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抖阴探探OU’s Free and Accessible Online Educational Resources
The 抖阴探探 has been providing free access to its online open educational resources (OERs) via the 抖阴探探 Open University (抖阴探探OU) Networks website since 2010. Literature such as books, journals, and monographs; podcasts; and videos covering a wide range of subject areas are available to all learners and educators who are looking for additional teaching materials. 抖阴探探OU Networks also has resource-based course packages available for download. For calendar year 2022, almost a hundred videos of livestream events, webinars, lectures, and public fora were uploaded to the online repository.听
Apart from 抖阴探探OU Networks, the University also has the 抖阴探探OU Massive Open Distance eLearning (MODeL). In operation since 2013, it is 抖阴探探OU鈥檚 official platform for the delivery of massive open online courses (MOOCs). In 2022, MODeL offered 25 MOOCs that were free and open to the public. Among those were courses on ODeL, technology for teaching and learning, scriptwriting, understanding children better, child rights protection and promotion, social entrepreneurship, blended teaching and learning using OERs, basic animation, business analytics, and the development and production of interactive educational video materials.
听Changes to the higher education landscape brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic remain significant driving forces in the University鈥檚 reimagination and recalibration of its approaches to the delivery of education鈥攏ot only to its students in the Philippines and abroad, but also to the wider population who aim to be lifelong learners. A deeper focus on learner-centered education allows 抖阴探探 to adapt to the technology-driven world and the shifts it creates in learning demands. In times when retooling and upskilling of the current and future workforce is greatly needed, 抖阴探探 responds with the best of its resources. At the heart of its operations is the commitment to perform public service by offering free quality learning resources to all who wish to avail.
Capacity-Building in Fisheries and Aquaculture
The 抖阴探探 Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) and its institutes had been actively conducting training and other capacity-building programs for fisherfolk, people鈥檚 organizations, local governments, and educators before the pandemic. While face-to-face activities and engagements may have slowed down during the COVID-19 lockdowns, 2022 saw these activities coming back in full force.
The CFOS Public Service Program led the 鈥淔isheries Training Needs Assessment in the Municipality of Leganes, Iloilo and Its Environs鈥� for the members of the mayor鈥檚 office, municipal council, and captains of the coastal barangays of the municipality. The Institute of Fisheries Policy and Development Studies gave lectures on fishery resources, laws and ordinances, climate change issues, effects of microplastics, and resource conservation and protection to the fisherfolk of the Municipality of Miagao, Iloilo.听
Recognizing education鈥檚 role in promoting aquaculture sustainability to enhance the country鈥檚 food security, the Brackishwater Aquaculture Center鈥檚 (BAC) annual Aquaculture Summer Institute conducted online lectures for senior high school teachers in the Science, Technology and Engineering strand of the Leganes National High School. The BAC is the Institute of Aquaculture鈥檚 (CFOS-IA) research facility located in the municipality. The topics included basic principles of aquaculture, aquaculture systems, and basic fish diseases detection.
On a much larger scale, CFOS-IA mounted its three-week public service program for university and college teachers, Training of Educators in Aquatic Mainstream Science (TEAMS), with participants from Ilocos Norte, Zambales, Capiz, Zamboanga, and Maguindanao. TEAMS is intended to further strengthen research and instruction capabilities of higher education institutions offering fisheries and allied programs. Hands-on training sessions were conducted in partnership with the 抖阴探探V National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and the 抖阴探探V Museum of Natural Sciences.
Apart from the training programs for educators, CFOS-IA also had the 鈥淭raining Course on Catfish Breeding, Nursery, and Management鈥� for Miagao fisherfolk, who had some knowledge about catfish farming but were alarmed by the low survival rate of fingerlings. The course encouraged local fishing communities to maximize their resources. After their hands-on training, the catfish larvae produced during the activity were distributed to the participants to stock and culture.
Team Scallops from the Institute of Fish Processing Technology (CFOS-IFPT) went to Islas de Gigantes, a group of islands off the northernmost part of Carles, Iloilo, to provide training on value addition and good manufacturing practices for scallops, which is abundant in the area. Islas de Gigantes is considered one of the most productive fishing grounds in the Philippines and known for bivalve fishery. It was participated in by members of the Gigantes Federation of Fisherfolks Sector (GIFFS) Fishermen Cooperative. CFOS-IFPT went back months later to conduct 鈥淭raining on Entrepreneurship: Sustainable Management of a Community-Based Enterprise for Seafood Products鈥� to a much larger audience composed of those already engaged in the processing of value-added scallop products.
CFOS-IFPT then proceeded to Tibiao, Antique to conduct lectures and hands-on training on fish processing technologies to agrarian reform beneficiaries in the municipality. The participants were taught how to make the most use of their catch during peak season, a considerable volume of which was wasted鈥攕imply thrown back to the sea or buried鈥攂ecause of the lack of know-how in fish processing techniques.
The back-to-back 鈥淭raining-workshop on Packaging and Labeling of Priority Products and Introduction to Basic Entrepreneurship鈥� and 鈥淭raining-Workshop on GMP/SSOP for Small-Scale Production of Fishery Products and Introduction to Cooperative Development and Management鈥� were given to fisherfolk from Ajuy and Concepcion, Iloilo who process sardines, squid, and blue swimming crab wastes, among others. The first was conducted in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region VI and with assistance from the Department of Science and Technology Region VI and the 抖阴探探V College of Management. It was intended to equip the participants with the basic concepts of packaging and labeling requirements of Philippine regulatory agencies, the hows of choosing appropriate packaging materials and labels, and ways to develop marketing plans for their products. The second was still in partnership with BFAR Region VI and with added partners, Provincial Fisheries Office-Iloilo, and the local governments of Ajuy and Concepcion. It was on good manufacturing practices/ sanitation standard operating procedures for small-scale production of fishery products, and cooperative development and management.
With the ease of travel having almost gone back to the pre-pandemic normal, CFOS is expected to continue to provide its training programs within Western Visayas and across the country beyond 2022.
Pahinungod鈥檚 Educational Enhancement Programs
The Ugnayan ng Pahinung贸d/Oblation Corps of the 抖阴探探 Los Ba帽os has continuously provided for 27 years various volunteer service opportunities for over 5,000 抖阴探探 students, staff and alumni, while assisting more than 20,000 individuals in remote areas and from marginalized sectors. Pahinungod is an integral public service arm of 抖阴探探 Los Ba帽os; and it maintains various programs in: educational enhancement; environmental management; technical assistance; disaster resiliency; and, sectoral development.
Pahinungod鈥檚 educational enhancement programs are functional literacy interventions that aim to supplement formal school instruction through participatory seminars, workshops and tutorials for underserved elementary and high school students. Public school teachers in rural areas also benefit from Pahinungod鈥檚 PAGTUTURO initiative.
The Gurong Pahinungod Program (GPP) primarily caters to fresh graduates and alumni who are deployed for as long as a year as full-time volunteer faculty members of underserved elementary schools. The GPP is implemented in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), in recognition of the shared aspiration among public schools and state universities and colleges of making basic education work for Filipinos.
Pahinung贸d鈥檚 Affirmative Action Project (AAP) helps students of public schools in rural and disadvantaged areas to become more confident to take entrance exams, pursue college education, take courses needed in their communities, and assume leadership roles in their hometowns. Pahinung贸d hopes to provide underserved students with better chances to access quality tertiary education, and to improve their skills as future community leaders through the AAP鈥檚 1-2 week leadership training and college preparatory review program for incoming grade 12 students. The program is also consistent with 抖阴探探鈥檚 aim to democratize access to quality education services.
Another initiative is the PAGTUTURO (Pagpapatalas ng Talino at Talento ng mga Guro). Teachers need constant updating of competence in education technology and policy. Since teachers and many faculty members of remote public schools often have limited means to access professional growth opportunities, Pahinungod provides two to three days of interactive retooling workshops on creative teaching strategies, content updates and other enrichment activities to improve their teaching capacities.
Pahinung贸d also has a special program that provides a听 review once a week on selected difficult subject areas in the basic education curricula. The LINGAP ARAL Special Tutorials program aims to help boost the indigent students鈥� school performance and improve their accomplishments in national scholastic aptitude tests. Sponsor LGUs or support organizations identify these students; and they also provide resources, such as scholarships and stipends, to give the scholars sustained education support.
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抖阴探探鈥檚 Quality Policy
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抖阴探探 on Sustainable Cities and Communities
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抖阴探探 on Partnerships to Achieve the Goals
