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A. K. T. Marcial et al. · Sustainable Institution Building for Open Learning (SIBOL) Initiative

- University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Philippines

Figure 15
Designation of the SIBOL participants in their institutions

Challenges

The UPOU BUKA team encountered four major challenges in implementing the

SIBOL training programme, namely:

1. Recruiting participating institutions from across the country;

2. Providing more institution-focused feedback;
3. Encouraging discussion and collaboration within teams and across

institutions; and

4. Sustaining participant engagement.

Participant Recruitment

While there was a relatively good mix of publicly funded and private HEIs among

the 23 participating institutions, 19 of the participating institutions (83% of the
total) came from Luzon, one of three island groups comprising the Philippine

archipelago. Of the Luzon-based HEIs, five were from Metro Manila (also known as

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