On 13-15 July 2022, Asst. Prof. Dr. Gan Chanyawudhiwan, Director of the Office of Educational Technology and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kemmanat Mingsiritham, Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology, virtually participated in the 2022 International Conference on Open and Innovative Education (ICOIE 2022) and presented a research work “Social Media and Learning during COVID-19.”
The ICOIE 2022 was hosted by Hong Kong Metropolitan University and took place as hybrid conference.
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) held a medicine donation for Umphang Hospital, Tak province to help poor residents who have no access to health insurance.
On 15 July 2022, Dr. Boriboon Pinprayong, a lecturer from the School of Agriculture and Cooperatives represented STOU to deliver donated medicines to Umphang Hospital. The donation was accepted by Miss Thanchanok Homchuen, the hospital Psychologist. All donated medicines will be reexamined by the Pharmacist before dispensing to patients.
Umphang Hospital is the Community Hospital in Umphang district of Tak province. Out of 84,321 residents, 39,859 have no access to health insurance. Medicine donation will help the patients of Umphang Hospital and also nearby rural hospitals with drug supply issues.
The unused medicine donation campaign was carried out in June 2022 to raise awareness of sustainability and green university development among the university’s employees and students.
4 July 2022 – Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) donated panty hosts to Sirindhorn National Medical Rehabilitation Institute (SNMRI).
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gan Chanyawudhiwan, Acting Vice-President for Academic Services, Cultural Preservation, and International Affairs, together with Mrs. Rattip Phukkeson, Acting Director of the Department of International Affairs, led the team to make a donation of Recyclable panty hosts to Sirindhorn National Medical Rehabilitation Institute (SNMRI), which will be used in the making on artificial legs. The donation was accepted by Mr. Tawatchai Junsaard, Head of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Unit.
Under the advice of the Steering Committee for Green University Development of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, campaigns for recyclable and used items donations were constantly promoted to raise awareness of sustainability and green university development among the university’s employees and students. The campaign for panty hosts donation was carried out from May – June 2022.
On 29 June 2022, the School of Nursing, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, held a workshop on Leading Innovation through Nursing Education. The workshop aimed to be a platform to exchange knowledge regarding teaching methodologies in nursing education.
Professor Dr. Paul Ratanasiripong from Educational Leadership Department, California State University, gave lectures on “Innovative of Nursing Education in These & Next Era” and
“Leading transforms Innovative Education to Nursing Services.” At the same workshop, participants joined group discussions on “How to apply innovation education to enhance excellent nursing services?”
Learn more about the STOU School of Nursing at https://www.stou.ac.th/eng/courses/Master_56/nurse_56.asp.
27 June 2022 – Asst. Prof. Dr. Gan Chanyawudhiwan, Acting Vice-President for Academic Services, Cultural Preservation, and International Affairs, together with Mrs. Rattip Phukkeson, Acting Director of the Department of International Affairs and Miss Warakan Thanarak, Head of Protocol and New International Initiatives, had the opportunity to meet Prof. Libing Wang, Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development, Ms. Heejeong Ahn, Program Specialist in Higher Education, at the UNESCO Bangkok Office.
The visit provided an opportunity to learn about UNESCO projects engaging in distance learning and to discuss possible cooperation between STOU and UNESCO Bangkok.
International Conference in Innovation and Education for Sustainable Human Resource Development will be held on November 15 -16, 2022 and organized by the School of Educational Studies, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
The main objective of the Conference is to provide a forum for academics and educators to discuss and disseminate recent studies, developments, innovations, and advances in Education. The conference will be an opportunity for those working in schools, institutes, and universities as well as those studying in the Education field to participate and submit their papers.
Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD), UNESCO
Topic : Global Trends in Education
Dean, School of Open Learning, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Topic : Innovations in Distance Learning
Head of Institute, Institute of Education, Massey University,
NZCER Board Chairperson
Topic : Innovations and Education for Sustainable Human Resource Development
| Conference Registrations Open | |
| – Presenters – Participants | 1 April – 30 August 2022 1 April – 1 November 2022 |
| Papers Submission Open | 1 April 2022 |
| Papers Submission Deadline | 30 August 2022 |
| Notification of Acceptance of Papers | 15 June – 30 September 2022 |
| Notification of Final Acceptance for Presentation Deadline | 30 September 2022 |
| Complete Conference Program Available Online | 1 November 2022 |
| Conference Dates | 15-16 November 2022 |
Visit the conference website for more information.
29 June 2022 – Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) donated discarded lottery tickets to Wat Huai Mu Home for Children with Special Needs in Ratchaburi.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Gan Chanyawudhiwan, Acting Vice-President for Academic Services, Cultural Preservation, and International Affairs, together with Asst. Prof. Witoon Wongamart, Acting Director of the Department of Corporate Communication, and Mrs. Rattip Phukkeson, Acting Director of the Department of International Affairs, led the team to make a donation of discarded lottery tickets to Wat Huai Mu Home for Children with Special Needs in Ratchaburi, which will be used to produce flowers, decorative wreaths, and other crafts. The donation was accepted by Phra Chandra Sirakorn, Abbot of Wat Huai Mu.
Wat Huai Mu Home for Children with Special Needs currently looks after 35 kids. The crafts made from lottery tickets are sold and the income is used for the center’s operation.
Under the advice of the Steering Committee for Green University Development of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, a campaign for discarded lottery tickets donation was carried out from April-June 2022. The STOU staff and students from both main and regional campuses donated the tickets. The activity was aimed to raise awareness of sustainability and green university development among the university’s employees and students countrywide.
12 June 2022 – The “STOU RUN 2022” mini-marathon was co-hosted by STOU Trang Students Club, STOU Trang Alumni Club and the STOU Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center – Nakhon Si Thammarat, at Khao Chang Hai, Na Yong, Trang, to raise awareness for forest conservation.
The event was joined by STOU administrators, students, alumni and the general public, including Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wittayatorn Tokeaw, the Advisor of STOU Trang Students Club, who presided over the opening ceremony and joined the race. The program featured a fun run (5 km), and a mini-marathon 10 (km). There were also mobile exhibitions on “Forest is life” and “STOU: sustainable university.” To promote the awareness of forest conservation, all runners were given away a forest seedling to be planted back home.
The STOU Regional Academic Resources and Community Engagement Center – Nakhon Si Thammarat also held a parallel activity that is an online speech contest on the topic of “Forest is life.” The activity made ‘forest conservation’ mindfulness reached out to a wider range of people, focusing on the younger generation.
STOU has strongly committed to sustainability and set national and international goals to become a sustainable university.
On 9 June 2022, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manit Jumpa, Distinguished Member of the University Council, Acting President of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) and Mr. Wichai Bandasak, Mayor of Pakkret Municipality has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the main conference room at Pakkret Municipality Office. Dr. Sitthichai Ruchayosyothin, Dean of the School of Science and Technology and Mr. Somsak Lamor, Deputy Mayor have witnessed and co-signed the MOU.
The MOU aimed at the development of the locality by applying computer information and other serviceable technologies taught at STOU, as well as the body of knowledge from the field of science and technology, to enhance the services of Pakkret District.
Congratulations to Asst. Prof. Dr. Gan Chanyawudhiwan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kemmanat Mingsiritham, administrators from the Office of Educational Technology, and Dr. Narubodee Wathanakom, a lecturer from the School of Management Science, for receiving certificates of appreciation at the Internationally Outstanding Inventors Awards Ceremony 2022 hosted by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) at Thai Army Union, Bangkok.
On 15 June 2022, the National Research Council of Thailand, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation held the “Internationally Outstanding Inventors Awards Ceremony” and presentation of certificates of appreciation to Thai inventors and researchers who have been internationally awarded. Prof. Sirirerk Songsivilai, M.D., Ph.D., Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, presided over and presented the certificates of appreciation to the inventors and researchers.
The researches that have been awarded are:
NRCT continuously funds and operates inventions and innovations promotion schemes at the international level to enhance international competitiveness for Thai researchers and inventors. There were altogether 164 pieces of work awarded at 11 different international stages in the fiscal year 2022 so far.