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Boys' Underperformance in Education: Revisiting the Issue in the Commonwealth

Jha, Jyotsna; Menon, Niveditha; Chatterjee, Debanita (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)

Every child, regardless of gender, has the right to an education that offers not only academic learning but also training in the skills they will need to be successful in their particular environment. However, as recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Education Forum at Future CHOGMs? Outcomes from the Consultation Process

Wright, Alex (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-01)

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has undertaken a consultation process to study the possibility of organising an Education Forum at future Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGMs), in keeping with the request ...

External Evaluation of the 2012–2015 Three-Year Plan

Kemp, Neil (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-05)

1.1 This evaluation was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), according to the Terms of Reference (see Annex 2). The two consultants who undertook the evaluation were Neil Kemp and Glen Farrell, selected ...

GIRLS Inspire Final Report: Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) Through Open, Distance and Technology-Based Education

Ferreira, Frances (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-07-12)

This is the final report to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) on the three-year GIRLS Inspire–CEFM project, which concluded on 31 March 2019. It provides an evidence-based narrative of progress made towards the achievement of ...

The Impact of the Commonwealth of Learning, 2006–2015: Value Through Learning for Development

Murgatroyd, Stephen; Tully, Janet (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-05)

The environment in which COL is operating is fast changing and challenging. Learning and education are seen as critical to the achievement of national development goals, yet learning and education are themselves changing ...

Learners’ Access to Educational Materials in Select Institutions within the Commonwealth

Paskevicius, Michael (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-12)

The purpose of this report is to assess students’ access to educational materials in select institutions within Commonwealth countries. The report starts with a review of the existing literature on problems and barriers ...

Mid-term Outcome Evaluation of Technology-Enabled Learning Initiative

Mukhopadhyay, Marmar (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-07)

Technology-Enabled Learning of SYP 2015-21 comprises four projects sequenced in macro-meso-micro continuum from Pan-Commonwealth to national to institutional to course levels. This mid-term evaluation indicates a very ...

Open Educational Resources in the Commonwealth 2016

Phalachandra, Bhandigadi; Abeywardena, Ishan S (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)

This study was conducted as part of the OER for Skills Development project of COL, supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The objective of the study was to collect baseline data from Commonwealth institutions ...

Open Educational Resources in the Commonwealth 2021

Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2022-02)

The present report is the outcome of a study on the status of OER in the Commonwealth conducted in late 2021. Considering the importance of OER in the context of the challenges posed by Covid-19, the findings shall be ...

Open Universities in the Commonwealth: At a Glance

Mishra, Sanjaya (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-08)

In the absence of comparative data about open universities, the current impact of ODL institutions is not clear. To develop a database of open universities in the Commonwealth, COL initiated a survey. The present report ...

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 Brief: Leveraging MOOCs for Teacher Development in Low-Income Countries and Disadvantaged Regions

Traxler, John; Ogange, Betty; Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-11)

This policy brief looks at open digital distance learning and the potential of massive open online courses to deliver and support teacher development in low-income countries and disadvantaged regions. It addresses the ...

Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) Through Open, Distance and Technology-Based Education: Progress Report #3

Ferreira, Frances (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-06-30)

Driven by the Government of Canada’s strong efforts to end child, early and forced marriage (CEFM), COL launched GIRLS Inspire in 2016. This project is funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and is implemented in Bangladesh, ...

Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) Through Open, Distance and Technology-Based Education: Progress Report #4

Ferreira, Frances (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-10-09)

Driven by Canada’s strong efforts to end child, early and forced marriage (CEFM), COL launched the GIRLS Inspire – CEFM project in 2016. The vision of GIRLS Inspire is a society wherein women and girls are economically ...

Quality and Equity in Digital Learning: Policy Brief

Bates, Tony (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-06)

High-quality digital learning offers potential economic and social advantages but also could easily lead to a widening gap between economically advanced and low-income countries. Within countries without suitable policy, ...

Report of the Massive Open Online Course on Blended Learning Practice (BLP MOOC 2 and 3)

Cleveland-Innes, Martha; Wilton, Daniel; Jensen-Tebb, Carmen; Ostashewski, Nathaniel (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-09)

This is a combined report on the second and third offering of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Blended Learning Practice (BLP) organised by Athabasca University, Canada in collaboration with the Commonwealth of ...