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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 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

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 ...

Diffusion of Appropriate Educational Technology in Open and Distance Learning in Developing Commonwealth Countries

Williams, Roy (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2000)

The goal of the Diffusion of Appropriate Educational Technology in Open & Distance Learning in Developing Commonwealth Countries project was to systematise some of what was known anecdotally, primarily for developing ...

Digital Learning: Reforming Teacher Education to Promote Access, Equity and Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Moon, Bob; Villet, Charmaine (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the present and future impact of digital learning on teacher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of the report is student-teachers and teachers, and its central ...

Directory of Courses and Materials for Training in Distance Education

Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1995)

Revised, and updated in both content and design, this directory describes materials and programmes that have been developed by distance education trainers, working at all levels and sectors of public educational systems ...

Distance education and open learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature survey on policy and practice

South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2002)

This report is a review of the literature on current developments and prospects in the field of open and distance learning in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Education is seen as a major impetus behind fundamental change ...

Distance education and open learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Criteria and conditions for quality and critical success factors

South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2002)

ADEA (2002, 2003) notes that with increasing demand for access to educational opportunities at all levels, and often decreasing budgets in real terms for educational provision, there has been a growing interest in sub-Saharan ...

Distance Education at the University of the South Pacific

Renwick, William; King, St. Clair; Shale, Douglas (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1991)

Report of the review of distance education at the University of the South Pacific initiated towards the end of 1989

Distance Education in the Seychelles: Future Directions

Murphy, David; Walker, Rob (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1998)

This report comprises the outcomes of a visit to the Seychelles by the consultants with a view to recommending a possible model of distance education provision for the Republic. It has been our firm view that for any such ...

Do Tablets and Aptus Contribute to Improved Learning Outcome? Results from an Applied Research Project in Swat Region, Pakistan

Balaji, Venkataraman; Cheng, Ricky (Commonwealth of Learning (COL)Reach Out to Asia (Member of Qatar Foundation), 2016-04)

This is a report of findings from the Project for Innovative Delivery of Education Using Mobile Technology, Pakistan. It contains an analysis of results of activities under collaborative project of the Commonwealth of ...