UPOU former Visiting Fellow and Assistant Director IT at Allama Iqbal Open University, Prof. Kamran Mir, invites you to sign up for his online class "GIS Introductions for Educators." This course is open for: Educators / Academia / Professors Online Teachers / Tutors Students Researchers in the field of EdTech/Learning Technologies The course will start on 8 July 2022. For information on this, visit this link. #UPOpenUniversity
On 28 June 2022, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) team of the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR) project titled “Development of a Web-Based Related Learning Experience (RLE) Design as a Resource Activity Material” conducted an ocular visit to Cardinal Santos Medical Center. The project aims to create a virtual simulation by recording a 360-degree view of different clinical setups, simulations, and results based on selected case studies. The project plans to conduct the shooting of nursing simulations in Cardinal Santos Medical Center. Mr. Raul Pagdanganan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of Cardinal Santos Medical Center and University [...]
The Master of Arts in Nursing Program of FMDS, UPOU program will bring you the Let’s Talk it Over (LTIO): Nursing Theories in the Philippine Context webinar series this year! The first webinar episode is entitled "Nursing Theories and Explanatory Frameworks in Research". It will be on July 18, 2022 (Monday) and will be available via web streaming in UPOU Networks, Youtube, and Facebook. This is a 2-hour webinar-discussion on the use of nursing theories in the development of conceptual frameworks and exemplars on the application of the following nursing concepts in research. Registration is free at https://tinyurl.com/b6ttxt9s For further inquiries, [...]
CALL FOR RESPONDENTS! Join the University of the Future (UoF) Research! The UPOU UoF Research Team is looking for interested individuals to participate in the Research on “Conceptions of the University of the Future (UoF) in the context of open education”. The research intends to come up with a general idea of how the university of the future (UoF) is being conceptualized by those involved in the field of open and distance education (e.g., university administrators, faculty, researchers, students, alumni, and other interested participants). Should you be interested to participate in this endeavor, you may access the online questionnaire after [...]
A total of fifteen University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) students have passed the two batches of the 2022 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) for the secondary level. The examinations were held on 30 January 2022 and 27 March 2022. Of the fifteen, two are graduates of the Bachelor of Education Studies (BES) program, twelve are completers of the Professional Teaching Certificate (PTC) program, and one is a graduate of the Doctor of Philosophy in Education program. PTC completers Emmelyn Carilla, Mavie Gomez, Anna Patricia Grande, and Richelle Rose Paulyn Kho were among the 53.77% successful LEPT secondary [...]
Dr. Alexander G. Flor, Professor and the chair of the Doctor of Communication Program of the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, will serve as one of the Resource Speakers in the in the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the area of ICT4D (IPID) -Asia Women Forum 2022 with the theme “Structural Challenges and ICT4D Research in Asia” on Monday, 27 June 2022 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM (Pacific Time Zone). The forum aims to bring Asian perspectives on institutional and structural challenges to discussions related to the development of the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT4D). [...]
Research Ethics is a significant component of any research work specifically in conducting studies with human subjects. It ensures that researchers do their work, putting importance not only in practice or contributing to the body of knowledge, but also safeguarding the rights of research stakeholders. OPEN Talk, in its June 2022 episode convened research experts–Dr. Ricardo T. Bagarinao, Independent Consultant, UPOU Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC) and Dean, Faculty of Education (FEd), UPOU; Dr. Myra D, Oruga, Independent Consultant, UPOU IREC and Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Research), UPOU– to give an overview of research ethics and [...]
Revitalizing Socioecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS) Webinar Series is an online activity by Project 1 of the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR), Building Climate Smart Communities (bSMART) Program implemented by UP Open University and UP Los Baños. This Webinar aims to raise awareness of the conservation and sustainable use of SEPLS, anchored by Satoyama-Satoumi principle, through a series of online talks from speakers and experts on sustainable landscapes/seascapes management approaches. The Project 1 of the EIDR bSMART Program would like to invite you to the upcoming webinar on 30 June 2022 (Thursday) at 10:00 AM PST via Zoom. Our second international Guest [...]
Discussions on the revival of the forming of the Consortium of Open Universities in the Philippines continue as UP Open University (UPOU) virtually met with Open and Distance eLearning (ODeL) Providers such as Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Ifugao State University (IFSU), Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JBLFMU) Arevalo, Inc. and Cavite State University (CvSU). The meeting was held on 20 June 2022. Various collaborative undertakings that the members plan to pursue as a consortium were discussed during the virtual meeting. The first initiative is a training curriculum that will respond to the next [...]
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to install an off-site Automated Teller Machine (ATM) within the UPOU’s premises. The signing between the two parties was held on 9 June 2022 at the Office of the Chancellor Conference Room, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor, and AVP Marcelina U. Babaan, LBP-UPLB Branch Head represented each institution and signed the agreement. UPOU Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Dr. Jean A. Saludadez, UPOU HRDO Chief Administrative Officer Mr. Michael [...]
