Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso, UP Professor Emeritus and Former Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be the Plenary Speaker in the first Plenary Session of the 6th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2019). She will discuss about Equity Dimensions in Quality Assurance Frameworks. Dr. Alfonso earned her PhD in Communication, MA in the Humanities (Art History) and Bachelor of Fine Arts all from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She witnessed the evolution of distance learning in the Philippines from the birth of UPOU in 1995 when she was then the Dean [...]

The University of the Philippine Open University (UPOU) conducted its 23rd Commencement Exercises on 12 October 2019 at its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. This year’s event carried the theme “Excellence in Equity, Equity in Excellence.” A total of 427 degrees were conferred to students who successfully finished the requirements for Academic Year 2018-2019. Of the graduates, 81 completed undergraduate degrees, 20 completed graduate certificate degrees, 200 completed diploma degrees, 108 completed master’s degrees, and 18 completed doctoral degrees. BGen. Eliseo M. Rio, Jr. (Ret.), Undersecretary for Operations of the [...]

Dr. Narayanan Kulathu Ramaiyer, a professor in computer science from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), will be one of the key speakers at the National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2019). NCODeL 2019 will be held on 26-28 November 2019 at Holiday Inn, Baguio City, Philippines. Dr. Ramaiyer has served 24 years of his almost three decades in academia as one of the pioneer staff of Faculty of Computer Science and IT in UNIMAS. He is currently the Director of the Institute of Social Informatics and Technological Innovations (ISITI) and Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Computer [...]

Dr. Zahid Majeed, an assistant professor for special education of the Allama Iqbal Open University Pakistan, will be one of the plenary speakers during the 6th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2019), which will be held on 26-28 November 2019 at Holiday Inn, Baguio City, Philippines. Dr. Majeed received a master’s degree in Special Education and Inclusive Education from the University of Roehampton and his PhD degree in Special Education and Metacognition from the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in Islamabad, Pakistan. Currently, he is an assistant professor for the Department of Special Education and Director for [...]

Director of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Field Office - UP,  Mr. Hans R. Alcantara, conducted an orientation which tackled the provisions and implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of RA 11032 or Ease of Doing Business Act on 4 October 2019 at the Audiovisual Room, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna.  About 40 UPOU administrators, faculty and staff members were present during the orientation. This activity was slated at providing new and existing knowledge about avoiding red tapes in government offices and ways to reduce complaints by clients with regards to delayed transactions.  RA 11032, also known as the Ease of [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be holding its 23rd Commencement Exercises on 12 October 2019 at its Headquarters in Los Banos, Laguna. It will carry the theme “Excellence in Equity, Equity in Excellence.” UPOU will be conferring four hundred twenty-seven degrees to 81 undergraduate students and 346 graduate students. These are students who successfully completed the requirements for their degree programs for Academic Year 2018-2019 covering 1st, 2nd Semester, and Midyear terms, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Trimesters. Of the undergraduate students, one will be graduating as a Magna cum laude while five will graduate as [...]