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"I always define 'leading' as 'enabling'... When we talk of leading, it means to say that we are also enabling -- and that's the only time we can say that we are the leader in this field of distance education," said University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria during the exploratory meeting in Ifugao State University (IFSU) on 14 November 2017. Chancellor Bandalaria, along with Asst. Prof. Myra Almodiel and Ms. Cien Angela Baurile, met with the faculty and staff members of IFSU - College of Open Distance Education and Transnational Education (CODETE) as part [...]

Emely Amoloza, University Extension Associate II of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) of the UP Open University (UPOU), presented a paper in the 2nd Colleges and Universities Public Service Conference (CUPSCon) held on 9-10 November 2017 at UP Bonifacio Global City Campus, Taguig City. Ms. Amoloza presented a paper which she co-authored with UPOU Chancellor and Professor Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria entitled "ePublic Service for Social Transformation: A School-Based Digital Literacy Training." Their study shares UPOU's endeavors as a public service institution in promoting digital literacy by conducting trainings and projects together with other organizations and institutions [...]

Four sessions on specialty topics related to Open and Distance eLearning (ODeL) await the participants of the 5th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2017) on 22-23 November 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria. The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has prepared and organized special sessions to address the needs of the participants as well as the identified gaps. The thought leaders of UPOU have been lined up to share powerful topics that will help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and technical vocational institutes (TVIs) implement open and distance learning. Former Chancellors of UPOU, Dr. Ma. [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) through its Youth For Ifugao Rice Terraces (#Y4IRT) project organized a Let's Talk It Over (LTIO) webinar on Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo) Initiatives for the Sustainability and Conservation of the Ifugao Rice Terraces last 26 October 2017 at the UPOU Multimedia Center Studio located in ICTO Building, University of the Philippines Diliman. The resource person for the webinar was Mr. Marlon Martin, Chief of Operations Officer of SITMo.In his presentation, Mr. Martin emphasized that the deterioration of the IRT also reflects the diminishing indigenous knowledge and [...]

Two new UP Open University (UPOU) projects submitted to the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) were approved for implementation. The UPOU, through the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), has been a member of IPSI since 2012. For the Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) 2017 Project, 23 applications were submitted to the SDM Secretariat and only six applications were selected that were deemed most promising for the implementation and promotion of the concept of the Satoyama Initiative. FMDS-UPOU submitted a proposal on "Contextualization of the Instructional Materials for the Training of Youths toward Conservation of Ifugao Rice Terraces [...]