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Understanding the Profile, Motivations and Current Status of Academic Graduates Through Open and Distance Schooling in India
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
In India, Open and Distance Learning for secondary and higher secondary level is mainly provided by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Secondary education in India pertains to class 9 and 10 catering to the ...
Asian Leaders in Open and Distance Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The Asian distance education system is probably the largest in the world. No other continent has seen such a serious policy discourse, as well as determined efforts in its practice, as Asia, since the focus invariably has ...
Building an Efficient and Effective Test Management System in an ODL Institution
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
Open University Malaysia (OUM) is progressively moving towards implementing assessment on demand and online assessment. This move is deemed necessary for OUM to continue to be the leading provider of flexible learning. ...
Community Engagement to End Child Early Forced Marriage - Experiences in Selected South Asian Countries
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, emphasises the need for “providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation ...
Use of Tablet Computers to Improve Access to Education in a Remote Location
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
A research project was carried out in using mobile learning to increase access to education. This project is contributing to the achievement of Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is to “Ensure inclusive ...
Turkish Teachers' Awareness and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The purpose of this study is to explore K-12 teachers’ awareness of open educational resources (OER) as well as their perceptions of its potential opportunities and challenges for teaching practices. Data were gathered ...
Mediated Authentic Video: A Flexible Tool Supporting a Developmental Approach to Teacher Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
You Tube now has more searches than Google, indicating that video is a motivating and, potentially, powerful learning tool. This paper investigates how we can embrace video to support improvements in teacher education. It ...
Social Networking Sites as Communication, Interaction, and Learning Environments: Perceptions and Preferences of Distance Education Students
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The advent of Web 2.0 technologies transformed online networks into interactive spaces in which user-generated content has become the core material. With the possibilities that emerged from Web 2.0, social networking sites ...
Mobile Learning: Readiness and Perceptions of Teachers of Open Universities of Commonwealth Asia
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
Integration of ‘Mobile Learning’ (m-learning) in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) systems can play a crucial role in reducing the ‘Digital Divide’ and strengthening ‘Democratization of Education’ by providing quality ...
Book Review: Promoting Use and Contribution of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The current movement toward Open Educational Resources (OER) has a long historical precedence in the open education movements including that of the provision of equality of educational opportunity, recognising, though, ...
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