The challenge of educators today: Going beyond the traditional model of learning. With the sudden shift to online and distance learning, what are the education sector’s realizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and how will it continuously reposition itself to achieve improvement and progress? The e-Asia-Europe Meeting (e-ASEM) Research Network 1, together with the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), presents an international webinar on “The Future of Learning in Higher Education.” Opening the webinar is University College Cork’s Prof. Séamus Ó Tuama (Ireland), chair of ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub, and M.S. University of Baroda’s Prof. Karanam Pushpanadham (India), coordinator [...]

Dr. Diego Silang S. Maranan UP Open University (UPOU) Associate Professor, Dr. Diego Silang S. Maranan, contributes to a multi-level art project about Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) repair and immortality that will be  sent to the International Space Station (ISS). With the continuing quest to increase life expectancy and the current explorations to settle and thrive outside the Earth, Dr. Maranan and his team at Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS) is working with the Rotifers In Space (RISE) project of the laboratory of Prof. Karine Van Doninck at the University of Namur. They are working with Rotifera, [...]

The 4th International Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (ICODeL 2021) has revealed the line up of plenary speakers for the virtual conference that will be held on 13-15 October 2021. Leading professionals, researchers, academics, and experts on the fields of technology enhanced learning, distance and open education, inclusive  education, quality assurance, sustainable development, and technological innovations will be serving as Plenary Speakers.  Two Plenary Sessions will be held on the first day of the conference. Professor Don Passey, established researcher and expert in technology enhanced learning from Lancaster University, will speak during Plenary Session 1: “Using New Technologies for [...]

The project “Youth Capacity Building and Exchange Program toward Sustainable Development and Conservation of Ifugao Rice Terraces” or #Y4IRT of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) published 15 books on the Ifugao Rice Terraces (IRT) as a Satoyama landscape. All 15 books were published by the UPOU, funded by Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Environment Fund and the Satoyama Development Mechanism.  These books characterize the IRT’s ecological interactions, traditions and culture, and current conservation issues and approaches. They aim to empower youths with both knowledge and leadership capabilities to sustain the IRT [...]