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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 [...]

University of the Philippines  Open University (UPOU)  welcomed visitors from the Philippine Normal University (PNU) in a (hybrid) benchmarking activity on 28 July 2022. The PNU team led by Prof. Lovely Airein Albania, Deputy Dean of College of Flexible Learning was welcomed by Dr. Myra C. Almodiel, Director of Office of Public Affairs, Asst. Prof. Reinald Adrian D. Pugoy, Director of Information and Communication Technology Development Office, and Dir. Luisa Gelisan, Director of the Multimedia Center. Asst. Prof. Reinald Adrian Pugoy discussed the setting up and management of MODeL, the online platform used by UPOU for its courses and Massive [...]

The Women Sustainability Forum 2022 (WSF 2022) is still accepting proposals for its online event to be held on 31 August 2022, 5:00 PM (GMT +8).  The forum aims to facilitate exchange and collaboration among empowered women leaders in sustainability science, policy, and practice in various sectors and to mobilize resources towards a more sustainable 21st century and address sustainability challenges and opportunities that come with it.  The annual forum is a digital conference for a global audience. Exceptional women and champions in sustainability, investors, industry experts, policymakers, students, and academics are invited to join the discussion and share [...]