Today, we are celebrating #EarthDay! Let's use this opportunity to #MakeClimateAConversation! Not sure how to start? Check our few samples here! Remember, it doesn't have to start big, but it has to start NOW. #RestoreOurEarth #SolveClimateBy2030 #UPOpenUniversity #UPOpenUniversity
The UP Open University (UPOU) is joining girls around the world in celebrating the “International Girls in ICT Day” on 22 April 2021. With the 2021 theme Connected Girls, Creating Brighter Futures, UPOU supports the global campaign to build awareness about the gender digital divide, support technology education and skills training, and encourage more girls and young women to actively pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This global movement highlights the need to promote technology career opportunities for girls and women in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) -- the world’s fastest growing sector. UPOU, as the [...]
The University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA), in partnership with the UPLB Institute of Mathematical Science and Physics, invites all UPOU students and UPOU faculty members to a special conversation titled "Mathematics for Human Flourishing." This will be held on 4 May 2021, 10:00 AM - 12:00 NN. Dr. Francis Su, author of the book with the same title, will be the speaker. His book is published by Yale University Press and was awarded the 2021 Euler Book Prize. Dr. Su served as President of the Mathematical Association of America (2015-2017) and [...]
The webinar program that the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) and the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) co-organized was named Champion in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2021 . The project titled “Enabling Teachers on Remote Teaching and Learning in the Time of Pandemic” is one of the 90 Champions for the summit, and one of the 20 projects nominated under the Capacity-building category. Over 1,270 projects from around the world were submitted for the year and three hundred sixty of these projects were nominated for the voting phase of the contest. [...]
You are all invited to attend the introductory product training for Clarivate's Web of Science (WOS) on Friday, 23 April 2021 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. via Zoom. The training will be facilitated by Ms. Dju-Lyn Chng, Regional Solution Consultant for Southeast Asia, Clarivate. At the end of the training, participants are expected to be able to use the Web of Science and InCites to conduct a comprehensive literature review. Those who are interested may register at https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcuqtrT4pEtUMdfKYNBuVmAhXloYMqzPX or scan the QR code from the above image. Please note that this training is the first session of a four-part training series prepared by Clarivate. Details for the latter [...]
Research isn't just about thesis proposals, dissertation writing and project outputs. It is much about building research relationships with your research advisers/mentors, co-investigators and peers. Hopefully, it all works out. Engage with the FEd community's Research Journeys in the 12th EDUKussion. For inquiries, email [email protected]" #UPOpenUniversity
The Multimedia Center (MC) of the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted an Advance Training on Zoom on 29 March 2021 for UPOU employees and contract of service staff. The MC Director, Ms. Luisa A. Gelisan, said that UPOU has licensed Zoom accounts -- three Zoom meeting accounts and one webinar account that the different UPOU units can use. But, due to the increasing number and simultaneous Zoom meetings, webinars, and public events held by UPOU offices and programs, it was deemed necessary that more UPOU staff members be trained to use zoom and its different functionalities. Director [...]
You are all invited to attend the First Expert Series webinar entitled Managing Research Remotely: Learning from 2020 and Moving Forward in 2021. This will be held via Zoom on 21 April 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Please register to Advance to ensure a place for you by clicking this link: https://qrgo.page.link/vadfA #UPOpenUniversity
#ThursdaySurvey: Calling all MPM Program alumni! We want to hear from you! The MPM Program Chair is currently doing her Ph.D. research on “Capacity Development for Public Servants through Online Education: The Case of the MPM Program of the UPOU.” The research will explore how online education works as a mechanism for the capacity development of public servants in the Philippines. Part of the study is to conduct an online survey to determine your experiences and competencies that you acquired as alumni on the MPM program and how the program can be improved. Your ideas and recommendations will be highly [...]
The University of the Philippines Los Baños, in partnership with University of the Philippines Open University - Faculty of Management and Development Studies, Department of Science - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), and SEAMEO-Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) will hold the UPLB Diamond Jubilee Professorial Chair Lecture titled "Niching R&D Management in the S&T Ecosystem" on April 29, 2021, at 2:00-4:00 PM via Zoom and YouTube Livestream. You may visit the following link for more details regarding the professorial lecture: https://tinyurl.com/2021profchairdetails If you wish to attend, please [...]
