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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As early as 2001, we boldly declared “UPOU goes online.” The move proved to be a game changer as it did not mean simply switching the course delivery system of the UPOpen University (UPOU); it meant redefining and realigning critical functions of the university that affected the way we did things and the way we viewed ourselves as an academic institution. What then is UPOU and who are we?
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On 07 July 2017, Assistant Professor Rita Ramos, Faculty Secretary of the UP Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS), and Chair of the UPOU Health and Wellness Committee, served as the speaker for the Research Conversation on the Flagship Program: TAYO or Team Approach and Youthful Outlook for UPOU. TAYO is […]
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Dr. Vim Nadera, Jr. Si Victor Emmanuel Daelo Carmelo Nadera Jr. ay isang Professor sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa Diliman, Lungsod Quezon na kasalukuyang nakadestino bilang Direktor IV ng Philippine High School for the Arts. Nagtapos si Vim ng B.S. at M.A. Psychology sa UST at bilang art therapist, siya ay nakatulong na sa mga […]
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FILM LITERACY AND CRITICISM Dr. Rolando B. Tolentino Dr. Roland B. Tolentino is currently a Professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute in Diliman. He has been a fellow at the UP Institute of Creative Writing since 2000, and has also taught at the University of California Berkeley, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, […]
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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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Dr. Jose Wendell P. Capili Professor Jose Wendell P. Capili earned his degrees from UST, UP Diliman, University of Tokyo, University of Cambridge and The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (now School of Culture, History & Language, College of Asia and the Pacific), Australian National University, where he completed his PhD on the […]
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DANAS NA GANAP: REALIZING LIFE VIA THEATER Dr. Glecy Atienza Dr. Glecy Cruz Atienza is a Full Professor at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, where she teaches Philippine literature, creative writing and Philippine theater. She is a performing artist-director-playwright-essayist and theater scholar. She has conducted various […]
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Dr. Alleli Domingo Dr. Alleli Ester C. Domingo is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). She obtained her BS Applied Mathematics from UPLB (cum laude) and MSc in Mathematics from Melbourne University, Australia. She received the 2004 UPLB […]
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POSTCOLONIAL PATHS TO CONSTRUCTING THE NATION/BAYAN Dr. Priscelina Patajo-Legasto Dr. Priscelina Patajo-Legasto is a writer, critic, and a full professor at the Department of English and Comparative Literature in UP Diliman. She specializes and teaches courses in literary, cultural, feminist and Marxist theory and criticism, Philippine theater history and post-colonial studies. She completed her MA […]
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PHILIPPINE ART AND CULTURE & WOMEN IN THE ARTS Dr. Brenda Fajardo Brenda V. Fajardo, a Professor Emerita of the University of the Philippines, taught art at the Department of Art Studies, UP Diliman. She finished her M.S. in Art Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and completed her PhD in Philippine Studies at […]
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