UP, UPOU, and Shu-Te University discuss potential partnerships in academic exchanges, city diplomacy, and human resource development and regional integration.UP President Alfredo E. Pascual and UPOU Chancellor Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso were in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to explore partnership with Shu-Te University (STU) in academic exchanges, city diplomacy, and human resource development and regional integration. In response to the invitation of STU President Dr. Yuan-Hsian Chu, Chancellor Alfonso and President Pascual led a group of UP academics who visited Kaohsiung City from 19 January to 22 January 2016. According to Dr. Chu, the Philippines and Taiwan "are the most valuable educational [...]

Assistant Professor Reinald Adrian DL. Pugoy recognized for his paper on mobile apps.Assistant Professor Reinald Adrian DL. Pugoy won the Silver Medal for the Young Innovator Award at the 29th Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Annual Conference. He was cited for his research paper titled "Mobile Solutions For Synchronized and Offline Version Of Open Educational Resources." In his study, Pugoy generated two mobile apps for Android devices that allowed offline viewing of open educational resources (OERs). These apps are Browser-Like Android App and Corona/Worona-Based App. He said that through these apps, individuals can use OERs even when they do [...]

UPOU organizes 4th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning to help democratize access to education in the country.Higher education institutions and technical and vocational institutes from different regions assembled in the 4th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning: Philippine Education Revolution through Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL 2015) held on 5-6 November 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Ortigas, Metro Manila and organized by UP Open University. NCODeL 2015 is a response to the Republic Act 10650 (Open and Distance Learning Act), which seeks to democratize access to quality tertiary education through the adoption of open [...]

1st Colleges and University Public Service Conference (CUPSCon1) to be held at the UPOU on 26-27 November 2015.The University of the Philippines, as part of its public service mandate, is organizing the first Colleges and University Public Service Conference (CUPSCon1) at the University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, Laguna on 26-27 November 2015. This conference was conceptualized to bring together HEIs who are engaged in public and extension service, community engagement, and the like to share their experiences in the form of paper presentations. It also seeks to build a network of like-minded universities that could promote public [...]

UPOU to conduct conference for higher education institutions and vocational institutes on open and distance e-learning (ODeL) concepts and subsystems.The 4th National Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning (NCODeL2015) will be held on 5-6 November 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Ortigas, Metro Manila. The conference is organized by the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in cooperation with the Philippine Society for Distance Education (PSDL) and UPOU Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI), for administrators, academics, teachers and researchers of Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) and [...]