DEAF learning goes high-tech with the launching of the PEN-International Learning Center at the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB).

A project of the Postsecondary

Education Network (PEN) International and DLS-CSB, the education facility is administered by the School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS).

It was designed specifically for the developmental instruction of deaf and hard-of-hearing students of DLS-CSB SDEAS and PEN-International affiliate programs in the Philippines.

Modeled after the similarly-named facility based at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf of the Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID-RIT), the PEN-LC employs the latest in multimedia technologies as tools to address the remedial and developmental needs of deaf and hard of hearing students in the areas of reading & writing, math, general education, and literacy. Its design ensures that students and teachers have easy access to the use of technologies and reading materials for one-on-one or small group consultations and tutoring.

The PEN-LC also serves as a resource center for the enhancement of learner-centered teaching and the development of appropriate learning materials for Deaf students. Critical in these two areas is the learning and teaching of the Filipino Sign Language.

Marking the event was a short program featuring performances by DLS-CSB’s resident deaf artistic group, Silent Steps and audiovisual presentations on the partnership of DLS-CSB and PEN-International