The JBLFMU-Arevalo, Inc. recently attended the Seminar-workshop on Institutional Implementation of Open Distance eLearning. This was part of the "forged commitments on the continuous efforts to push forward distance education” in the country, of the Consortium of Open and Distance Education Providers in the Philippines (CODEPP). The Founding Members of this organization, of which the University is a member, are discussing the plans for CODEPP with a main focus on the outcome for the year 2023. This is for the Founding Members of CODEPP to be accredited and/or ready for accreditation by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Part also of the event is the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Signing held between MMSU President, Dr. Shirley Castañeda Agrupis, and UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor and CODEPP President, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria.
The Consortium is composed of eight higher learning institutions that offer open distance education in the country. These universities are John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University - Arevalo, Inc, Benguet State University, Cavite State University, Central Luzon State University, DMMSU Edu Ph, Ifugao State University, Mariano Marcos State University, and UP Open University (UPOU).
The two-day Seminar-Workshop on Institutional Implementation of Open Distance eLearning held last 3-4 April 2023 at Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), Batac City, Ilocos Norte was actively attended by the Dean of Graduate School, Dr. Geneva M. Eler, and the IT Learning Innovations and Technology Solutions section head, Dr. Maria Cristina P. Arante.
