The task of the next president is to ensure that UP remains true to its ideals. The essence of UP is not merely to transmit knowledge, but to serve the nation; and this sense of mission should pervade all fronts of the University's functions - from educating its students, to caring for its personnel, to defining its role on nation-building.Read more: UP Law Dean to succeed PAEP as President
Professor Fortunato T. de la Peña, Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is the Guest Speaker in the Closing Ceremonies of the Continuing Education Program (CEP) of the University of the Philippines Open University's Faculty of Management and Development Studies (UPOU-FMDS). The event will be held on 03 December 2016 at the Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL) Auditorium, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna.The Closing Program features the awarding of certificates of completion/recognition for the CEP's 30th Batch of Personal Entrepreneurial Development (PED) and New Enterprise Planning (NEP), 22nd Batch of Caring for the Child with Special [...]
Dr. Primo Garcia, Dean of UPOU's Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), was one of the keynote speakers at the "International Seminar for Research Month 2016: Innovation, Development, and Utilization of Research Community Services" held at Ibis Hotel in Surabaya, Indonesia on 15 November 2016. In his presentation titled "Research, Instruction and Public Service in an Open Learning System: An Exploration into the Innovation Nexus at UP Open University," Prof. Garcia discussed the different modes of connections between instruction, research, and public service in an open and distance e-learning (ODeL) institution and the implications of which on managing research [...]
The UP Open University (UPOU) hosted the Research Meeting of the OU5, a research group of five open universities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Region, on 29 October 2016 at the Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City. Part of the UPOU's efforts for internationalization is to collaborate with different institutions for international initiatives. One of these is its membership in the OU5 whose aim is to conduct collaborative research and consultancy in areas of mutual interests, share data for the purpose of comparative studies, and encourage the exchange of academic staff in research areas of mutual benefits. [...]
The Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) launched the “Asian MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)” during the the recently concluded 30th AAOU Annual Conference held on 26-29 October 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria, Manila, Philippines.Dr. Kam Cheong Li, Secretary-General of the AAOU and member of the Asian MOOCs Steering Committee, explained that Asian MOOCs is an initiative of the AAOU to promote open education and use open educational resources in Asia. It is an online portal which serves as a hub integrating MOOC offerings of AAOU-member institutions. This portal allows the institutions to promote their courses. and reach [...]
At the 30th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU2016) in Manila, Philippines, two concurrent pre-conference seminars marked Day 1 of the event. Three education experts were invited to discuss about learning analytics and open publishing for academics. This was held at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria on 26 October 2016.Pre-Conference 1 was about Learning Analytics (LA) sponsored by the Digital Learning for Development (DL4D) Network with two of their Expert Group in Learning Analytics (EGLA) as speakers. Dr. Qiong Wang is a Professor of Educational Technology and the Director of the X-Learning Center at Peking University. [...]
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) hosted the 30th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) on 26-29 October 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria with the theme "Open Education in Asia: Changing Perspectives". The four-day event was attended by 559 participants from 96 institutions in the Philippines and 24 countries from around Asia and the world. The conference opened on 26 October featuring messages from UP President Alfredo Pascual represented by Vice President for Academic Affairs Gisela Concepcion, AAOU President Yuk-Shan Wong and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) – Office of Programs and [...]
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be offering three Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as follows: Understanding Philippine Art and Culture: This MOOC talks about the relationship of arts and culture. Critical Approaches to Philippine Art and Culture: This MOOC discusses Philippine art in a cultural critical perspective through grounding research, teaching, and learning approach in a multidisciplinary platform and making use of interpretive areas of History, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Media Studies and Art Studies in making sense and meaning of art, artworks, artifacts, and artists as situated in public and private spaces. Philippine Art as Cultural [...]
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be offering three Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as follows: Kahulugan, Kasaysayan, at Pag-Unlad ng Wikang Filipino: This MOOC discusses the history and development of the Filipino language and its significant role in the Philippine society. Wikang Filipino sa Pananaliksik at Diskurso: This MOOC explains the various situations, methods, and importance of using the Filipino language in research and academic discourse. Wika, Kultura, at Lipunang Filipino sa mga Usaping Lokal at Global: This MOOC examines the current state of the Filipino language amidst challenges and cultural and societal issues in local [...]
In the UPOU Research Conversation on 7 October 2016, Dr. Ricardo Bagarinao, University Scientist I and University Registrar of the UP Open University, discussed “GIS as a Planning and Decision-making Tool: Applying in ODeL Environment. ” The activity was held at the Sandbox, CCDL Building of UP Open University in Los Baños, Laguna, and is organized by the UPOU Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA).Dr. Bagarinao’s presentation focused on spatial analysis, the role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in spatial analysis, and using GIS as a research and decision-making tool. He cited esri.com’s definition of spatial analysis as [...]
