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The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) conducted the "Roundtable Discussion on Research Ethics" on 24 January at the Audiovisual Room, UPOU Headquarters. Resource speakers were Dr. Salome Vios and Dr. Sonia Bongala of the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB). They discussed the best practices in research ethics, PHREB's accreditation process, and gave some recommendations to guide the institutionalization of research ethics at UPOU. Guided by the strategic plans of both the UP System and the UPOU to cement UP's role as a public research university, the OVCAA recognizes [...]

Professor Patricia Arinto, former Dean of the UP Open University Faculty of Education and currently the UP Faculty Regent, discussed the challenges of adopting online learning in the form of MOOCs (massive, open online courses) in the Global South at an international meeting to establish a Teacher Professional Development at Scale (TPD@Scale) Coalition held on 17-19 January 2018 at the Education University of Hong Kong. Thirty-three representatives of development agencies, donors, ministries of education, universities, and research and policy centers participated in the meeting, which was organized by Digital Learning for Development (DL4D), a project co-funded by the International Development [...]

On 7 December 2017, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Health and Wellness Committee organized a seminar on "Practical Ergonomics" as its year-end activity in cooperation with the All UP Workers Alliance, and as part of the TAYO Flagship Program of UPOU. "Practical Ergonomics" was intended to introduce the UPOU employees to the practice of ergonomics in the workplace and enable employees to properly assess and find solutions to the hazards in the workplace. In the opening message, Dr. Jean Saludadez, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration shared how ergonomics is important to her especially that she spends [...]

The afternoon program of the Third EDUKussion: A Forum on Education-related issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, tackled policies, programs, and innovations for educational transformation and their implications on the teaching profession, and the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd). The forum was attended by 75 teachers from the Department of Education (DepEd) Bay and Los Baños Districts. It was held on December 8 2017 in CCDL UP Open University, Los Baños. Forum topics were: Policies, Programs, and Innovations for Educational Transformation: Implications for the Teaching Profession discussed by Honorable Antonio L. Tinio; and Katutubong Edukasyon: Isang Karapatang Pantao with Dr. Ma. Theresa De [...]

Teachers and faculty members from Department of Education schools as well as from different access points gathered in the 3rd EDUKussion: A Forum on Education-related issues, Challenges, and Opportunities on December 8, 2017, 9:30-12:00 noon at the Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL), UP Open University (UPOU) Los Baños. The morning session addressed two topics namely, Post-Course Evaluation and Development by Dr. Elle Wang and Learning Analytics in Higher Education by Assistant Professor Charisse Reyes. Dean Ricardo T. Bagarinao gave his welcome remarks, emphasizing the development intervention that could support the learning process both digitally and physically. "Everything we do [...]

The Teacher Development Program (TDP) through eLearning of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) was among the eight recipients of the University of the Philippines (UP) 2nd Gawad Pangulo: Award for Excellence in Public Service. The award was given on 5 December 2017 at UP Diliman, Quezon City during the Gawad Pangulo Ceremony hosted by the Office of the President and organized by the UP Padayon Public Service Office under the Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs (OVPPA). The Award aimed to recognize outstanding public service initiatives of various units of the UP System that exhibit [...]