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.
On March 7, 2014, a silk banner reading “Good education is like a spring breeze and rain, brining help like fuel delivered in the snow,” and a letter of thanks, were presented by a relative of a student to the Academic Affairs Department of the Open University of China(OUC). The banner and letter expressed the family’s appreciation to the department.
On March 25th, the Ministry of Education (MOE) held its 2014 vocational education and continuing education conference in Beijing. With the theme of speeding up the construction of the employment-oriented modern vocational education system, the conference promoted the objective that vocational and adult education should advocate and implement the spirit of the 18th CPC National Congress and the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, should implement the goals put forwarded by the government work report and the executive meeting of the State Council, and deepen the reform and innovation of vocational education and continuing education.
2014's Main Points for Education Digitization Released The OUC Committed to Three Important Projects
Recently the Ministry of Education (MOE) website released “2014's Main Points for Education Digitization” (shortened as “the Main Points”). In the release, the working ideas, working approach, core target, and key points of the education digitization work in 2014 were clearly put forward. The OUC, which is directly under the MOE, will undertake three important projects outlined in the directive.
The outstanding audio-visual teaching series Lectures on Chinese Culture and The History of Chinese Literature have been selected as open classes for the China E-Learning Academy for Leadership (hereinafter referred to as the “Academy”). The courses were added to the website of the Academy a few days ago. The two courses will play a unique role in cultivating a taste for culture and improving the quality of educational training for national leaders.
During the 2013 “Pioneer Party Members”, “Excellent and Innovative Work Case Studies” and “Excellent Investigation Report” selection activities carried out by the Party Committee directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE), Gu Xiaohua, Vice Dean of the School of Arts and Law of the Open University of China (OUC), and Feng Liguo, Deputy Director of the OUC Learner Support Centre, were named “Pioneer Party Members”,
On February 27, 2014, the Academic Committee of the Open University of China (OUC) invited Wang Daquan, Deputy Director of the Legislative Office of the Ministry of Education (MOE), to interpret the “Regulations for the Academic Committees of Institutions of Higher Learning (hereafter referred to as “the Regulations”)” for the faculty of the OUC.
A Round Table Meeting on the Construction and Development of the OUC Library was held in Beijing on January 7, 2014. Professor Yang Peichao, Vice President of the Library Society of China and Director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Digitization Management Office; Researcher and Director Tang Gengsheng from the National Library of China Social Education Department; Researcher and Secretary-General Huo Ruijuan from the Library Society of China; Researcher and Deputy Curator Sun
A few days ago, the Open University of China (OUC) finished recording the “Lectures on Chinese Ancient Civilization” course series and will now commence uploading them to the OUC website.
In the 1980s, the OUC produced a series TV courses named “Lectures on the History of Ancient Chinese Civilization”, including famous scholars such as Wang Li, Qi Gong, Tan Qixiang, Ren Jiyu, Yang Bojun, Ji Shuying.
In line with the self-development needs for e-learning of employees in China and the future development trends of e-learning, “E-learning Practitioner Training” has seen the successive launch of several new courses in recent years. Among these, “English for E-learning Practitioners”,