The 29th AAOU Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 30th to December 2nd,2015. The conference’s main theme was “New Frontiers in Open and Distance Learning (ODL).” Hosted by the Open University of Malaysia (OUM), the conference welcomed more than 260 representatives from over 20 countries and regions,including OUC delegates, who attended the conference and presented papers.
The OUC Academic Degree Evaluation Committee met in Beijing on December 2-3, 2015. It was the first plenary meeting since the OUC Academic Degree Evaluation Committee was founded in September 2013, and also the first academic degree granting working conference since the OUC was authorized to grant bachelor degrees.
There is a group of people that live and work in the highest areas of the world, where the oxygen level is only 65% of that of plain areas. They have to travel over mountains and rivers for more than 5kilo meters on foot each day to get to work. Who are they? They are the teachers in primary and secondary schools in the Tibetan region. Despite their efforts, due to a lack of educational resources, the region has no access to new technologies so the professional qualities of these teachers improve very slowly.
On the morning of November 23, 2015, an event marking the OUC’s donation of 3D printing equipment to Tibet’s Changdu Prefecture and the conclusion of the Guidance Conference on Changdu’s "Four Modernizations" (video conference) was held in the OUC’s cloud classroom.
On November 26-27, 2015, more than one thousand delegates gathered to attend the 14th China International Distance Education Conference. The theme of the conference was "The Learning Revolution: Making Breakthroughs and Gaining Higher Ground".
On the morning of November 22, 2015, heavy snow fell in Beijing. The whole city was blanketed in snow, with only a few pedestrians and vehicles on the road. However, the heavy snow did not dampen the enthusiasm of Beijing Experimental School.
Since Guangzhou RTVU undertook the management of the Guangzhou Digital Service Guidance Centre, it has positively promoted the construction of the Guangzhou Learning Society project, exploring a new digital learning model of “Internet + Education” in the Guangzhou region in partnership with universities, enterprises, and communities.
The First National Traditional Culture Enters into the Communities Micro Video Contest concluded in Xiamen on November 17, 2015, with 5 first prize, 10 second prize, and 15 third prize awards.