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    • R-1 Research Methods 

      Indira Gandhi National Open University; Commonwealth of Learning; Bangladesh Open University; Allama Iqbal Open University; Open University of Sri Lanka (Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2003)
      his distance education course is affiliated with the Commonwealth Executive Master of Business Administration and the Commonwealth Executive master of Public Administration programmes. The R-1 Research Methods course ...

    • RadioInterActive 

      Sullivan, Bart; Pringle, Ian; Akingbulu, Akin (2013-11)
      RadioInteractive will weave together 5 key elements during the week of PCF7, all tied to radio and interactivity, communication and participation, specifically their role in learning for development (COL's mission) with a ...

    • Raising Awareness on Biodiversity: Commonwealth Examples 

      Filho, Walter L; Dykes, Clare; Murphy, Zena (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1996)
      In this book, readers will find critical analyses of the means that need to be employed to ensure that an environmental education dimension is implemented as part of biodiversity conservation projects. It describes ...

    • Reach, Effectiveness and Listenership of Community Radio- A Study by National Institute Of Open Schooling (NIOS) 

      Thakur, Manoj K (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
      Mass communication has been playing a great role in education, and particularly in open and distance education. Besides, many means of mass communication, community radio has emerged as one of the best means to educate ...

    • Reaching the Hard-to-Reach Nomads through Open and Distance Learning: A Case Study of Nomadic Education Programme in Nigeria 

      Muhammad, Nafisatu D; Abbo, Bashir M (2010-11)
      A Paper Presented at the Sixth Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) on the Theme; Access and Success in Learning: Global Development Perspectives Held from 24- 28 November 2010 at Le-Meridian, Cochin Resort & ...

    • Reaching the unreached through ODL: How it contributes to female empowerment in Bangladesh? 

      Sultana, Sadia A; Kamal, Mostafa A (2010-11)
      This paper aims at identifying the impacts of ODL programmes (especially, secondary school certificate programme) of BOU on the socio-economic status of the females in Bangladesh. The paper explains how BOU’s collaboration ...

    • Reaching the Unreached Women through Open and Distance Education: Implications for the Playwright 

      Iwuchukwu, Onyeka (2013-11)
      Open and Distance Education is designed basically to provide accessible and affordable education to all especially those who were denied education earlier in life. Women and girls are mostly affected as evident in UNICEF’s ...

    • Reconsidering the Learning Management System 

      Bullen, Mark (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2014-07)
      Learning management systems are a core and costly part of the IT infrastructure of just about every large educational organization today but do they provide good value? In this video, Dr. Mark Bullen questions the value ...

    • Redefining Instructional Strategy in Teacher Education in the Perspective of Knowledge Society 

      Bose, Sutapa (2010-11)
      Revamping teacher education as a precondition for reforming school education is a leitmotif of many policy papers on educational reform. Yet the much criticised traditional practices continue to shackle teacher education. ...

    • Reducing Gender Disparity in Vocational Education in Lagos State through ODL 

      Oyakhiromen, Ifidon; Anene, Francisca (2013-11)
      Lagos State is the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria accounting for more than 25% of all economic activities in the country. The State is the major international gateway to Nigeria by air, land and sea. This makes it an ...

    • Referencing the Youth Development Programme on the Transnational Qualifications Framework 

      Lesperance, John (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2013-03-17)
      Commonwealth Conference on Education and Training of Youth Workers 2013 UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa, 17-21 March 2013, Referencing the Youth Development Programme on the Transnational Qualifications Framework by John ...

    • Reflections on a Career in Distance Education 

      Daniel, John (2007-01)
      Reflections on a Career in Distance Education, Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning, January 2007 // I found distance education whilst seeking something else. My first real job, after a long, conventional and highly ...

    • Reflections on Collaborative and Networked Learning 

      Dhanarajan, Gajaraj (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 1998-02-16)
      Ladies and Gentlemen, this conference is about Collaborative and Networked Learning. In pursuing this debate, you are in fact considering, on the one hand, the threats to a system of education that go back to some thousand ...

    • Reflections on Quality Assurance in Open Distance Learning 

      Menon, Mohan (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2007-08-14)
      Workshop on Performance Indicators for Quality Assurance in Distance Higher Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14-16 August 2007, Reflections on Quality Assurance in Open Distance Learning by Professor Mohan B. Menon, Commonwealth ...

    • Reflections on Ten Years of the Commonwealth of Learning 

      Dhanarajan, Gajaraj (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2001)
      The purpose of this document is to reflect and encourage discussions about The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and its strategic objectives for the ten years beginning July 2000. It draws on COL’s experiences since its ...

    • Reflections on Using e-Learning Technologies for B Ed (e-Education) 

      Dharankar, Madhavi (2013-11)
      The Information Communication Technology is creating a connected society- the society in which people, their living and working places and their organizations are connected anytime and anywhere. This connectedness has ...

    • Reflective teaching pedagogy as innovative approach in teacher education through open and distance learning 

      Navaneedhan, C Girija (2010-11)
      Reflective teaching methodology involves questioning one own self to bring perfection by asking the following questions: • Which teaching model am I using? • How does it apply in specific teaching situations? • How well ...

    • Reformation of Female Prison Inmates in Benin and Kirikiri Prisons: ODL to the Rescue 

      Anene, Francisca (2013-11)
      Post-conviction stigmatisation and the failure of the Nigerian prison system as a means of reformation for prisoners make it imperative for prisoners to be equipped with the means for self dependence upon reintroduction ...

    • Regional Cooperation among Open Universities: a Case of South Asia 

      Rajesh, M (2010-11)
      There is perhaps no region in the world that can boast of an antiquity rivaling that of South Asia. When man in distant reaches of the world was still occupied with concerns of bare survival from Human and Environmental ...

    • Regional OER Guidelines: Botswana 

      (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
      The purpose of these Guidelines are to provide direction in the use of Open Educational Resources, to increase access to and support quality teaching and learning among students and teachers in the different Regions of the ...