Advanced Science and Technology Institute(ASTI)

March 15, 2023 Dear Rannie Salvador, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2023 03:21:33 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for DOST ASTI Digital Learning. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Shown below is the reply from our REIINN team which was also sent to your provided email address last 27 Feb 2023: Thank you for your interest in DOST-ASTI's Digital Learning Initiatives. Our current project is entitled 'Resilient Education Information Infrastructure for the New Normal (REIINN)'. You may find more information about REIINN in our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectREIINN For your specific questions, please refer to the answers stated below: Q: Are there remote monitoring? A: The extent of remote monitoring that we plan to do is limited to monitoring network activity and usage statistics in compliance with the Data Privacy Law. Q: How is the maintenance? A: We will be training local DOST personnel, LGU/Barangay personnel , School Teachers and staff, as well as members of the community for basic troubleshooting. We have MOUs with the host LGU shouldering the recurring maintenance costs, in the event that the school cannot shoulder the expenses. Q: What regions/ how many schools/ students have reached? A: We do not have that information at the moment, as we are still in a limited pilot implementation phase. We are hoping to target up to six host communities/schools spread across the regions. Q: What are the effects of using these technologies in the students learning capacities? A: We do not have that information at the moment, as we are still in a limited pilot implementation phase. In addition, we are limited to the technical implementation of the project. We believe that researchers with an education background may conduct an educational impact study which we will be open to collaborate with. --- Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Dr. Renato U. Solidum Jr., Secretary, DOST, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). We would like to hear from you to continuously improve our services, kindly accomplish our FOI Customer Satisfaction Survey Form at https://forms.office.com/r/1pMQ8QBvdx. Thank you. Respectfully, ANHA DOST-ASTI FOI Receiving Officer On behalf of: FDL Director, DOST-ASTI and FOI Decision Maker