UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria, together with Asst. Prof. Myra Almodiel and Ms. Cien Angela Baurile, visited Benguet State University - Open University (BSUOU) on 12-13 April 2018 as part of the Cascading Best Practices program of UPOU.During the visit, Chancellor Bandalaria facilitated a focus group discussion with the professors of BSUOU to monitor their progress as well as the challenges they encountered in the activities proposed by UPOU during the exploratory meeting. This second visit aimed to capacitate the people involved in the distance education programs of BSUOU by formulating more concrete plans and activities, [...]

On 12 April 2018, UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria gave a talk on "Social Media Marketing for Development" during the three-day seminar-workshop on News Writing and Social Media Marketing hosted by the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) held at Hotel Veniz, Baguio City. The three-day seminar-workshop, conducted on 10-12 April, consisted of various talks and activities for the members of PGLU Governor's Press Corps. Resource persons discussed topics ranging from Development Communication to assessment of writing outputs, and facilitated workshops on their respective topics. Other speakers were Mr. Mark Latoja (Retail Manager, Globe Telecom), Mr. [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has named Ms. Yasele Irene Angela Yambao as the first Director of the UPOU Office of Student Affairs (OSA). She will hold office for the period of 01 April 2018 to 31 March 2021. Director Yambao has a Masters of Management degree and Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management from UP Los Baños. She started with UPOU in 1997, when she was hired as a University Extension Associate I under the Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Support Services. Since then, she has served as the Program Development Associate for Learning Center [...]

As part of the public service thrust of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration (OVCFA) held the Annual UPOU Blood Donation drive on 6 April 2018 at the UPOU Oblation Hall, Los Baños. For this year, the UPOU was able to collect 67 bags of blood for the blood donation drive. This figure is 34% higher than the previous year's collection, and the highest volume of collection since it started in 2012. The blood donation drive is part of [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Multimedia Center (MC) conducted the first two sessions of the Multimedia Workshop Series on 21 March 2018 at the Training Room, UPOU Community Hub, UPOU, Los Baños, Laguna. The first session is on UPOU COMMONS, the university's online repository of UPOU-produced Open Educational Resources (OER). While the second session is a lecture-workshop on Zoom, an application for video conferencing. Dr. Joane Serrano, Director of the Multimedia Center, opened the first session with her talk on UPOU Competency Framework on OER. She discussed that OERs are educational resources that are free and publicly [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) in partnership with the Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) launched the Aruga sa Batang may Cancer (ABC) Initiative: A Web-based Pediatric Palliative Care Service Provider in the Philippines on 22 March 2018. The event was held at PCMC in Quezon City with representatives from collaborating agencies such as the Ruth Foundation for Palliative Care and Education and Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), fellows from PCMC and other guests.In his welcome remarks, Dr. Primo G. Garcia, FMDS Dean, explained that that two-thirds of [...]

Ms. Louise Mabulo, an Associate in Arts (AA) student of the Faculty of Education, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), received a recognition as an Outstanding Campus Ambassador in the 2018 United Nations Winter Youth Assembly held on February 14-16, 2018 at the UN Headquarters, New York City, USA. Ms. Mabulo is formerly a delegate of 2017 Winter Youth Assembly where she was awarded a Lifetime Fellowship from the Resolution Project, a global community and organization which awards outstanding youth-led social ventures. Her social venture, The Cacao Project, was chosen as one of the top five outstanding social ventures [...]

The Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) celebrated National Women's Month with a Let's Talk It Over (LTIO) lecture on Situating Women in the Economy and Environment on 27 March 2018 to discuss the role of women in two important sectors of society: the economy and environment. The lecture followed the Women's Month theme "We Make Change Work for Women" to recognize the role of women as active drivers of positive change and their right to equally benefit from these changes. Dr. Primo G. Garcia, Dean of FMDS, opened the activity by highlighting the strong commitment of the Faculty [...]

On 26 March 2018, the Faculty of Education (FEd) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted its 5th EDUKussion Forum titled "Social Studies for Effective Citizenship Education:Japan Perspectives" held at Centennial Center for Digital Learning (CCDL), UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Prof. Tomoyuki Kobara, Professor, Faculty of Human Cultures and Sciences, Fukuyama University and Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, served as the resource person for the event which is attended by students and teachers from the Basic Education Sector and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) within Laguna. Dr. Joanne V. Serrano, Director of Information Office and Multimedia Center, facilitated [...]