The winners of the 16th National Multimedia Educational Software Competition were announced recently. A total of 18 entries from the OUC (CCRTVU) were awarded prizes, including the Flower and Bird Painting Course by Tang Yingshan, which was awarded a special prize.
Wang Zhenlong, president and deputy secretary of Shaanxi RTVU Party Committee, and Dr. Wallace Pound, president of Florida Technical College, signed an agreement to boost bilateral cooperation and exchange on March 14, 2013.
An academic seminar about the construction of a curriculum system for the Computer Science and Technology of the OUC’s School of Engineering was held in Beijing on March 21, 2013.
At the beginning of 2013, Shenzhen RTVU and Shenzhen Foxconn Advanced Manufacturing Productivity Training Institute (hereinafter referred to as Foxconn IE Institute) agreed to start junior college courses for Foxconn employees.
Development of Open and Distance Education in 2012
In the past year, considerable progress has been made in open and distance education in China as well as in other countries.
From 14-15 March, 2013, the OUC organized a digital library application training course at Hebei RTVU, marking the beginning of the “Year of the Digital Library”. Over 100 attendees participated in the training, including teachers from Hebei RTVU, research directors and library technicians from prefecture- and city-level RTVUs.
The “General Knowledge Training for Preschool Teachers in Chongqing” televised course made its successful debut on Chongqing’s science and education channel on March 13.