With the aim of further exploring the model and working mechanism of community education, and vigorously advancing the construction of experiment centres (bases) for community education, the 2015 National Community Education Seminar of the Ministry of Education (MOE) Research and Training Centre for Community Education (hereafter shortened to “the Centre”) convened in Changchun, Jilin Province from June 10–11.
During the selection of "Outstanding Innovation Cases" among units directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE), the “ OUC Micro-Lectures” online course construction project, combining “micro-lecture, online application systems, and teaching staff training”, was selected as an outstanding innovative case. The “OUC Micro-Lectures” project was built by the Digital Learning Resources Centre (DLRC) of the Open University of China (OUC).
On March 4th,2015, the National Publication Foundation unveiled the list of projects chosen to receive funding in 2015, and the project “Lectures on Science Popularization by 100 Academicians and Experts” from Multimedia Press, The Open University of China (OUC), was among those chosen. The National Publication Foundation is the third largest fund set up by the state, following the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Social Sciences Fund. It mainly subsidizes the publishing of books and a few electronic audio-visual products with cultural inheritance and preservation value.
The iPad version of “Your Hand Drawing” application software (hereinafter referred to as “Your Hand Drawing App”) developed by the Open University of China (OUC) was formally launched recently at Apple’s app store. From January 2015 on, students of the OUC and the general public will be able to download this professional graphics software for free via their personal app store account and use it to practice painting and drawing.
The “OUC Open Forum” video courses and the series "Science and China: Lectures by Academicians and Experts” produced by the Open University of China (OUC) were aired on China Education Television Channel 1 (CETV-1) from March 7, 2015 and on CETV Air Classroom Channel from March 9, 2015, respectively.
On February 2, 2015, the fifth biennial Chinese Excellent Publication Award was held in Beijing. The session, organized by the Publishers Association of China, and held every two years, is one of the highest awards in the publication industry. A total of 338 excellent works received awards in categories covering books, audio and video electronic games, research papers, and award nominations. Experts Talking About Ancient Chinese Culture, published by the OUC Multimedia Press, claimed the prize for Chinese Excellent Publication in the area of audio and video electronic games.
“In the Government’s Work Report, Premier Li Keqiang has mentioned that economic growth shall abide by the law of development, and in line with objective reality.This is especially true with education. Only with less extra burdens, less interference, less indulgence, can the children grow up in a healthy way.” This is what Fang Qing, representative of NPC said at the group discussion with the Zhejiang delegation at the 3rd plenary session of China's 12th NPC held on the afternoon of March 5, 2015. She is also the headmaster of Jindong District Experimental Primary School of Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. Her speech entitled “Building a Firewall for Primary and Secondary Schools Against Interference” aroused great attention at the session.
Through voting by Internet users and expert selection, the “OUC's Top Ten News Stories of 2014”, jointly held by the Open University of China (OUC) and china.org.cn, were announced a few days ago.