On 23 September 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) held a video conference with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Jing Degang, secretary of the OUC Party Committee and president of the OUC, and Mr David Atchoarena, director of the UIL, attended the meeting, which was presided over by Liu Zhanrong, director of the OUC International Department.
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Mr. Yang Zhenning, theoretical physicist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, the OUC is looking back on when he was a lecturer at China Central Radio and Television University (CCRTVU), the predecessor of the Open University of China (OUC), in the 1990s. We extend him our best wishes on this special day!
Xiong Ying, a winner of the Advanced Ethical Teacher award of the Open University of China (OUC), and a member of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, spoke as teacher representative on Teachers' Day 2021.
The Learning Resources Department of the Open University of China (OUC) recently held a seminar on the construction of open education “Gold Courses” in order to implement the requirements that the university has put forward to “improve the quality and expand the capacity of learning resources in order to construct quality courses that meet the new demands of a new era and further enhance the OUC’s learner development quality.”
Tang Yingshan, a 1990 graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, has taught Art at the Open University of China (OUC) for 30 years, mainly online, with his areas including sketching, oil painting, and other skills.
Editor's note: On the occasion of the 37th Teachers' Day, in order to promote teachers at the Open University of China (OUC) loyal to the educational cause of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and rich in enthusiasm and perseverance, the OUC News Network is launching a column featuring some of the past year’s award winners, showcasing their wisdom and dedication, publishing their stories, and promoting them as models of competence and ethical conduct.
As the platform with the most educational videos in China, Bilibili has become very popular. In September 2019, the Open University of China (OUC), through its Learning Resources Department (Digital Library), joined the website, and by making its high-quality courses available to the public, attracted 33,000 new members (and counting) to it, with the OUC in turn strengthening public awareness of its offerings.
On 7 September 2021, the first anniversary of a resource sharing platform for universities for older adults affiliated to China’s state organs, Wang Zhaoxu, director of the Financial Management Department of the National Government Offices Administration, together with four colleagues, toured the Open University of China (OUC) to investigate the development of online education at its University for Older Adults.