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UPOU signals start of the construction of its international convention center in groundbreaking rites.Part of UPOU's 21st Anniversary celebration is the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the UPOU International Convention Center (UPOU ICC), which was held on 29 February 2016. UP President Alfredo Pascual and Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso gave their messages. President Pascual highlighted the importance of ICC as a means to serve the community while Chancellor Alfonso emphasized how grateful UPOU is to all the people who were part of the planning, design and construction of the International Convention Center. She looks forward to seeing the building [...]

UPOU inks new agreements and recognizes partners.As part of UPOU's 21st Anniversary celebration held on 29 February 2016, UPOU signed agreements with new partners and recognized institutions, agencies, associations and groups that it partnered with in 2015. Led by Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso, UPOU signed a memorandum of understanding with Geoinformetrics for the launch of the training program on the Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Climate and Disaster Risk Management and Land Use Planning to be held on 12-13 April 2016. This collaboration aims to promote the use of GIS using open source through intensive basic GIS training [...]

Dr. Melinda dP. Bandalaria, Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, is the fourth Chancellor of UPOU.Dr. Melinda dP. Bandalaria was appointed as the fourth Chancellor of the UP Open University at the 1314th meeting of the UP Board of Regents on 29 January 2016. Her appointment is effective 29 February 2016 to 28 February 2019. Dr. Bandalaria was appointed following the institution of a search process for the next UPOU Chancellor by the UP Office of the President in October 2015, which included a public forum with the nominees in December 2016, where Dr. Bandalaria presented her [...]

UP, UPOU, and Shu-Te University discuss potential partnerships in academic exchanges, city diplomacy, and human resource development and regional integration.UP President Alfredo E. Pascual and UPOU Chancellor Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso were in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to explore partnership with Shu-Te University (STU) in academic exchanges, city diplomacy, and human resource development and regional integration. In response to the invitation of STU President Dr. Yuan-Hsian Chu, Chancellor Alfonso and President Pascual led a group of UP academics who visited Kaohsiung City from 19 January to 22 January 2016. According to Dr. Chu, the Philippines and Taiwan "are the most valuable educational [...]

Assistant Professor Reinald Adrian DL. Pugoy recognized for his paper on mobile apps.Assistant Professor Reinald Adrian DL. Pugoy won the Silver Medal for the Young Innovator Award at the 29th Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Annual Conference. He was cited for his research paper titled "Mobile Solutions For Synchronized and Offline Version Of Open Educational Resources." In his study, Pugoy generated two mobile apps for Android devices that allowed offline viewing of open educational resources (OERs). These apps are Browser-Like Android App and Corona/Worona-Based App. He said that through these apps, individuals can use OERs even when they do [...]

UPOU organizes 4th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning to help democratize access to education in the country.Higher education institutions and technical and vocational institutes from different regions assembled in the 4th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning: Philippine Education Revolution through Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL 2015) held on 5-6 November 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Ortigas, Metro Manila and organized by UP Open University. NCODeL 2015 is a response to the Republic Act 10650 (Open and Distance Learning Act), which seeks to democratize access to quality tertiary education through the adoption of open [...]

1st Colleges and University Public Service Conference (CUPSCon1) to be held at the UPOU on 26-27 November 2015.The University of the Philippines, as part of its public service mandate, is organizing the first Colleges and University Public Service Conference (CUPSCon1) at the University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, Laguna on 26-27 November 2015. This conference was conceptualized to bring together HEIs who are engaged in public and extension service, community engagement, and the like to share their experiences in the form of paper presentations. It also seeks to build a network of like-minded universities that could promote public [...]

UPOU to conduct conference for higher education institutions and vocational institutes on open and distance e-learning (ODeL) concepts and subsystems.The 4th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL2015) will be held on 5-6 November 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Ortigas, Metro Manila. The conference is organized by the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in cooperation with the Philippine Society for Distance Education (PSDL) and UPOU Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI), for administrators, academics, teachers and researchers of Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) and [...]