Press Release--Great Ideas Project
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What: "This is UP" - the Great Ideas Symposium. UP's top 5 professors are to speak in this celebration of great ideas! Each prof speaks for 10 mins only.
Where: University of the Philippines Diliman and www.greatideas.ph
When: nominations ends on August 16; voting ends on September 20, 2010. Symposium is on October 6, 2010, 2pm, Malcolm Theater, College of Law
How: UP students and other constituents log in at Great Ideas.ph Portal (www.greatideas.ph) to nominate or vote for their favorite professors.
Details: The Diliman Interactive Learning Center (DILC), in partnership with academic units and student organizations, is mounting Great Ideas dot PH ( greatideas.ph ), a project designed to highlight a diversity of great ideas at its online portal and through a series of events. One of the major events is the "Great Ideas" Symposium that features top five (5) UP professors from different fields. These UP faculty members will talk (for 10 minutes each) about ideas, subjects, research projects they are most passionate about. These professors are to be nominated or chosen by a popular vote at the "Great Ideas dot PH" portal. Anybody with a UP Webmail account can register, nominate or vote at http://greatideas.ph.
So far, we have 376 faculty nominees (list available online) and over 2,100 registered voters.
Pick your best professors to speak in this celebration of great ideas! Please visit http://greatideas.ph to nominate, vote, or learn more about the Project. The recognition that your best professor well deserves is just a moment away!
Why the "Great Ideas dot PH" Project?
Everything starts with an idea; great things, with "great ideas."
Compelling materials discussing great ideas are good conversation starters. They are a good educational resource. The "Great Ideas dot PH" will serve as online portal where institutions and organizations can document and share their best peer-reviewed ideas. Through the portal, the public may interact with purveyors of great ideas. Schools and other institutions may use the resources at the online portal for instructional purposes.
The "Great Ideas dot PH" can be a good platform to promote interdisciplinary commerce. As ideas are not limited by arbitrary disciplinal boundaries, the Project fosters scholarly collaboration and exchange of ideas.
Beneficiaries. The Project directly benefits public school libraries in Metro Manila and other provinces. Multimedia packets of locally produced educational materials will be distributed to less privileged educational institutions. Resources generated will also support the training program of the UP Diliman Interactive Learning Center (DILC) for the UP faculty and other constituents.
The Project also engages the public in an educational experience of celebrating great ideas with our top University professors.
Other Prospects. The Project highlights ideas that propelled Filipino companies to success or drove best practices in the industry. It can discuss the inspirations driving institutions and movements to effect positive social change.