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Can e-Authentication Raise the Confidence of Both Students and Teachers in Qualifications Granted Through the e-Assessment Process?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-03-20)The EU-funded TeSLA project - Adaptive Trust-based e-Assessment System for Learning (http://tesla-project.eu) has developed a suite of instruments for e-Authentication. These include face recognition, voice recognition, ... -
Can New Modes of Digital Learning Help Resolve the Teacher Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other part of the world, is experiencing a crisis in finding sufficiently qualified teachers to meet the needs of expanding school systems. The professional development support provided ... -
Can Technology Solve the Problems of Higher Education?
(International Association of Universities (IAU), 2018-05)This paper presents a brief case for use of technology in higher education and shares some of the COL experiences that shows its focus on (i) policy, (ii) capacity, and (iii) appropriate technology. Integrating these three ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for use of Social Media in Higher Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-03)Likely the most significant and life changing technologies of the 21st Century is the adoption of social media as major components of commercial, entertainment and educational activities. In this article, I overview the ... -
Challenges and Opportunities in the Implementation of School-Based Teacher Professional Development: A Case from Kenya
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-03)This study investigated how a school-based professional development programme, designed by the Headteacher and staff of a Kenyan primary school, and delivered by a Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) team, ... -
Challenges of Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) in Kenyan Secondary Schools: The Case of Open Resources for English Language Teaching (ORELT)
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-07)Kenya, like many African countries, has faced enormous challenges in the production of and access to quality relevant teaching and learning materials and resources in primary and secondary school classrooms. This has been ... -
Challenges to the Effective Teaching and Learning of Geography through ODeL at the Zimbabwe Open University
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)ODeL offers a lot of opportunities and unique challenges for adult learners. In this paper, the authors sought to examine the main problems that influence the effective teaching and learning of geography and environmental ... -
Changing our (Dis)Course: A Distinctive Social Justice Aligned Definition of Open Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-12)This paper investigates the degree to which recent digital Open Education literature is aligned to social justice principles, starting with the first UNESCO definition of Open Educational Resources (OER). A critical analysis ... -
Changing Roles of Agricultural Extension: Harnessing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Adapting to Stresses Envisaged Under Climate Change
(2011)The linkages between agriculture and climate are pronounced and often complex. Agricultural systems are most sensitive to extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods and hailstorms, and to seasonal variability and ... -
Changing the Tune: MOOCs for Human Development? A Case Study (Pre-print)
(2015-06)The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is covered in critical analysis as well as in popular media as a development exclusively bearing on the Higher Education sector (The Economist, 2014). This term has also acquired an ... -
Changing the TVET Paradigm: New Models for Lifelong Learning
(International Journal of Training Research, 2019-09-07)The digital revolution is rapidly transforming the world of work and the skills profiles of many occupations. The pace of change necessitates continuous skilling and reskilling, through lifelong learning. Traditional models ... -
Chapter 6: Open Licenses (DRAFT)
(2008)A draft of Chapter 6 'Open licences' of Copyright for authors, educators and librarians by Julien Hofman and Paul West, 2008. -
Children and the Internet: Learning, in the Times to Come
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)It is proposed that the purpose of education is to enable people to live happy, healthy and useful lives — now and in the future. A curriculum and framework for children’s education is derived from the above purpose. Using ... -
A Collaborative Approach to OER Policy and Guidelines Development in the Commonwealth: The Case of Botswana, Cameroon, and Sri Lanka
(Athabasca University Press, 2018-04)Access to relevant learning resources is an important aspect in ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all as outlined in the sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4). The ... -
Communication and capacity building to advance adaptation strategies in agriculture in the context of climate change in India
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2015-04)Climate change is perhaps the most serious issue that affects food security of a very large number of human beings and animals. Impacts of climate change will be particularly significant in South Asia where most of food ... -
Community Engagement to End Child Early Forced Marriage - Experiences in Selected South Asian Countries
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, emphasises the need for “providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation ... -
Comparative Advantages of Offline Digital Technology for Remote Indigenous Classrooms in Guatemala (2019-2020)
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2022-03-19)Technology has been viewed as a means to improve the quality of education for children globally, particularly in remote and marginal communities. This study examines the comparative advantages of the use of appropriate ... -
Contemporary information and knowledge management: impact on farming in India
(2011)Farming is an important part of Indian economy and it involves a wide range of stakeholders, of whom the small holder farmers are the largest group. Information sharing on new production processes with farmers was prominent ... -
Continuity Education in Emergency and Conflict Situations: The Case For Using Open, Distance and Flexible Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)Emergency and conflict in countries such as Syria, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have made us more aware of the long-term serial disruption and psychosocial damage faced by people caught up in emergency and ... -
Contradictions in Learner Interactions in a Blended-Learning Writing Course in the ODL Context: An Activity Theory Analysis
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)This paper reports on the use of Engeström’s (1987) Activity Theory (AT) framework to gain insights into the contradictions that emerge within the activity system of the online component of an advanced writing skills course, ...
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