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Addressing the Learning Needs of Out-of-School Children and Youths through the Expansion of Open Schooling
(2020-12)At any one time, about 300 million children of school going age are not in school. Experience indicates that when schooling is disrupted, whether by a pandemic, a natural disaster or other reasons, not all children return ... -
Assessment of Competencies in Digital Learning: All About Change
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-10)Delivered by Terry Neal, Education Specialist: Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD), Commonwealth of Learning at a webinar THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TVET DELIVERY. ICT Enabled Technical and Vocational Education ... -
Caribbean Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER): Policies and Practices
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-01-29)A regional capacity building workshop on ‘Open Educational Resources: Policies and Practices’ was organised by COL in collaboration with UNESCO, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Ministry of Education, ... -
Covid-19 - A Two-Week Transition from Campus to Online at the Acsenda School of Management, Canada
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)In March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic obliged Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in many countries to vacate their campuses and operate at a distance. We narrate the experience of the Acsenda School of Management (ASM) in ... -
Dare2BDigital
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)BCcampus, a Ministry of Advanced Education initiative in the province of British Columbia (BC) Canada, conducted a survey across BC post secondary education system seeking recommendations on how to promote and enhance ... -
Digital Education: The Art of the Possible
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-05-06)“Digital Education: the art of the possible.” Presentation by Professor Asha Kanwar, COL President and CEO, at the e-Symposium “Digital Education: the Art of the Possible, Now!” hosted by Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, ... -
Fostering Rapid Institution-wide Curricular Change in Response to COVID-19
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)To aid students during COVID-19, the University of Pikeville transitioned all undergraduate classes to no-cost alternatives for course textbooks. Additionally, the academic calendar was modified for the first time in the ... -
Is there Learning Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Synthesis of the Emerging Evidence
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)Since the onset of COVID-19, governments have launched technology-supported education interventions to ensure children learn. This paper offers a narrative synthesis of emerging evidence on technology-based education to ... -
Report of the Regional Focal Point Meeting – Caribbean. Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia, 27-28 January 2020
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-01)Caribbean COL Focal Points met with COL leadership and staff in Rodney Bay, St Lucia from 27th to 28th of January 2020. Eight Caribbean countries were represented: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts ... -
Reports from the Field: Primary School in Brazil Using Finnish Innovation Pedagogy to Create Meaningful Online Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)ISO Colegío in Paraiba, Brazil, implemented Finnish innovation pedagogy from Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) as a pedagogical strategy in their new primary school in early 2020. The implementation started in ... -
Supporting Teachers in the Transition towards Distance Education: Challenges and Means
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)During the lockdown as a result of the pandemic, it became necessary to deploy distance education in many countries, at all levels of education. This article presents the creation of a training course aimed at helping ...
