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It has been the tradition of the UP Open University (UPOU) to hold a blood donation drive every April. This 2019, the UPOU Blood Donation Drive was held on 10 April at the UPOU Oblation Hall in Los Banos, Laguna. Of the 78 volunteers, there were 45 successful blood donors. Despite a decrease in the number of successful donors compared to previous years, most of the donors this time were employees of the university. This somehow reflects the stakeholders' continuous support for extension work and public service initiated by UPOU. The initiative is spearheaded by the UPOU Faculty of Information [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS) facilitated a workshop entitled "Designing Resource-based Teaching and Learning Materials and Instructional Media Resources for the UPOU faculty" on 23-24 April 2019. This initiative from the office is aligned with its goal to provide support for the UPOU faculty, especially in terms of the development of course materials. Also, this becomes one of the office's contributions to help promote and adopt/adapt innovative technology-supported teaching methodologies in support of effective learning, in relation to the university's Innovative Teaching with Technology towards Teaching Effectiveness (InnovaTE) flagship [...]

With the theme "STEM Education Towards Education 4.0", 14 scholars of the Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) who are currently enrolled in the PhD in Education program offered by the Faculty of Education (FEd), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) participated in the 5th National Research Conference in Science and Mathematics Education (NRCSME) on 28 February - 1 March 2019 at Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City, Albay. UPOU's PhD in Education program has been a recipient of DOST-SEI's scholarship program since 1995. Research outputs highlighting the STEM Education were delivered through poster and oral presentations. [...]

As part of the Organizational and Technological Security Measures for Data Privacy Act Compliance, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) held an Orientation on the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and its implementing Rules and Regulations on 10 April 2019 at the UPOU Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL) Auditorium. The orientation, organized by the Office of the Chancellor (OC), was attended by the UPOU faculty, research, extension and professional staff (REPS), and administrative staff. Atty. Marcia Ruth Gabriela P. Hernandez, the UP System Data Privacy Officer, served as the main resource speaker along with Human Resource and [...]

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 [...]