A Flexible Learning Framework Implementing Asynchronous Course Delivery for Philippine Local Colleges and Universities

The Corona Virus 19 (COVID 19) pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities in the world and the Philippine educational system. While there are universities that are doing online learning in the past decades, over 100 local universities and colleges are left with traditional instruction, face-to-face learning sessions. The traditional universities have no choice but to become adaptive to the "new normal" once declared by the World Health Organization. Philippine data on the effect of pandemic suggest that the student populace are prone to carry the virus through interaction and traveling to and from the schools. Classes cannot be delivered in traditional ways anymore, to mitigate the spread of the virus, until a vaccine is available. This paper provides a framework for local universities and colleges in implementing flexible learning procedures. The asynchronous course delivery consists of the design of outcomes-based teaching and learning plan, course materials, scheduled on-line and face-to-face meetings, technology, and center for technology education.