Distance Education at University of Batangas

University of Batangas Distance Education

• Aims to equip students with global competence and flexibility in learning.

Vision &  Mission

• The vision is to be a premier private institution, committed to providing learner-centered university experience through flexible distance learning education.
• The mission is to provide a learning environment responsive to student needs through flexible distance learning education, accessible to all, and formed with solid competence to meet the dynamic demands of society.

Objectives

• Provide equal opportunities for alternative access to quality higher education by offering baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate degree programs through flexible distance learning education.
• Develop a system of uninterrupted education for professional growth, knowledge-based and technical skills, especially for learners who are geographically challenged and those who cannot leave their jobs or homes for full-time studies.
• Collaborate with other colleges and universities through partnership and capacity-building activities, research and linkages.
• Uphold the university's core values, institutional objectives, and contribute to the academic success of the university by innovating and utilizing necessary instructional materials and technology.
• Produce employable lifelong learners.

DEAL Package

• Distance Education Academic Learning (DEAL) Package is a learning package exclusively provided by the University of Batangas Distance Education (UBDE) to its learners.
• It is composed of reading material: the UBDE Independent Learning Material (ILM), audio-visual material, and its podcast version.
• These three components are all aligned with one another.

DEED Framework

• Distance Education Enrichment Dialogue (DEED) provides opportunities for learners to meet their professor/lecturer through video conferencing to receive updates and feedback with regard to their class performance.

Civilization

• The implication of civilization is that man thinks in a spatio-temporal dimension.
• Human beings will always look for the cause and effect in all their actions.
• Goodness and beauty are always connected with their daily activities.
• Goodness becomes causal and material.

The Need to Redefine Ethics

• The development of science and technology changed the concept of goodness.
• Previously, the concept of goodness was related to the norm of morality.
• With technological advancements, the concept of goodness became related to physical pleasures.
• Plato considered Ethics as the Supreme Philosophy, the science par excellence.
• Ethics is the only discipline that deals with the attainment of the ultimate goal of a human person – happiness.
• Confucius, Plato, and Aristotle held that philosophers must be the rulers of all people.

Ethics Definition

• Ethics comes from the Greek word ethos (/ˈiːθɒs/ or US: /ˈiːθoʊs/) which means customs or “character.”
• It is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that make up a community, nation, or ideology.
• Historically, the Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence emotions, behaviors, and even morals.
• Ethics, as a discipline, is a branch of philosophy that studies ideal human behavior and ideal ways of living.
• It is a subfield of philosophy concerned with systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior.

Ethical Importance

• To be ethical is necessary to obtain freedom and prepare for an immortal life with God.
• It is necessary for a human person to determine the right thing to do because this will determine what kind of person he will be.
• Determining what one wants to do can be contradictory to what is the right thing to do, and the right thing to do may not be the practical thing to do.
• There is a need to have a guide to moral action so that it will become easier for him to decide in certain situations.

Divisions of Ethics

• General ethics refers to all the diverse ethical formulations of general and universal concepts and principles that serve as the foundation of morality.
• It attempts to identify the moral norms that will determine which actions are to be considered good and evil.
• Non-normative ethics deals with a factual investigation of the social patterns of a society as compared to those of other societies.
• Normative ethics attempts to disclose the underlying moral norm by which people act, judge, and decide on certain ethical matters.
• Applied ethics focuses on particular situations in life where the principles of general ethics can be applied.
• It does not only apply the general moral concepts and principles but also specifies the particular situation in life in which they are valid and legitimate.
• From this applied ethics comes the other subdivisions like professional ethics, which deals with the rules by which people would behave and act so that they can properly live their professional lives.

Cultural Relativism

• The view that ethical systems and cultural beliefs vary from one culture to another.
• It also upheld the idea that said ethical systems are all equal in validity and of relevance.
• It comes from the idea that moral standards are the product of society.
• This philosophical principle was started by the Greek philosopher Protagoras of Abdera (490-420BCE).

Protagoras Claims

• That man is the measure of all things.
• That he could make the worse argument appear better or the weaker appear to be stronger.
• That one could not tell if gods existed or not.

Filipino Morality

• The opposite of relativism is Ethnocentrism.
• It is a belief that there is one correct culture.
• The common ground between the ethical/cultural relativism and ethnocentrism is the shared values, i.e., the values common to one another.

Filipino Character: Strengths

• High regard for others, better known as pakikipagkapwa-tao.
• Strong sense of family orientation.
• Different sense and perception of joy and humor.
• Flexible, adaptable, and creative.
• Hard work and industrious.
• Very religious.

Filipino Character: Weaknesses

• Extreme Personalism: Filipinos tend to take things personally.
• Extreme Family-Centeredness: Excessive concern for the family creates an in-group to which the Filipino is fiercely loyal, to the detriment of concern for the larger community or the common good.

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