Browsing 01. Research & Publications by Title

Pacific Leaders in Open, Online and Distance Learning

Bossu, Carina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)

In this piece about Pacific leaders in ODL, I noticed that despite the fact that many leaders have or have had a formal professional base at their institutions, many have worked across different nations and in collaboration ...

Participatory Management, Professional Development, and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools

Grace, Ajetunmobi Funmilayo; Oladejo, Maruff Akinwale; Oladejo, Muhideen Adewale (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-07-20)

This correlational survey study examined professional development, participatory management, and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. The sample size comprised 504 participants ...

PCF6 Daily News

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (Commonwealth of Learning, 2010-11)

Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) daily news.

PCF7 Daily News

National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2013-12)

Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) daily news.

Pedagogical Innovations for Technology-Enabled Learning

Ferguson, Rebecca (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-07)

This guide explores how pedagogy and vision underpin successful TEL innovation, as well as the other building blocks that are needed. It also outlines recent pedagogical innovations in TEL that can be trialled in any ...

Persons with Disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago: A Situational Analysis

Persons, Heather (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 ...

Phukusi la Moyo - a participatory educational radio programme about maternal and child health

Wood, Cathryn E (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2011)

Phukusi la Moyo (literally Bag of Life) is a radio programme that has arisen as a result of a collaborative effort between the MaiMwana Project, Mudzi Wathu Community Radio Station, the District Health Office, and women’s ...

Planning and Implementing Open and Distance Learning Systems: A Handbook for Decision Makers

Freeman, Richard (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2004)

This handbook has been written for heads of educational institutions, their senior staff and senior staff of ministries of education who are interested in initiating or extending ODL provision. // The handbook seeks to ...

Planning and Management of Open and Distance Learning: Trainers' Kit 003

Commonwealth of Learning; Asian Development Bank; International Extension College (Commonwealth of Learning (COL);Asian Development Bank, 1999)

1 . Background (excerpt) The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are pleased to provide this toolkit for your use and we sincerely hope that it will be a valuable resource for anyone planning ...

Policies Regulating the Assignments of the Bachelor of Education Programme of Indira Gandhi National Open University: A Case Study

Bose, Sutapa (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)

This case study examines the policies formulated by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), an open and distance learning university of India for regulating the practices related to the assignments of its ...

A Policy Brief on MOOCs

Porter, David; Beale, Russell (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-05)

A MOOC (massive open online course) is an online course that normally requires no prior qualifications for entry, can be accessed by anyone who has an Internet connection, and includes large or very large numbers of ...

Policy Brief: Addressing Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 in Education and Training

Salasan Consulting Inc. (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11)

This policy brief provides evidence about the effects of COVID-19 on girls and women in COL’s priority sectors of Education and Training. Urgent action is required from Commonwealth Ministries of Education and Women’s ...

Policy Brief: Creating New Opportunities for Women and Girls: Enhancing Women's and Girls' Success in Technical and Vocational Education

Salasan Consulting Inc. (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-12)

The empowerment of women and girls through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) gives them an opportunity to acquire job-related skills for meaningful employment, a key contribution to poverty reduction. ...

Policy for Open and Distance Learning

Perraton, Hilary; Lentell, Helen (Commonwealth of Learning and Routledge, 2003)

What policy issues need to be addressed when planning and implementing open and distance learning? Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning ...

Política Institucional para REA -Plantilla-

(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-09)

Este documento provee una plantilla de uso fácil para el diseño de una política de Recursos Educacionales Abiertos (REA) para instituciones educacionales presenciales o virtuales (a distancia). // Translation of "Institutional ...

Positioning extension Massive Open Online Courses (xMOOCs) within the open access and the lifelong learning agendas in a developing setting

Nkuyubwatsi, Bernard (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)

Recent reports on xMOOCs indicated that underprivileged learners in need for higher education have minimally been reached by these courses. While the open access agenda is needed to reach such learners, most MOOCs were ...