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.
The 2015 Quality Courses Selection at the Open University of China(OUC) recently ended, with a total of 29 courses from 12 Branches and five Schools at the Headquarters selected as quality courses.
On November 16, 2015, the Open University of China (OUC) issued notice (No. 43, 2015, OUC Administrative Office), announcing the printing and distribution of the OUC’s Guidelines on Vigorous Development of Non-Degree Education ( hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines).
From November 1st to 6th, 2015, the Open University of China (OUC) held an advanced seminar for its teaching and scientific research staff in Beijing.
From November 8-13, 2015, the OUC held an advanced seminar for tutors (class tutors). 110 tutors from various OUC branches, schools, and learning 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".