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The Jeffrey Town Model for Community Development
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)The Jeffrey Town model for community development has been effectively applied to the rural community of Jeffrey Town in Jamaica with Information and Computer Technology (ICT) as a key element. The farmer's association is ... -
Knowledge Transfer for a Horticultural Revolution: The Lifelong Learning for Farmers Model
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2012)This paper examines the relevance of the current theoretical perspectives in extension for promoting horticultural revolution in developing countries. At present agricultural education and extension occurs within a framework ... -
Leaders in Distance Education in the English-Speaking Caribbean
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)In examining the provision of distance education in the English-speaking (Commonwealth) Caribbean, it must be acknowledged that, historically, the main providers have been external institutions: the University of London ... -
Leaders in Distance Education on the African Continent
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)Both the task of identifying leadership in distance education, as well as leadership per se, does not happen in a vacuum. We need to understand the definition of leadership and the processes of identifying leadership in a ... -
Leaders in Open and Distance Education in North America
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)The North American leaders in open and distance contributed to leadership, theory and research in open and distance education. Early distance education in North America can be traced back to Charles Wedemeyer who was a ... -
Leadership for Development: Re-shaping Higher Education Futures and Sustainability in Africa
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-11-19)Leading change in higher education has been a major challenge in countries of limited resources, such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most African universities have struggled with this transition mainly due to lack of the ... -
A Learning Design for Deep Learning for a Distance Teacher Education Programme
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)Self-learning materials (SLM) generally lack the mechanisms for ensuring deep learning but help address the learning needs of large number of learners. Hence, it was retained as the key instructional component for a distance ... -
Learning Development’s Role in Supporting Academic Synergies through Co-evolution of Teaching Excellence and Practice
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-11-19)This report from the field discusses a new approach taken to the co-evolution of teaching excellence and evidence-based practice in the context of Learning Development in a Technological University in Ireland. It explores ... -
Learning for Development from Within and Beyond the Reef: Early Implementations of Open Distance Learning and Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for the Teaching of English in a Small Island State
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)The following article examines the beginnings of open distance learning and use of OER by the National University of Samoa Faculty of Education to address an identified national need for more teachers and to improve their ... -
Learning for Development in the Context of South Africa: Considerations for Open Education Resources in Improving Higher Education Outcomes
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-07)Education is at the core of South Africa’s national development. The National Development Plan recognizes the potential of education to transform individuals and drive attainment of other development goals. The country’s ... -
Learning Software Development through Modeling using an Object Oriented Approach with Unified Modeling Language: A Case of an Online Interview System
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-03-18)This paper demonstrates the learning of software engineering through modeling using Object-Oriented Analysis and Design approach with Unified Modeling Language. An online interview management system case project to the ... -
Lecturers’ Experiences of Teaching STEM to Students with Disabilities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)Innovative teaching is a concept based on student-centred teaching strategies. Access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects has not been equitable due to use of traditional teaching strategies. ... -
Looking Ahead: Letters to the Next President from Higher Education's Leaders
(Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2008-09)Given the importance of the upcoming Presidential election, not only to the nation as a whole but to higher education, Change solicited a set of letters to the President-elect from a group of higher-education leaders: ... -
Mass Tertiary Education in the Developing World: Distant Prospect or Distinct Possibility?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2007-06)In the coming decades the global profile of tertiary education will be transformed by the multiplication and growth of institutions in the developing world. Age participation rates in tertiary education are below 10% in ... -
May the Fourth Be with you: Creating Education 4.0
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-07)The paper looks back across dominant ways of delivering Higher Education until the present day and then looks forward. There is an approximate continuum described from Education 1.0 through 2.0 to 3.0. Education is mapped ... -
Mediated Authentic Video: A Flexible Tool Supporting a Developmental Approach to Teacher Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)You Tube now has more searches than Google, indicating that video is a motivating and, potentially, powerful learning tool. This paper investigates how we can embrace video to support improvements in teacher education. It ... -
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Parental Involvement on Students’ Academic Achievement
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)This study aims to examine the effect of parental involvement on students’ academic achievement at pre-school, elementary and secondary levels by using the meta-analysis method with respect to home-based and school-based ... -
Mobile Language Learning Innovation Inspired by Migrants
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-07)Migrants arriving in a country are not always welcome. Similarly, the arrival of new technologies can be perceived as a blot on the familiar landscape of established educational practices. This paper seeks a productive ... -
Mobile Learning Research: the Focus for Policy-Makers
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)Mobile learning has moved in the last decade from being a small, scattered research interest to being viewed by many international agencies as a way of delivering their humanitarian missions to the developing contexts of ... -
Mobile Learning: Challenges for Teachers of Indian Open Universities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)“Mobile Learning” (m-Learning) has emerged as a trend in the field of Open and Distance Learning (ODL). It is removing the time and geographical barriers for learning by placing learning opportunities at the fingertips of ...
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