By Princes Elaine Y. Espongja

(from left) Princess Espongja, SHS Guidance Counselor Mrs. Gift Tragico,CPU AUDRN Coordinator Dr. Reynaldo Dusaran, Student Development Programs Director Dr. Margen Java, Claribel Joy Deguit during the Culminating Activity.

Central Philippine University has actively participated in the 3rd Asian Universities Digital Resource Network  (AUDRN)   #eyeball2019 Youth Meet-up with the theme “Igniting Creativity in Local Knowledge in the context of 4th Industrial Revolution” at Visayan State University, Baybay, Leyte on November 13-15, 2019. Two students of CPU namely, Princes Elaine Y. Espongja a second year student of Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies and Claribel Joy G. Deguit, a first year  Bachelor of Science in Information of Technology participated in the three-day event. Along with them were Dr. Margen A. Java, Director of Student Development and Programs and Mrs. Gift D. Tragico, Senior High School Guidance Counselor. The Centralian delegates were led by Dr. Reynaldo N. Dusaran, AUDRN Coordinator of CPU.

The #eyeball2019 Youth Meet-up yielded linkages with its stakeholders while advocating the importance of local knowledge in this 4th wave of the Industrial Revolution. During the 3-day conference, all participating schools showcased their Integration Plan on how they could incorporate Local knowledge in Sports and Wellness, Community Engagement, and Research-based curriculum.

AUDRN had three simultaneous Seminar-Workshops on Responsible Use and Sharing of Local Knowledge in Social Media, Gender Fair Education in the Collection and Preservation of Local Knowledge, and Data Privacy Involving Human Participants in Local Knowledge Research to enlighten the participants on the different pressing issues in our society and how they can possibly be addressed through incorporating Local Knowledge. As an output of the workshop, every participating school created project proposals regarding gender-fair, responsible use of media, and data privacy by incorporating Local Knowledge.

Participants had a great fun night in socializing and showcasing Filipino culture by wearing their provinces’ local costumes. They also enjoyed the beautiful campus of Visayas State University- the second largest state university in the Philippines.

The 3rd AUDRN #eyeball2019 Youth Meet-up may bring forth an edge to CPU in becoming a stronger advocate of Local knowledge in the 4th wave of the Industrial Revolution.