On April 10th of 2014, CCRTVU Press Co. Ltd. and the Training Centre of the Open University of China (OUC) signed an agreement to jointly invest in the establishment of the OUC Online Education Technology Co., Ltd..
The OUC Online Education Technology Co., Ltd. was created to provide such services as technical support, market expansion, and business operation for the non-degree continuing education and training services of OUC by utilizing information technology and linking with the credit bank system,
From April 8th to 12th of 2014, the seminar and training on the operation and management of community education by the MOE Research & Training Centre for Community Education was held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. More than 40 people from Taiwan Open University, specialists in community education from Communication University of China, and community education workers from 21 units within the Radio and TV University (RTVU) system attended.
The list of prize winners of the Seventh Fujian Provincial Teaching Achievements in Higher Education has been published recently by Fujian Provincial Department of Education, and the project “Building Up State-Level Demonstration Platform of Lifelong Education, Leading the Construction of the Public Service System of the Learning Society”, by Fujian RTVU, has won the first prize, and “Innovation and Practice of ‘Micro Classroom’ Teaching Model”, also by Fujian RTVU, took home the second prize.
On April 3, the official WeChat of the OUC Bayi College “Bayi College” and its Tencent Weibo “Bayi College” had their formal online launch. Users can begin following the accounts by scanning the QR code for WeChat (or by adding friend “sgycjy_81xy” in WeChat). Clicking the link: http://t.qq.com/bayixueyuan2000 will link the user to the OUC Bayi College news feed, allowing the user to follow the latest developments and trends in distance education for the military.
On the five-minute lecture website of the Open University of China (OUC), a micro lecture series entitled “Li Ping’s Modern Literature Appreciation” presented by Professor Li Ping, is very popular and has won a great deal of praise. On the afternoon of April 2, the OUC Digital Learning Resources Centre organized a seminar on the micro lecture series entitled “Li Ping’s Modern Literature Appreciation”, summarizing the creation of the micro lectures and inviting various parties to discuss ways to promote the construction of high-quality micro lectures.
On March 16, a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between the OUC and the Yantai Chinese Culture Promotion in China’s Inkstone Culture Exhibition Centre. The ceremony’s attendees included Zhang Li, the Honorary President of the Yantai Chinese Culture Promotion and former Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff Headquarters; Liu Hongjun, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, former Deputy Commander of the People’s Armed Police and President of the Yantai Chinese Culture Promotion; Lieutenant General and OUC President Yang Zhijian, and Assistant to the President Liu Chen.
“When I went to the RTVU to get new textbooks on weekends, I was afraid nobody would be there. However, to my surprise, I found that a service window had been set up by the university and special staff had been kept on duty to give out textbooks. It’s great!” exclaimed an undergraduate at the Pan’an Branch of Zhejiang RTVU.
In order to comply with the trend of the Internet users gradually shifting to accessing the Web through mobile terminals, Guangzhou RTVU recently opened a WeChat account for the “Guangzhou Lifelong Learning Network.”
The WeChat account is used to promote online courses, as well as the information, teaching and academic affairs related to various educational projects.