Browsing Pan-Commonwealth Forum 7 (PCF7), 2013 by Issue Date

Leading Organizational Change for Distance Learning at the Unviersity of Technology, Jamaica

Bartley-Bryan, Jeanette (2013-08)

This paper provides a conceptual framework for reviewing the institutional development experiences arising from the implementation of the comprehensive distance learning strategy, through the lens of an organizational ...

Moving into the Future: A New Vision of Library Service for the National Open University of Nigeria

Igwe, Ukoha O (2013-11)

Libraries are moving beyond traditional boundaries. Functional libraries for open and distance learning should be appropriately designed to reflect “Libraries beyond libraries: Integration, Innovation and Information for ...

Costing of a Blended Learning Course at the Open University of Sri Lanka: An empirical study

Abeysinghe, A M P B; Jayatilleke, B G; Athapattu, B C L; Gamini, L P S (2013-11)

In a viable Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system, providing immediate access to learning resources and fostering effective teacher-learner interactions are essential components while balancing the cost of the course ...

Repository Of Indian National Agricultural Research & Education System (NARES): Open Access To Institutional Knowledge

Jain, Arun K; Veeranjaneyulu, K (2013-11)

Indian National Agricultural Research & Education System (NARES) is a huge repository of knowledge and information on crop sciences, horticulture, resource management, animal sciences, agricultural engineering, fisheries, ...

OER policy development and usage: a study of progress in two countries since the 2012 COL & UNESCO Survey

Ngengebule, Thandiwe A; Nonyongo, Evelyn P (2013-11)

Valuable information on the nature and extent of existing OER policy and activity has been provided in the 2012 COL & UNESCO Survey on Governments' Policies which, inter alia, noted that the qualitative responses from the ...

Proposal for a Workshop

Akingbulu, Akin (2013-11)

Campus radio stations emerged on the Nigerian broadcasting scene in the early 2000s. The first licence was given to the University of Lagos in 2002. As at 2009, about 27 campus radio licences had been issued and established ...

Training Course Team Members and Supporting OER Development: The Instructional Designer’s Perspective

Nonyongo, Evelyn P (2013-11)

This paper describes the author’s perspectives on the training and support provided to Course Team Members in Botswana and Zambia during the development of print-based Open Education Resources (OER). These teams produced ...

KTTC’s eLearning Readiness Survey

Okinda, Robert A (2013-11)

The purpose of this survey is to assess the level of KTTC’s e-learning readiness, challenges that may impede its adoption and measures that can be taken to mitigate these challenges. The main objectives for carrying out ...

Proposal for Pre-conference Online Event

Akingbulu, Akin (2013-11)

Over the past ten years, access to new media, particularly internet and telecommunication resources, has improved in Nigeria. Today the usual encumbrances associated with access to broadcasting licences are absent in the ...

Field Testing Experiences of OER4s Project

Deshmukh, Narendra D (2013-11)

The concept of an Open Educational Resource (OER) was started by an Open Software movement. OER is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general. The World Wide Web ...

Open Educational Resources and Bridging the Digital Divide: The Challenge of Developing Countries

Igwe, Ukoha O (2013-11)

There is no argument that there is digital divide in especially in developing countries. This paper examines the concept of the digital divide in developing countries and examines the use of open educational resources to ...

Keynote Address, Plenary: Skills Development

McGreal, Rory (2013-11)

Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Keynote Address, Plenary: Skills Development, 3 December 2013, International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. Presented by Professor Rory McGreal, Commonwealth of ...

Bridging the Gap between Community and Cardiologists

Jamatia, Biplab (2013-11)

The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among adults is reported to be 3- 4% and 8 – 10% in rural and urban areas respectively. The prevalence of CHD has increased considerably in India, in the last few decades. It ...

Open Schools and Open Colleges: an international historical perspective on their institutional development and a case study of such development in Pakistan

Dodds, Tony; Majeed, Zahid (2013-11)

The National Extension College was set up in the UK 50 years ago as ‘a pilot project for an Open University’. The establishment of the UKOU nine years later is often seen as a sea-change in the international development ...