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Covid-19 - A Two-Week Transition from Campus to Online at the Acsenda School of Management, Canada
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)In March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic obliged Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in many countries to vacate their campuses and operate at a distance. We narrate the experience of the Acsenda School of Management (ASM) in ... -
Children and the Internet: Learning, in the Times to Come
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)It is proposed that the purpose of education is to enable people to live happy, healthy and useful lives — now and in the future. A curriculum and framework for children’s education is derived from the above purpose. Using ... -
Editorial: COVID-19 Pandemic and Innovations in Institutional Transformation, Technology and Pedagogy
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)Given the concern and the context, the Editorial Board of JL4D at the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) took a considered decision to devote its November 2020 issue to ‘Covid and Learning for Development’. The 18 papers and ... -
Effectiveness of Multimodal Microlearning for In-service Teacher Training
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)To meet the growing demand for continuing professional development of practising teachers, the integrated in-service teacher training (INSET) programme aims at making permanent improvements on the quality of teaching and ... -
Is Blended Learning Better than Online Learning for B.Ed Students?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)Blended learning is a newly emerging area of research and practice in educational institutions. It is defined as a useful and reasonable combination of online and face-to-face learning and is acclaimed as a successful mode ... -
The Impact of Covid-19 on International Higher Education: New Models for the New Normal
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)COVID-19 has had a major impact on international higher education with border closures, cancelled flights, and a shift to online teaching and learning. As a result, many international students have decided to either abandon ... -
Data for Development: Shifting Research Methodologies for Covid-19
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)Successful and appropriate informal digital learning can help individuals and communities build sustainable and meaningful livelihoods, strengthen social cohesion and resilience, preserve and enhance cultural traditions ... -
Improving Education Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Outcomes-Based Contracting and Early Grade Literacy
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)Fifty-three percent of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning in low- and middle-income countries despite an investment of between 33-49% of education expenditure on primary education. Teaching children to read in the ... -
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Parental Involvement on Students’ Academic Achievement
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)This study aims to examine the effect of parental involvement on students’ academic achievement at pre-school, elementary and secondary levels by using the meta-analysis method with respect to home-based and school-based ... -
Covid-19 School Closures in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Emergent Perspectives on the Role of Educational Technology
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-11-20)The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in school closures at an unprecedented scale and prompted educational systems to find alternative teaching models at short notice. The role for educational technology in low- and middle-income ...
