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Learning for Development: Selected speeches of Sir John Daniel and colleagues September 2006 - February 2007
(commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2007)
This collection is entitled Learning for Development because that is the focus of COL’s work. In abstract terms we follow Amartya Sen’s definition of development as freedom whilst our operational framework for development ...
New Dynamics of Higher Education; New Dynamics of Distance Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2011-09-21)
Open Learning System in Global Environment, International Conference, Karnataka State Open University, 21 September 2011, Keynote Address Ms. Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić & Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning // UNESCO’s ...
What Ails Indian Distance Education Research?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2013-02-20)
Keynote Presentation: Sub-Theme 3: Research In Open and Flexible Distance Learning, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India, India-Canada International Conference on Open and Flexible Distance Learning, 20 - 22 February ...
Distance Education under Threat: an Opportunity for Africa?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010-12-02)
These are confusing times for distance education. On the one hand it has never been so popular. Increasing numbers of students are choosing this mode of study and few tertiary institutions do not now offer some programmes ...
Distance Education under Threat: an Opportunity
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010-10-06)
These are confusing times for distance education. On the one hand it has never been so popular. Increasing numbers of students are choosing this mode of study and few tertiary institutions do not now offer some programmes ...
Distance Education: What Is Its Relevance To Africa And Zambia?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2005-08-27)
Open and Distance Learning Symposium, 27 August 2005, Lusaka, Zambia, Distance Education: What is its relevance to Africa and Zambia By: Sir John Daniel, President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning // In the coming years ...
Open and Distance Learning in Small States: Which Models?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2006-01-11)
What I shall do is to look at the field of distance education generally and ask what has changed and what has not changed since 1989. This will lead me to comment directly on my subject, namely the appropriate models for ...
Developments in Distance and Online Learning: Can They Address Development Challenges?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014-03-10)
My topic today is ‘Developments in Distance Education and elearning: can they address emerging challenges?’, which I have prepared jointly with my colleague Dr K Balasubramanian. I will first look at the context of higher ...
Commonwealth of Learning Asa Briggs Lecture
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010-11-27)
Instead, I will attempt, as requested, to do justice to the broader themes of your conference this week, focusing on the challenges of education and literacy, social justice, community development, skills development and ...
New Dynamics of Higher Education; New Dynamics of Distance Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010-05-21)
UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education charted a course for higher education in the second decade of the 21st century. The conference identified important and emerging trends, notably rising demand that has ...