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St. Paul University
Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
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April-June 1997NEWS
- 80 school execs attend conference on multimedia education, glocalization
- SIDEBAR: A visit for a cause
- Multimedia classrooms mulled
- CIT holds baratillo at Cataggaman Pardo
- CIT fresmen welcomed
- BSECE is Quiz Bee champ anew
- Debate on multimedia education held
- MSIT studes develop computerized info system for gasoline station
Some eighty administrators in education from eighteen countries in the Asia-Pacific region attended a conference on globalization and multimedia conducted by the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) and the Bunkyu University in Tokyo, Japan on April 10-12, 1997.
Sr Mary Urban Mago, SPC, Dean of the College of Information and Technology, was among the 24 representatives coming from different colleges and universities of the Philippines.
The three-day conference covered the current priority issues on multimedia education and distance learning, virtual campus technology, globalization and networking, environment management and education, morals, ethics and values education.
The said conference was aimed at providing a forum for administrators of universities, education officials, and officials of international organizations to get involved in the discussion of an action program geared to promote intra-regional multimedia-related activity including: database formation, networking, distant learning and development of software application.
Speakers in the conference were secretaries, heads and presidents of different international organizations, colleges, universities and companies worldwide.
Former education minister Lourdes Quisumbing, UNESCO-Philippines Secretary General, one of the most applauded speakers, talked on the "Role of Values Education in the Age of Globalism and Information Technology." (see excerpts)
The conference was concluded with the following agreements among the participating universities and institutions: to share information through the Internet; to construct their own web pages; to use English as a medium of exchange as it is the language of the Internet.
With these agreements, it was stressed in the conference that network for distance and multimedia education among the universities is very much possible, which is of vital importance to improve the quality of the standard curricula, teaching methods and joint research tools.
Sister Mary Urban Mago, spc, who recently attended the Association of Universities in the Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) Conference on Globalization and Multimedia in Tokyo, Japan, "hit two birds with one stone."
After the three-day conference, she ventured into going around Japan, visiting colleges and universities offering IT-related courses.
Looking into the laboratories of some Japanese IT schools and industries, she observed that almost everything can be done by pressing or pushing switches and buttons, the offices fully automated.
She was also able to observe how classes were conducted from different levels, kindergarten to graduate school. Among the schools she visited were Bunkyu University, which co-sponsored the AUAP conference, Sophia University, Shirayuri University, Shirayurigakuen Junior and Senior High School, Grade school and kindergarten, National University of Tokyo, United Nations University and Mushashi Institute of Technology.
Her trip also brought her to see and enjoy some of Japan's cultural and tourist spots like the Imperial Garden and Imperial House, Fugakawa Edo Museum, Oldest Shrine of Tokyo, Tokyo Disneyland, parks, fountains, fishponds and mini forests, water cruise, the Big Site (the biggest conference center in Japan) and the Ice World.
With the visit to big IT industries, the CIT Dean was able to establish linkages to further improve the quality of IT courses in the University.
Classrooms in the SPU, from pre-school to collegiate and graduate departments, will be equipped with multimedia computers and other audio/video components to provide SPU mentors tools for more effective implementation and use of information technology (IT) in education.
The project aims to upgrade the academic program of the University and enhance the skills of teachers through integration of IT and the School Academic and Training Program.
The multimedia package to be installed comprises one 586-133 Mhz computer unit with 16 megabytes of RAM, 1.2 gigabyte hard disk, CD-ROM drive, audio card and amplified speakers, VGA-TV converter card and a SVGA color monitor. It has also a VHS recorder and player and a 25 inches color television. All these components are housed in a special movable cabinet.
Ten classrooms in the Pre-school and Grade School Department will be provided with multimedia packages. The High School Department will have ten classrooms, College and Graduate School Departments, 11 classrooms.
As a preparation for the multimedia education program of the University, seminars on computer-aided instruction/examination and multimedia were conducted last summer. It was initiated by the College of Information Technology on March 17-19 through a faculty workshop on the development of curricular instructional guides (CIGs) based on computer-aided instruction/examination and multimedia resource. On April 7-19, faculty members from different departments attended the Courseware Scripting and Authoring Workshop conducted by Dr. Anselmo Cabigan. On May 27-31, SPU faculty members attended a courseware seminar also conducted by Dr. Cabigan. All said seminar-workshops were held at the Computer-Aided Instruction-Multimedia Room of the University which houses multimedia computers.
The College of Information Technology held a baratillo sale at the College's adopted barangay: Cataggaman Pardo, Tuguegarao, Cagayan, on June 21.
The sale was able to generate an amount of P4,000 from the instant noodles, sardines and corned beef sold at discounted prices to the Cataggaman Pardo folks. The said grocery items were donated by the CIT students as a consequence of late enrolment, being absent in class, and non-attendance on CIT activities. The amount was turned over to the SPU Community Development Center as an additional fund for its livelihood projects.
Some 175 families were benefited in the baratillo and they requested there shall be a monthly activity held. As a response, a musical concert will be held in July 1997 featuring the JPCS String.
The College of Information Technology held on June 7 a Friendship Day and Talent Show to foster camaraderie and brotherhood between and among the freshmen and the sophomores, juniors and seniors.
At the start of the program, Sister Mary Urban Mago, spc, CIT Dean, introduced the faculty and staff members and the student officers of the College.
Each class section from the second to fourth year levels presented welcome song and dance numbers. The freshmen also presented a response number.
The activity was highlighted with parlor games participated in by all the students.
Sister Marie Celine Santos, spc, SPU Vice President for Administrative Services, also attended the program and gave a message welcoming the freshmen to the University and to the College.
The activity ended with the "sealing of friendship" symbolized by the giving of forms of token by the elder students to the "babes" of the department.
Richard Escuro, Wimble Lim, Roberto Salas Jr., Davey Tumbali, and Ma. Celia Fernandez, all BSECE 4th year students bagged the championship crown at the annual General Information Quiz Bee held June 25 at the SPU Gymnasium.
It was a grandslam for the BSECE team who kept the championship title for four years now.
The second place was grabbed by the BSIT-3A team of Roland Cuntapay, Edith Anog, Cherry Cabutaje, Ebjane Bungcayao and Florina Balisi.
Mary Ann Taquiqui, Tonison Talaue, Janet Pascua, Sheryll Baltazar and Stallen Clemence Puyok of the BSCoE-3 team placed third.
Fourth placer was BSIT-3B represented by Eleanor Escobar, Reygielyn Eslava, Catherine Miñon, Maxima Ferrer and Mark Narag.
BSCoE-1A garnered 5th place through efforts of Julius Escuro, Christy Constantino, Mary Joyce Malana, Adrian Adriatico and Deejhay Ventura.
The activity was facilitated by CIT instructors Mrs. Marivic Iquin, Mr. Nathaniel Gumangan, and Mr. Billy Siddayao. Masters of ceremony were Generosa Soriano, BSIT-2D and Jackielou Liban, BSCoE-2A. (Ma. Celia Fernandez)
A debate on whether multimedia education produces quality, effective and efficient graduates was held May 5 at the SPU Gym.
Emerged winner was the affirmative side composed by Mary Ann Taquiqui, BSCoE-3 and Meltiades Gayagoy, BSECE-3.
The negative side was composed by Edison Tagal, BSECE-3 and Mark Anthony Portabes, BSCIS-4.
The adjudicators were Mrs. Corazon Jurado, chief; Mrs. Gatelyn Concepcion, Ms. Susan Flores, Mr. Billy Siddayao, Mr. Jay Palattao, and Mr. Sergio Imperio, members.
A group of Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) students of the University recently developed and implemented a computer-based information system, dubbed as "Gattaran Petron Station Information System." The system, an output of the students in their database management subject under CIT instructor Edwin Guillermo, was implemented at a Petron gasoline station in Gattaran, Cagayan owned and managed by Mr. Noel A. Agatep.
The system is a simple accounting-oriented software designed for use by any gasoline station, be it Petron, Shell or Caltex. It particularly manages the product lines of the business such as fuels, lubricants and car-related accessories and is focused on the database management of the gasoline station's accounts relative to the product lines. Such accounts are purchases, sales, inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable, expenses and collections.
Reports that can be generated by the system are: customer's ledger, supplier's ledger, sales and summary reconciliation, sales (cash or on account), purchases (cash or on account), withdrawals made by the customers, deposits made by the customers, collections from accounts, accounts payable summary, accounts receivable summary, and critical level report of product lines. These reports can be generated on daily, monthly, semi-monthly, quarterly and yearly bases or in any combination of date to form a period.
The creation of the said information system is geared towards teaching the MSIT students the actual development process of a business-oriented software and the exercise of knowledge transfer and to develop peer or work-group computing techniques.
The students involved in the actual analysis and design and programming of the system were Jewel H. Udarbe, Computer Programmer II of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR); Emerito A. Lañojan, a computer instructor of the Superior Institute of Science and Technology; Editha R. Babaran, an Engineer II of the Department of Public Works and Highways; Stephen M. Mangupag, an Agrarian Reform Program Technologist of DAR; and Margarette Verone M. Meman, Assistant Claim Processor II of the Philippine Crop Insurance Company.
The Role of Values Education in the Age of Globalism
Learning how to value, how to appreciate and to love, to choose what is right and just, what is true and good, is imperative in today's world of rapidly advancing technology and fast deteriorating morality and spritual stagnancy.
Indeed, we face the modern dilemma of scientific breakthroughs and dramatic technological revolutions on one hand, and the daily occurence of human misery and tragedy on the other. Our communication superhighways bring us closer to the reality of conflict and violence, bloodshed, cruelty and crime, injustice, ethnocentrism and religious extremism resulting in terrorism and genocide. Our progressive and materialistic civilization has not been able to overcome the persistent problems of inequality, poverty, ignorance, disease, the enslavement of the human person, body and spirit through all forms of addiction, the destruction of our environment, the depletion of non-renewable resources, the breakdown of our moral and spiritual values.
It can be said that the true progress of humankind is in crisis amidst our materialistic and mechanistic Capitalism, that has forgotten the human soul. The worship of knowledge over wisdom, greed over justice and compassion, the satisfaction of the wants of a few at the expense of the needs of the most, unbridled competition over cooperation—is bringing our technologically-advanced world to the precarious condition it is in today—the brink of the destruction of the human spirit.
The victory of technological civilization has instilled a spiritual insecurity in us. Its gifts enrich, but enslave as well. All is finally reduced to self-interest, a struggle for material things; but an inner voice tells us that we have lost something noble and pure, elevated and fragile. We have ceased to see the real purpose of our lives. Spiritual and moral development has become stagnant; moral and ethical values have been eroded.
Higher education faces tremendous and increasingly more complex problems and challenges as we prepare our students to become professionals and the leaders of the future. Today, we have to deal with the problem of equity, democratization of access, to serve the higher demands of more and more who wish to pursue college or university education, to make higher education or specialized training available to all, including culturally-diverse populations, and the economically or physically disadvantaged. We have to be concerned with the need for quality and competence to meet the rising levels of expectations and requirements of a changing job landscape. We have to be relevant, functional, flexible and creative to enable our graduates to survive and develop in a rapidly-changing environment. We have to provide opportunities towards lifelong education for all.
Our first priority is to help our students to become fully human persons, with minds that can think clearly and critically, with hearts that can love and care deeply, and with will that can decide to act freely and responsibly. This means we have to enable our studnets how to value, to choose among alternatives, and to translate knowledge and skills into practice. Values development embraces more than formal subjects of Religion and Ethics. It enables the student not only to know and understand norms and rules of conduct, but to accept and treasure them as guides to decisions and life-choices. It does not prescribe or dictate, but leads the learner to discover and to commit oneself to chosen ideals and values. It teaches one how to prioritize, to reflect on the consistency between one's values and behavior, to evaluate, to reinforce or to modify.
Since Values Education requires different approaches and strategies, its methodology varies from that of content subjects or skills training. Hence, values educators have to be trained or re-trained, administrators re-oriented, curriculum materials developed, research carried out. Universally recognized and shaped values have to be situated in the socio-cultural milieu of the learner and adapted to the person's needs and experiences.
The saying that values are caught rather than taught is a truism. We all know too well that personal example, not precepts, is the best teacher and that the values educator to be effective has to be a role model, for one teaches more by how one lives than by what one says.
Values for Globalism and the Information Revolution
Our universities today are in a hurry to adapt the curriculum to the trends and goals of their respective national economies/democracies towards Globalism, to produce graduates who have competetive advantage in knowledge and skills required in the global market, who are functional in the global arena. There has been great progress on the universalization of human rights and democracy, on the liberalization of trade and commerce, but there is also a widening gap between the ideal as enshrined in international documents and agreements, and the practices of the real world.
In too many places, we see cruelty and inhumanity inconceivable in this modern enlightened age, and the outlook to reverse the trend is not too promising. The rights of future generations are at stake. The way we live today does not guarantee their survival and development. Even in developed countries, there is widespread discontent. Globalism gradually leads to a superculture, a monoculture imposed by the powerful and the rich, threatening the existence of diverse cultures and depriving us of the wealth of our cultural diversity, of the the contributions of nations less materially developed but possessed of valuable spiritual and cultural heritage the world can learn from—unless we learn and teach the values of tolerance and mutual respect, of acceptance and appreciation of "the other," of openmidedness, of harmony and peace.
Educators should be able to identify the main tensions central to the problems of the future which pose great risks and grave threats to the freedom of the human person and of society. Jacques Delors in his Commission's Report to UNESCO on Education for the 21st Century writes about the tensions between:
IT Achievers, School Year 1997-1998
1. Russelle Capili, BSIT-2
JPCS Officers, SY 1997-1998
President: Babileo Te, BSIT-3C
President: Raul Beltran, BSIT-4A
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(Excerpts from a paper delivered by Dr. Lourdes R. Quisumbing at the AUAP Conference of Higher Education, 10-12 April 1997, Tokyo, Japan)
Today, people are beginning to view globalism as a trend in the relationships of nations and their citizens with one another towards interdependence and solidarity. They envision a global village made possible by the increasing exchange of information, current events, views and opinions, free trade, common enterprises, agreements, treaties, and networks through the information and communication superhighways that criss-cross the globe.
OTHERS
2. Sharon Escaño, BSIT-2
3. Nomilyn Simon, BSIT-4
4. Zenaida Bragado, BSIT-4
CIT Student Officers, School Year 1997-1998
Vice President: Natividad de la Cruz, BSIT-4B
Secretary: Zenaida Taguinod, BSIT-3C
Treasurer: Nomilyn Simon, BSIT-4C
PRO: Zenaida Bragado, BSIT-4A
Representatives: Generino Siddayao, BSIT-1B; Ashley Collado, BSIT-2A;
Eleanor Escobar, BSIT-3A; Rhaniel Bingcang, BSIT-4A;
Richard Romero, BSCoE-1B; Richard Escuro, BSECE-4
Advisers: Mrs. Marilis Cruz and Miss Lucresia Daliuag
JPCS Twisters
Vice President: Glorina Castro, BSIT-4A
Secretary: Ronette Rabanal, BSIT-2
Treasurer: Vladimir Barizo, BSECE-2
Choreographers: Roxanne Pagulayan, BSECE-1; Rommel Aggabao, BSIT-4A;
Domilyn Baui, BSIT-2B; Romel Villa, BSIT-1A
Representatives: Mitchie Narte, BSCoE-1B; Leila Dee Banan, BSIT-2A;
Shery Anne Molino, BSIT-3C; Barbara de Leon, BSIT-4B
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