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

(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 ...

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

(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 ...

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

(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 ...

Institutional Trial Quality Audit of the University of South Africa (UNISA)

(Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver and UNISA, South Africa, 2007)

What follows is a report on the findings of the Trial Audit Panel (TAP) after studying a range of documentation before and during the audit and discussing issues with a wide range of Unisa staff during our visit to the ...

Regional Training & Research Institute for Open and Distance Learning (RETRIDAL): Evaluation Report

Gangopadhyay, Parthasarathi (Tota) (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2011)

Monitoring and Evaluation are an integral part of the program development cycle and so is the use of Results Based Management (RBM) in Commonwealth of Learning (COL). COL plans to evaluate the past phases of the Project - ...

Teacher Education: the Role of Open and Distance Learning

Perraton, Hilary (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010)

In recent years the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has convened an annual meeting with partner agencies working in the field of teacher education. Its purpose is to share updates on our activities and to explore ways of ...

Gender Analysis of Open and Distance Learning in the Caribbean Region

Peebles, Dana (Kartini International, 2014)

This report provides an overview and analysis of the existing literature on open and distance learning (ODL) in the Caribbean from a gender perspective. It covers a wide range of themes encompassing the socio-cultural ...

Education in Sierra Leone with Particular Reference to Open and Distance Learning and Information and Communication Technologies

Alghali, A M; Turay, Edward D A; Thompson, Ekundayo J D; Kandeh, Joseph B A (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2005)

Sierra Leone became a British Colony after Portuguese explorers became the first Europeans to arrive in 1492. It gained independence in 1961 and became a republic in 1971. The country has experienced a mixture of democratic, ...

Roles and Competencies in Distance Education

O'Rourke, Jennifer (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1993)

This report is designed to be used by planners, policy makers and other decision makers who are instrumental in setting up and/or managing a distance education system, and who are planning for staffing and training needs. ...

The use of Public Broadcasting in the Caribbean for Open/Distance Learning: Feasibility study report

Mitchell, Betty; Murugan, Krishnapillai (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2000)

The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using broadcast media for open/distance education and training to promote socio-economic development in the Caribbean Region. The study, supported by the Caribbean ...