Browsing by Subject "Open Educational Resources (OER)"

Access and equity in Open Education Resources: E-learning for girl and women in Bangladesh Open University

Billah, Masum (2013-11)

Open Educational Resources are freely accessible, usually openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, educational, assessment and research purposes. E-learning is (website, e-books, cd, dvd ...

Access and Inclusion Through Open Education Resources in Botswana

Modesto, Stanslaus T (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This Paper investigates the implementation of Open Education Resources (OER) in education as a much-talked-about problem that is not much in evidence in practice among institutions in developing countries. Inspiration for ...

Accessible OER: Where to Start?

Kanwar, Asha; Abeywardena, Ishan S; Mishra, Sanjaya (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-12-20)

Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, 20 December 2017, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. ...

Adapting Quality Assurance to Innovative Programmes

Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka; Daniel, John (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Promoting equity by opening up higher education has posed challenges to quality assurance and even to the definition of quality in higher education. However, certain fundamental principles underpin all forms of higher ...

Addressing a National Crisis in Learning: Open Educational Resources, Teacher-Education in India and the Role of Online Communities of Practice

Perryman, Leigh-Anne (2013-11)

India currently suffers from an estimated 1.33 million shortfall in teachers and many existing teachers are unqualified, resulting in inadequate access to education and poor standards of learning for those already in the ...

Addressing the Learning Needs of Out-of-School Children and Youths through the Expansion of Open Schooling

Mays, Tony; Singh, Rajiv Kumar (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 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 ...

Advancing Research in Commonwealth Africa: some reflections

Kanwar, Asha; Gatsha, Godson (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-10-19)

Presented at Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL), 19 October 2015 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO (co-written with Dr Godson Gatsha, Education Specialist – Higher Education).

Advocacy, Sesitization and Development of OER Policy for Provincial Education Ministries in Sri Lanka

Karunanayaka, Shironica P; Abeywardena, Ishan S (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

With the objective of providing direction in the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to increase access to and support quality teaching and learning in the school education system in Sri Lanka, an advocacy program was ...

Analysing the development of institutional policies for sustainability and quality of OERs with a focus on the Australian context

Bossu, Carina (2010-11)

Stimulated by funding from benefactors such as the Hewlett Foundation and UNESCO, the OER movement has been growing rapidly since 2001, providing educational content freely to institutions and learners across the world ...

Assessment of pre-service teachers’ information and communication technology literacy and use of open educational resources

Okonkwo, C A; Ikpe, Adakole (2013-11)

The practice of education is changing globally in response to education for all (EFA) and the millennium development goals (MDG). Open educational resources (OER) offer viable opportunity as a tool to enable realistic ...

A Baseline Study on Technology-Enabled Learning in the African and Mediterranean Countries of the Commonwealth: Report

Isaacs, Shafika (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-09)

The study reports the findings of a desk review derived from Internet-based searches on the status of technology-enabled learning (TEL) in the African and Mediterranean countries of the Commonwealth in June 2015. Wherever ...

A Baseline Study on Technology-Enabled Learning in the Asian Commonwealth

(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-08)

This report presents the findings of a study of technology-enabled learning in Commonwealth Asia to identify the basic mileposts in these countries’ vision and mission regarding ICT in education policies. The study looked ...

A Baseline Study on Technology-Enabled Learning in the Commonwealth Pacific Island Countries: Report

Vaa, Leatuaolevao R (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-11)

This report presents an overview of the developments related to technology-enabled learning in the nine Commonwealth countries of the Pacific as in June 2015. The author provides in-depth analyses of specific country ...

A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

Butcher, Neil (Commonwealth of Learning (COL);United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2015)

Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to think about when exploring how to use OER most effectively. The second section ...

Basic Painting Skills: Student Workbook

Obrien, Uelese; Penivao, Taualo; Pouniu, Vaelei; Teagai, Esau; Silo, Moti (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-01)

This course is an introduction to basic painting skills and forms part of the Tuvalu Technical & Vocational Development Programme, Painting and Decorating as a level 1 course. It is intended for students starting from Year ...

Basic Sewing Skills: Student Workbook

Koepke, Tiesi F; Feleti, Salakeima; Maketi, Lilivanu; Akeimo, Kirara (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-01)

This course is an introduction to basic sewing skills and forms part of the Tuvalu Technical & Vocational Development Programme as a level 1 course. It is intended for school leavers and community groups in Pacific Island ...

Basic Trades for Small Island Nations: Working with Concrete

Wightman, Paul; Ene, Lapana; Fuafanua, Sama; Faletiute, Patuki; Vakalasi, Pateni; Ioane, Elisaia (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-09)

This course is an introduction to working with concrete and concrete blocks. It was originally written as part of the Pacific Basic Trades Training programme. It has been contextualised for Tuvalu by local teachers to meet ...

Benchmarking Quality in Open Distance & Online Learning: COL Experience

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2022-05-19)

"Benchmarking Quality in Open Distance & Online Learning: COL Experience" presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, COL President & CEO, at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference, Barcelona, Spain, on 19 May 2022.

Benefits and Challenges of OER for Higher Education Institutions

Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010)

Paper commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning for workshop discussions at the Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop for Heads of Commonwealth Universities, Cape Town, South Africa, 28 April 2010, and workshop ...

Biogas Production for Domestic Use: A Flexible Learning Course

Macharia, Francis N (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-01)

This course aims to provide learners with the knowledge and skills needed to plan, build and operate a biogas plant for domestic purposes. It is designed for dairy farmers, masons, prospective biogas plan operators and ...