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Assessment of pre-service teachers’ information and communication technology literacy and use of open educational resources
(2013-11)
The practice of education is changing globally in response to education for all (EFA) and the millennium development goals (MDG). Open educational resources (OER) offer viable opportunity as a tool to enable realistic ...
Employing OER to prepare teachers for multilingual classrooms: possible prospects and challenges
(2013-11)
The multilingual nature of classrooms across the globe is becoming the norm rather than the exception. Language in education, multilingualism in education and dealing with the associated challenges is still a source of ...
Meaningful Use and Application of Mobile Computing Devices in ODFL Teacher Education Programs
(2013-11)
Open, Distant and Flexible Learning (ODFL) in most commonwealth nations provide much needed education to the teeming population of qualified citizenry who are not able to gain admission to full time tertiary education ...
Workshop Proposal - Engines for Education: Integrating Open Educational Resources in Learning and Teaching
(2013-11)
Objectives: This workshop will enable participants understand the concept of open educational resources within the contexts of open learning, open scholarship, and open educational practices. It will define and describe ...
Assessment of Environment Awareness, Knowledge and Skills of B.Ed Teacher Students of the ODL System: A Case Study of IGNOU Regional Centre Patna
(2013-11)
This study seeks to study the level of awareness, sensitivity, attitude and concern of teachers of various schools towards environment, who are pursuing B.Ed form IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) and enrolled ...
Addressing a National Crisis in Learning: Open Educational Resources, Teacher-Education in India and the Role of Online Communities of Practice
(2013-11)
India currently suffers from an estimated 1.33 million shortfall in teachers and many existing teachers are unqualified, resulting in inadequate access to education and poor standards of learning for those already in the ...
Capacity building of academic staff in the integration of ICT and OER in teacher education programs at the Open University of Sri Lanka
(2013-11)
Growing interest in promoting Education for All (Dakar, 2000), open access to educational resources, and the economic imperatives for adopting greater use of open educational resources (OER) (UNESCO 2012 declaration) is ...
Professional Development of teachers through open and distance learning: The case of the University of Buea Distance Education (DED) programme
(2013-11)
Open and Distance Learning is relatively new to Cameroon’s educational system; though many countries are adopting it as a way of widening access to education and improving the academic and pedagogic qualification of their ...
Examination of ODL In-service Trainee Teachers’ Assessment Literacy: Implication for Teacher Education in the Context of EFA and MDG
(2013-11)
The Education for All (EFA) movement is a global commitment to provide quality basic education for all children, youth and adults. Hence, present generation of in-service teachers need to be versatile in assessment literacy ...
UNESCO-IICBA's Experiences on Online Distance Education for Master Teachers in Africa and on ICT-enhanced Teacher Development
(2013-11)
Competence in the integration of technology in curriculum and instruction is fundamental for the professional instructional leader. In regard to the qualitative and quantitative needs of Africa to achieve the EFA goals by ...