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Advanced Cybersecurity Training for Teachers (ACTT) 2
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-09)The shift to online learning and teaching has drawn increasing attention to the cyber risks likely to be faced in a learning institution. In recent times, cybercriminals have disrupted learning using various attacks, including ... -
Report of the Massive Open Online Course on Learning to Learn Online (LTLO MOOC)
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-08)This is a report on the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Learning to Learn Online (LTLO) organised by Athabasca University, Canada in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning from March 21 to May 1, 2021. It ... -
The Global Micro-credential Landscape: Charting a New Credential Ecology for Lifelong Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)This article offers a global overview of the burgeoning field of micro-credentials and their relationship to lifelong learning, employability and new models of digital education. Although there is no globally accepted ... -
Postgraduate Students’ Perception of the Use of E-portfolios as a Teaching Tool to Support their Learning in an Open and Distance Education Institution
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)E-portfolios have been used for decades in education; however, it is still a new trend in some developing countries as they continue to adopt e-learning practices. The study investigated postgraduate students’ experiences ... -
A Learning Design for Deep Learning for a Distance Teacher Education Programme
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)Self-learning materials (SLM) generally lack the mechanisms for ensuring deep learning but help address the learning needs of large number of learners. Hence, it was retained as the key instructional component for a distance ... -
Editorial: Researching Technology-Enabled Teaching, Learning and Training
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)In a recent publication, Mishra and Panda (2020) reasserted ‘policy-capacity-technology’ as a theory of change model in effective implementation of technology-enabled learning (TEL), and at the same time underlined “to ... -
Developing Partnerships to Acquire Impact: The Role of Three Regional Centres’ Capacity Building Efforts for ODL Adoption in the Emerging World
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)Partnerships are central to the awareness, implementation and development of open and distance learning (ODL). It is an attribute that is distinct in the higher education sector, where ODL has made a large footprint by ... -
COVID-19 and Technology Enhanced Teaching in Higher Education in sub-Saharan Africa: A Case of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)This article aims to share an experience on the process taken by the University of Dar es Salaam to adopt and deliver technology-enhanced teaching and learning during the COVID-19 crisis. The university started by forming ... -
Technology Enabled Delivery of Medical Programmes through ODL : A Case of Training Medical Doctors in Geriatric Medicine
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)COVID-19 provided an opportunity to experiment with alternative delivery mechanisms for a medical education programme offered through open and distance learning with face-to-face training as an essential component of the ... -
Contradictions in Learner Interactions in a Blended-Learning Writing Course in the ODL Context: An Activity Theory Analysis
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2021-07-20)This paper reports on the use of Engeström’s (1987) Activity Theory (AT) framework to gain insights into the contradictions that emerge within the activity system of the online component of an advanced writing skills course, ...
