Three years pandemic apparently has been forming a new culture in education sector. Many educators are getting familiar with and comfortable in engaging various tools, applications, and platforms that support learning material delivery to students. This habit arises as the pandemic has been forcing teachers to conduct learning sessions when they were located separately from the students. As a result, … Read More
What can Open Universities do for Sustainable Development?
By: Prof Dr Ahmad Izanee Awang, President/Vice-Chancellor, Open University Malaysia At the Delta University International Engineering Conference on Research and Innovation held in Egypt last 26-27 November 2022, I had the opportunity to represent Open University Malaysia (OUM) and talk about a topic that will likely become increasingly significant over the next few years: open and distance learning (ODL) and … Read More
Anadolu University 40th Anniversary Fellowship Program
In celebration of its 40th anniversary in 2022/23, the Anadolu University Open Education System has been awarding 40 fellowships to researchers worldwide since the beginning of 2022 and continues to accept applications in 2023. The Fellowship Program aims to create and maintain sustainable collaboration and increase networking among researchers and higher education institutions in the field of open and distance … Read More
Skilling youth for employability in Fiji
Ema Lewavetau, has been looking for ways to gain skills that could generate an income. With COL’s support, Ema enrolled in hand-soap making training offered by COL’s partner, FRIEND Fiji in Lautoka, that has equipped her with useful skills for the future. “I was interested in attending this training because I am from Yasawa and there are many hotels on … Read More
Staff Exchange Fellowship Programme – Open University of Sri Lanka
The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) is offering two short-term Fellowships to staff from AAOU member institutions for the year 2022. This programme is intended to provide a platform for capacity building and establishment of sustainable partnerships as well as fostering knowledge exchange and promotion of mutual understanding among staff of the Open Universities of Asia. Number of fellowships … Read More
The Virtual University of Pakistan to Sign a Historic Memorandum of Understanding With Three Universities of South Baluchistan
To empower Southern Baluchistan, the Virtual University of Pakistan signed a historic memorandum of understanding with three universities of South Baluchistan. These include the University of Gwadar, the University of Turbat, and the Baluchistan University of Engineering and Technology, Khuzdar. The MoU was signed by the Rector, Virtual University of Pakistan, Prof. Dr. Arshad Saleem and Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzaq … Read More
Training of Journalists in Islamabad and Lahore by VUP
The Virtual University of Pakistan with the collaboration of the Press Information Department Islamabad and the Pakistan Information Center organized a series of Mojo (Mobile Journalism) training sessions for the working journalist of Pakistan. In the first phase, these training sessions were conducted in Islamabad and Lahore. The first two-day training session was conducted at Information Services Academy Islamabad for … Read More
UPOU Professor Publishes Chapter in the Routledge Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organization
Dr. Jean A. Saludadez, Professor at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), has published a chapter in the First Edition of The Routledge Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organization. The book was launched during the 72nd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference (ICA 2022) held on 26-30 May 2022 in Paris, France. The conference carried the theme … Read More
UPOU Ties With International Partners for Workshop on Learner Centered Learning
The UP Open University (UPOU) has partnered with the IBS Foundation, the Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany, Mongolian University of Science and Technology and Peking University in Beijing, China for the International IBS Workshop on Learner Centered Learning (LCL) 2022. This is the 3rd IBS International Workshop and it will be held on 2 – 4 November 2022 in … Read More
UPOU Pays Courtesy Call to BSU to Revive Discussions on Creation of ODEL Consortium in PH
With the COVID-19 cases in the country continuing to decline and the restrictions relaxing, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Chancellor Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria and team paid a courtesy call to the newly appointed Benguet State University (BSU) President, Dr. Felipe S. Comila, on 15 June 2022 at La Trinidad, Benguet. The revival of the discussion on forming … Read More