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Good Practices from AAOU Members

Figure 3 and the capstone requirement for the
Screenshot of the LMS for MOOC of UPOU Certification program (e.g. Reentry
Action Plan), the learner will get the
Certification on Open Distance eLearning
for Teachers.

Figure 4
Screenshot of the list of UPOU’s MOOC
Certification Programs (https://model.upou.
edu.ph)

MOOC categories & certification series
► ODeL Teacher Accreditation
► Technology for Teaching and Learning
► Child Rights Protection and Promotion
► Sustainable Development
► OU Pahinungód Programs
• In 2015, in partnership with UNICEF- related MOOCs put together to provide ► UPOU Multimedia Center Online Training
Philippines, another set of MOOCs a specific set of knowledge and skills. Programs
was offered focusing on Child Rights Among the initial certification programs ► UPOU-CHED Training Programs for HEI
Protection and Promotion. A total of offered were on Open and Distance Teachers
eight (8) MOOCs were developed from elearning (ODeL) for Teachers; ODeL for ► Kahandaan, Kasanayan at Kaalaman: Bridge
Program
this initiative which drew enrollees Administrators; and ODeL for Technology ► UPOU Initiatives
from different professions dealing with Personnel (Figure 4). The MOOC/ ► MOOC Offerings with UPOU Partners
children. Also, in 2015, MOOCs aimed MODEL Certification programs have the
at providing training opportunities for following features: a MOOC Certificate of
teachers on teaching online were also Completion for each module completed, RESEARCH IN DE IN THE PHILIPPINES
developed and offered to perform the and the MOOC Certification for the Research documents can be artifacts of the
University’s mandate under RA10650 general skills and knowledge learned academic institution’s activities and focus
also known as Open Distance Learning for the set of MOOC modules under the on certain stages of its history. A total
Act, certification program. For instance, a of 87 research papers from 2002 to 2020
• In the same year, 2015, UPOU also MOOC Certification on ODeL for teachers were evaluated to look at the trends of DE
started publishing its open journal, comprised four (4) modules/MOOCs: (1) in the Philippines based on the research
the International Journal on Open and Theoretical underpinnings and models conducted. The research papers evaluated
Distance eLearning (IJODeL) as one of of ODeL; (2) Designing Learning in ODeL; were those published in DE journals like
its articulations of the open education (3) Course Materials Development for the Asian Association of Open Universities
practices. ODeL; and (4) Assessment in ODeL. For Journal (AAOUJ), the International Review
• In 2017, the UPOU started offering each module completed, the learner gets of Research in Open and Distance Learning
the MOOC (or MODEL) Certification the Certificate of Module Completion (IRRODL), the ASEAN Journal of Open and
programs, which are actually three or four and after completing the four modules Distance Learning (AJODL), the International

University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)