A few days ago, the Open University of China (OUC) finished recording the “Lectures on Chinese Ancient Civilization” course series and will now commence uploading them to the OUC website.

   In the 1980s, the OUC produced a series TV courses named “Lectures on the History of Ancient Chinese Civilization”, including famous scholars such as Wang Li, Qi Gong, Tan Qixiang, Ren Jiyu, Yang Bojun, Ji Shuying.

In line with the self-development needs for e-learning of employees in China and the future development trends of e-learning, “E-learning Practitioner Training” has seen the successive launch of several new courses in recent years. Among these, “English for E-learning Practitioners”,

The selection results of the Seventh Kelei Award for China Science Films and Videos were recently unveiled. The event was jointly sponsored by the Film Bureau of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, China Science Film and Video Association, and Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums. The award ceremony was held at the China Hall of Science and Technology

On December 9, the 2013 Council of the Confucius Institute at Michigan State University (CI-MSU) was held simultaneously at the Open University of China (the OUC). The Chinese and American members of the Council and the working staff of CI-MSU exchanged and discussed ideas through both oral and written reports via a live two-way video-conferencing between the two sites.

As a result of a recent review of outstanding and superior teaching materials for use in higher education in Beijing for 2013, 406 items were selected as outstanding teaching materials,

After more than one year of research and practical exploration, the project “Research and Implementation of a National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes”,

From November 6 through the 12, the fourth session of the International Chinese Teacher Training Programme of the Open University of China (OUC) was held at the OUC Wukesong campus.

The Microcourse entitled “Mixed Chorus — Voice Constitution and Formation Arrangement,” designed and made by the Ministry of Education Research & Training Centre for Community Education, has achieved recently the second prize of “the First National Microcourse Contest”. 

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Do you want to attend Tsinghua University, Peking University or Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)? In the past, these institutions were out of the reach of ordinary people. Today however, only an Internet connection is needed to “sit” in these prestigious classrooms and listen to their lectures. In this fashion, learners can earn credits from these top universities and obtain academic qualifications.

In the autumn semester of 2013, the Beijing Learning Centre of the OUC added two new study locations in Beijing: Wantong Automobile Maintenance School and Weishanzhuang Conference Centre. In order to provide satisfying teaching support services to these new locations, the Beijing Learning Centre designed a system for the simultaneous teaching interaction of the different study locations and simultaneous recording to provide a teaching service package to students.