The University of the Philippines Open University, fifth constituent university of the University of the Philippines System and the National Center for Excellence in Open Learning and Distance Education, would be offering an online Doctor of Communication program starting First Semester, Academic Year 2010-2011. The said degree program has been approved by the University of [...]
Interested parties who wish to be admitted as a student of the University of the Philippines Open University, whether in the undergraduate or graduate level, should take note of the following information: Deadline for filing of Application for Admission (1st Semester 2010-2011) UPOU Programs with admission exam (Associate in Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia [...]
Efren Peñaflorida, a secondary educator and graduate student of the UP Open University (Master of Public Management), who started a “pushcast classroom” in the Philippines, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. CNN’s Anderson Cooper revealed Peñaflorida’s selection at the conclusion of the third-annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” at the Kodak [...]
If you haven’t read the first two parts of this series on “Debunking Distance Education Myths,” I suggest that you check out them out first (Part 1 and Part 2) before reading this. Myth # 2 – Studying via distance education means that you will be studying alone with no professor/instructor or classmates. Although studying [...]
First of all let me congratulate my friend, Brian ‘Bong’ Ong for being elected as one of the twelve councilors of UP Diliman – University Student Council for the academic year 2009-2010. I’m so happy for you! Second, it’s final examination week here at UPOU. I’m a bit nervous for my final examinations in NATSCI2 [...]
