On 5 November 2017, a pool of faculty and staff members of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) visited the National University of Kaohsiung (NUK) in Taiwan for a Business Analytics training. The training is part of UPOU's project titled "Enabling the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) for Mission RA 10650 (Open Distance Learning Act) and Strengthening its Position as a Leader in ODeL in the Region," supported by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Dr. Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor, led nine participants from UPOU, namely, Dr. Melinda Lumanta, Asst. Prof. Myra Almodiel, Asst. [...]

The Faculty of Education (FED) welcomes fellow Dr. Ghanta Pushpa Chakrapani as part of the UPOU Exchange Fellowship Program from November 4 to December 1, 2017, at the UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Dr. Chakrapani has 23 years of teaching and research experience and currently a Professor and the Department Head of Physics, and the Director of Prof. G. Ramreddy Research Academy of Distance Education, (GRADE) & Internal Quality Assurance in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This year's Exchange Fellowship theme, "ASEAN Education in the Era of Openness," aims to build and establish sustainable [...]

Two faculty members of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) have completed their Doctor of Philosophy degrees and have reported back for service this 2017 - Dr. Diego Silang Maranan and Dr. Ria Mae Borromeo. Dr. Diego Silang Maranan obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Art and Media as a Marie Curie Fellow at the Plymouth University, United Kingdom, under CogNovo.eu, an interdisciplinary project on creativity in cognition with a 4.1 million EU-funded project. His PhD thesis, "Haplos: Towards Technologies for and Applications for Somaesthetics," was awarded first place at the [...]

UP Open University (UPOU) participated in the 11th Annual Workshop of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Conference held on 16-19 October 2017 at Novotel Hotel, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines and organized by the University of the Philippines (UP) System. This year's theme, "Environmental Exposures & Cancer in the Pacific Rim," aimed to promote collaboration and exchange of latest research and knowledge among health experts and practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in relation to prevention of cancer and other non-communicable diseases, environmental health, and occupational health. Two pre-conference workshops were held. The first one tackled drug [...]

Two Research, Extension and Professional Staff (REPS) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) were awarded the Public Service Writing Fellowship. Ms. Luisa A. Gelisan, University Researcher II at the Multimedia Center, and Ms. Emely Amoloza, University Extension Associate II at the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, were among the eight participants who were awarded the Public Service Writing Fellowship 2017 by the UP Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs. The Public Service Writing Fellowship was initiated to promote public service as a scholarly and interdisciplinary endeavor. It aims to encourage university faculty and staff [...]