Open and Distance Learning (ODL) as a concept has been well entrenched with its rich literature and application. Institutions and associations have thickened the discourse on this and have exchanged best practices and have built this strong community through many, many years. ODL is the merging of two concepts, that of “open learning” and “distance education”. This occurred when distance education (DE)...
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In 2011, the UP Open University (UPOU) embarked on the production of a community television program that aims to highlight science and technology issues and showcase the research and technologies produced by research and development (R&D) institutions based in the university town of Los Banos in Laguna, Philippines. The UPOU offers mostly graduate programs through open and distance e-learning...
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Distance education (DE) has recently been popularized because of the advances in information and communication technologies. The latest version of the web, which further enhances Internet-based interactivity, revolutionizes DE and creates the possibilities for the development of online learning. Several universities around the globe, including the UP Open University (UPOU), took advantage of such...
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Dr. Jose Neil Garcia teaches creative writing and comparative literature in the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he serves as Director of the University Press and a fellow for poetry in the Institute of Creative Writing. He is the author of numerous poety collections and works in literary and cultural criticism, including The Sorrows […]
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Harvard School of Business Professor Clayton Christensen has predicted disruption in higher education in the same way that it has happened in industries. The culprit? The modern information and communication technologies. In education, it is also known as...
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Dr. Tiongson is a Professor Emeritus at the UP Film Institute, and former dean of the UP College of Mass Communication (2003-2006) in Diliman. He served as artistic director and vice president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (1986-1994) and chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (2001). He is a […]
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