instructors and Assessors who are responsible for the conduct of our training programs conducted via distance learning and e-learning are appropriately qualified in accordance with the qualifications and standards prescribed by the Maritime Industry Authority of the Philippines.

Training programs may either be delivered:

• Fully online - offered in a completely online environment, no in person or on campus meetings. Far East Maritime Foundation Inc. uses a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities for our fully online training programs. The topics and activities which would be delivered asynchronously and synchronously will be seen in the Course Timetable and Course Outline of each individual training program.

• Fully face-to-face - Trainees meet with the Instructor at regularly scheduled times, primarily in a classroom.

• Blended (part online and part face-to-face) - the educational practice of combining digital learning tools with traditional classroom face to face teaching. Far East Maritime Foundation Inc. uses a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities for the online part of our blended training programs. The topics and activities which would be delivered asynchronously, synchronously, and face-to-face will be seen in the Course Timetable and Course Outline of each individual training program.

Far East Maritime Foundation Inc. uses Google Classroom as the main software used in the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of training programs via distance learning and e-learning.

Google Classroom integrates the following Google products into a cohesive platform to manage Trainee and Instructor communication:

Intellectual Property

Google Classroom is powered by Google Workspace which is another service developed by Google that provides independently customizable versions of several Google products. Google Workspace is a paid subscription product developed by Google and makes use of Far East Maritime Foundation Inc.'s domain name.

We utilize Google Workspace to power our use of Google Classroom to have more customizations than that of the free version.

• More student intake

• Ability to invite co-teachers

• Ability to whitelist other domains

• Full integration with Google’s standard services as well as their premium products

To view our company policy on the use of Google Classroom in delivering training programs via distance learning and e-learning please click here.