The very first Teaching Effectiveness Workshop for the College of Arts and Letters (CAL), titled “Engaging Minds in Teaching the Humanities,” was held at the CAL-AVR on February 10, 2025. This workshop was made possible through OAT’s collaboration with the UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters and the UP Diliman College of Education. Our office would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Leonor Diaz from the College of…

TaLAS Course 1 for Visayas SUCs
We would like to thank the faculty members and university administrators from the various State Universities and Colleges across the country for participating in the fourth run of the Teaching and Learning Activities for SUCs (TaLAS) Course 1: Building a Teaching Effectiveness Program held last December 2 – 3, 2024 at the Institute for Small-Scale Industries, University of the Philippines Diliman!This marks the fourth and final run of the Course…

Helping SWANs Take Flight (Second Run)
The Office for the Advancement of Teaching sincerely appreciates Dr. Myra Trinidad T. Tantengco, Dr. May T. Cabutihan, Assistant Professor Sarah Grace L. Candelario, and Dr. Lutze-Sol A. Vidal for generously sharing their expertise as resource persons in Helping SWANs Take Flight 2025! We are also grateful to all the participants who joined us on February 10 & 17, 2025, at the Virata School of Business and the National…

Helping SWANs Take Flight (Second Run)
The Office for the Advancement of Teaching (OAT), under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA), in cooperation with the Special Education (SPED) Cluster faculty of the College of Education, UP Diliman, would like to invite UP Diliman faculty members to participate in a two-day seminar/workshop on teaching and supporting students with additional needs (SWANs). This face-to-face event is scheduled on February 10 and 17, 2025, Room…

Teaching Effectiveness Course (TEC) January 9-10 and 13-14, 2025
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the UP Diliman faculty members who participated in this year’s Teaching Effectiveness Course (TEC), entitled Fundamentals of University Teaching. TEC 2025 was conducted face-to-face at the Bocobo Hall Conference Room, 2nd Floor, UP College of Law, from January 9–10 and 13–14, 2025. We would also like to thank our resource speakers for the first run of TEC 2025: UP Diliman Chancellor…

Basics of Instructional Design Training for new faculty members of the College of Engineering
We extend our gratitude to Assoc. Prof. Jay A. Yacat for conducting the Basics of Instructional Design training for new faculty members of the College of Engineering on November 4, 2024, at the National Engineering Center, 2nd Floor, Seminar Room A. We would also thank Dr. Leslie Joy L. Diaz, Associate Dean for Instruction of the College of Engineering, for co-organizing the workshop.