MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines Open University is offering 24 free online courses on a diverse range of topics — from business analytics to graphic design — that will grant its completers training certificates they can add to their resume.
The free massive open online courses (MOOCs) — which will run year-round — can help its enrollees “build credentials” and improve their expertise on a wide range of skills, the UPOU said.
Those who complete the MOOCs will be given e-certificates that can cited in resumes as a “16-hour training,” it added.
“Our courses are FREE, SELF-PACED, and OPEN to everyone so you may complete them at your own convenience,” the UPOU said.
UPOU's 2024 calendar for the MOOCs schedules the following trainings per month:
| JANUARY
| Basics of Resilience Introductory Course on Contact Center Services |
| FEBRUARY | Gender Sensitivity Training |
| MARCH | Micro-credential on Digital Office Efficiency Training Introduction to Open and Distance eLeaming (ODeL) Understanding the Child Better Business Analytics Concepts and Frameworks |
| APRIL | Strategic Planning in ODeL Principles of Graphic Design |
| MAY | Introduction to Technology for Teaching and Learning Quality Assurance in ODeL Legal Instruments for the Protection of Children |
| JUNE | Learner Support in ODeL Teaching and Learning with Modern ICTs Institutional Mechanism Towards Child Rights Protection and Promotion |
| JULY | Technology in ODeL Introduction to ODeL Blended Teaching and Learning Using OERs Social Entrepreneurship Scriptwriting for Educational Video Materials |
| AUGUST | Course offering break |
| SEPTEMBER | Strategic Planning in ODeL Introduction to Technology for Teaching and Learning Planning Programs on Child Rights Protection and Promotion Creating Educational Materials Using PowToon |
| OCTOBER | Quality Assurance in ODeL Teaching and Learning with Modern ICTs Developing and Producing an Interactive Educational Video Material |
| NOVEMBER | Learner Support in ODeL Technology in ODeL Blended Teaching and Learning Using OERs Implementing and Evaluating Programs for Child Rights Video Editing Using an Open-Source Video Editing Software |