On August 23rd, the final meeting of the “credit bank” research project of the Open University of China (OUC) was held in Beida Jade Bird APTECH. Mr. Liu Zhipeng, the director of High Education Press, together with Mr. Li Linshu, the vice president of the OUC, Mr. Sun Fuwan, the head of Scientific Research Department of the OUC,
A workshop on “Massive Online Open Courses and the OUC Online Learning Development (MOOCs•OUC)” was held at Wukesong campus of the Open University of China (OUC) on July 25, 2013. The workshop was attended by Yang Zhijian, president of the OUC, and more than 30 representatives from 15 OUC schools and departments.
In December 2012, the Open University of China (OUC) signed an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Science's Bureau of Academician Work to join forces in a strategic alliance with benefits for both parties. They have jointly planned and launched a series of video lectures for the “Open University of China Lectures” series specifically, “Science and China — Lectures by Academicians and Experts”. To date,
On July 3, 2013, the MOE Research and Development Center for the Integration and Application of Digital Learning Technologies (hereinafter referred to as the R & D Centre) was inaugurated in the Open University of China (OUC). Professor Liu Yanshen, Vice Director of the National Engineering Research Center for E-learning and the OUC President Yang Zhijiang unveiled the center.
The Office of the Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education for Education and Instruction in Vocational Education (hereinafter referred to as “the office”) held a workshop on “Vocational Higher Education Reform and the Construction of Pilot Schemes in Open Universities” in Wuhan from June 20-21, 2013. The workshop was attended
On May 16, 2013, The Open University of China (OUC) successfully convened a video conference on teaching inspection for open education in 2012. The OUC’s schools and teaching management departments submitted comments on, and solutions for, the problems existing within the inspection process, and gave feedback to the regional RTVUs.
In order to deepen the community education work of its “i-Lab”, the Ministry of Education Community Education Research Training Center (hereinafter referred to as “the center”) held a workshop at Tianjin “i-Calligraphy Lab” (Tianjin RTVU Calligraphy School) on May 21, 2013 to discuss the future of the lab.
A Teachers’ Forum on Distance Education in China with the theme of “The Construction and Operation of Course Teaching Teams” was held in Xiamen, Fujian on March 27, 2013. 16 teachers engaged in agriculture, medicine and engineering teaching in the RTVU system made presentations.