Browsing by Subject "Disabilities"
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Access to Equality in Education for Children with Disability through Inclusive Education
(2010-11)This paper will attempt to analyze the origin, concept and practices of inclusive education; also it focuses on a critical element of the inclusive education as a challenge towards achievement of equity for students with ... -
Accessibility and Quality Education of Persons with Disabilities in India: An Open Schooling Perspective
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)Recently under the Sustainable Development Goal 4, all the countries including India are mandated to achieve the goal to eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and ... -
Capacity Building for Non-Governmental Organisations in the Disability Sector
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11)The training programme on “Capacity Building for NGOs in the Disability Sector” is being offered by the Global Rainbow Foundation as part of the project ''Enable Mauritius: Leaving No-one Behind, people with disabilities'' ... -
Disabilities & ICTs for learning: developing an accessible learning environment from a User Centred Design perspective
(2010-11)In today’s society, people with disabilities are increasingly socially integrated. However, this process still needs to be developed to achieve overall integration. In this sense, information and communication technologies ... -
Enabling Success of Students with Disabilities on Teacher-training Distance Education programs in Uganda: A comparison of Two Dual Mode Universities
(2010-11)Various universities in Uganda handle students with disabilities using several approaches. In some, access is difficult for student with specific disabilities because of the provisions and practices. Makerere University ... -
ICT as a Tool for Teaching and Learning in Respect of Learner with Disability
(2010-11)In this paper we will explore the accessibility problems faced by different types of disabled learners and the solutions provided by ICT for them. From this point onward we have used word learner and student interchangeably. ... -
ICT for Youth Employability
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)KampaBits is a youth based organisation that positively changes lives of vulnerable youth by improving their access to productive employment and ability to cope with their social environment through creativity and innovation ... -
Inclusion of the Visually Impaired Persons in the Electoral Process in Zambia: A Human Rights Approach
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)The purpose of this study was to assess the electoral process and the visually impaired so as to determine their inclusion in the electoral process. The objectives were to, establish the electoral ... -
Inclusive curriculum development: opportunities and challenges in open & distance education
(2010-11)Persons with disabilities are regarded as one of the most socially excluded groups in all societies today. Many policies and Programmes have been formulated for their advantage and more so, in the field of education, ... -
Introduction To Disability Needs Assessments & Assistive Technologies
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL)Diversity and Ability (United Kingdom)Global Rainbow Foundation, 2020-11)This course is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth of Learning (Canada), Diversity and Ability (United Kingdom) and the Global Rainbow Foundation (Mauritius). It targets persons who work with the PWD (People with ... -
Knowledge and Skill Acquisition from a Distance: Meeting the Changing Demands of Disadvantaged
(2010-11)This paper attempts to explain the need of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) for the specific disadvantaged population so as to meet their changing demand for knowledge and skill acquisition. There are no controversies ... -
Opening up Education Through Academic Support for Students with Disabilities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)Open Distance Learning (ODL) universities are required to make policy provisions for students with disabilities (SwDs) to have full benefit of open access to higher education. Despite access to further education being a ... -
Persons with Disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago: A Situational Analysis
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-06)This situational analysis was carried out to inform the work of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) to develop new blended skills training opportunities for PWDs with partners National Center for Persons with Disability and ... -
Should They Be Excluded? Adult Education and Adult Persons with Disability in Swaziland
(2010-11)One of the guiding principles governing Special Education in Swaziland is that education programmes shall be designed and offered to children with special needs such as physical disabilities, visual and auditory impairment, ... -
A Tracer Study of Disabled Distance Learners of IGNOU and their Employability
(2010-11)The present paper is based on a tracer study to identify students with disabilities enrolled in various programmes of IGNOU. The study describes the characteristics, enrollment, support services received, completion rates ... -
Universal Design for Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-05)This is an introductory course on Univeral Design for Learning (UDL) developed using Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition by Amanda Coolidge, Sue Doner, Tara Robertson, and Josie Gray and published by BCcampus under a ...
