SDG 4

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) held a Capability Building Program on Distance eLearning at Ifugao State University, Nayon, Lamut, Ifugao on 2-3 April 2019 as part of their Cascading Best Practices Program, which aims to help capacitate other higher education institutions (HEIs) in utilizing technology in their mode of instruction. A total of 46 participants, of which 35 are from IFSU, and 11 are from BSU attended the workshop. UPOU Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, along with Asst. Prof. Myra Almodiel, UPOU Faculty Member and Lecture Presenter, and Ms. Keats Grecian Mampusti, Project Assistant, spearheaded the two-day [...]

Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso, Professor and Former Chancellor of University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and Executive Director of TVUP, brought access to continuing higher education even closer to the Filipino community in Taiwan as she presented and discussed the UPOU Philippine Learning Commons (PLC) to the Filipino workers at the Advanced Semi-conductor Engineering (ASE) Inc., in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 22 March 2019. The presentation was part of the 19th Anniversary Celebration of the National University of Kaohsiung (NUK). In her presentation, Dr. Alfonso expressed her enthusiasm over the fruition of their years' worth of planning and visioning to [...]

Carrying the theme "Excellence in Equity, Equity in Excellence," UPOU proudly shared its journey in maintaining quality and excellence in education through open and distance elearning (ODeL) with its partners, stakeholders, alumni, students, the entire UP System and other constituent units, and the rest of the higher education institutions in the Philippines and abroad. With its mission of providing access to quality higher education, it adheres to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, especially to Filipinos anywhere in the world. Part of the one-day [...]

The twenty-first day of February 2019 marked the National Earthquake Drill for the Philippines, which the University of the Philippines (UP) dubbed as #UPShakeDrill. All constituent units of UP, including the UP Open University (UPOU), prepared for and participated in the event. The UPOU Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Committee, chaired by Associate Professor Consuelo Habito, spearheaded the event for the university. At the UPOU, briefing for all safety marshalls was done three days before the event. Safety marshalls assigned for every floor and building were oriented about the process and were given responsibility to ensure that employees within [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) collaborative project with the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) entitled "PLDT Infoteach Outreach Program" bagged an Anvil Silver Citation for Outstanding Education Program at the 54th Anvil Awards: Gabi ng Parangal held on 30 January 2019 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Newport City. With the aim of promoting digital literacy in the country, the UPOU partnered with PLDT to primarily train public high school teachers and students, out-of-school-youths and senior citizens nationwide through this program. Other partners include the Department of Education (Division Level), Department of Information and Communications Technology, [...]

In keeping up with the Data Privacy Act (DPA) of 2012 (RA 10173), twenty-three University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) faculty, Research, Extension and Professional Staff (REPS), and administrative staff members underwent a 4-day Data Privacy Officer (DPO) Training Course. The DPO Certification Course was facilitated by the Digital Freedom Network on 30-31 January and 7-8 February 2019 in Quezon City, Philippines. Disini & Disini Law Firm Mid-level Associate Roberto Miguel Raneses and Junior Partner Mark Parcia led the training with Policy Officer Oliver Reyes. The training was highly based on the DPA of 2012 and the Implementing Rules [...]

On 24 January 2019, faculty and staff from UP Open University (UPOU) participated in the 5th Philippines-Japan Forum on Ifugao Satoyama Meister Training Program (ISMTP) held at Ifugao State University (IFSU), Nayon, Lamut, Ifugao. The participants from UPOU for the said conference were: Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Information Office Director and ISMTP Technical Working Committee Member, Dr. Merites M. Buot, UPOU Affiliate Faculty and Session Presenter, Ms. Alvie Alip, UPOU University Researcher and PhD student of the United Nations University in Japan, Ms. Noreen Dianne S. Alazada, Youth for Ifugao Rice Terraces Project Research Assistant and Ms. Janele Ann Belegal, [...]