Cisco Philippines yesterday unveiled the country’s first digital classroom, through collaboration with Mapúa University.
This first digital classroom will open for official use starting this academic year starting August for course lectures, extra-curricular activities, and inter-campus planning sessions and meetings across Mapua University campuses in Intramuros, Makati, Laguna, and Davao.
Dr. Dodjie Maestrecampo, Mapúa University president and chief executive officer, said the adoption of this latest technology support the Mapúa’s Tri-X (triple experience) teaching and learning framework, which provides student an option to choose their mode of participation in class, whether face to face, synchronous, or asynchronous learning.
“The future of education is here, and our learning modalities at Mapúa are breaking barriers by creating limitless opportunities for personalized, accessible learning. We are excited for this next chapter of our partnership with Cisco to enable students to achieve better learning outcomes with greater flexibility and personalized learning with our digital classrooms,” Maestrecampo said during the event.
Created in collaboration with Cisco as part of its Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program in the Philippines, UGNAYAN 2030, the country’s first digital classrooms support Mapúa’s Tri-X (triple experience) teaching and learning framework.
“This is a big step towards our vision to foster sustainable socio-economic growth through innovation, digital transformation, and lifelong education,” said Maestrecampo.
Meanwhile, Zaza Soriano-Nicart, Cisco Philippines managing director said the company intends to expand the rollout of the digital classroom in other schools in the country.
” We are doing it (digital classroom) with Mapua now, but it is not limited to Maput , our objective here is to expand and bring learning to the students…” Soriano-Nicart said .
A strategic partnership with government leadership, industry, and academia to accelerate countries’ national digital agendas, the CDA program in the Philippines, UGNAYAN 2030, aims to build greater digital resilience for the Philippines by addressing the gaps it is facing under the key pillars of connectivity, collaboration, and cybersecurity.
“ By helping the university leverage AI and inclusive collaboration tools in the classroom, we are closing the learning divide, enhancing student access, and ensuring quality education for every student nationwide so that no one gets left behind,” said Soriano-Nicart.
With support from ICT solutions integrator Microdata, Cisco’s purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI)-powered collaborationtools and smart cameras will help to create inclusive, engaging,and secure learning experiences for hybrid learning.
The university now boasts five digital classrooms; three are located at the Intramuros Campus, delivering courses on Engineering, Architecture, Liberal Arts, and Athletics, and two at the Makati Campus, providing courses on Information Technology, Media Studies, Business, Health Sciences, and Nursing.
