At the opening ceremony of 2014 Guangzhou "Lifelong Learning Activity Week" held recently, the learning TV platform for Guangzhou citizens was launched, which offers another choice for them in continuing education.
On November 12, 2014, Fujian Radio and TV University (Fujian RTVU) held the 2nd Micro-Teaching Contest Finals. Luckily, after going through many levels of selection, 20 contestants were selected as finalists among 1,746 participants from the local RTVU system in Fujian Province.
On November 19, 2014, a coordination meeting on the introduction and sharing of The Open University of China’s (OUC) library databases was held in Beijing. The theme of the conference was standardizing the mechanism for the introduction and sharing of the digital library databases in support of the growth of the OUC.
In order to discuss the implementation of the “Notice about Collecting Units to Join in the Construction of such Specialties as Software Engineering” (OUC School of Software [2014] No. 2) issued by School of Software of The Open University of China (OUC), the OUC held the School of Software professional seminar on November 20th of 2014.
From November 27-28, 2014, China International Distance Education Conference 2014 was held in Beijing. With the theme of “Science and Technology Leads Future Learning, Strategic Choices in the Age of Changing Education”, the Conference focused on the development of information technology, scientific and technological achievements in related fields, and “MOOC”, and discussed their impact on traditional education fields in China and how Chinese education should respond to the challenge.
On November 26, member of the National Advisory Committee on Education (NACE) and leader of the Lifelong Education System and Mechanism (LESM) Construction Team Hao Keming, along with other experts from the Committee, inspected the Wukesong campus of the Open University of China (OUC).
Recently, the Inner Mongolia School for the Disabled under the supervision of The Open University of China (OUC) hosted a Webpage Design and Construction Competition for Digital Media and Production. On November 23, relevant experts were organized to evaluate the entries.
November 28-29, 2014 marked the convening of the Teaching Workshop on Arts and Law Majors of The Open University of China (OUC) with the theme of building consensus to enhance cooperation in advancing the constructions of majors and disciplines throughout the OUC. Those attending the workshop included over 140 representatives from 40 local open universities and radio and television universities (RTVUs), as well as Wuhan University, the OUC’s Degree Cooperation Institute of Higher Education.