On 17 December 2014, a team led by Vice President Zhang Hui of The Open University of China (OUC) went to the School of Xizang to carry out training in the application of the digital library in the Linzhi Learning Centre of the school. Teachers and staff members from the School of Xizang and the Linzhi Learning Centre took part in the training, which was the first application and promotion activity in the school initiated by the OUC as part of its “Year of Digital Library Promotion” event.
On 12 December 2014, Vice President Zhang Jiyong of Beijing Open University (Beijing OU), came to the Wanxiangxintian Community at Changying, Chaoyang Distrcit, Beijing, to hold a graduation ceremony for the 94-year old Lu Juzhong and confer on her an honorary graduation certificate.
In order to promote the integration of information technology and education, and to provide students with easier and faster services, Qinghai Radio and TV University’s (Qinghai RTVU) Learner Support Hall was unveiled on December 4, 2014.
December 12-13, 2014 saw the convening of the 2014 OUC System Scientific Research Work Conference in Huizhou, Guangdong. The theme was Educational Change in the Internet Age. Nearly 100 representatives from the Open University of China (OUC) and its 42 branches gathered for meetings and discussions on advancing online scientific research and its management.
On December 15, 2014, academician Mr. Lin Qun from the Research Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) paid a visit to the Open University of China (OUC) and engaged in a discussion on how to produce five minute calculus lecture. President Yang Zhijian of The Open University of China (OUC) presented Mr. Lin with a letter employing him as a member of the Technical Committee of the OUC Research and Development Centre for Digital Learning.
In order to promote the application of new technologies and new media in online teaching, the mobile learning platform of Sichuan RTVU was officially launched a few days ago, with the PC version released simultaneously.
Lin Zhaoshui, Chairman of the Board of Zhejiang Yuhuan Volcano Tea Joint-stock Cooperate Farm, NPC Representative of Yuhuan County, and student of the Yuhuan Institute, was recently selected for the cover of the August 2014 Issue of “China New Countryside Monthly”. His story was reported with the headline “Leader of New Countryside Construction — Lin Zhaoshui” in the “Special Reports” column.
On December 7-8, 2014, the 9th Confucius Institute Conference was held in Xiamen, Fujian Province. With the theme “Towards a New Decade of Confucius Institute”, a total of over people attended this year’s conference, including directors of Confucius Institutes and presidents of the host universities from 126 countries and regions around the globe,