WEEK 1 HISTORY OF AMA UNIV.

HISTORY OF AMA UNIV. AND AMAOED

This module conatins the following topics

1. History if ama univ.

2. History if ama univ. online educ.

The Ama Group of Companies was built upon the dream of the late Amable M. Aguiluz Sr. (AMA).
Auditor General and National Treasurer during the term of Diosdado Macapagal. To build an institution
that would provide world-class education to the Filipino youth.

That dream bore fuit on October 20, 1980 when his son Dr. Amable R. Aguiluz V (ARAV). Established the
AMA Institute of Computer Studies and thus blazed the trail for popular computer education in the
country. Orginially located along Shaw Boulevar, the pioneering school offered EDP Fundamentals. Basic
Programming and Technology Career courses.

In June 1981, the AMA Computer College (AMACC) was launched with four-year degree course in BS
Computer Scienece, the first to be offered in the country. From only 13, the student population of
AMACC surged to 600 in 1983 and 2,000 in 1985. To meet the growing demand for computer courses.
AMACC established its first campus in Makati in 1983. A second campus followed in 1986 in Proj. 8
Quezon City.

In 1987, the AMA Computer Learning Center (ACLC) was established to offer short courses in
programming and two-year technical vocational courses. Today there are 16 company-owned ACLC
branches and more than 100 franchised learning centers.

In the same year, AMA Basic Education was formed to offer elementary, high school and eventually pre-
school education. Now known as St. Augustine International School. It has (8) local branches located in
Metro Manila. Laguna, Cebu city, Mactan, Bacolod and Davao.

In 1996, AMA set up the AMA Telecommunications and Elecronics Learning Center (AMATEL) – the
country’s first ever telecommunications school. It is now called AMA International Institute of
Technology (AIIT) and has branches in Cubao, San Pedro and Mindoro

In 1998, the ABE International Business College was establesd to offer courses in Hotel and Restaurant
Management (HRM). Business Administration and Computer related courses. Today ABE has 25
branches nationwide.

Course Module

ABE is an International school affiliated with ABE in the United Kingdom. It offers not just local, but also
international diploma and International practicum program.
The AMA school network also expanded overseas with branches in Los Angeles California: Manama,
Bahrain: Bangladesh: China and Hong kong. In 2000. AMAES launched its most ambitious expansion
program with no less than 14 branches being set up nationwide to help its graduates find employment.
AMA established in the same year its own manpower placement agency in 2000 called INFOTECH
Professional Services Inc.

The year 2002 saw AMA expanding into maritime education, medicine, nursing, care-gving and allied
health courses. Now, the Norwegian Maritime Academy (NMA), the AMA Schools of Medicine and
Nursing (ASMN) and the St. Augustine School of Nursing (SASN( are making mark in the respective fields
with their IT-Based Curricula.

The AMA Education System (AMAES) – the umbrella for AMA schools currently boasts of more than 200
campuses nationwide and in key foreign cities. It has proudly produced more than 150,000 professionals
who have been gainfully employed locally and overseas.

ON August 20, 2001, AMA was granted University status by the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) – a well-earned tribute to the first ISO-certificated computer educational institution in the
Philippines. Founding Chairman Dr. Amabale R. Aguiluz V was installed as the first AMA university
president

In 2015, AMA launched the AMA University Online Educationa (AMAOEd)

HISTORY OF AMAOed

AMA University Online Education (AMAOEd) is the first full online education in the Philippines. It
upholds the vision and mission of its institution as it responds to the cultural shift to a digitized age,
opening its doors for anyone from the Philippines and abroad, who are willing to learn and advance
their knowledge in a wide variety of courses. AMAOEd endeavours to stress the importance of educating
the youth, as well as employed individuals seeking degrees, and fostering of everyone’s potential as a
productive portion of today’s competitive society.

The chairmas has envisioned “Education for All, Limitless and Borderless” and utilizing technology to
achieve it is one step closer to the dream.

The program is open to all interested applicants; those who wanted to take refresher courses or second
degree, those wo wanted to take earn their undergraduate degree and graduate degrees, They may be
working students, Filipinos from various regions in the Philippines and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
who sought to pursue a degree. The program also gives an opportunity for international students and
people afflicted with disabilities, who can study in the comfort of their own homes.

The AMA Online Education program is a form of study where students are not under a continuous and
immediate supervision of teachers in a lecture/classroom setting. It favours an independent self-
learning style which takes place outside a formal classroom

Despite the physical separation between the learner and the teacher, this does not mean that students
are left on their own. Learners are expected to perform the usual learning activities done by students in
traditional classes. Perform the usual learning activities done by students in traditional classes.
Unlike face-to-face classes, course materials are usually the starting point for study and
teaching/learning is mediated through the use of technology.

Online mentoring and other forms of knowledge transfer via e-learning method are developed and
adopted for faster delivery of lessons. These strategies enhance access to the online university degree
programs. Students are likewise provided with specially packaged instructional materials or self-learning
modules which they could study on their own most of the time.

Keeping up with the rapid pace of the digital age. AMA University will now cater to all aspiring learners
who want to obtain a diploma for an accredited undergraduate degree through the use of this one-of-a-
kind education undergraduate degree through the use of technology, i.e. the internet