The Mindanao Examiner: Open Distance Learning now available in the Philippines

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-12-30

Summary:

"The Philippines has passed a law that would give an opportunity for every Filipinos to seek higher education - called the Open Distance Learning. President Aquino has the into law the Open Distance Learning Law (ODL), or Republic Act 10650. ODL is a mode of delivering flexible education and instruction to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. It provides access to education when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both. It may be conveyed to students individually, or via massive online courses, aimed at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the Internet or other network technologies. And Rep. Roman Romulo has encouraged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are high school graduates or college undergraduates to seek higher education through Open Distance Learning, so that they may improve their standard of living ..."

Link:

http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net/2014/12/open-distance-learning-now-available-in.html

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) ยป abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.legislation oa.education oa.universities oa.colleges oa.oer oa.moocs oa.philippines oa.south oa.hei oa.courseware

Date tagged:

12/30/2014, 08:20

Date published:

12/30/2014, 03:20