Transitional Experiences of BSN Students to Online Learning : A Transcendental Phenomenology /.
Christine Hazel Yvonne P. Dargo, Charmine Marie D. Perlado, Isabella Louise M. Samson, Sophia Pauline R. Ayos, and Ericka Jean T. Jocson .
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ABSTRACT The threat brought by the COVID-19 had 0bligated the educational sector to change from traditional learning to online learning which provides safety to the learning community while facing the health crisis (Mishra 2020). Therefore,the commission on higher Education (CHED) declared general guidelines regarding the implementation of flexible learning which is the CMO No.4 Series of 2020 that indicated the implementation of flexible learning to be adopted beginning the academic year 2020-2021.Hence, this study was conceptualized to explore the nursing student' experiences with the transition to online learning. The researchers utilized transcendental phenomenology as the research design and were conducted in a selected nursing school in Cavite that is currently using online learning. Data were gathered through virtual interviews and were transcribed and analyzed using Moustakas transcendental phenomenology framework. five themes emerged from a thorough examination of the interview corpus; Understanding Online Learning as the New Trend in Education, Difficult Chapters of Online Learning,Coping and Adjusting to Synchronous Class, Seeking for Equity, and Accessibility to Technology, Desire for a Need of Physical Classes. The participant's transition to online learning has been found that most of them already recognized that online learning is incredibly challenges the participants to express trouble adapting to online learning.Despite the challenges the participants shared that their transition experience in online learning was helpful, they managed to accept change and learned to cope and adjust to synchronous classes. The findings of this study can be of help to proposed peer-to-peer counseling that will serve as a help for other students to cope with the transition. Moreover, the study can contribute to building research literature in nursing online education.