On 26 December 2018, the Open University of China (OUC) held a meeting on quality work in Beijing. The meeting aimed to exchange and summarise the work experience of quality management in the OUC, focus on the key links of quality assurance, and discuss the concept of quality work under the new situation. Lin Yu, vice president of the OUC, and the leaders and department heads responsible for quality and teaching in some branch schools participated in the meeting, which was chaired by Han Yi, director of the Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Centre.
Since late October 2018, the Dazhou rural-revitalization projects “Professional Enhancement for 1000 Party Secretaries” and “Degree Enhancement for 1000 Cadres”, sponsored by the Organisation Department of the Dazhou CPC Committee and undertaken by Dazhou Radio and TV University (Dazhou RTVU), have been conducted. So far, 300 secretaries of village Party branches have received training in three classes, and 200 village cadres have received face-to-face tutorials. The projects were recognised in the 2018 comprehensive evaluation of Sichuan RTVU.
On 27-28 December, 2018, the 2018 Annual Conference and Seminar of the E-Learning Alliance of National Community Education (“the alliance”) was held in Chongqing. The conference was hosted by it the Research and Training Center for Community Education of the Ministry of Education (MOE), and organised with the help of the Jiulongpo Community Education College in Chongqing.
The Foundry School of the Open University of China (OUC) recently held a meeting on the examination and approval of the training programme for the Intelligent Control Technology major.
Qinghai Radio and Television University (Qinghai RTVU) recently held a meeting to approve the construction of the undergraduate programme for its Chinese Ethnic Language and Culture (Tibetan Language and Literature) major. Experts and scholars engaging in Tibetan Language and Literature research from the Tibetan College of Northwest Minzu University, Humanities and Nationality Normal Colleges of Qinghai Normal University, Qinghai Folk Literature and Art Association, and Qinghai Nationality Textbook Compilation Centre participated in the meeting.
How can ideology and politics be taught to 3.87 million RTVU students? The trend is for teachers to conduct live-video classes in which students can participate via their mobile phones. The OUC learning app allows them to both watch video and do exercises based on them.
The Open University of China (OUC) recently held workshop on Ideological and Political Education for students in the new era in Wuhan.
A ceremony to sign a cooperation agreement between the Open University of China (OUC) and Universal College, Malaysia was held on 17 December 2018. Yang Xiaotang, vice president of the OUC, and Gan Tian Loo, director of Universal College, signed the cooperation framework agreement.