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Lived Experiences of Instructors on Emergency Remote Teaching to Mainstreamed College Students with Visual Impairment in a Higher Education Institution
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ABSTRACT: Due to the pandemic, universities persisted to provide higher education online through emergency remote teaching. The situation became challenging for teachers with students, who have special needs. Thus, using purposive sampling, five instructors in a higher education institution were interviewed to determine their lived experiences as teachers of college students with visual impairment during the implementation of emergency remote teaching. An open-ended interview questions were used to gather data that were analyzed using NVivo version-12. In the interviews, two themes were extracted such as their description of experiences on emergency remote teaching of students with visual impairment and their reflection derived from teaching the students with visual impairment. While teachers recognize the capacity of students with visual impairment to perform academically, they also perceive that teachers can provide support to ensure student learning in an online setting. It is recommended that more interactive and multimedia technologies be utilized for the progress of students with visual impairment as intuitive learners thru online activities. To create a good learning environment, disability awareness, faculty, and staff training, or even allowing more time to work among students with visual impairment need to be conducted.
KEY WORDS: Visual Impairment Students; Student-Teacher Relationship; Distance Learning; Emergency Remote Teaching; Mainstreaming.
About the Authors: Jose M. Ocampo, Jr., Ph.D. is a Professor of Educational Management at the PNU (Philippine Normal University), Manila, Philippines; May Yoong-Soo, M.A. a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education UM (University of Malaya), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Sheila Marie P. Dela-Peña, M.A.Ed. is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences PNU in Manila, Philippines. Corresponding Author: juno_6970@yahoo.com
Suggested Citation: Ocampo, Jr., Jose M., May Yoong-Soo & Sheila Marie P. Dela-Peña. (2026). “Lived Experiences of Instructors on Emergency Remote Teaching to Mainstreamed College Students with Visual Impairment in a Higher Education Institution” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, Volume 18(2), February, pp.101-126. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Suci Foundation and ASPENSI with ISSN 1979-7877 (print) and ISSN 2621-587X (online).
Article Timeline: Accepted (December 25, 2025); Revised (January 25, 2026); and Published (February 15, 2026).
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