By Lex Librero, PhD Professor Emeritus U.P. Open University The perfect research is unachievable, so say a lot of research experts and academics. Research seeks verifiable empirical evidence to prove that certain phenomena may be operating under specific conditions, according to Fred Kerlinger in his book published in 1973, but perfect conditions under which... Continue Reading →
By Lex Librero, PhD Professor emeritus UP Open University I’m not an expert on creative thinking in research, but I wish to share somebody else’s ideas about it that I happen to agree with. These ideas are old ones, though. More than six years ago, on February 14, 2013, Eva Lantsoght wrote a blog... Continue Reading →
By Lex Librero, PhD Professor Emeritus UP Open University Among graduate research students, the phrase “contributions to the body of knowledge” may be common concept and we may think that most graduate research students understand it in the same way. Well, frequently this concept is vague and open to various interpretations, each one of... Continue Reading →
By Lex Librero, PhD Professor Emeritus UP Open University (Here’s what I shared with the incoming students under the Doctor of Communication Program of UPOU on July 28th 2018, during our orientation program at UPOU Headquarters in Los Banos. I wish to share it with those following UPOU blog posts.) At the doctorate level,... Continue Reading →
Have you been working on a paper which always seem to fall short of being accepted for publication? Get your paper published by knowing your editor’s expectations. Dr. Don Passey, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Visiting Professor from Lancaster University, United Kingdom, shared some tips and advice during a Special Research Conversations held... Continue Reading →
There are many who are now well-placed in their respective careers, but are contemplating on going back to school -- yes, Graduate School. It has always been said that not everybody is for the university. In the same manner, not everyone, in spite of their bachelor’s degree education, should be in Graduate School. A lot... Continue Reading →
Have you ever asked yourself the same question over and over again? There was a point in time that every student studying under UPOU had their first taste of what distance education is. All of us continuing students had a time where we reconsider every step we take and all of us questioned our own... Continue Reading →
By Lex Librero, PhD Professor Emeritus U.P. Open University DISCLOSURE I delivered the original version of this article as a keynote address during the 7th anniversary of the Department of Development Management, UPLB College of Economics and Management on March 2, 1994. I was then the Associate Dean, UPLB College of Agriculture. Please read this... Continue Reading →
July is National Disaster Resilience Month in the country by virtue of Executive Order No. 29 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on 28 June 2017. Formerly called National Disaster Consciousness Month, the observance was renamed to NDRM to highlight the shift from disaster awareness building to disaster resilience. This year's theme is "Katatagan sa Kalamidad ay... Continue Reading →
