TO HELP teachers and students keep up with the demands of distance learning, Telecom giant Globe extended its free data access to the Globe eLibrary and other essential learning platforms of the government until 2022.

Globe offered free access to learning platforms last year to make it easier for its student customers to learn and get resource materials from the Department of Education (https://commons.deped.gov.ph/), the Commission on Higher Education (https://phlconnect.ched.gov.ph/home) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (https://www.e-tesda.gov.ph/) without incurring data charges on their Globe or TM-powered smartphones.

“We endeavor to help enhance opportunities for self-learning by making quality content available to teachers and students. We hope our customers will take advantage of this free service to DepEd, CHED, and TESDA in cooperation with the DICT and NTC for their online learning requirements,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP for Corporate Communications.

DepEd Commons contains online review materials and Open Educational Resources authored by public school teachers who are subject matter experts. Teachers can retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the content by blending it with a learning management system to deliver a distance learning modality.

It also integrates the Globe eLibrary (https://globeelibrary.ph/), an online platform which features eLearning videos and age-appropriate and engaging e-books ranging from storybooks for children and young adults to textbooks on core subjects such as Math, Science, English, Filipino, Music, Arts, among others.

PHL CHED Connect, meanwhile, was developed by CHED and contains higher education course materials in text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and research purposes.

The TESDA Online Program offers free courses such as Computer Systems Servicing National Certificate II, Food Processing NC II, Bread and Pastry NC II, Housekeeping NC II and other courses from sectors such as automotive, agriculture, entrepreneurship, healthcare, among others.

However, Globe reminded the public that while access to the said sites using the Globe/TM network will not entail any data charges, it does not cover the links outside the domains. Thus, all links clicked and visited will still incur standard data charges.