True to its mission of reaching out to underserved communities, the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU, in collaboration with the Office of the Staff Regent  (OSR), and the All UP Workers Union (AUPWU) Diliman and Open University Chapters, conducted an ICT Literacy training program among the youth of the Dumagat Indigenous People community from Rodriguez, Rizal, last 8 and 15 October 2022.  This two-day training aims to capacitate the Dumagat youth of Rodriguez, Rizal in their computer proficiency and information and technology literacy skills that would be beneficial for their future career endeavors.  Two separate training sessions were conducted on 8 [...]

The University of the Philippine Open University (UPOU) partners with Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HMBSU) and the Benchmarking Framework for Online, Open, Smart, and Technology-Enhanced Higher Education in organizing the webinar titled “Sharing Best Practices of Asian Universities.” This initiative is in partnership with the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) to be held on 10 November 2022, 3:00 PM (Manila Time) and 11:00 AM (Dubai Time).  Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor, will be delivering the welcome address.  Dr. Primo Garcia, UPOU Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, on the other hand, will serve [...]

The 8th episode of the Revitalizing Socioecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS) Webinar Series titled "Assessment of Ifugao Rice Terraces, a Satoyama Landscape" was held on 27 October 2022 via Zoom.   Ms. Eulalie D. Dulnuan, Supervising Administrative Officer of the National Museum of the Philippines, was the guest speaker.  Dr. Romeo A. Gomez, Jr., Professor of Ecology and Environmental Science of Benguet State University, served as the guest discussant.  Ms. Anne Frances Buhay from the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) hosted the virtual event. Ms. Dulnuan clarified [...]

The UP Open University Multimedia Center (UPOU MC) conducted a 2-day training-workshop titled “Graphics Editing Using Photopea”. The workshop, a hybrid event, was held on 18 and 25 October 2022 at the Audio-visual Room, UPOU in Los Baños, Laguna,  and broadcasted simultaneously via Zoom.  Ms. Ann Kristine Medina, a UPOU MC administrative staff member and multimedia developer/producer, served as trainer/resource person. Forty-eight individuals, consisting of UPOU faculty, REPS, research assistants, administrative staff members, and students/student assistants participated in the training.  The training aimed to capacitate participants on how to use Photopea (https://www.photopea.com/), a free graphic editing software [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be holding its 26th Commencement Exercises on 10 December 2022, 5:00 p.m. at the UPOU Oblation Plaza with the theme “​​University of the Future: Reimaginations, Reconfigurations, Realizations.”  A total of 534 graduates are expected to attend the Commencement Exercises. Of the 534 graduates, 99 are from the three undergraduate programs; 35 are from the two graduate certificate programs; 216 are from the 12 graduate diploma programs; 165 are from the 10 master’s programs; and, 19 graduates are from the two doctoral programs of UPOU. The Commencement speaker for this year [...]