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FICS Holds Its Second MeetUps for 2021

2023-04-20T11:06:28+08:00

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) continues to serve its students and staff through knowledge sharing and inclusive learning. One of its initiatives is the FICS MeetUPs facilitated by the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS). On 20 April  2021, the second session of the FICS MeetUPs for this year was held online via Zoom. Mr. Efraime Cruz, FICS project staff and the resource speaker for the 2nd quarterly MeetUPs, talked about the “Increasing Emotional Intelligence for More Meaningful Work and Quality Life.” This was sourced from the book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, written by Travis Bradberry and [...]

FICS Holds Its Second MeetUps for 20212023-04-20T11:06:28+08:00

Para-paraan Yan: UPOU Webinar tackles Teaching Reading Remotely

2023-04-20T11:09:49+08:00

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) streamed the 4th episode of  Open Talk which  focused on teaching reading in a remote learning situation on 21 April 2021.    Two resource persons were featured for this episode -- Ms. Michelle Agas, a Teacher, Storyteller, and Children's Show Host;  and Ms. Julie Weygan-Aparato, Program Lead and Teacher at Interactive Children's Literacy Program.  The program was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Portia Padilla of the UP Diliman College of Education, and Ms. Charlene Mina of the UPOU Office of Ugnayan ng Pahinungod (OUP) served as the program’s host. As an introduction, Assoc. [...]

Para-paraan Yan: UPOU Webinar tackles Teaching Reading Remotely2023-04-20T11:09:49+08:00

UPOU MRDM Project Leader presents at the DOST PCIEERD 1st PRDI Conference

2021-05-18T12:52:35+08:00

The UP Open University (UPOU) Diploma in Research and Development Management (DR&DM) program chair and Master of Research and Development (MR&DM) project leader, Dr. Jaine C. Reyes presented the MR&DM project on April 22, 2021 at the 2021 Philippine Research and Development, Innovation Conference (PRDIC) organized by the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD). The PRDIC is the Philippines’ first massive public presentation of research, development, and innovation projects. It was streamed online via Zoom webinar and via the DOST-PCIEERD Facebook page (timestamp 5:20:42). The [...]

UPOU MRDM Project Leader presents at the DOST PCIEERD 1st PRDI Conference2021-05-18T12:52:35+08:00

FEd Researcher in Focus: Jabez Joshua Flores

2021-04-27T14:25:58+08:00

“Dynamic, adaptive, and flexible,” That is how Jabez Joshua Flores described himself as a researcher, with research being his day and night job. Flores is a research assistant at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and a PhD Environmental Science candidate at the School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM) in the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). He credits his drive for research from his humble beginnings at the UPOU, where he took it slowly but surely and has not stopped since. At first, he took non-formal courses. He then immediately enrolled in the Master of [...]

FEd Researcher in Focus: Jabez Joshua Flores2021-04-27T14:25:58+08:00

UPOU at Earth Day 2021 Virtual Stage

2023-04-27T14:57:10+08:00

Earthdayinitiative.org, together with March for Science NYC, organized the grand Earth Day 2021 Virtual Stage and Festival to kick off the Earth Week 2021 which is celebrated every 22 April of each year. The University of the Philippines (UP) through the UP Open University (UPOU) took pleasure in being a part of this global event.  Dr. Alexander G. Flor, Dean of the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and environmental communication expert, represented the university  and shared the perspective of the climate communication science community. He was part of the round table discussion for the third part of [...]

UPOU at Earth Day 2021 Virtual Stage2023-04-27T14:57:10+08:00

UPOU Calls for Participation to ICODeL 2021 to Share Research and Experiences in the Time of Pandemic and Preparations for the Future

2021-04-22T17:07:11+08:00

Everyone has experienced challenges in this time of pandemic, especially on issues related to education. How did each one of us fare? What sort of challenges did we encounter and what strategies did we employ to cope with them? How did these strategies impact us and our academic communities? This global public health crisis required the need for  educational institutions to be resilient and agile, and maximize the  use of tools, techniques and technology that had not been considered in the past. Consequently, the pandemic also heightened the need for academic institutions to prepare for and sustain operations in cases [...]

UPOU Calls for Participation to ICODeL 2021 to Share Research and Experiences in the Time of Pandemic and Preparations for the Future2021-04-22T17:07:11+08:00

UP Open University and Concentrix Philippines to offer a free Online Course on Introductory Course on Contact Center Services

2021-04-22T11:54:12+08:00

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Ugnayan ng Pahinungód and Concentrix Philippines will launch the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled  Introductory Course on Contact Center Services on 1 May 2021. This free online course focuses on developing effective online communication skills that will provide competitive skills and knowledge for ICT-enabled and contact services-related jobs. It will also provide participants an overview of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry covering basic and fundamental knowledge about contact center services.  This online course was developed collaboratively by the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU volunteers and Concentrix Philippines, a leading global provider [...]

UP Open University and Concentrix Philippines to offer a free Online Course on Introductory Course on Contact Center Services2021-04-22T11:54:12+08:00

DICT x UPOU Project named Champion at ICT World Summit 2021

2023-04-20T10:42:10+08:00

The webinar program that the Department of Information and  Communication Technology (DICT) and the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)  co-organized  was named Champion in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2021 . The project titled “Enabling Teachers on Remote Teaching and Learning in the Time of Pandemic” is one of the 90 Champions for the summit, and one of the 20 projects nominated under the Capacity-building category. Over 1,270 projects from around the world were submitted for the year and three hundred sixty of these projects were nominated for the voting phase of the contest.  [...]

DICT x UPOU Project named Champion at ICT World Summit 20212023-04-20T10:42:10+08:00

UPOU Personnel undergo Advance Training on Zoom

2021-04-21T14:42:30+08:00

The Multimedia Center (MC) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted an Advance Training on Zoom on 29 March 2021 for UPOU employees and contract of service staff.  The MC Director, Ms. Luisa A. Gelisan, said that UPOU has licensed Zoom accounts -- three Zoom meeting accounts and one webinar account that the different UPOU units can use. But, due to the increasing number and simultaneous Zoom meetings, webinars, and public events held by UPOU offices and programs, it was deemed necessary that more UPOU staff members be trained to use zoom and its different functionalities.  Director [...]

UPOU Personnel undergo Advance Training on Zoom2021-04-21T14:42:30+08:00

UPOU Features Gamification in Teaching in the Third OPEN Talk Episode

2023-04-27T14:55:24+08:00

On 07 April 2021, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) held the third episode of OPEN Talk entitled “Gamification as a Teaching Tool. ” Dr. Diego Maranan, Program Chair of UPOU’s Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies (BAMS) and moderator of the episode,  introduced the topic and its importance to the present educational setting. According to him, “Many of us might have heard stories from parents who thought that their children were participating in online classes; or from teachers who think that they’re discussing with their students but in reality, the students are actually busy with something [...]

UPOU Features Gamification in Teaching in the Third OPEN Talk Episode2023-04-27T14:55:24+08:00
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