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1st Philippine Open Education forum
The mini-conference aims to inquire upon the feasibility and development of private initiatives to contribute in the Philippine educational or learning system, as alternative else collaborating actors in this matter.
— Philippine Commons
23 April 2008
830-900 :: Registration
900-915 :: Invocation
915-1000 :: Introduction to Open Education
Speaker/org: Creative Commons Philippines
Atty. Jaime “Jimmy” Soriano
1000-1015 Q&A
1015-1030 :: Break
1030-1115 :: […]
What’s going on at Bayanihan Books?
In the past 10 days, Bayanihan Books’ mailing list doubled to 43 members. Two books are now available for editing and volunteers have already started writing the outline based on learning competencies outlined by the Department of Education.
I would like to thank all volunteers who believe in this project and the people spreading the word […]
Public schools textbook prices down
Read this great news from Inquirer (Jan 11, 2008, A13).
In 1998, the cost of each textbook was:
— 70 pesos for elementary books
— 120 pesos for secondary books
Last year, the cost went down to:
— 37 pesos for elementary
— 59 pesos for secondary.
This is one big step to make textbooks more accessible to more poor Filipino students. […]
Arellano University launches Creative Commons in the Philippines
The Arellano University School of Law have launched (and I could say with a bang!) last January 14 the Philippine version of the Creative Commons license.
So why should there be a Philippine version? The law varies from country to country and it is important that we use a Creative Commons license adopted to our law […]
National Children’s Book Day
This year’s theme is “Basa tayo, ‘Tay!” to celebrate the role of fathers in reading with their children.
The Philippine Board on Books for Young People leads the celebration of this annual event.
DepEd Cyber Education Project gets funding
The Philippine government signed 5 agreements with the Chinese government that includes funding for the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Cyber Education Project. The project is worth US$ 465.5 million (around P26.48 billion). The Cyber Education Project will cover 23,549 public schools nationwide and 665 Alternative Learning System (ALS) Learning Centers.
The 5 agreements were signed last […]
