The first Special Session of the International Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (ICODeL) 2021 discussed “How did Philippine medical institutions assure the quality of online medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic?” The speaker of the session was Dr. Malaya Pimentel-Santos, Associate Dean and Head of the Medical Education Unit of St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial (SLMCCM-WHQM). Dr. Maria Rowena D.R. Raymundo, Assistant Professor and Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), served as moderator. Dr. Malaya Pimentel-Santos, Associate Dean and [...]

The 4th International Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (ICODeL 2021) featured a special session that tackled Artificial Intelligence with international speakers from India, Malaysia and Bulgaria. It was held on 15 October 2021, the third and last day of the virtual conference.  The Special Session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused on the discussion of the initiatives and research studies of members of e-Asia Europe Meeting (e-ASEM) Research Network I. The session was moderated by Prof. Juvy Lizette Gervacio, Program Chair of UP OPen University’s Master of Public Management (MPM) program.  Prof. Karanaman Pushpanadham, Professor of Educational Management at The [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is one of the chosen institutions by the  International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) for its 2021 Institutional Prize of Excellence awards. The said award recognizes deserving institutions for very significant achievements or contributions to the international community of open, flexible and distance education. The award relates particularly to leadership and innovation that contribute to the continuing enhancement of open, flexible and distance education across cultural and linguistic barriers. The evaluation was carried out by an independent international jury who are active contributors in the field of open and distance [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)  has been elected  as part of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Board for the period of 2022 - 2025.  Of the 11 nominations received by the ICDE Nomination Committee, UPOU is one of the three newly elected board members representing institutional membership for the said period. UPOU will take office effective 01 January 2022. The announcement of the result of the election was made during the closing session of the ICDE Virtual Global Conference held on 25 to 29 October 2021.  Along with this is the announcement of the 2021 [...]

Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), has been awarded the Individual Prize for the International Council for Distance Education (​​ICDE) Prize of Excellence for 2021 during  the ICDE Virtual Global Conference Week 2021 held on 25 - 29 October 2021. Chancellor Bandalaria was recognized for her outstanding contribution in the field of open and distance education and learning.  Besides being Chancellor of UPOU, Dr. Bandalaria holds a post as Member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), appointed as ICDE’s Ambassador for Open Educational Resources (OER), [...]

University of the Philippines (UP) Professor Emeritus and University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) former Chancellor, Grace Javier Alfonso, won the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Prize for Lifelong Learning 2021. This was announced at the recently concluded ICDE Virtual Global Conference Week 2021 held on 25 - 29 October 2021. Dr. Alfonso received the award in recognition for her “lifelong contribution to the field of open, flexible and distance learning.”  She has long been involved in open and distance elearning.  She took her first administrative duty at UPOU as the Dean of the School for [...]