From November 8-13, 2015, the OUC held an advanced seminar for tutors (class tutors). 110 tutors from various OUC branches, schools, and study centres participated in the seminar.
On October 14-16, 2015, the 26th ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education) World Conference was held in Sun City, South Africa. The theme of the conference was "Growing Capacity for Sustainable Distance e-Learning Provision".
On September 6, 2015, a group of 25 members from the UNESCO International Seminar on Girls’ and Women's Education visited the Open University of China (OUC). The delegation was made up of educators from nearly 10 countries, including Ethiopia, Namibia and Nepal, and project officials from the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
On September 25, 2015, the “Distance Education Seminar,” sponsored by the Education Research Institute of the Open University of China (OUC), was held in Beijing. President Yang Zhijian and Vice President Zhang Shaogang attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
In the golden fall of September, OUC headquarters held large-scale training classes on three occasions, providing a platform for core OUC tutoring and managerial personnel to enhance their theoretical knowledge and business operations capabilities, share and exchange experiences, and broaden their horizons.
On September 23rd-24th, the 2015 China Mobile Internet+ Education & Mobile Intelligent Education Summit was held in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It was sponsored by The Open University of China (OUC), Shaanxi Radio and TV University, and China Mobile Intelligent Education Innovation Strategic Alliance. It was organized by Distance Education in China and Shaanxi Tianyu Education Industry Development Co., Ltd.
“You must cut off those dense, sick, and fragile branches. However, the key is to keep those fruit-bearing branches well,” said Zhou Xiaoyin, Chief Fruit Expert and team leader of Fruit Science and Technology Innovation in Lishui city, during an explanation of key points in pruning kiwifruit during a course at the Xiangmiyuan Fruit Professional Cooperative Planting Base in Suichang County.
I remember it was a Saturday on March 17, 2012, at the routine opening ceremony and training session held each term for new students of open education at Gansu Radio and TV University’s (RTVU) Agricultural Reclamation Hexi Branch School, where I work.