Learning Episode 15: Field Study

Republic of the Philippines
Commission on Higher Education

Daraga Community College
Daraga, Albay
Course Code: Prof Ed 12
Course Description: Participation and Teaching Assistance
Student: Mercadero, Maryjoy M.
Professor: Mrs. Teresita Dacir
Yr. And block: 4th year BEED Block-V
Time/Day: 1:30am-4:30am (Sat.)
Term: First Semester
FS 2 LEARNING EPISODE 15
UTILIZING WEB-CONFERENCING APPS FOR
FIELD STUDY SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING
PARTICIPATE AND ASSIST

Your guide to participate and assist:
1. Request your FS resource teacher to allow you to join his/her synchronous classes. Have
at least two to three times to observe the classes, and at least two or more times to
participate and assist.
2. Learn how to use the features of the web-conferencing app that your resource teacher
is utilizing. It can be part of learning management system or a separate one, like zoom,
skype, etc. If possible, request the teacher to demonstrate the features of the web
conferencing app.
3. Ask the teacher how you can participate or assist in tasks related to conducting the
synchronous classes.
4. Be sure to read all the questions in this episode before you start your observation and
participation. This will help you focus your attention on the essential aspects of your
experience. Have in mind the Community of Inquiry Model. The descriptors under
teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence found in the infographic will
help you notice, analyze and reflect very well.
Class Grade Level:

Subject:
No. of hours/minutes:
Name of Resource Teacher:
Dates when you observed:
Dates when you participated and assisted:
NOTICE:
After you participated or assisted in synchronous classes using a web-conferencing app,
describe what you observed and experienced by answering the items below.
1. Which web-conferencing app did the teacher use for synchronous classes? Describe its
features and how you or the teacher used these features.
Web-conferencing App Feature Was it utilized? If yes, describe how it was

utilized in class.
Virtual Background
Microphone icon on/off
Camera icon on/off
Screen share
Reaction buttons
Spotlight
View (using different views)
Polling
Recording
Others;
2. How was the content taught or delivered? How were the learning activities
facilitated? What strategies did the teacher or you used to keep the students
engaged? How did the students respond to the teacher? To the activities?
3. What was your experience in participating and assisting in synchronous classes? What
were your thoughts and feelings while you participated and assisted?
ANALYZE
1. What do you think are the best features of a web-conferencing app that you or the
teacher used? How did these features help the teachers and the students?
2. Referring to the Community of Inquiry Infographic, how well did the teacher/or you use
the web-conferencing app to establish: (Describe in detail).
TEACHING PRESENCE?
SOCIAL PRESENCE?
COGNITIVE PRESENCE?
3. What problem or challenges did the teacher/ you or the students encounter during the
synchronous classes? How did it affect the teacher/learners? What part/s of
synchronous classes do you think can still be improved? How can this/these be
improved?
REFLECT
1. How ready are you in teaching an online synchronous class?
2. Using a web-conferencing app, how else would you better establish:
TEACHING PRESENCE?
SOCIAL PRESENCE?
COGNITIVE PRESENCE?
3. What do you still need to learn in order to conduct an online synchronous class using a
web-conferencing app effectively?
WRITE ACTION RESEARCH PROMPTS
This part allows you to synthesize or put together what you noticed, analyzed, and
reflected on to come up with a possible topic for action research.
OBSERVE
1. What problematic situation/challenges/area of improvement did you see while you
participated and assisted using a web-conferencing app for synchronous learning?
List at least three sources that you read about this problem/challenge.
Resource or Reference about the Topic Key points/findings in what I read
 On what theory/principles can this problem be anchored?
REFLECT
 What do I hope to address the problem/challenges/area of improvement in web-
conferencing app use? What change do you want to achieve?
PLAN
 If you will conduct action research, what will be the title (Base this on your answers in
nos. 1-3):
ACT
 What strategies/solution/means can you employ to improve the situation/solve the
problem?
CHECK FOR MASTERY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
WORK ON MY ARTIFACTS
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Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

Course Code: Prof Ed 12

Course Description: Participation and Teaching Assistance

Student: Mercadero, Maryjoy M.

Professor: Mrs. Teresita Dacir

Yr. And block: 4th year BEED Block-V

Time/Day: 1:30am-4:30am (Sat.)

Term: First Semester

PARTICIPATE AND ASSIST

Class Grade Level:

Web-conferencing App Feature Was it utilized? If yes, describe how it was

WRITE ACTION RESEARCH PROMPTS

Resource or Reference about the Topic Key points/findings in what I read

 On what theory/principles can this problem be anchored?

Attach pieces of evidence of what you accomplished in this episode.

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