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The Film 10 class of the Faculty of Education (FEd) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) hosted the very first Sineng Sining Sine Festival on 13 - 17 September 2021.   Carrying the theme “Collaborative Filmmaking in the Time of Pandemic: Challenges and Lessons Learned,” the virtual event was a culminating activity of the Film 10 class under Asst. Prof. Gian Carlo de Jesus as the Faculty-in-Charge (FIC).  Leading the planning and implementation of the initiative were undergraduate students: Jaime P Guimbao as the Festival Director, Daizy Estrada as the First Deputy Director, [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), through its Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Office and Multimedia Center, provided programming and technical support in the holding of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Youth Volunteer Program (e-AYVP Philippines 2021).  The University of the Philippines System, through the UP System Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Office, and  Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Youth Volunteer Programme (AYVP) Secretariat at the Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia (UKM), in partnership with the ASEAN Secretariat and Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia hosted the e-AYVP Philippines 2021. With the theme “Strengthening ASEAN Education Delivery Systems in [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Ugnayan ng Pahinungod will be conducting a webinar on Therapeutic Communication on the 22nd of September, via Zoom.  This webinar is open to all UPOU students, faculty and staff, as well as Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU Volunteers. Through this webinar, participants are expected to obtain basic knowledge about Therapeutic Communication and be able to practice Therapeutic Communication techniques and strategies. These knowledge and techniques will enable them to support themselves as well as the people around them, especially with the various challenges encountered as a result of the ongoing pandemic.  This webinar [...]

In this ongoing pandemic, compassion for teachers and learners remains a guiding principle behind the University’s academic policies. While the goal of uninterrupted instruction and learning remains paramount and learning to overcome adversity is integral to the training of UP students to lead in a disruptive and uncertain future, the goal of learning continuity takes excellent consideration of the realities and difficulties the UP community are experiencing during these uncertain times. The Oblation at the UP Open University Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. UP MPRO File Photo. The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA) issued OVPAA [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), through the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU, will be conducting a webinar that targets elementary school teachers. This webinar will be about “Online Resources for  Teaching Elementary Reading.” The webinar will feature Dr. Minerva Young as the resource speaker. Dr. Young is the founder and School Directress of Learning Circle School in Olongapo City, Philippines.  She is a retired professor of Educational Technology from Frostburg State University in Maryland. She has been speaking internationally on the topics of instructional technology and teacher training.  Now based in the United States, she was able to [...]

Graduating students in UP Baguio raise their right hands while reciting the alumni pledge. UP MPRO 2019 file photo. The University of the Philippines took stock of its performance in the last Times Higher Education-World University Rankings (THE-WUR) edition to understand the setbacks in the rankings and address them accordingly as the country’s flagship university. UP slipped from the 401st-500th bracket of the top 1,526 universities in the 2021 THE-WUR edition to the 601st-800th bracket of the top 1,662 universities in the 2022 edition because of lower scores in the criteria of teaching, international outlook, and citation, which [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Education (FEd) in partnership with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. - Dolores Aboitiz Children's Fund (RAFI-DACF), and the UPOU Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI) is offering the Early Childhood Education and Development course. This offering is also being assisted by the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU.  This initiative is part of FEd’s mission to reach out to a wider domain of learners.  The online course has been designed to train teachers, practitioners, and workers in early childhood care and development. It provides a sound historical and theoretical rationale for creating child-centered learning projects [...]