Written by Dr. Wang Ying, deputy director of the Research Institute of Open and Distance Education of the Open University of China (OUC), and published by the OUC Press, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR): Theory and Practice presents an analysis of international research related to credit policies, credit accumulation and transfer, and recognisation of learning outcomes.
The “Research and Practice of the Accreditation, Accumulation and Transforming System of National Continuing Education Learning Outcomes” project was formally opened at the OUC on December 1, 2012. 10 experts from the Ministry of Education (MOE), universities and the industry have provided guidance and evaluation for the project. Ruan Zhiyong, party secretary and vice-president of the OUC, and Zhang Shaogang, vice party secretary of the OUC, attended the evaluation seminar.
On the afternoon of November 26, 2012, the Open University of China and the Academic Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ABCAS) officially signed an agreement to join hands and use their respective advantages to plan and promote a series of video lecture courses, “Science and China - Academicians and Experts Lecture Series”,
On November 8, 2012, the Fifth Forum for Distance Education Teachers in China was held in Changsha, Hunan, with the theme of “Building a New Learning Pattern: The
On April 1, 2012, the third "Forum for Teachers in Chinese Distance Education" was held in Beijing under the theme of "Practical Teaching in Distance Education: Exploration and Reflection". Based on innovative exploration and reflection by teachers at radio and TV universities (RTVUs) around the country, the forum aimed to further discuss rules, common problems and solutions related to distance teaching at the Open University of China (OUC).