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The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) welcomes Prof. Eric Hawkinson as a visiting professor under the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS). Prof. Hawkinson currently teaches Learning and Design Technology at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. He is also a learning futurist who explores and designs technologies for the future of teaching and learning. His projects included augmented tourism rallies, augmented reality (AR) community art exhibitions, mixed reality escape rooms, and other experiments in immersive technology. On 01 September 2022, Prof. Hawkinson conducted a hands-on workshop with the team of Dr. Roberto B. Figueroa, Jr. about “Developing [...]

Dr. Joane V. Serrano, Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) served as a plenary speaker for the Mid-Year Convention of the Philippine Association of Teachers for Educational Foundations and United Professionals for the Development and Advancement of Teacher Education (PATEF-UPDATE) Inc. in partnership with the Philippine Normal University. The event was held on 30 July 2022 via Zoom and streamed live on Facebook. With this year’s theme of Setting Directions on Institutionalizing Flexible Learning, Dean Serrano gave a lecture regarding [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)-Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS),  Dean and Professor, Dr. Joane V. Serrano, together with the Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) Program Chair, Assistant Professor Ria Valerie Cabanes, served as the synchronous session content expert and course coordinators for the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL)’s short course on blended learning for the UPLB teaching staff held from 18 – 31 July 2022. This initiative is to prepare the UPLB teaching staff for the opening of classes this Academic Year 2022-2023. [...]

The Teacher Development Program (TDP) team, led by UP Open University Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria (3rd from right), presented to the newly elected Mayor of Mauban, Quezon, Hon. Ninong Erwin Pastrana (5th from right), the capability program for teachers that had been implemented in the town since 2005.  The  TDP is a collaborative undertaking between the Local Government Unit of Mauban; Quezon Power (Philippines) Limited Co.; Department of Education-Quezon; UPOU Foundation Inc, and UPOU. It provides residents of Mauban scholarship grants for enrollment to graduate level degree programs and training programs offered by the UPOU. Under the program, a scholar [...]

Submission for abstracts for the 7th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL 2022) is still open until 7 September 2022.  Abstracts (maximum of 350 words) for paper and poster presentations should be research-based and relevant to the conference theme "Reimagining Education Futures" with any of the following sub-themes: Flexible models in education Remote teaching and learning Blended hybrid learning Innovating technologies in eLearning Immersive learning and the metaverse Artificial intelligence in eLearning eLearning models and tools in health education Flexible learning pathways for lifelong learning Accessible education for sustainable development Equity, diversity and inclusion in education Gender consideration [...]

In preparation for the Academic Year 2022-2023, the University of the Philippines Open University - Office of Student Affairs (UPOU - OSA) invites new students to the upcoming student orientations. There will be two separate orientations for students following the semestral and trimestral schedules.  Orientation Type Programs Orientation Date Semestral Orientation All Graduate Programs* September 10, 2022 Trimestral Orientation AA, BAMS, BES and MDE October 8, 2022 *except MDE The student orientations aim to provide students with information on the programs and services offered by UPOU to its open and distance e-learners. This is to help students know [...]

Seventeen graduates from the Diploma in Land Use Planning (DLUP) Program of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) were among the 108 passers out of 178 examinees of the 2022 Environmental Planner  Licensure Examination (EnPLE). The following DLUP graduates are now licensed environmental planners: Anselmo Alarilla, Conrado Bataller, Leah Cea, Rhea Celzo, Wynlove Galagaran, Saidin H. Ali, Ma. Cristina Lacasa, Lucille Mapote, Jerico Namoro, Efren Louie Olaño, Maria Antoniette Orijuela, Owen Sen Parcon, Roxanne Raguini, Angelico Saliendra, Ramil Tabanao, Ian Tolentino, and Roda Valenzuela. The Professional  Regulation Commission (PRC) annually conducts [...]

History was made during the meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Creation of Consortium of Open Distance Education Providers in the Philippines on 17 August 2022, at Ifugao State University, Lamut, Ifugao as the group formalized the official name of the consortium–Consortium of Open Distance Education Providers in the Philippines (CODEPP)–and forwarded the notion to officiate the TWG members as Founding Members.  The Consortium is composed of eight higher learning institutions that offer open distance education in the country. These universities are the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Benguet State University (BSU), Cavite State [...]

Photo from left to right: Dr. Melinda dP. Bandalaria, Torunn Gjelsvik and Prof. Dato Ansary Dr. Melinda dP. Bandalaria co-launched the Asia leg of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Global Advocacy Campaign (GAC) on 29 July 2022 in Penang, Malaysia.  The launching of the campaign was one of the highlights of the High Level Roundtable Discussion for Vice Chancellors and Senior Officials of ODL Institutions organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Asia eUniversity. Together with Chancellor Bandalaria were Professor Dato Dr. Ahmed Ansary, co-chair of the ICDE GAC Asia and Founding [...]

The UPOU Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (UPOU OVCAA), in its aim to align its quality management  initiatives with that of the UP system, spearheaded the UPOU Quality Assurance (QA) Orientation on 15 August 2022. This activity aimed to provide an overview of UPOU’s QA initiatives in line with the context of the UP System, and orient the participants for the relaunch of the Quality Assurance through Self-Assessment Report (QASAR) writeshop. Dr. Primo G. Garcia, UPOU Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, discussed the rationale for enhancing the QA program in the University and provided an overview of [...]