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Feasibility of Open Schooling in Disturbed Societies: The Case of Afghanistan
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
Most countries have enshrined the right to education in their constitution but, in reality, to fulfil this commitment, countries do face a number of challenges. And this is true with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, ...
Book Review: Depover, C., Orivel, F. (2012). Developing countries in the elearning era (Vol. 96). Paris: UNESCO IIPE.
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
This review will depart from the standard format of a review, which usually starts by giving a brief summary of the reviewed item. Given that the book is readily available online at this URL and includes a good advance ...
The Jeffrey Town Model for Community Development
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
The Jeffrey Town model for community development has been effectively applied to the rural community of Jeffrey Town in Jamaica with Information and Computer Technology (ICT) as a key element. The farmer's association is ...
Informal Learning and Non-Formal Education for Development
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
The following article examines the issues of open, distance and technology-based informal learning and non-formal education for individual and community development. It argues that these two modes of education, which are ...
Using Community Radio in a Rural Women’s Post-literacy Programme in Nepal
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
This paper examines the literacy and post-literacy needs of rural women in Nepal, describes a pilot study in using community radio to supplement a classroom-based post-literacy programme for these women, analyses the ...
Technology Leadership and ICT Use: Strategies for Capacity Building for ICT integration
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
Technology leadership is a fairly new concept in school leadership focus. It has become a concern for study in recent times, in tandem with the pedagogical change of integrating ICT in teaching and learning especially in ...
Bridging Fields at a Critical Time
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
The launch of the Journal of Learning for Development occurs at a critical time for the education and development field. The ‘massive open online course’ concept currently being implemented by Western educators is considered ...
Exploring the Potential of Online Courses to Develop Capacity for Sustainable Development
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
A small team of independent entrepreneurs has developed two Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), in French, on sustainable development that attracted, respectively, 250+ and 150+ participants. This article describes the ...
Curriculum Transaction in NIOS: Overcoming the Limitations of Packaged Instructions
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
Low learning outcomes in Indian schools and the promotion of rote learning by their instructional systems have been documented time and again. Schools are therefore required to adopt India’s National Curriculum Framework ...
Foreword
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2014)
'Learning for Development’ is the overarching theme of the Commonwealth of Learning’s work. The recent Education for All, Global Monitoring Report 2013 also emphasizes the centrality of teaching and learning for development. ...
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