Browsing 01. Research & Publications by Subject "Open Learning"
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COL's Open Schooling Initiative
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010)COL is helping to increase access to quality education while increasing student achievement by providing teachers in developing countries with new technologies, tools and skills. COL's Open Schooling initiatives include: ... -
A Critical Look at Policy Environment for Opening up Public Higher Education in Rwanda
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)Policies play a critical role in the implementation of open, distance education and opening up higher education. To encourage participation of different stakeholders in related practices, policies may need to embody values ... -
Editorial: Open Education, Open Educational Practice and the Concept of Openness: Issues and Challenges
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-07)All the articles in this issue contribute to the debates surrounding Open Education, including Open Universities, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). -
Editorial: The Open Education Movement: How Can We Realize its Full Potential?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-12)Great claims have been made about the potential of the Open Education movement to extend accessible and relevant educational opportunities to all. But how far does the reality of Open Educational Practice match these ... -
Implementing Multimedia Content Development Strategy in Open Schooling: The Experience of the Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL)
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2009)This manual was produced as a direct outcome of a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) funded project on capacity building in the production of multimedia learning resources in the context of open schooling. NAMCOL’s interest ... -
Motivations, Achievements, and Challenges of Self-Directed Informal Learners in Open Educational Environments and MOOCs
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)This research targeted the learning preferences, goals and motivations, achievements, challenges, and possibilities for life change of self-directed online learners enrolled in a massive open online course (MOOC) related ... -
Open and flexible TVET in Commonwealth Pacific countries
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2011-06)This report examines the current state of open and flexible technical‐vocational education and training (TVET) in nine Pacific Commonwealth countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, ... -
Open Schooling: Selected Experiences
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 1994)The first open school programme is believed to have begun in 1914 as correspondence lessons prepared at the request of a parent in Beech Forest in the Otway Mountains in Australia. By 1916, a special correspondence branch ... -
An Overview of Open and Distance Learning: Trainers' Kit 001
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL);Asian Development Bank, 1999)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 and conducting training ... -
Reflecting on the Impact of the Open Education Movement
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-12)This paper critiques the rise and impact of the open education movement, focusing in particular on Higher Education. It considers the impact of adopting more open practices on learning, teaching and research. In terms of ... -
A Study of the Development of the State Open Universities in India: Report
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2007)In a vast country like India with a large reservoir of talent, facilities for higher education for all aspirants do not exist in the formal conventional university system. The corollary is that Open and Distance Learning ... -
A Sustainable Open Schooling System for Ghana
(2010)This document is the main output of a short-term consultancy to devise strategies and structures for delivering a sustainable open schooling programme in Ghana. The assignment involved a desktop review of published literature, ... -
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation/COL Open Education Resources for Open Schools: Final Evaluation: Main Report
(South African Institute for Distance Education, 2011)The project has been developed for a range of stakeholders including the funder, the COL project team, the country consultants and the teachers.Specifically, for the funder, the report provides an analysis of the project’s ... -
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation/COL Open Education Resources for Open Schools: Input Indicator Evaluation Report
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2009)This report is the first of two indicator Report on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Open Educational Resources (OERs) project implemented in six countries: Namibia, Botswana, India, Lesotho, Trinidad & Tobago and ... -
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation/COL Open Education Resources for Open Schools: Midterm Evaluation Report
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010)Project description The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation /Commonwealth of Learning-Open Education Resources for Open Schools Project has as its aim to broaden access to secondary education through the development of ... -
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation/COL Open Education Resources for Open Schools: Trinidad and Tobago Second Group- Initial Evaluation Repor
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010)This is the Trinidad and Tobago (Second Group) report on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Open Educational Resources (OERs) project which is currently being implemented in the following countries: Namibia, Botswana, ... -
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation/COL Open Education Resources for Open Schools: Zambia - Initial Evaluation Report
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2009)This is the Zambia report on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Open Educational Resources (OERs) project which is currently being implemented in the following countries: Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Trinidad & Tobago, ...
