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COL Mid-Term Evaluation: Report of the External Panel

Harvey, Shell; Peters, Geoff; Prasad, V S; Glennie, Jenny; Williams, Esther B (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2002)

At its 18th meeting, the Board of Governors endorsed the proposal that COL should carry out a mid-term evaluation of the full range of activities in the four fields under which its projects are packaged in the current ...

COL Review of Flexible Learning at the University of the South Pacific

(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-11)

The University of the South Pacific (USP) requested the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) to lead an international panel to review the efficiency and effectiveness of its flexible learning (FL) education programmes. The ...

Colleges Reaching Out: Report on the Status of Distance Education in Canadian Colleges and Technical Institutes

McWilliams, Patricia (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1994)

This report provides a "snap-shot" of the scope and breadth of distance education activities in the college sector in Canada. The first section presents the institutional and programming information collected through a ...

Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action: An Evaluation

Brown, Cheryl (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-12)

The aim of C-DELTA was to develop participants’ digital literacy, knowledge of digital education and ability to lead and implement digital education initiatives in their various contexts. To achieve this, and its overall ...

Commonwealth of Learning Stakeholder Survey 2010

Spaven, Patrick (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010)

The Stakeholder Survey is an inexpensive rapid assessment of views and experiences of COL among a range of stakeholders: partners and staff. It was conducted mostly among participants – 42 in all – at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth ...

Commonwealth of Learning Training Impact Study: Final Report

Lockwood, Fred; Latchem, Colin (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2002)

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has always held training to be one of its main functions. This was confirmed in the 1988 Memorandum of Understanding and COL’s Three-year Plan, currently in preparation, which continues ...

Compendium of Activities 1994

Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1994)

COL used to produce this "A Compendium of Activities" to provide a detailed account of the work and accomplishments of the organisation. This latest (and last!) version coincided with, and complemented, reporting by COL ...

Consultancy for Conducting Workshop with IGNOU and Editing the Modules Developed in the Workshop

Naidu, Som (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2008)

Final report on Contract Ref:C08-111. Includes: Statement of Work, Report on Activity, Evaluation of Impact, Ongoing Plans and Directions

Consultant's Report: Hybrid Systems for Delivery of Online Learning Services: An Architectural Perspective

Agrawal, Ashish (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11)

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the education sector worldwide. There is a need to build a hybrid system that facilitates learning services through multiple networks. As the characteristics and availability ...

The Cost Effectiveness of Distance Education for Primary Teacher Training

Perraton, Hilary (International Research Foundation for Open Learning (IRFOL) ; Asian Development Bank, 1996)

The purpose of the paper is to guide the planning of distance education programmes for teacher training. Many teacher-training programmes have sought a balance between general education, teaching in relation to specific ...

Costing distance education and open learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning

South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2004)

Both of these "Surveys of policy and practice" were conducted on behalf of COL by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) as part of COL's partnership agreement with the Association for the Development ...

The Current Situation of External Degrees in Sri Lanka

Kaye, Anthony R (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2002)

This report is a personal assessment of the current situation regarding External Degrees in Sri Lanka, based on a fact-finding visit carried out on behalf of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Sri Lankan University ...

Curriculum for Digital Education Leadership: A Concept Paper

Brown, Cheryl; Czerniewicz, Laura; Huang, Cheng-Wen; Mayisela, Tabisa (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)

The Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) is a long-term programme of COL to promote a digital education environment in Commonwealth Member Nations. This concept paper proposes a holistic ...

Developing Regional OER Guidelines in Botswana: Consultant's Report

Tladi, Lekopanye (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)

The work involved preparing draft OER guidelines catering to regional requirements; building awareness among key stakeholders on the concept and impact of OER; advocating the necessity and benefits of a provincial OER ...

Developing Regional OER Guidelines in Cameroon: Consultant's Report

Nkwenti, Michael N (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-01)

The work involved preparing draft OER guidelines catering to regional requirements; building awareness among key stakeholders on the concept and impact of OER; advocating the necessity and benefits of a regional OER policy ...

Development of an Action Plan for the Creation of a Capacity Building Cell within the National Institute of Open Schooling, India

Mishra, Sanjaya (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010)

The transformation of National Open School (NOS) to National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in 2002 demands for new functions to be performed by NIOS in the area of training and research, apart from its academic ...