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Structure, Function and Impact of Lifelong Learning Using ICT and ODL
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-02-06)
One of the themes of this presentation is that the lifelong learning approach need not be a linear process of literacy-formal education-non-formal learning-informal learning. The presentation argues that formal and non-formal ...
Keynote Address: Quality and Equity in Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11-28)
Presented by Professor Dato' Dr Mansor Fadzil, President/Vice-Chancellor, Open University of Malaysia, at the Eight Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, 28 November 2016, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Summary of the PCF8 Online Discussion Forums
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
In order to kick-start momentum for the eighth Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF8), the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM) organised four online discussion forums around PCF8’s sub-themes. We used ...
Impact of Learners’ Access to Technologies at Bangladesh Open University
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) – only provider of open and distance learning (ODL) in the country –deploys technologies in its educational delivery in accordance with the government’s short and long-run educational and ...
Analysing Education Policies for the Future: Realising the Vision of Open Distance Learning in 2030
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
The future of economic development depends on people who are equipped with competencies and skills that are needed for the knowledge economy. To ensure the sustainability of economic growth, higher education institutions ...
Improving Access to Postgraduate Training in Crop Protection for Agricultural Practitioners Through Distance Learning at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
The Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection of the University of Nairobi launched the first postgraduate training by distance learning in 2010. Development of the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of delivery ...
Technology Induced Innovation in Teaching and Leaning System of Bangladesh Open University: A Shift of Paradigm
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
This paper examines how Bangladesh Open University (BOU) – the only open and distance learning provider in Bangladesh has shifted its ODL system by using technology oriented innovative programmes. The study assesses how ...
Quality and Effectiveness of Distance Education in Secondary and Higher Secondary Programmes of Bangladesh Open University – A Learner-Based Evaluation
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
To materialize Bangladesh’s goal for becoming a middle-income country by 2021 requires creation of
techo-based large educated workforce. Due to socio-economic drawbacks a big number of students drop
out from conventional ...
Development of Learning Buffet Model for Open and Flexible Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
Open and Flexible Learning is an excellent method of reaching all types of learners. It is truly a medium that helps to democratize education to all. Today, we are currently experiencing a time of constant evolution in the ...
Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage Through Open, Distance and Technology-based Education and Training: Visualizing Process and Impact to Develop an Institutional Framework for Mann Deshi Foundation
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
Often the framework of a project is visualized and communicated in text supported by other mediums of communication. Today’s technology offers a much larger scope for using other techniques of communication; while the ...