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Dr. Finaflor F. Taylan, the Director of the UP Open University (UPOU) Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) shared her journey as a social worker in celebration of the World Social Work Day. Dr. Taylan served as one of the keynote speakers for the webinar titled “Breaking Boundaries: Women in Power and the Progressive Social Workers” organized by the Junior Social Workers Association of the Philippines of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (JSWAP-PLM). This was held last 23 March 2022 via Zoom and JSWAP-PLM Facebook Page to celebrate World Social Work Day.  Dr. Taylan started her talk with a message “As [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and  Development Studies (FMDS) in cooperation with the UPOU Office of Gender Concerns (OGC) conducted a Let’s Talk it Over (LTiO) webinar titled "Women in Emerging Realities and Crucial Times" last 23 March 2022.   The virtual event was spearheaded by the Diploma in/Master of Social Work (D/MSW) and Diploma in Women and Development (DWD) programs of FMDS in observance of the 2022 World Social Work Day and the National Women’s Month celebrated in March. Ms. Jenine R. Bagos from FMDS moderated the event. The webinar featured Ms. Kristine Joy [...]

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 [...]

UP Open University (UPOU) welcomed visitors from the Centro Escolar University (CEU) on 1 April 2022. The faculty and representatives of the Centro Escolar University were oriented about micro-credentialing, as well as new education structures such as modular and stackable programs. They were welcomed by UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) Dean, Dr. Joane Serrano; Director of Office of Public Affairs (OPA), Dr. Myra C. Almodiel; and UPOU Program Development Associate for International Linkages, Ms. Margaret Jarmin-Suarez. The program for their visit was held at the Office of the Chancellor Conference Room, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. [...]

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 [...]

The Diploma in/Master of Research and Development Management (D/MR&DM) program is now running a two-month training course program (with synchronous and asynchronous sessions) on Research and Development Management. This training program, titled “Research Capacity Building Program for Makapuno/Agriculture Researchers and Community Extension Workers” is part of the Continuing Education Program (CEP) courses of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS). A collaboration between the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and the Cavite State University (CvSU), this first program offering aims to build the capacities of management, faculty, and staff members, particularly those who are designated to manage and operate [...]

MANILA, Philippines, February 9, 2022–The University of Philippines, through the university’s Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs and the Department of Journalism, will conduct the Philippines Elections Workshop Series for newsroom editors and journalists to ramp up knowledge on effective election coverage. This is supported by Google News Initiative. The workshop series will offer a breadth of skills for election coverage—from finding ideas on Google Trends, producing data-driven stories, conducting investigations on political ads, to producing your newsroom’s best election coverage on YouTube. Interested media from print, broadcast and online news organizations must sign up via bit.ly/UPElectionWorkshop for [...]