SDG 17

The International Council for Open and Distance Learning (ICDE) Global Advocacy Campaign (GAC) for Open and Flexible Distance Learning (OFDL) Task Force for Asia convened for its first meeting on 10 May 2022. University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria participated in the meeting as the co-chair of the GACOFDL Task Force for Asia.  First Meeting of the ICDE GACOFDL Task Force for Asia was held on 10 May 2022. Image  from Dr. Bandalaria’s Facebook Page The meeting was held online and started with the welcome of the ICDE Secretary-General, Torunn Gjelsvik. [...]

The Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) held a benchmarking activity with the University of the Philippines Open University on 12 May 2022. Their visit to UPOU’s head quarters in Los Baños, Laguna is for the CHED-funded Research, Development, and Extension on Adults Education   The research team was led by the Chancellor of DMMMSU South La Union Campus, Dr. Joanne C. Rivera; With here are Executive Director of DMMMSU Open University System, Dr. Cristita C. Guerra, staff members, Claudia Denise P. Barbadillo, Christine Joy Ugay, Manny Sobrepena, and Aries Ugay.  The team probed into the current status, trends, framework, [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), in collaboration with the Worldwide Teach-in (WWTI) Philippines and Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability, conducted the Climate Justice Teach-in Webinar titled #MakeClimateAConversation on 2 April 2022.   Ms. Faith Caubang, a  UPOU Bachelor of Education Studies (BES) student and Team Leader of WWTI Philippines, and Mr. Karl Alex Laurito, a member of the WWTI Philippines, served as the hosts.  Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Dean of the UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), spearheaded the event. Dr. Serrano delivered the opening remarks and welcomed the participants.  She shared that UPOU’s collaboration [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has partnered with the UP Los Baños for the conduct of a webinar series titled “Revitalizing Socioecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS).” This webinar series aims to boost awareness, conservation, and sustainable utilization of SEPLS through experts on the Satoyama landscape in the Philippines. In the first episode of the Revitalizing SEPLS webinar series, Ms. Anne Frances V. Buhay, a Project Assistant at the UP Open University (UPOU), presented her paper entitled Socioecological Production Landscapes in the Philippines: Status, Problems and Future Directions. This was held on 31 March 2022. Ms. Buhay [...]

As part of its public service tradition, the UP Open University (UPOU) holds annual blood donation drives. Now in its tenth year, the UPOU Blood Donation Drive was held on 6 April 2022 at the UPOU Community Hub in Los Baños, Laguna. This year, 60 blood bags were collected, surpassing the 2019 UPOU Blood Donation Drive’s total number of successful donors. Eighty (80) volunteers attended the drive with 20 deferrals due to low hemoglobin levels, hypertension, and other medical conditions.  The medical team advised proper hydration, consuming iron-rich foods and supplements, and making the necessary preparations before the blood donation [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted a live webinar in Ethics in Social Sciences as part of the Research Conversations: Ethics Series 2021 last 25 March 2022. The event featured Dr. Meita Dhamayanti, dr., Sp.A(K)., M. Kes, Professor and Coordinator for the Doctoral Program of the Faculty of Medicine, and former Chair of Research Ethics Committee of the Universitas Padjadjaran as the resource speaker. Assoc. Prof.  Myra D. Oruga, Associate Professor and Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for Research) served as the host of the event. Dr. Dhamayanti discussed the general ethics in social [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) through its Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, and the National Association for Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Inc. (NASPI), through its President, Dr. Jayson D. Petras, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 1 April 2022 to strengthen its academic and institution cooperation to explore opportunities for cooperation in holding webinars and other academic activities in the field of sociology. Prior to the MOU, UPOU and NASPI have partnered in conducting an OPEN Talk episode, a live webinar featuring Sociology experts from UP Diliman as speakers held via UPOU digital platforms such as YouTube, [...]

UP Open University (UPOU) OPEN Talk 21 featured the current status of the country in terms of disinformation in line with the upcoming national and local election on 18 March 2022.  The said talk featured notable speakers in the field of media, academe, and data science. These are Dr. Joane V. Serrano, previous Director of the UPOU Office of Public Affairs and now Dean of Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS); Mr. Bash Yumol, Data Scientist and Member of Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU); and Prof. Eileen G. Meneses, Faculty Member of the Department of Humanities, UP Los Baños.  The [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has once again joined the global celebration of Open Education Week (OE Week). This 2022, it was held from 7 to 11 March. OE Week is an annual event organized by Open Education Global (OEG).  It was launched in 2012 as a collaborative and community-built open forum.  Through the years, it has become a global platform in raising awareness, highlighting innovations, and sharing achievements on open education.  OEG is a global, members based, non-profit organization supporting the development and use of open education around the world. For this year, UPOU’s massive open [...]