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Understanding the Profile, Motivations and Current Status of Academic Graduates Through Open and Distance Schooling in India

Jha, Jyotsna; Ghatak, Neha; Mahendiran, Shreekanth (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

Nabushawo, Harriet M; Aguti, Jessica N; Winterbottom, Mark (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

Moluayonge, Gracemary (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

Ally, Mohamed; Balaji, Venkataraman; Abdelbaki, Anwar; Cheng, Ricky (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

Nagaoka, Chizuko; Karki, Manohar (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

Makoe, Mpine; Shandu, Thulile P (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

Kabugo, David (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 ...

Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19

Gomes, Roseline Florence; Thomas, Lijo (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2022-03-19)

Recent studies highlight the outcomes of COVID-19 on the psychosocial skills of early adolescents. It shows the unavailability of virtual community mentoring models for teenagers' individual and interpersonal growth in the ...

The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth

West, Paul; Daniel, John (Routledge, 2009)

The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth was conceived by Ministers at their triennial Conference of Commonwealth Ministers of Education in 2000. The Commonwealth of Learning was asked to investigate ...

The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth – the First Nine Years

West, Paul (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2009-09)

The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is an initiative that was created by the Ministers of Education of Small States. The Ministers approved the initiative for implementation at their ...

A ‘Watershed’ for Educational Transformation: Deployment of Carpe Diem Learning Design Methods in a South African Context

Salmon, Gilly; van der Merwe, Antoinette; Schoonwinkel, Arnold (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-07-20)

This action research project describes the application of a large-scale collaborative learning design method to a major educational transformation programme at a South African university. Our findings determined that Carpe ...

What Learning for What Development?

Daniel, John (Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)

After reviewing the evolution of attitudes to poverty and education we note how it influenced the early provision of schooling and the emergence of a global agenda for international development and universal education. At ...

What Prevents Teacher Educators from Accessing Professional Development OER? Storytelling and Professional Identity in Ugandan Teacher Colleges.

Buckler, Alison; Stutchbury, Kris; Kasule, George; Cullen, Jane (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-03-18)

Tutors working in colleges of education in sub-Saharan Africa are responsible for teaching, and inspiring hundreds of thousands of aspiring teachers, yet they have received little attention in the literature, often being ...

When the Trainer is Untrained: Stakeholder Incapacitation in Implementation and Utilisation of Open Educational Resources in Kenya

Kinyua, Ann Hildah Gatakaa (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-03-19)

Open Educational Resources (OER) are geared towards promoting accessibility to education and to help overcome certain constraints to education associated with traditional ways of learning. However, these OERs can only be ...

Widening Access to Science-Oriented Programmes in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana Through Distance Education

Osei, Collins K; Mensah, Joseph A (Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)

An initiative in Science and Technology disciplines was introduced to expand access to KNUST programmes by distance. This study examined the level of access and challenges faced by learners in science oriented programmes ...

Willingness to Engage in Open Educational Practices Among Academics in Rwandan Public Higher Education and Responsive Actions

Nkuyubwatsi, Bernard (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)

Academics’ engagement in Open Educational Practices (OEPs) is critical for opening up higher education. It is in this perspective that the willingness to engage in such practices among academics in Rwandan public higher ...

World Report on TVET The Promise and Potential of ICT in TVET

Mead Richardson, Alison; Herd, George (Commonwealth of Learning, 2015-05)

This chapter of the World Report considers the global evidence for the efficacy of the use of ICTs in the delivery of technical and vocational education and training (TVET). During the last decade there has been increased ...