Assistant Professor Mark Pere Madrona, a faculty member from the University of the Philippines Open University Faculty of Education (UPOU FED), served as one of the featured speakers of the Youth Empowerment Seminar for the West Philippine Sea 2023 (#YesWPS) organized by the Philippine Navy Civil Military Operations Group last 31 March 2023. Asst. Prof. Madrona lectured about “Effective Writing for Advocacy” where he gave the participants a crash course on the basics of journalism, including the different news values and nuances when writing news, feature, and opinion articles. In consonance with the event’s theme, “Five Years [...]

After its successful exhibition run in March 2023 at the UP Open University 28th Founding Anniversary in Los Baños, Wearable Futures is slated to re-exhibit from 18 April until 29 April 2023 at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the UP Fine Arts Gallery in Diliman, Quezon City. The Wearable Futures exhibition is organized by the FICS-run BUKAS Lab and has two major components: Undergraduate student outputs from the Wearable Futures Hackathon, a 12-week-long hybrid learning experience collaboratively created with and for undergraduate students at UPOU. During the course, students explored wearable technology, e-textiles, speculative design, and futures thinking. The exhibit [...]

The Los Baños Horticulture Society, Inc. (LBHSI) held an Appreciation Night on 01 April 2023, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Centennial Plaza to celebrate the success of its 50th Flower and Garden Show and to recognize those who contributed to the show’s success. Ms. Vernie Valdez-Lucero, LBHSI President, expressed her gratitude to the LBHSI Board of Directors and members, to the UPOU and UPOU Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI) as partners, and to God for the success of the Flower and Garden Show’s return since the pandemic. A total of 2,289 visitors [...]

Dr. Myra C. Almodiel (center), Director of the UPOU Office of Public Affairs, with the visitors from the University of the East. A delegation from the University of the East (UE) visited UP Open University (UPOU) on 3 April 2023 to delve deeper into UPOU’s open and distance e-learning practices. The visiting representatives included Dr. Melvin Vidar, Director for Curriculum Development and Instruction; Prof. Ofelia Nilo, College Secretary, CBA-Manila; Prof. Mildred L. Sotelo, College Secretary, CBA Caloocan; and Prof. Bernadette San Diego, College Secretary, CCss-Manila. Dr. Myra C. Almodiel, Director of UPOU Office of Public Affairs, steered [...]

In celebration of the International Day of Forests, Forester and  Asst. Prof. Karl Abelard Edberto L. Villegas, Jr., together with Professor Consuelo Dl. Habito, from  the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), presented  “Going Native: Challenges and Opportunities in Philippine Native Tree Species Utilization” during the 2023 World Wood Day Online Symposium & The Fifth International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Forest Products Culture Colloquium last 21 – 22 March 2023. The 2023 World Wood Day theme was “Wood in Cultural Heritage” with the sub-theme “Challenges and Opportunities for Historical, Contemporary and Future Wood and Non-Wood Forest Products Culture”. Asst. Prof.  Villegas [...]

(L-R): Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Dr. Jabez Joshua Flores, Ms. Nenieveh “Weng” Glinoga with her husband Mr. Silvestre Glinoga, and Dr. Finaflor F. Taylan presenting the tokens and certificate of the speaker. Various University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) offices such as the Office of Gender Concerns (OGC), Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), and Multimedia Center worked together for the conduct of OPEN Talk: IP Women in Permaculture and Health on 22 March 2023, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (PST) in the CCDL Auditorium, UPOU. This is in line with the Women’s Month [...]

The Univerity of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Massive Open Distance e-Learning (MODeL) Team conducted a Benchmarking Activity for the Civil Service Institute (CSI), the training arm of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), on 24 March 2023 via Zoom.  The CSI team,  led by CSI Director Fernando M. Porio, and the CSI Learning Management Systems (LMS) Team were briefed about the UPOU programs and the fundamentals of a Learning Management System (LMS) by the UPOU MODeL Team headed by ICTDO Director, Dr. Reinald Adrian dL. Pugoy. With him are Dr. Myra C. Almodiel, Director of the UPOU Office of [...]

Prof. Consuelo Habito (left) and Asst. Prof. Mari Anjeli Crisanto (right) holding their certificates of completion of the 12th Assessor Training Workshop for AUN-QA Programme Assessment (Tier 2 Training) The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) continues to ensure quality higher education as it participated in the 12th Assessor Training Workshop for AUN-QA Programme Assessment (Tier 2 Training) on 16-22 March 2023 at the De La Salle University, Philippines. This seven-day event serves as the second level of training for those who have completed the AUN-QA Training Course for Accomplishing Programme Assessment (Tier 1 Training). Among [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) opened the celebration of Women's Month with a timely and informative webinar entitled "ODeL for the Future and ALL: UPOU Women's Month Forum." The webinar highlighted the vital role of Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL) in ensuring access to education and promoting gender equality. An opening program for the month-long celebration was held last March 16, 2023, at UP Open University's Audio Visual Room from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The event started with the emcee, Gelyzza Diaz, who welcomed the speaker and opening remarks of Dr. Finaflor F. Taylan, the [...]