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ODL Embedded with Innovative Communication and Digital Media to Empower All Levels of Farm Sectors to be Smart Farmers

Intaratat, Kamolrat (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2022-03-19)

This research shows how innovative communication and digital media could help empower any level of farm sector in Thailand and be embedded into ODL to serve their most effective demands. Qualitative research was used via ...

OER Mainstreaming in Tonga

Abeywardena, Ishan S; Uys, Philippus M; Fifita, Seilosehina (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL), 2019-02)

In the race towards achieving the Education 2030 agenda, open educational resources (OER) act as a key enabler for sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4). Leading to the 2014 Regional Focal Points Meeting, Commonwealth of ...

Open and Distance eLearning in Asia: Country Initiatives and Institutional Cooperation for the Transformation of Higher Education in the Region

Bandalaria, Melinda D P (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-07)

This paper is an attempt to describe the situation of higher education in Asia including the challenges it faced as well as the open and distance elearning initiatives by different countries and universities. Data gathering ...

Open and Distance Learning and Information and Communication Technologies- Implications on Formal and Non formal Education.

Situma, David B (Commonwealth of Learning, 2015)

The Population; female (% of total) in Kenya was last reported at 50.05 in 2011, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Despite this higher percentage, women in Kenya are not well represented in education and ...

Open and Innovative Schooling: An Implementation Experience in Fifteen Secondary Schools across Mozambique

Cossa, Sérgio Paulo; Nakala, Lurdes Patrocínia Matavela; Cherinda, Nilsa Adelaide Issufo Enoque Pondja (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-10-19)

This case study explores the open and innovative schooling model piloted in fifteen secondary schools across all regions of Mozambique in the period 2018 to 2020. The model involved provision of access to curriculum-based ...

Open Badges as Credentials in Open Education Systems: Case Studies from Greece and Europe

Papadimitriou, Sofia T; Niari, Maria I (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-03)

Open Badges are digital representations of achievements or skills which describe the framework, significance, and outcomes of a learning procedure based on specific criteria. The Open Badges’ collection can be used by ...

Open Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Making Change Happen

Lane, Andy (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)

Education for All has been a concept at the heart of international development since 1990 and has found its latest instantiation within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as SDG 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable ...

The Open Flip – a digital economic model for education

Weller, Martin (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)

The advent of the internet and digital technologies has given rise to a number of new economic models. These have often been applied to education, but either through faults in the initial models or differences in the ...

Open Pedagogy: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings

Clinton-Lisell, Virginia (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)

Open licensing used in open educational resources allows for teaching and learning practices that are not possible with traditional copyright. There is a growing body of empirical research on open pedagogy. However, ...

Pacific Leaders in Open, Online and Distance Learning

Bossu, Carina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)

In this piece about Pacific leaders in ODL, I noticed that despite the fact that many leaders have or have had a formal professional base at their institutions, many have worked across different nations and in collaboration ...

Participatory Management, Professional Development, and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools

Grace, Ajetunmobi Funmilayo; Oladejo, Maruff Akinwale; Oladejo, Muhideen Adewale (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-07-20)

This correlational survey study examined professional development, participatory management, and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. The sample size comprised 504 participants ...

The Perception of Educational Stakeholders on Utilization of E-learning Technology for Quality Instructional Delivery in Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

Owo, Offia Tugwell; Isaac, Udoka C. N. (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)

The study was conducted in Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study, which comprised 168 subjects (44 lecturers and 124 students). Two research questions were posed by the ...

Policies Regulating the Assignments of the Bachelor of Education Programme of Indira Gandhi National Open University: A Case Study

Bose, Sutapa (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)

This case study examines the policies formulated by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), an open and distance learning university of India for regulating the practices related to the assignments of its ...

Positioning extension Massive Open Online Courses (xMOOCs) within the open access and the lifelong learning agendas in a developing setting

Nkuyubwatsi, Bernard (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)

Recent reports on xMOOCs indicated that underprivileged learners in need for higher education have minimally been reached by these courses. While the open access agenda is needed to reach such learners, most MOOCs were ...

Postgraduate Students’ Perception of the Use of E-portfolios as a Teaching Tool to Support their Learning in an Open and Distance Education Institution

Modise, Mphoentle Puleng (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)

E-portfolios have been used for decades in education; however, it is still a new trend in some developing countries as they continue to adopt e-learning practices. The study investigated postgraduate students’ experiences ...