Academic Silver Linings in a Philippine State University Amid the Early Stages of Pandemic Cases

Abstract

The primary role of the academe is knowledge building, however, due to the prevailing digital divide, some institutions of higher learning were not able to offer even Emergency Online Teaching (EOT) for continuous formal education during the early stages of the pandemic. This article highlights diversified ways that a state university from a developing country (Philippines) responded to the crisis to offer assistance towards the social development of the stakeholders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• higher education
• crisis response strategy
• emergency response
• Philippines
• social media