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Teachers Taught, Lessons Learnt: Experiences of Using Video to Support Teacher Learning on Three Continents

Stutchbury, Kris; Woodward, Clare (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This paper will focus on innovative approaches taken by the Open University UK, to school-based pre- and inservice teacher training, using video, across 3 continents – Africa, Asia and South America. It will use case studies ...

Crowdsourcing MOOC Interactions: Using a Social Media Site cMOOC to Engage Students in University Course Activities

Ostashewski, Nathaniel; Howell, Jennifer; Dron, Jon (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This paper reports on a study of the utilization of a connectivist-style Massive Open Course, or cMOOC, to engage students in online activities that were part of a first-year School of Education course. A customized Elgg ...

Teacher Perceptions of Open Distance Learning in Samoa

Tufue-Dolgoy, Rasela; Vaai, Emma K; Suaali’i, Faguele (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This paper examines in service teachers perceptions of the effectiveness of the Open Distance Learning (ODL) as an alternative mode for training and upgrading primary school teachers located in remote areas of Samoa. A ...

Producing Effective Teachers Using Open and Distant Education (ODE): A Case Study of National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) Graduates in Nigeria

Kontagora, Hafsat L; Azare, Garba D (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

In a previous study on identifying and recruiting effective teachers in Kaduna state (EDOREN; 2016), the preliminary findings indicated that the identified effective teachers acknowledged the type of training they received ...

Professional Development of Teacher Educators on ICT Integration in Education for Establishment of Community of Practice for Sharing Learning Resources and Teaching-learning Practice: An Evaluation

Panigrahi, Manas R; Paily, M U (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia's (CEMCA) in its three years cycle of programmatic interventions under the sector of teacher education engaged in promoting adoption of blended approach to ICT integration in ...

Good Practices in the Teacher Education Programme for Curriculum Design and Learner Support Services of Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University

Chakravarty, Kanta (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, the first and only state Open University in North Eastern part of India has been conducting a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) programme through distance ...

Pushing the Boundaries: Migrating Online in a Developing Context

Aluko, Ruth; Mays, Tony; Kruger, Hendri (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

In this paper, the authors use the National Association for Distance Education’s (NADEOSA) criteria for program development and Mishra and Koehler’s Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, to share ...

Assessment of Teacher Education in Kenya

Otieno, Marygorety A (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Examination of education systems from ancient times to the present day reveals elaborate and deliberate practices of teacher education. This study sought to assess the teacher education in Kenya today and in the recent ...

Offering TVET College Lecturers Increased Access to Professional Qualification Programmes Through a National Open Learning System in South Africa

Adendorff, Michael; Van Wyk, Christina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This paper reports on a new Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) project, the Capacity Building of TVET College Lecturers through Open Learning programme, which has a four-fold developmental aim: (i) to ...

Enhancing Quality in Online Technical Teacher Education In Sri Lanka

Karunanayaka, Shironica P (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is increasingly given recognition as a very important aspect in the current times of rapid economic, social and technological change. TVET skills fill the gap of lifelong ...