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e-Choupal: The Power of ICT for Farmers’ Empowerment in India

Sharma, Kapil D (2013-11)

Choupal in Hindi language means a village gathering place. Taking this gathering place to the virtual world, ITC (one of the India’s largest and oldest business conglomerates) introduced the e – Choupal to empower rural ...

E-Learning: A Guidebook of Principles, Procedures and Practices

Naidu, Som (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), 2006)

This guidebook will help readers to systematically approach their engagement with e-learning, irrespective of the educational sector or level within which they may be working. The content of this guidebook has been carefully ...

Early Experiences with a Community Driven Open Education Management System

Kumar, Lalita S; Kumar, Sanjiv; Srivathsan, K R (2013-11)

Open and Distance Learning encounters various student support related issues especially when dealing with large numbers. An ICT intervention is inevitable to connect all the stakeholders and facilitate the distance learners ...

EasyNow Techniques: Empowering teachers to create contents using information and communication technologies

Misra, Neeti (2010-11)

India is trying to achieve complete literacy through Sarv Siksha Abhiyaan programme (http://ssa.nic.in/). This involves teaching each and every child in all the parts of the country. The success of the literacy programme ...

Economic and Socio-Cultural Constraints that Engender Legal Education in Northern Nigeria and the Use of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) to Effectively Address this Trend

Oyakhiromen, Ifidon; Godwin-Clark, Soibi (2013-11)

Nigeria is dynamic and pluralistic in terms of its traditions and cultural values. This has significantly impacted the trend of educational development with respect to gender in the legal profession especially in the ...

Economic Environment

Zandi, Farrokh (commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2002)

This distance education course is affiliated with the Commonwealth Executive Master of Business Administration and the Commonwealth Executive master of Public Administration programmes. Block 1. economic environment of ...

Editing Distance Education Materials

Swales, Christine (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2000)

Distance education materials take a learner-centred approach rather than the traditionally content-centred approach of textbooks. The key is the student. Learners need to become involved and motivated by the materials and ...

Editorial

Tait, Alan (Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)

In a world crowded by journals, what is the need for a new one? The worlds of education and development live two separate lives, and educators in particular too often limit their interest to the educational systems within ...

Editorial: Celebrating the 8th Pan-Commonwealth Forum and Distance Education Leaders

Gaskell, Anne (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)

It is a great pleasure to introduce this special issue of JL4D, which continues our features on Leaders in Distance Education around the world but also has as its main focus a celebration of the 8th Pan-Commonwealth Forum ...

Editorial: Distance Education Leaders Across the World: Contributions to Learning for Development

Gaskell, Anne (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)

It is a very great pleasure to introduce a new series to JL4D that focuses on the main leaders in distance education and online learning (ODeL) across the world. Articles will cover six areas: Africa, Asia, Europe, North ...

Editorial: Meeting sustainable development goal 4: Some key contributions

Gaskell, Anne (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-04)

The articles in this issue all provide important contributions towards meeting SDG4. They highlight the role of informal learning (Kidu), community development (Pascevicius & Hodgkins-Williams), Open Educational Resources ...

Editorial: Open and Distance Learning for Development: How Can New Technologies and Distance Education Leaders Make an Impact?

Gaskell, Anne (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)

This issue of JL4D continues our popular series on Leaders in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) across the world, and it also includes major discussions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how they can be ...

Editorial: Sustainable Development and Inclusive Quality Education

Gaskell, Anne (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)

This issue of JL4D has a particular focus on the sustainable development of inclusive quality education for all. We are also very pleased to launch a new series in JL4D in which members of COL’s Board of Governors and ...

Educate to Empower

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-04-17)

Delivered by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonealth of Learning, at the Women's Forum, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), 17 April 2018, London, UK.

Educating against Discrimination, Prospects of Female Citizens in Nigeria: The Open Distance Learning as a Panacea

Apena, T T (2013-11)

In some parts of the world, especially Africa, it is believed that the place of a woman is in the kitchen and girls are trained to grow up and take the same role. Women in those days are relevant only when they meet the ...

Educating And Re-Integrating Former Girl Soldiers Of The Northern Ugandan War: Opportunities And Limitations For Community Media

Owacgiu, Jackline A (2013-11)

Northern Uganda was embroiled in a two-decade war between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Ugandan army. During the war, about 30,000 children were abducted by LRA soldiers and used as child soldiers. Many of these ...