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The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has opened the newest of its programs, the Associate of Science in Instructional Design and Technology (ASIDT), created to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to design and develop effective digital learning materials. The program enables the students to enter a career of educational work in Instructional Design without compromising their opportunity to pursue higher studies at the baccalaureate level. ASIDT aims to equip students with the tools and techniques needed to create engaging and interactive learning experiences, using a range of digital technologies. The two-year program, consisting [...]

UP Open University (UPOU) held a Benchmarking Meeting with the University of the East (UE) on 9 March 2023, via Zoom. The members of the Committee for Operationalization of UE as an open university and staff from UE's Office of Curriculum Development and Instruction (OCDI) benchmarked UPOU's practices in implementing distance education, ensuring quality assurance, and managing online learning systems. The meeting was led by Dr. Myra C. Almodiel, Director of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), and Ms. Margaret Jarmin-Suarez, Program Development Associate for Institutional Linkages.  The UE delegation included Dr. Melvin Vidar, Director of Curriculum Development and [...]

Three University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Education’s (FEd) Master of Arts in Language and Literacy Education (MALLE) students, namely Ms. April Acorda, Mr. Jackson Orlanda, and Ms. Florence Calawod, served as presenters at the 7th Annual Conference of Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA) held from the Education University of Hong Kong on 23-24 February 2023. Through the encouragement of Dr. Portia Padilla, the Chair of the LLE Programs (Diploma and Master of Arts), the three students participated and presented in the online conference through Zoom. As stated on its website, the conference provides “an interactive platform for [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) Family Day was held on 3 March 2023 as part of its 28th Anniversary celebration. The event took place at the Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL) Auditorium, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. The event aims to give recognition to members of the UPOU workforce for their extensive years of service, hard work, and contribution to the university, and to foster camaraderie among UPOU faculty and staff members. The Family Day was spearheaded by the UPOU Human Resource Development Office. Mr. Michael P. Lagaya, Chief Administrative Officer of the Human Resources Development Office (HRDO), [...]

The UPOU EIDR-LMS Research Team, lead by Asst. Prof. Rita C. Ramos (seated 3rd from right), with the particpants of the open forum from Mindanao State University-Buug. On 8 March 2023, one of the research projects of the UP System’s EIDR Program titled, Development of a Filipinized Learning Management System, visited its collaborator, Mindanao State University - Buug (MSU - Buug), for the pilot implementation of the study in the College of Nursing Faculty and Students. Assistant Professor Rita C. Ramos, the Project Leader and Faculty Member of the UP Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and [...]

University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) celebrates its 28th Founding Anniversary on 2 March 2023, face-to-face at its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, for the first time since the pandemic, and with the new UP President, Hon. Angelo A. Jimenez.  The celebration commenced with the welcome remarks of Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor and Professor, honoring the university’s achievements through its decades of service, excellence, and pioneering in open distance education not only in the country, but also in Asia.  Hon. Angelo A. Jimenez, the new UP President, greeted the whole UPOU for [...]

To further promote mental health wellness and provide stress reduction techniques accessible to the general public, the Ugnayan ng Pahinungód University of the Philippines Open University conducted an online workshop on crocheting titled "Stitch Away Your Stress" on 28 February 2023 via Zoom.  The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Mary Meghan P. Perido, an entrepreneur, crochet maker and an alumna from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. During the session, Ms. Perido demonstrated some basic patterns of crochet and guided the participants by teaching them a step-by-step procedure of the craft.  Around 76 participants attended the [...]

A new University Registrar now sits for the “Cyber” campus of the University of the Philippines System, the UP Open University (UPOU). Assistant Professor Luisa A. Gelisan, a faculty member of the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and former Director of the UPOU Multimedia Center, is ready to take on the challenge.  Asst. Prof. Gelisan obtained her Master of Development Communication from UP Open University and her Bachelor of Science in Development Communication from UP Los Banos.  Registrar Gelisan has a deep advocacy for open and distance elearning , and the production of open educational resources. [...]

As part of the University of the Philippines Open University’s celebration of  #NationalWomens Month and #InternationalWomens Day, the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) is set to launch a Gender-Focused Research Repository on 22 March 2023, 2:00 PM at Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL) Auditorium, UP Open University Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. The launching is part of the Faculty’s celebration of the International Day of Forests and International Women’s Day. The AVP about the repository will be shown during the Roundtable Discussion of Women Pioneers in the Tech Startup Ecosystem in the Philippines. To know more, you may catch [...]

The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) collaborated with the Ugnayan ng Pahinungód University of the Philippines Open University in conducting a workshop on Therapeutic Communication on 27 February 2023. The workshop was conducted in a hybrid format. A face-to-face and an online session was simultaneously held at the Centennial Center for Digital Learning Auditorium (CCDL), UPOU Headquarters and online via Zoom. Twenty-eight (28) proctors participated in the event at CCDL while four participants attended the workshop via Zoom. The workshop aimed to provide the proctors of OSA with basic knowledge on therapeutic communication and teach them to practice its techniques [...]