26 December, 2017
On 26 December 2017, an expert seminar entitled “Pilot Programme on the Research and Practice of an OUC System to Integrate Military and Local University Credits” was held.
This project, with the purpose of promoting professional integration and development, explores the establishment of an integrated credit system for local civil and military universities, the formation of a consistent service system and mechanism facing in-service soldiers and ex-servicemen, how to innovate the integration of the talent cultivation and talent application system for both civil and military schools, and the construction of a talent growth bridge for the deep integration of education for in-service and retired soldiers.
On 10 November 2017, an inaugural meeting for the Credit Bank, as well as a seminar on Credit Bank construction with the theme of “Lifelong Learning,” “Ubiquitous Learning,” and “Future Learning” was held in Beijing. At the meeting, a new generation of open learning platform developed entirely on the basis of the Credit Bank concept, the “Credit Bank Online,” was officially launched, signifying that the Credit Bank has entered a new stage of rapid development with MOOCs as its core application model. This also marked the official launch of the major project of the “Credit Bank Online.”
21 June 2017
On 21 June 2017, the Virtual Reality Education Alliance of the Chinese Society of Education held its first conference. The Virtual Reality Education Alliance has been deeply integrated with the OUC's Credit Bank in order to construct a lifelong learning bridge for the VR industry. At the first conference, curriculum certification standards were released; contracts were signed with a number of institutions and education and training institutions to promote the vertical connection and horizontal communication of various types of education at all levels; and credit certificates for “Fundamentals of Making Courseware with VR Editors” in continuing education were awarded.
13 April 2017
On 13 April 2017, the OUC Credit Bank held a meeting to approve and evaluate 2017 projects, with 18 projects from 16 institutions inside and outside the OUC passing expert evaluation. The contents of these projects included curriculum reform and innovation in the OUC; the vertical connection of education in secondary vocational schools, higher vocational schools, and undergraduate programmes; the integration of non-degree certificate and degree education; the credit transfer of learning outcomes between community and degree education; the credit transfer of results awarded to vocational students in skill contests; the mutual recognition of learning outcomes in international courses; industry learning outcome certification, accumulation, and transfer; the construction of an alliance for the mutual recognition of learning outcomes; and learning industry construction served by the Credit Bank.
21-23 December 2016
From 21-23 December 2016, the OUC held an “Advanced Training Class for the Learning Outcome Certification Service System (Organisation and Management Specialisation).”
13 October 2016
On 13 October 2016, a meeting to promote the pilot work of the "Accumulation and Transfer of Higher Vocational Education Learning Outcomes" was held.
15 July 2016
On 15 July 2016, an inaugural meeting of the board of directors of the Alliance for Mutual Recognition of Learning Outcomes was held.
On 4 July, 2016
On 4 July 2016, a seminar on the pilot work of the "Accumulation and Transfer of Higher Vocational Education Learning Outcomes" was held.
31 May 2016
On 31 May 2016, a meeting to "Establish the First Group of Projects of the OUC Credit Bank " was held.
30-31 May 2016
From 30-31 May 2016, the “Second Staff Training of the Learning Outcome Certification Sub-centres (Certification Stations) of the OUC" was held.
26 May 2016
On 26 May 2016, a “Training Meeting on the Development of Certification Units for the OUC Credit Bank (Learning Outcome Certification Centre)” was held.
9 May 2016
On 9 May 2016, a "Notice on Publishing the Third Group of Evaluation Results of the OUC Learning Outcome Certification Sub-centres (Certification Stations)" was issued.
On 22 April 2016, a meeting to approve and evaluate the pilot project of the “Certification, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" was held
15 April 2016
On 15 April 2016, an evaluation meeting of the OUC Learning Outcome Certification Sub-Centres was held.
30 to 31 March, 2016
From 30-31 March 2016, the "First Work Seminar of the OUC Learning Outcome Certification Centre" was held.
3 March 2016
On 3 March 2016, the Division of Vocational and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education entrusted the OUC to carry out pilot work on the Accumulation and Transfer of Higher Vocational Education Learning Outcomes.
2015
On December 15, a developmental conference on the pilot work of a learning achievement accreditation, accumulation, and transfer system was held in Beijing. Since then, the system officially entered the pilot phase following top-level design and local exploration.
On December 15, the Phase I information platform of the OUC Credit Bank was launched simultaneously along with the new portal.
In September, the first batch of junior college industry-related majors were officially opened for enrollment. The four majors are based on the credit bank's "frame + standard" technical path, which integrates degree and non-degree education. The four majors include Material Molding and Control Technology, as well as the Coal Mining College’s programmes in Coal Mine Ventilation and Safety, Mine Electromechanical Studies, and Coal Mining Technology.
In September, the Open University of China (OUC), Beijing Open University, Shanghai Open University, Jiangsu Open University, the Open University of Guangdong, and Yunnan Open University launched the Joint Action Initiative to Promote the Construction of the Credit Bank.
On January 9, the "Roundtable Conference on the Qualifications Framework and Lifelong Learning Flyover Construction" was held in Beijing. More than 100 people, including experts and representatives from the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework Secretariat and related universities, industries, and enterprises, as well as representatives from the related relevant ministries, industries, enterprises, universities of mainland China, including the OUC, attended the round table meeting. The exchange comprehensively detailed experiences in carrying out the qualifications framework and building a lifelong learning "bridge."
2014
On December 1st, the OUC was entrusted by the MOE’s Department of Vocational and Adult Education to carry out pilot work for the learning outcome accreditation, accumulation, and transfer system.
On August 29, a seminar on the OUC Credit Bank’s application of accreditation standards for learning outcomes was held in Beijing. At the seminar, three standard application modes were identified: "course sharing," "mutual credit recognition," and "construction of lifelong learning bridge."
On July 1st, the construction of the information platform of OUC Credit Bank was officially launched. Trial operation was expected to begin in 2015.
On March 31, Beijing Open University, the China Association of Social Workers, and 37 other organizations were approved to become the second cohort to serve as pilot OUC branch centres (learning outcomes accreditation centre) of the accreditation of the learning outcomes system.
2013
On December 6, seven sub-projects of the "Research and Implementation of a National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" were concluded at the OUC.
On November 5, a symposium on the framework of continuing education learning outcomes was held at the OUC. At the symposium, participants studied and discussed the framework structure of continuing education learning outcomes and analyzed whether the contents were reasonable, scientific, normative, and applicable. The framework structure and the contents of continuing education learning outcomes took their initial shape.
On October 9, the MOE’s Department of Teacher Education released the Notice on the Implementation of Teaching Staff Development Demonstration Projects (Department of Teacher Education [2013] No. 13). The launch of the OUC's Credit Bank Construction of Teachers' Lifelong Education project was authorized.
On September 28, the OUC's first working conference on the construction of an accreditation service system for learning achievements was held at Zhuhai RTVU.
On July 11, the first batch of 13 OUC branch centres (learning outcomes accreditation centres) to pilot the accreditation of the learning outcomes were approved, officially launching the OUC’s accreditation service system construction.
On April 27, a seminar on the means to execute the learning outcome accreditation, accumulation, and transfer system project was held. At the seminar, the project "Research and Implementation of National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes," a Guide to Formulating the Accreditation Rules (Version 1), was released. In the guide, it introduced the path, process, and method for formulating the rules. It also demonstrated a formulation sample case of the accreditation unit in the logistics industry.
In February, the project "Research and Implementation of National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" was awarded the MOE's 2012 "Excellent Innovation Case" for its innovations in organization, interactive mechanisms, and functional expansion.
On January 20, project approval review for the learning outcome accreditation, accumulation, and transfer system was held. Eighty-nine projects from 55 agencies, including ministries and commissions, industries, colleges and universities, higher vocational colleges, city communities, enterprises, training institutions, military colleges and universities, as well as local RTVUs were approved by the project review panel.
2012
On December 1st, the project thesis entitled "Research and Implementation of a National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" was officially proposed at the OUC. Ten heads in charge of the subjects with four different approaches made their respective proposals and were accepted by the review panel.
On September 19, Notice on the Declaration to Carry Out the "Research and Implementation of the National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" Project (hereinafter referred to as "Research and Implementation of the National Credit Bank System" project) and implementation plan, project guide, project management method and other relevant documents were issued, officially launching the project declaration.
On September 8, a seminar on "professional knowledge structure and learning unit standard" was held at the OUC. Utilizing the credit transfer systems of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Britain, and other countries and regions as references, experts had a full discussion on the construction of the vocational and academic education flyover, formulation of standards, examination and evaluation, learning unit granularity, learning unit coding, and more.
On August 26, a symposium on the national "credit bank" system standard was held at the OUC. Experts from ministries, industries, enterprises, colleges, and universities were invited to attend the symposium. They had an in-depth discussion on key issues such as an accreditation framework, formulation and development of standards, and pilot promotion, providing more detailed guidance and suggestions for the formulation of the standards.
On August 14, a symposium on the construction of a national "credit bank" system was held at the OUC. Experts from the MOE, NHFPC, and China Association of Higher Education were invited to the symposium to explore some key issues in the construction of the national "credit bank" system.
On Aug. 7, the OUC submitted the project implementation plan of "Research and Implementation of National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" to the MOE, completed the overall project design, as well as set up expert panel committee and project office.
On June 21, the MOE authorized the CCRTVU to set up the OUC based on the original CCRTVU. In the MOE's reply to the project declaration, the construction of a "credit bank" is listed as an important task for the OUC.
On June 15, the "Research and Implementation of a National System for Accreditation, Accumulation, and Transfer of Continuing Education Learning Outcomes" project was officially approved by the MOE’s Department of Vocational and Adult Education.
On April 16, the working leadership group on credit bank construction was established, pushing forward the construction of the "credit bank" with all its strength.
On January 10, the OUC Credit Bank Management Office (Learning Achievements Accreditation Centre) was formally established.