When it comes to video editing or graphic illustration, Adobe easily comes to mind. Adobe offers Creative Cloud, a collection of applications and software that allow users to create and design multimedia assets. With Adobe Creative Cloud, both students and professionals have access to software used for photography, graphic design, video editing, web development, animation,…
School season has just started, and everyone is pushing for a face-to-face setup but regardless of the current class structure, cloud-based technologies have become increasingly more important in education with the ongoing pandemic creating an alternative demand for a virtual classroom. Now, with the help of the cloud, students across the globe can continue with…
As social media continues to evolve, cyberbullying remains an alarming threat for students and young adults, as they navigate the ever-changing landscape of the internet. In order to help parents and caregivers adjust to the evolving online dynamics, Globe is expanding their MakeITSafePH program; offering educational materials that will better equip them to protect and…
Industry-led advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) has thrown its support behind the JobsNext bill, which aims to promote lifelong learning to enable the workforce to take on jobs of the future. The JobsNext bill, filed by Quezon City Rep. Patrick Michael Vargas, seeks Based on International Labour Organization (2020) estimates, approximately 7.2 million…
International exposure, real-world industry experience, and digital expertise. These are the three key differentiators that the Mapúa University promises to equip its graduates with to ensure that their skills are future-ready, especially in a world that is constantly adapting to new ways of working, fast-paced technological developments and massively disruptive events—thanks to a new partnership…
At present, the Philippines has around 26 million students. But the number of stakeholders—the people also involved in these students’ education—goes far beyond that. Family life and child development specialist Teacher Tina Zamora pegs the number of education stakeholders to a whopping 90 million, out of the country’s population of 115 million. Zamora said in…
Early learning “schools” are now portable in parts of northern and central Luzon. PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc., with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have “put” schools in a bag. Through RTI International, an independent, non-profit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition, PLDT and Smart, and their…
Here’s an idea: . To invest means to devote yourself to growing a certain aspect of your life. Understandably, your mind can immediately snap to money, but there are plenty of things to invest in—not with your coin, but with your energy. Take the time to sharpen your skills or to learn new ones. Invest…
The absence of large foreign institutional funds in the local bourse has opened up attractive opportunities for domestic-based retail investors looking for value. At present, many are taking advantage of and benefitting from this gap in the Philippine stock market. If given a chance to invest in shares of stock that are aligned with your…
Electronic- or e-retail is the dominant trend in commerce, and a similar transformation is seen in education, with e-learning or remote or distance learning shaping the Philippine education landscape. The disruption caused by the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which leaves parts of the country under lockdown or quarantine or its many variations, is hastening the evolution…