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Open Schooling: A Collection of COL Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
A selection of available resources that are available to download from the COL website, via COL’s institutional repository. These publications will be valuable resources for those interested in broadening access, creating ...
Open Schooling: Addressing the Challenge of Out-of-School Youth
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals aims to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. One target is to ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary ...
Value for Money Review and Social Return on Investment Analysis
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
Between 2012 and 2015, COL provided financial support and other inputs for a range of processes and activities that were intended to promote the establishment of new open schooling programmes in Vanuatu and Belize, amongst ...
Education Development Challenges and Potential for Flexible and Open Learning in Tuvalu for Department of Education, Ministry of Education Youth and Sports
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-03)
The objective was to conduct a country study on the education development challenges and potential for flexible and open learning in Tuvalu in line with the national priorities given in the national development plan Te ...
Setting Standards, Maintaining Quality: Quality Assurance Policies for Open Schooling
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-07)
For ODL to be successful and credible, and for learners to gain maximum benefit
from it, it must be recognised as delivering consistently high-standard teaching
and learning. That requires quality assurance (QA) and ...
Open Schooling: Broadening Access to Learning Opportunities
(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2014)
In this video, Mrs. Frances J. Ferreira, Education Specialist, Open Schooling, Commonwealth of Learning, presents COL's Open Schooling Programme Initiative. 2014
Feasibility of Open Schooling in Disturbed Societies: The Case of Afghanistan
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
Most countries have enshrined the right to education in their constitution but, in reality, to fulfil this commitment, countries do face a number of challenges. And this is true with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, ...
Curriculum Transaction in NIOS: Overcoming the Limitations of Packaged Instructions
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
Low learning outcomes in Indian schools and the promotion of rote learning by their instructional systems have been documented time and again. Schools are therefore required to adopt India’s National Curriculum Framework ...
Continuity Education in Emergency and Conflict Situations: The Case For Using Open, Distance and Flexible Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
Emergency and conflict in countries such as Syria, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have made us more aware of the long-term serial disruption and psychosocial damage faced by people caught up in emergency and ...
Open Schooling with Open Educational Resources: Opening Doors, Creating Opportunities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2013)
Over the past decade, open educational resources (OER) have gained considerable traction as a means to overcome many serious educational barriers worldwide. The OER movement began in the technology sector, where open source ...