Browsing Pan-Commonwealth Forum 9 (PCF9), 2019 by Title

Imparting Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: An Open Schooling Perspective

Pant, Neelima (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Despite the emphatic stress laid on vocational education and training in India, there is still a shortage of skilled workforce to address the mounting needs and demands of the national economy. It is estimated that only ...

The Implementation of Notesmaster as a Learning Platform for Secondary Education -A Case of the Namibian College of Open Learning

Nitschke, Jan; Louw, Wilhelmina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) is a Government funded educational institution that provides study opportunities to adults and out of school youth. NAMCOL has adopted the Notesmaster platform as a learning ...

Implementation Status of Inclusive Education Practices in Regular Primary Schools in Siaya County, Kenya

Adoyo, Peter (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Inclusive education involves tra nsformation of regular schools into barrier free environment to accommodate all learners. Its successful implementation is founded on policy which advocates ...

Implementing a Practice-Based Approach to Digital Literacy at a South African University

Mayisela, Tabisa; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Brown, Cheryl (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

This paper contributes to the conceptualisation of digital literacy as a social practice, which is informed by the New Literacies Studies’ theoretical approach. The ideological approach adopted in this paper holds that ...

Implementing Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) with Pre-service Teachers (PSTs) in New Zealand

Lim, Joanna; Brown, Cheryl (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The proliferation of digital technologies (DT) has altered the landscape of education. With DT redefining traditional structures of information and knowledge dissemination, the challenge within the educational sector ...

Improving Employability through Open, Online and Flexible Learning Environments: A Case Study of Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Ademola, Adewara; Stella, Ayika; Esther, Adesina Oladide (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Contemporary society has developed to a level that the education offere d in institutions of higher learning in most countries is incompatible with the skills requirement of industries. The reason is ...

Improving Quality through Review: Case of University of the Visual and Performing Arts

Samarasinghe, I A K C (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Most of the higher education institutions employ the practice of internal and external reviews and external quality assurance to improve and ensure the quality of tertiary education. According to the available literature, ...

Inclusion and Diversity to Support Girls’ Education in a Context of Low Literacy: Innovative Projects in South Sudan

Philip, Pia; Hartley, Jean; Benington, John; Simmons, Mark (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

It is widely recognised that education for girls can contribute to social and economic development of a country . This includes South Sudan . However, to focus only on girls themselves would be to ignore or underplay the ...

Inclusion of Differently Abled Students in Teacher Education Programmes

Ndow, Isatou; Jallow, Aboubacarr (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Training differently abled persons (visually impaired, hard of hearing and persons with p hysical impairment) as teachers for mainstream schools is not only seen as difficult but impossible for some. The ...

Inclusion of the Visually impaired Persons in the Electoral Process in Zambia: A Human Rights Approach

Pauline, Mileji (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The purpose of this study was to assess the electoral process and the visually impaired so as to determine their inclusion in the electoral process. The objectives were to, establish the electoral needs of people with ...

Inclusion of the Visually Impaired Persons in the Electoral Process in Zambia: A Human Rights Approach

Mileji, Pauline (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The purpose of this study was to assess the electoral process and the visually impaired so as to determine their inclusion in the electoral process. The objectives were to, establish the electoral ...

The Influence of Cultural Capital and Initiatives towards Improving the Indigenous Pupils’ English Literacy Performance

Krishnasamy, Hariharan N; Sharani, Dzafira M (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Literacy among the indigenous pupils (orang asli) is often understood in cultural terms within the education system not only in Malaysia but also across the world. Literacy is a significant issue for all nations (National ...

The Influence of Language and Literacy in Opening up Education of An African Child: A Case of Kenya

Baraza, Edwins; Abeka, Silvance (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training and directed research. ...

Innovations for Quality Education and Life Long Learning

Goitsemang, Lechani; Seretse, Tebogo Ethel (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The Purpose of this paper is to establish the benefits that Open and Distance Learning (ODL)learners derive from using Digital technologies in Open and Distance learning during the course of their study. This study looked ...

Innovations for Quality Education and Lifelong Learning

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The status of education in the Commonwealth is equally dire. We need to provide access to additional 17 million primary school children and 16 million youth who are out of secondary school. While more boys than girls are ...

Innovations In MOOC Platforms for Improved User Experience

Vadlamani, Aditya; Revathy, K T; Prabhakar, T V (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs quickly established themselves as important components of education. The software for delivering MOOCs is a MOOC management system - a well-known example being openEdX. A MOOC management ...

Insight into Impact – the Employability of Qualifiers Survey: Exploring the added value of part-time distance learning study

Crowe, Victoria Crowe (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The recognition of different forms of learning to maximise development of employability across a range of societal groups is crucial for economic progress. Part-time and distance learning study has historically been ...

Integration of Artificial Intelligence Based Technologies in Development of OER

Pachigolla, Venkata S (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The TEL MOOC (Technology-Enabled Learning MOOC) is a five-week professional development course about teaching that provides OERs (Open Educational Resources) to learners as both content and assessment activity. As content, ...

Integration of Technology-Enabled Learning at Higher education in Developing Countries: A Case of Uganda Management Institute (UMI)

Kamya, Resty M; Otim, Julianne S (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Globally, Higher Education Institutions have adapted Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) in their strategic plans so as to improve their learning outcomes as well as fit with the new trends of digitization. ...

Internal Quality Assurance Practices on Open Education in Two East African Universities: Proposed Innovative Mechanisms

Niyonzima, Eliezer; Balmoi, Ketty Occitti (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

Anchored on the premise that internal quality assurance (IQA) systems and processes of universities should be sufficiently operational, well oriented and committed to guarantee the fitness for purpose of an educational ...