On May 15th of 2014, a “Rural RTVU Bookstore” of the Heilongjiang Branch of the OUC was inaugurated in the Mongolian School in Tailai County of Heilongjiang Province, becoming the first of its kind in the province. The OUC also opened an “electronic periodicals reading room for teenagers” for the school at the same time.
On May 13th, Xi’an RTVU launched the 2014 online training for cadre education in Xi’an. The first spring session demonstration class for cadres supervised by Xi’an municipal government also opened at the same time.
There were more than 60 trainees in the demonstration class. They were mainly cadres from relative departments at the municipal level or from subordinate districts and counties. It was the first time for them to take part in online training for cadre education.
On May 5th 2014, Yin Yulong, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and Chief Scientist of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was invited to give a series of lectures on “Healthy Cultivation and Food Safety” by Hunan Radio and TV University (RTVU).
On May 6, 2014, a fascinating awards party honouring the work of graduating seniors was held in the Department of Literature and Law at Ningbo Radio and TV University (Ningbo RTVU). The productions were created by graduating News Editing majors and by the Department itself. In all, more than 20 microfilms were independently edited and directed, each explaining an aspect of Ningbo culture from multiple perspectives.
In recent years, in order to recruit various types of excellent talents from diverse corners of society to settle down in Guangdong and participate in socio-economic development efforts, the Guangdong provincial government has gradually implemented a “Credit Accumulation for Household Registration” policy in cities under its jurisdiction. Based upon the policy and relying on Guangzhou’s digital learning system, Guangzhou RTVU integrated its impressive resources and launched the vocational skills accreditation training programme.
The computer training class for the elderly, organized by the Experimental School of Zhejiang RTVU for the Elderly and the Training School (Zhejiang Instruction Centre for Community Education), reopened again recently. This training class is adopting a small-class format, introducing courses at the “RTVU’s Tea Centre,” which were developed independently by the Zhejiang RTVU Training School. The class has already had five sessions.
On March 31st, the McCallum Cup Women Swiss Team Competition at the Spring North American Bridge Championship (NABC) came to a close in Dallas, Unites States. The Chinese women’s team swept the gold and silver medals in the Women’s Team Competition, and a teacher from Lishui RTVU named Zhou Lihua, representing the first Chinese women’s team to compete in the event, won second place, and partnered with Shen Qi to win the gold medal in the Open Pairs Competition.
With the rapid development of information technology, studying at different terminals has become one of the most convenient and effective learning styles in modern society. For Radio and TV Universities (RTVUs), particularly, mobile learning has also become an important component of developing a “learning society” and “learning campus.” As smart mobile phones become increasingly popular, mobile learning has been changing traditional teaching models and gradually becoming part of students’ experience of the open education at Xi’an RTVU.