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Access to Learning for Development: Mobile Technologies and Distance Learners in the Mountains of Lesotho
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) identifies the advantages of new technologies, especially Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). Lesotho together with other ... -
The Acculturation of 'Open' Materials and the Enhancement of Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // This paper deals with the experience of organising course-content in the self-learning format. A few preliminary remarks describing the setting of our work are necessary to clarify the ... -
Analysis of Tutorial Services for Distance Learners: A Case of Bangladesh Open University
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PDF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Besides the use of electronic media for delivering lectures, Bangladesh Open University supports with face to face interaction between learners and tutors at the tutorial centres located outside ... -
Application of Interactive Methods in a Distance Education Programme
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)The Faculty of Education of the Open University of Sri Lanka has incorporated interactive techniques such as interactive day schools and assignments to the teaching-learning process of a teacher education programme ... -
Are Innovations Being Replicated in ODL?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5 Theme: Children & Youth // The teaching-learning process of the conventional system has an innate mechanism for continuous assessment and modification. The teacher and the taught negotiate and compromise on a win-win ... -
Broadcasting, Skills Development and Good Governance: Encouraging Online Learning Communities in Media Organisations
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // This short presentation aims to share with you the experience of trying to deliver media skills training around the Commonwealth using distance learning techniques. We’ll look at some of the ... -
Broadening access to Education in Namibia through a range of innovative ODL Programmes and delivery methods at the Namibian College of Open Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)Based on the mandate to “provide opportunities for adults and out-of-school youths to upgrade their professional and vocational skills, to contribute toward the social and economic development of Namibians through open ... -
Building an effective ‘Open Education Resource’ (OER) Environment for Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The TESSA Experience
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)The provision of basic education for all children by 2015 is one of the world’s major educational objectives. Through UNESCO’s Education for All (EFA) commitments and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) national ... -
Capacity Building in ICT Across Nine Developing Countries
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Themes // Mindset Network is a non government organisation (NGO) which creates open digital educational content that is aligned to national policies and curricula. The digital format of this content ... -
Capacity Building in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) for Agricultural Development in Zambia
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)In its efforts to reduce poverty and improve food security, the Government of Zambia has given priority to agriculture. However, this sector faces a lot of challenges such as the need for trained human resource. // In ... -
Commonwealth Secretary General
(Nexus TV, 2008)Interview with Commonwealth Secretary General, HE Kamalesh Sharma at the Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, London, July 2008. -
Considerations of Design and Development Aspects of Collaborative Technologies to Facilitate Ideas on Open Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)Interests on access to open learning, some tangential while others significant, have surfaced as the shared agenda of much debate in the educational community. This emergence of current technologies possesses unimaginable ... -
Dare2BDigital
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)BCcampus, a Ministry of Advanced Education initiative in the province of British Columbia (BC) Canada, conducted a survey across BC post secondary education system seeking recommendations on how to promote and enhance ... -
Democratization of Higher Education: Experiences of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, India’s First Open University
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // One of the objectives of Open Distance Learning system in India is to democratize higher education by providing access to large segment of the population. In India the Open Distance Learning ... -
Demographical Analysis of Commonwealth Executive MBA/MPA Students in Pakistan - A Case Study of AIOU
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // The Department of Business Administration, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has been running Commonwealth of Learning MBA/MPA for Executives Programme from the year 2003. This programme ... -
Destiny X – An Interactive Video Game for Life Skills
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5 Theme: Children & Youth // In Trinidad and Tobago a demonstration version of Destiny X, an interactive video game for life skills, was developed in response to the National Policy on Life Skills Education and Training ... -
Developing a Model for Borderless and Trans-National education Through the ODL System
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Global development mainly emphasises quality education bridging cultural distance through Open Distance Learning. The ODL system, being open in all respects, as per its stated philosophy, ... -
Developing Citizens: BBC News for Children and Young People around the World
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)Workshop Session: The BBC has developed complementary strategies to enable young people and children in the UK and around the world to develop as Global Citizens through the News. In a 90 minute participatory workshop ... -
Developing Games for Use on Mobile Phones and Using Games for Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Gaming developments and advancements are becoming increasingly pervasive and utilized. Over 30 million people have access to mobile phones in South Africa. In general, in 2004 in sub-Saharan ... -
Developments in e-Learning in Education in Samoa: Issues, Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations for the Way Forward
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // This paper looks at e-learning initiatives in education in Samoa, focusing on developments at the National University of Samoa (NUS) and the Ministry of Education Sports and Culture (MESC). ...
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