DepEd promotes learning at home with online self-learning modules

With the coronavirus pandemic still upon us, many have resorted to educating their children at home with the available resources online.

Because of this, the Department of Education (DepEd) has released a Learning Management System (LMS) that can be used by teachers and parents alike who'd like to adapt to the new norm that is online classes.

The DepEd Learning Management System gives teachers access to create a “virtual class” where they can assign various activities and lessons to each learner.

Teachers can also monitor their student's comprehension in the system once all the assigned activities and grade submissions have been completed.

The LMS will work hand-in-hand with the DepEd Commons which happens to hold Open Educational Resources (OERs), Electronic Self-Learning Modules (e-SLMs), and other multimedia lectures episodes that can be used by teachers to assign and schedule each activity that a learner must go through in the LMS.

Just imagine having access to over 5,000 media galleries and thousands of modules for elementary and high school students, and select collegiate courses at the tip of your fingers without compromising on quality education.

According to DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis-Briones, “We in DepEd have what we call the DepEd Commons.

“Right now we have about 8 million subscribers wherein lessons, homework, quizzes are all in the DepEd commons and are even accessible to the parents.

“So we have instances of parents who are abroad and are monitoring their children can also go through the system and check how their children are performing.”

Both the DepEd Commons and DepEd LMS are accessible in various platforms such as smartphones, desktop computers, laptops, and tablets.

To access the learning materials, teachers, learners, and parents must register through the following websites:

DepEd Commons: commons.deped.gov.ph

DepEd LMS: https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/