Tricia C. Ascan

PROFILE

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Management and Development Studies

University of the Philippines Open University

Business & Management:

Accounting for Micro and Small Scale Businesses

Financial Management

Investment Management

Entrepreneurship

Digital Business Innovation

Digital Finance/Financial Technology

Agribusiness Management

Public Management

Agriculture:

Organic Agriculture

Education:

Online and Distance Learning

Lifelong learning

Ascan, T. C., Piamonte, D. L. M., Perez, M. G. C., & Cruz, L. N. (2025). Exploring factors influencing completion rates in an online accounting course during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of simplified accounting for entrepreneurs. ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 17(1), 118- 128, https://doi.org/10.64233/CEJT5637
Ascan, T.C., Ascan, A.J.C. (2025). Beyond Written Papers: Harnessing video presentation for enhanced assessment in online learning. [e-Proceedings] The 2nd International Conference of Digital Business, Society, and Economy Proceedings Book.– Nonthaburi: Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. ISBN (e-book): 978-616-94562-5-4. pp. 504-513. https://icdbse2024.stou.ac.th/wp-content-wpwp/uploads/docs/ICDBSE2024%20e-Proceedings.pdf

Towards a Financially Feasible Microcredentials of UP Open University: A Cost Benefit Analysis (ongoing)
MOOC Course Development: Introduction to Financial Literacy (ongoing)
Course Package Developer: Local Investment Plan for Health Course (December 2020). (DOH-Commissioned Project of FMDS UPOU)

Resource Person:

Digital Marketing Training for Rural Women Entrepreneurs (22 October 2025)
Continuing Education Program Proposal Development for the Institution of Microcredentials: A Writing Workshop (2024)
Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)Cavite Webinar on Flexible Learning (Livestreamed on July 15, 2020)
FMDS UPOU and Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines(ASPAP) Let’s Talk it Over Seminar: Online Tutoring/Support: Requirements and Challenges (Livestreamed on June 24, 2020)

Paper Presentations:

Resilient Learning in Caregiving: Sustaining Online Health Education for Caregivers of Children with Special Needs in a Post-Pandemic World (presented at ICHP 2025, 17-19 November, 2025)
Promoting Eco-Inclusive Enterprises through an Academic-Community Partnership: The Case of OUgnayan Wednesdays at UP Open University (presented at IFSS 2025, 17-18 September 2025)
Students’ Perceptions on Asynchronous Debates in Open and Distance Learning (presented at ICOIE 2025, 9-11 July 2025)
The Effect of the Pandemic on the Completion Rate of the Students of Continuing Education Program: The Case of the Online Course on Caring for the Child with Special Needs (presented at ICOIE 2025, 9-11 July 2025)
Utilizing Asynchronous Debate as an Alternative Assessment in Open and Distance eLearning (presented at ICODEL 2025, 27 February 2025)
Beyond Written Papers: Harnessing video presentation for enhanced assessment in online learning (presented at ICDBSE 2024, 13-14 November 2024)
Open eX: Opening Opportunities for Entrepreneurship through Experiential Learning (presented at LCL 2024, 12-13 August 2024)
Exploring Factors Influencing Completion Rates in an Online Accounting Course during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Simplified Accounting for Entrepreneurs (presented at ICOIE 2024, 3-5 July 2024)