Innovative Approaches to Education: Transforming Learning with Technology

Dr. Violeta A. Neri

Dean, College of Business and Education

JBLCF-Bacolod

Background

In response to the demands of 21st-century learning, the College of Business and Education conducted a seminar-workshop titled "Transforming Education through Technology." This initiative, under the department’s Annual Operational Plan (AOP), aimed to equip faculty with digital tools and teaching innovations to enhance pedagogical effectiveness and student engagement.

Aligned with the institution's commitment to outcome-based education (OBE) and lifelong learning, the seminar fostered digital competence, enhanced teaching methodologies. It supported the integration of technology across customs administration, hospitality, and technical vocational education. The seminar-workshop further supports the Philippine higher education agenda and aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) to improve learning outcomes and promote lifelong learning opportunities. The integration of educational technology reaffirms the College of Business and Education's mission to prepare adaptive, globally competent professionals.

During the session, faculty members explored Mentimeter, Quizizz, and Google Classroom as effective tools to enhance teaching, learning, and student engagement.

Using the Mentimeter

Integrating Mentimeter as a teaching and learning strategy transforms the classroom into an interactive hub, empowering teachers to create engaging, student-centered experiences. By incorporating Mentimeter, educators foster active participation through polls, word clouds, and Q&A sessions, promoting real-time feedback and collaborative learning activities. This enhances digital literacy, encourages critical thinking, and allows students to express ideas confidently, ultimately making lessons more dynamic and inclusive.

Utilizing Quizziz for Assessments

Utilizing Quizizz as a teaching and learning strategy transforms assessments into engaging, gamified experiences. By incorporating Quizizz, educators make learning fun and interactive while reinforcing concepts through self-paced challenges and real-time feedback, fostering a student-centered environment. This approach not only tracks student progress and boosts motivation but also supports differentiated instruction, meeting diverse learning needs and promoting a deeper understanding of the subject matter. As such, Quizizz becomes a valuable tool in both formative and summative assessments, enhancing overall student engagement and performance.

Enhancing Student Engagement through Google Classroom

Implementing Google Classroom as a teaching and learning strategy transforms the educational environment into a digitally organized and collaborative space. This platform equips students with the skills to access materials, submit assignments, receive feedback, and efficiently collaborate, promoting digital literacy and self-directed learning. By streamlining instructional delivery and enhancing communication, Google Classroom allows teachers to create a more accessible, responsive, and personalized learning experience that supports blended or fully online models, ultimately fostering a digitally fluent and engaged student body prepared for the demands of modern education and beyond.

Capacitating Pedagogical Skills through Technology

We aim for training that equips educators with the skills to enhance student engagement and improve learning outcomes in a technology-driven world. Integrating digital tools creates more interactive and personalized learning experiences aligned with 21st-century demands, supporting outcome-based education and fostering innovation. This tech-driven approach envisions a future where online platforms facilitate blended and remote learning, enhancing digital literacy, teacher productivity, and student success while preparing students to thrive in a rapidly evolving, interconnected global environment. This ensures they are adaptable, competent, and ready to excel.

The "Transforming Education through Technology" seminar-workshop has unleashed the potential of the College of Business and Education faculty to deliver more innovative instruction, empowered by the use of technology. Now, educators are better prepared to create dynamic, engaging and digitally literate learning environments utilizing platforms such as Mentimeter, Quizizz, and Google Classroom. Not only does this initiative reaffirm the college's commitment to offering a quality, outcome-based education, but it also champions its graduates as leaders poised to flourish in an ever-evolving global ecosystem driven by digital transformation.