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Teachers’ Perceptions of Open Educational Resources: The Case of Open Resources for English Language Teaching (ORELT) in Kenya
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-09-19)The use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in the teaching and learning of various subjects is a relatively new innovation in the Kenyan school system. With the advent and subsequent liberalization of ICT, material ... -
Teaching and Learning Experiences in Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Tanzania
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)Objective: The purpose of this paper was to share teaching and learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and mandated university closure. // Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among all eligible students ... -
Technology Enabled Delivery of Medical Programmes through ODL : A Case of Training Medical Doctors in Geriatric Medicine
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)COVID-19 provided an opportunity to experiment with alternative delivery mechanisms for a medical education programme offered through open and distance learning with face-to-face training as an essential component of the ... -
Technology Leadership and ICT Use: Strategies for Capacity Building for ICT integration
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)Technology leadership is a fairly new concept in school leadership focus. It has become a concern for study in recent times, in tandem with the pedagogical change of integrating ICT in teaching and learning especially in ... -
Technology Tools and Instructional Strategies for Designing and Delivering MOOCs to Facilitate Self-monitoring of Learners
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-03-20)This mixed-methods study examines the design and delivery of MOOCs to facilitate student self-monitoring for self-directed learning (SDL). The data collection methods included an online survey (n = 198), semi-structured ... -
A theoretical framework for rural knowledge centers
(David Publishing, 2011)Exponential growth in ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) and establishment of RKCs (Rural Knowledge Centers) have been fast spreading across the globe. In the continuous process, there are tens of thousands ... -
To Use or not Use Collaborative Learning Techniques in Teleconference Teaching? A Case Study from the Hellenic Open University
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-03-18)The purpose of the small-scale qualitative research study was to examine the use and perceived value of integrating collaborative learning techniques at teleconferences at the School of Humanities of the Hellenic Open ... -
Towards Inclusive Education: A Case Study of IGNOU
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)Towards the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007 -2012), India catered to about 20 per cent of the youth in the age group 17 to 24 years. However, to achieve the threshold level of about 30 per cent by 2020, and address ... -
Tracking Students’ Eye-Movements when Reading Learning Objects on Mobile Phones: A Discourse Analysis of Luganda Language Teacher-Trainees’ Reflective Observations
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)Although eye-tracking technologies such as Tobii-T120/TX and Eye-Tribe are steadily becoming ubiquitous, and while their appropriation in education can aid teachers to collect robust information on how students move their ... -
Transformational Change in Delivery at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-03)As long ago as 1992, Greville Rumble was writing about the “competitive vulnerabilities” of single-mode distance teaching institutions [universities]. In the intervening years the challenges he described have only ... -
Transforming Education with OER
(Henley Media Group Limited, 2012)Expanding access to quality tertiary education is a critical challenge for developing countries. Faced with burgeoning demand for higher education, open and distance learning (ODL) is now deployed by many conventional ... -
Turkish Teachers' Awareness and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)The purpose of this study is to explore K-12 teachers’ awareness of open educational resources (OER) as well as their perceptions of its potential opportunities and challenges for teaching practices. Data were gathered ... -
The Two Solitudes of Education Policy and the Challenge of Development
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)Policy makers are challenged to improve educational outcomes, manage scarce resources and secure public acceptance of their initiatives to provide quality, relevant and effective education. In making decisions they are ... -
Understanding the Profile, Motivations and Current Status of Academic Graduates Through Open and Distance Schooling in India
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)In India, Open and Distance Learning for secondary and higher secondary level is mainly provided by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Secondary education in India pertains to class 9 and 10 catering to the ... -
Unlocking the Potential of Public Libraries in Supporting Distance Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)This paper examines the place of public libraries in supporting distance learners in Makerere University, exploring the factors which affect utilisation of their services. The study adopted a survey design with 300 B.Ed. ... -
The Use of Modern Educational Technologies in Remote Learning in Higher Education During a Pandemic: the Case of COVID-19 in Cameroon
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)In March 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was discovered in Cameroon. This led to the Higher Education Institutions resorting to remote learning to ensure continued teaching and learning. The researcher thus set out to ... -
Use of Tablet Computers to Improve Access to Education in a Remote Location
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)A research project was carried out in using mobile learning to increase access to education. This project is contributing to the achievement of Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is to “Ensure inclusive ... -
Using Community Radio in a Rural Women’s Post-literacy Programme in Nepal
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)This paper examines the literacy and post-literacy needs of rural women in Nepal, describes a pilot study in using community radio to supplement a classroom-based post-literacy programme for these women, analyses the ... -
Using Mobile-based Social Media to Facilitate Interaction and Build Communities through the lens of Ubuntu in Distance Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-07)This paper examines how WhatsApp can be used to build learning communities and facilitate interaction, through the lens of Ubuntu – an African concept of humanness, which means that an individual person owes his or her ... -
Utilizing Open Education Resources to Enhance Students’ Learning Outcomes during the COVID-19 Schools Lockdown: A Case of Kolibri by Selected Government Schools in Uganda
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)A preview of the international dashboard of trends in education suggests that Open Education Resources (OERs) have and will continue to impact the provision of education during institutional closure owing to the global ...
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