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From the Emeritus Editor…
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)
It is difficult for educators to immerse themselves in development thinking and recognise how education contributes as more than a ‘thing in itself’, but as one of an array of crucial streams of activity for human and ...
Book Review: Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)
The book primarily covers different mobile devices and technology being used; design and development of learning material compatible with the smart devices; and strategies for delivery of learning and training through these ...
Editorial
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2014)
In a world crowded by journals, what is the need for a new one? The worlds of education and development live two separate lives, and educators in particular too often limit their interest to the educational systems within ...
The Two Solitudes of Education Policy and the Challenge of Development
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
Policy makers are challenged to improve educational outcomes, manage scarce resources and secure public acceptance of their initiatives to provide quality, relevant and effective education. In making decisions they are ...
Book Review: Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice (Notes From the Trenches of Distance Education)
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
In summary, the publication achieves the editors’ purposes. It delineates the state of flexible learning in higher education, circa 2010, within the context of available and emergent digital technologies. The contributions ...
Book Review: Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
As seen by Otto Peters in his foreword to this substantial volume, the early days of correspondence-based distance education garnered little attention from researchers. As distance education became more widely adopted and ...
Sustainable Development Begins with Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
This article builds on the report of a meeting of the Memory and Future Club of the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members held in February 2016 to discuss the impact of UNESCO's work on Education for All. It also ...
MOOC Quality: The Need for New Measures
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
MOOCs are re-operationalising traditional concepts in education. While they draw on elements of existing educational and learning models, they represent a new approach to instruction and learning. The challenges MOOCs ...
Editorial: Sustainable Development and Inclusive Quality Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11)
This issue of JL4D has a particular focus on the sustainable development of inclusive quality education for all. We are also very pleased to launch a new series in JL4D in which members of COL’s Board of Governors and ...
Open Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Making Change Happen
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
Education for All has been a concept at the heart of international development since 1990 and has found its latest instantiation within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as SDG 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable ...