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Expanding the Horizon of Education: The Case of Presidents's Special Initiative on Distance Learning, Ghana
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
The paper presents the experiences of the President’s Special Initiative on Distance Learning
(PSI-DL) in providing distance education at the pre-tertiary level as an alternative means of
expanding access to education ...
Readability of Open Education Resources (OERs): A key to success of ODL for the young people
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
According to Baumel (2002), “20 percent of school age kids are poor readers and remain that
way through their lifetime”. It has been proved repeatedly that reading is a language-based skill.
Poor reading skills thus ...
Considerations of Design and Development Aspects of Collaborative Technologies to Facilitate Ideas on Open Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
Interests on access to open learning, some tangential while others significant, have surfaced as
the shared agenda of much debate in the educational community. This emergence of current
technologies possesses unimaginable ...
Technology Assisted Open Learning - the Alternative to Increasing Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
Nigeria is a developing country struggling to reach the Millennium Development Goals of
universal primary education. The population profile of the country, 2005, shows a high population
figure of children and adolescents ...
Mobile Learning: Reaching the Disadvantaged
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
Business and leisure have long benefited from the use of mobile devices, such as mobile phones, but
research in the use of mobile phones in learning is recent (Alexander, 2004; McNeal & van’t Hooft, 2006).
The aim of ...
Using DL to Address the Educational Need of the Ghanaian Basic School Teachers
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
This study was conducted to find out the acceptability of Distance Learning (DL) to Basic
School Teachers in Ghana and how they are availing themselves to DL programmes in
the country. It was also conducted to find out ...
Social Acceptability of Learner Centered Education: A Comparative Study
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
The primary theme of this study was to examine the perceptions of the secondary and senior
higher secondary students’ parents, regarding the social acceptability of ODL schooling as well as
conventional schooling.
Social ...
ODL for Parents & Carers: Unexplored Possibilities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
Open & Distance Learning as a strategy for reaching carers is a neglected area. Parents & carers
are typically in long term contact with children. If they can be helped to acquire needed
information and skills, we can ...
Technological Innovation In Open And Distance Learning : An Aid To Providing More To Children And Young Through Integration With Formal Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
The use of modern technological tools, also known as e-technology, in open learning is
advocated on many strong grounds : wider and faster access to the learners, cost-effectiveness,
better impact due to audio-visual ...
Online Learning to Enhance Teacher Professional Development
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)
The dramatic changes in the information and communication technologies (ICTs) over the last
few decades have had significant implications for new teaching and learning approaches. Modern
educational technologies offer ...