The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and the Immersive Open Pedagogies Research (IOP) Program recently hosted a workshop titled “Immersive Learning Workshop for Faculty and Staff” on 12 April 2024, at Sandbox, CCDL Building, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The workshop provided faculty and staff members…
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), the Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Realities (MAVR) Special Interest Group, and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) Transpacific Bridge Program recently co-organized the second World Immersive Learning Labs Symposium (WILLS 2024). The event carried the theme “Connected Realities: Bridging Cultures and…
In celebration of Open Education Week 2024, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Center for Open and Digital Teaching and Learning (CODTL) and the Immersive Open Pedagogies Research Program, in collaboration with the Professional Development Associate of Institutional Linkages and the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS),…
Dr. Roberto Figueroa, Director of Immersive Open Pedagogies (IOP), presented updates regarding his study titled “Exploring the Integration of Virtual Reality Photo-Based Tours in Emergency Remote Teaching: A Case Study in a Japanese Filipino Language Class” on November 25, at the 49th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning…
Dr. Roberto Figueroa, Associate Professor and Director of the Immersive Open Pedagogies Program, represented the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), as he delivered guest lectures and conducted learning workshops across several universities in Japan. The Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) initiatives kicked off at Toyo University in Itakura,…
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Immersive Open Pedagogies (IOP) Program participated in the Future Hub Forum 2023, held on 16 September 2023 at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS) in Japan. The event pioneered a “flip-style” approach to deeply engage with the challenges and opportunities of…
Dr. Roberto Figueroa Jr., Director of the Immersive Open Pedagogies (IOP) Program under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), paid a visit to the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan last 13 September 2023. He was accompanied by IOP staff Joshze Rica Esguerra. He introduced…
The Immersive Open Pedagogies (IOP) program hosted three interns from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) on July 10 up until August 24, 2023. Elijah Gabriel Malazarte and Joseph Gabriel Sta. Rita, BS Computer Science majors, and Rovie S. de Ramos, BS Applied Physics, took on various collaborative…
University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino – UP Diliman (SWF-UPD) recently held a workshop entitled, “Workshop sa Paggawa ng Interactive Book gamit ang H5P”, at the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF) Office in UP Diliman on 13 July 2023. The event took place…
The Director of Immersive Open Pedagogies (IOP) Program, Dr. Roberto B. Figueroa Jr., embarked on significant visits to universities in the United Kingdom from the 7th to the 19th of June, 2023, aiming to establish potential collaborative projects with key individuals in the field. At the beginning of his trip,…