On the 16th of September, 2018, the National Tax-Skills Competition, the finals of the 8th National Tax Knowledge Competition, was held in Beijing.
On 25th August 2018, it was reported that Sichuan Radio and TV University (Sichuan RTVU) will launch a three-year free educational promotion project targeted at low income families, grass-roots cadres, and teachers in Litang, aimed at alleviate poverty in Litang County. The project aims to help 200 students.
Xiao Shijun, aged 39, has become a famous person in his village. After working in Guangdong for more than ten years, he returned to his hometown of Xiafu Village, Jiantou Town, Xintian County, Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 2012 and opened a chicken farm, fulfilling his farming dream. Cooperating with local farmers to raise free range chickens, he has now helped 20 farmer households to work and increase income.
There are three difficulties facing online art education: the clarity of demonstrations, timeliness of interactions, and feasibility of organising group classes. For nearly 30 years, Tang Yingshan, director of Faculty of Art Education at the Open University of China (OUC), has been developing distance art education and seeking solutions to these three problems. He says that the development of the internet and online education have brought these solutions within reach.
The Gansu Provincial Department of Education recently held an exhibition of stories of teachers who possess four ideal teaching qualities, namely positive ideals and beliefs, moral integrity, solid knowledge, and benevolence, at Longyuan. Two teachers from Gansu Radio and Television University (Gansu RTVU), Gu Maochun and Ma Guoyun, were included on the list.
The working conference of the Open University of China (OUC) for the second half of 2018 was held in Beijing from 31 August to 1 September 2018.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) Research Centre for Online Education recently released the results of its selection of 2018 “Demonstration Cases for Online Course Construction and Application.” Online Course Construction and Application from the Perspective of the Integration of Education and Technology: A Practical Exploration of the OUC Network Learning Course compiled by Learning Resources Department of the Open University of China (OUC) was selected as one of the cases.
On 10th September 2018, the Open University of China (OUC) celebrated 2018 Teachers’ Day and held commendation conference for all university leaders, faculty, and staff.