#NotPetiks: 6 Misconceptions of Flexible Learning

When you think about going to school, it’s easy to imagine the traditional classroom environment – a teacher going over a lecture, a chalkboard, desks, pens, and textbooks. While the traditional learning setup is what many people are most familiar with, it can be difficult to picture education carried out any other way.

Perks of an MMDC Working Student

A lot of college students nowadays have found the need to hold down part-time, or even full-time jobs while studying. This can put a massive amount of stress on a person. Imagine waking up at 5:00 AM or earlier on weekdays, getting ready, preparing breakfast, preparing baon, and getting out the door by 6:00 AM to avoid the morning rush hour lines at bus stops and MRT or LRT. Once in the office, it’s breakfast time, then work continuously for ten hours. After all of this, it’s time to brave the rush hour commute home. Once home, it’s all about classes and finishing the day's assignments and classwork. Then it’s time to collapse unceremoniously on the bed and fall into a deep sleep–only to be woken up at 5:00 AM and do it all over again.

Choosing the Right Course and School: A Checklist

“What school is right for me? What course should I take?” These are the most common questions students ask themselves before embarking on their college journey. These choices dictate the path that these students take and where they will eventually find themselves in the decades to come and making these choices are crucial for their futures.

Here, we have compiled a list of things students need to consider before taking that leap and making that decision that will determine where their time, energy and money goes in the foreseeable future.

Thinking of going back to school, but need flexible college options?

Mapúa Malayan Digital College’s fully online educational model makes it possible, even for working professionals, to achieve their college degrees and advance their careers.

Changing the Game for the Next Generation of Women in STEM

Maria Ressa (Nobel Peace Prize winner, Founder & CEO at Rappler), Melanie Perkins (CEO & Co-founder at Canva), Anne Aaron (Director of Encoding Technologies at Netflix) are just some examples of Filipinas who are slaying it at careers in tech and business today. If they can make it in their respective fields, how much more can women go with the right conditions for topnotch education as our lives become inextricably linked with technology, moving inevitably into the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Socialization Matters: How to Make Friends in a Digital School

There is a growing concern about the lack of socialization at fully-digital schools. This is something that may have stopped students from enrolling in a school because of the social aspect of a digital college life. Here, we take a look at the importance of socialization in the era of hybrid schooling and digital classrooms and how prospective students can do it.

Part-time teacher, full-time student: How Mikee Estabillo is stepping up for her dreams

Meet Mikee Caranta Estabillo: A dedicated student and part-time ESL teacher whose unwavering commitment to her dreams is fueled by her loving family and the flexibility of digital-first education at MMDC.

MMDC to offer tuition discount to APEC grade 12 graduates for school year 2023-2024

In order to better prepare students for employment and the real world, educational models have since adapted to new technology and skills, as well as current industry demands, to name a few. To be able to make an impact on a wider demographic, accessibility and affordability are key.

Scholarship opportunities for SHS graduates and working students in MMDC

Education is one of the most important investments one can make in life. Not only will it prepare you for your chosen career path, but it will also help you develop essential skills to thrive in the real world.

Step Up Sa Pangarap: From junior high schooler to independent working college student

Kyla Lauron is proof that your present circumstance will not dictate your future. Her parents separated when she was very young and because her mother needed to work full-time in Metro Manila, Kyla lived with her grandmother in Carcar, Cebu up until she was in junior high school. She says that she did not know her mother as well as she had hoped back then, yet understood why it had to be that way. “Growing up, I can say that my life was good and that I was never deprived of anything. Everything I asked [for] was granted. My mother and I only got together when there were special occasions at home, and then she returned to work,” she shares.

Step Up Sa Pangarap: Leroy’s journey from working student to Choral Conductor

Leroy Rodriguez was set with his plans to enter the seminary and pursue a religious vocation. However, the seminary decided to relocate to Cotabato from Quezon City, and Leroy and his family decided that it would be best to stay in the city instead. Leroy later enrolled in an Associate Degree in Arts under a Liberal Arts program in one of the Philippines’ top universities. He and his mother decided that taking the course online would be more feasible as he had to support himself through school.

Step Up sa Pangarap Virtual Summit day three closes with talks on managing finances and securing a better future by investing in one’s education

On the last day of the Step Up Sa Pangarap Virtual Summit, speakers shared their advice on how one can better manage finances and make education a top investment opportunity that one can take.

Headstart: Empowering working students in PH through flexible digital college | ANC

Headstart: Karen Davila talks to Jenny Chua, Vice President for Marketing and Admissions of the Mapua Malayan Digital College.

ANC 24/7 Announces the Launch of Mapúa Malayan Digital College

Last February 8th 2022, MMDC was featured at ANC 24/7's Market Range with news anchor, Michelle Ong together with MMDC's Chief Learning Officer, Derrick Latreille. Their conversation shed light on how we do digital-learning right by addressing the dilemas of today's Filipino students.

Awesome Planet Features the Story of Mapúa Malayan Digital College

Last February 9th 2022, Our Awesome Planet Host, Anton Diaz, virtually sat down with a few members of the MMDC team to highlight the distinct aspects of Mapúa Malayan Digital College, and to dig deeper into how the school differs from other colleges here in the Philippines.