The UP Open University Multimedia Center (UPOU MC) conducted a 2-day training-workshop titled “Graphics Editing Using Photopea”. The workshop, a hybrid event, was held on 18 and 25 October 2022 at the Audio-visual Room, UPOU in Los Baños, Laguna,  and broadcasted simultaneously via Zoom.  Ms. Ann Kristine Medina, a UPOU MC administrative staff member and multimedia developer/producer, served as trainer/resource person. Forty-eight individuals, consisting of UPOU faculty, REPS, research assistants, administrative staff members, and students/student assistants participated in the training.  The training aimed to capacitate participants on how to use Photopea (https://www.photopea.com/), a free graphic editing software [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be holding its 26th Commencement Exercises on 10 December 2022, 5:00 p.m. at the UPOU Oblation Plaza with the theme “​​University of the Future: Reimaginations, Reconfigurations, Realizations.”  A total of 534 graduates are expected to attend the Commencement Exercises. Of the 534 graduates, 99 are from the three undergraduate programs; 35 are from the two graduate certificate programs; 216 are from the 12 graduate diploma programs; 165 are from the 10 master’s programs; and, 19 graduates are from the two doctoral programs of UPOU. The Commencement speaker for this year [...]

In commemoration of the Acad Union Month this October 2022, the All UP Academic Employees Union - Los Banos and Open University (AUPAEU-LB and OU) Chapters  collaborated to hold the "Ang Guro at Ang Bayan Faculty Forum". The hybrid event was conducted last 17 October 2022, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the UPOU Audio-Visual Room, and via Zoom and Facebook Live.  Ang Guro at Ang Bayan Faculty Forum is represented by the University’s regular faculty members, Research, Extension, and Professional Staff (REPS) with teaching load, lecturers, teaching assistants, teaching fellows, and professor emeriti of UPLB and UPOU campuses.  [...]

In a segment in Radyo Pilipinas last 15 October 2022, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Office of Public Affairs (OPA) Director, Dr. Myra C. Almodiel, had the opportunity to promote the 7th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODeL 2022) in an interview with Tess Ramirez.      This year’s conference will be held virtually on 23-25 November 2022. Dr. Almodiel explained that the NCODeL had been consistently conducted every two years by the UPOU since 1999, where different educational institutions share their ideas, experiences, and best practices in an online setting. The conference is open to administrators, [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University’s (UPOU) OpenTalk 27 featured a discussion on Developing Immersive Learning Programs for Higher Education through Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and beyond. The guest speaker was  Prof. Eric Hawkinson, Professor and Learning Futurist at the  School of Global Engagement in Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, and Visiting Professor at the UPOU Faculty of Information and Communication Studies shared the benefits, limitations, and potential applications of the technology platforms  in both teaching and learning. Prof. Hawkinson shared his core passion for understanding the factors and technologies reshaping how humans happily teach, learn, [...]

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) conducted a half-day orientation for the new tutors last 04 October 2022. Through this orientation, the tutors were given an overview of the teaching and learning approach at UPOU and their roles in an online course.  Asst. Prof. Ana Katrina Marcial, the former Director of the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS), presented the distinction of resource-based learning approach and the difference between the roles of a UPOU FIC (faculty-in-charge) and a tutor. She also elaborated on the components of UPOU online courses such as the course [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Teaching Community welcomed the new faculty members through a hybrid orientation last 06 October 2022. Led by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), the orientation provided a comprehensive overview of the teaching and learning approach at UPOU, the duties and responsibilities of a faculty member, and administrative matters. During the orientation, Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria welcomed the faculty members in UPOU and shared a glimpse of the University’s culture. Dr.  Diego S. Maranan, Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) and Dr. Joane V. [...]

The University of Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Distance Education in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) held a joint postgraduate webinar last 30 September 2022. UPOU Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS) Assistant Professor, Dr. Finaflor Taylan, represented the university through her presentation entitled “Student Supervision and Felt Presence: A Bittersweet Journey of a Researcher, Mother, and Development Advocate towards a Post Graduate degree.” Dr. Taylan’s shared in her presentation that the “conduct of research especially from the side of the students can help us reflect more.” In terms of supervision and making [...]