Director of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Field Office - UP,  Mr. Hans R. Alcantara, conducted an orientation which tackled the provisions and implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of RA 11032 or Ease of Doing Business Act on 4 October 2019 at the Audiovisual Room, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna.  About 40 UPOU administrators, faculty and staff members were present during the orientation. This activity was slated at providing new and existing knowledge about avoiding red tapes in government offices and ways to reduce complaints by clients with regards to delayed transactions.  RA 11032, also known as the Ease of [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be holding its 23rd Commencement Exercises on 12 October 2019 at its Headquarters in Los Banos, Laguna. It will carry the theme “Excellence in Equity, Equity in Excellence.” UPOU will be conferring four hundred twenty-seven degrees to 81 undergraduate students and 346 graduate students. These are students who successfully completed the requirements for their degree programs for Academic Year 2018-2019 covering 1st, 2nd Semester, and Midyear terms, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Trimesters. Of the undergraduate students, one will be graduating as a Magna cum laude while five will graduate as [...]

Four Philippine state colleges and universities (SUCs) signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) to officially commit to the promotion of open and distance education and technology-enhanced learning through the 6th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2019). On 23 September 2019 at the Holiday Inn, Baguio City, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) represented by Chancellor Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria; University of the Philippines Baguio (UPB) represented by Chancellor Raymundo D. Rovillos; Benguet State University (BSU) represented by Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr Kenneth Laruan on behalf of President Feliciano Calora, Jr.; and the Ifugao [...]

NCODeL 2019 extends the deadline for the submission of research abstract papers to 23 September 2019. The 6th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2019) will be held on 26-28 November 2019 at the Holiday Inn, Baguio City. It carries the theme “Quality in Equity. Equity in Quality.” It focuses on the more in-depth understanding of the concepts, principles, and methodologies of distance education, elearning, and technology-enhanced learning. The conference has three sub-themes: (1) Equity Dimensions in Quality Assurance Frameworks in technology-enhanced Learning; (2) Access, Inclusivity and Equity in Technology-enhanced Learning; and (3) Technologies for Enhancing Equity and [...]