Browsing Pan-Commonwealth Forum 8 (PCF8), 2016 by Issue Date

Can Mobile Learning Upgrade the Educational Status of Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities?

Islam, Md Anwarul (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia, 2016)

A cross-sectional study was designed to collect data from October to December 2015 using a semi-structured questionnaire from the randomly selected study centers along with its learners and tutors separately. The sample ...

Summary of the PCF8 Online Discussion Forums

Commonwealth of Learning (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

In order to kick-start momentum for the eighth Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF8), the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM) organised four online discussion forums around PCF8’s sub-themes. We used ...

Impact of Learners’ Access to Technologies at Bangladesh Open University

Mannan, Mohammad A (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Bangladesh Open University (BOU) – only provider of open and distance learning (ODL) in the country –deploys technologies in its educational delivery in accordance with the government’s short and long-run educational and ...

Running NOUN-MOOC on MOOkit Platform: Insight from Collaboration Between Institute of Technology Kanpur and National Open University of Nigeria

Agbu, Jane-Frances; Okafor, Okechukwu; Dahunsi, Opeyemi (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

As part of its effort to embrace the Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) initiative and specifically to employ it as tool to improve access and equity in education, the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) launched ...

Open Educational Resources and Practices at the University of the South Pacific: Status Report and Future Directions

Prasad, Deepak; Bhartu, Dhiraj; Yusuf, Javed (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Open educational resources (OER), which are cost-free, openly licensed educational materials available in a variety of languages and formats, have in recent years accumulated abundant evidence of disruptive potential to ...

The Journey of SWAYAM: India MOOCs Initiative

Kanjilal, Uma; Kaul, Pradeep (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Under the ‘Digital India’ Initiative of Government of India, one of the thrust area is ‘Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)’. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has embarked on a major initiative ...

Analysing Education Policies for the Future: Realising the Vision of Open Distance Learning in 2030

Makoe, Mpine (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

The future of economic development depends on people who are equipped with competencies and skills that are needed for the knowledge economy. To ensure the sustainability of economic growth, higher education institutions ...

Improving Access to Postgraduate Training in Crop Protection for Agricultural Practitioners Through Distance Learning at the University of Nairobi, Kenya

Muthomi, J W; Mwang’ombe, A W; Olubayo, F M (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

The Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection of the University of Nairobi launched the first postgraduate training by distance learning in 2010. Development of the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of delivery ...

Alienation at the Open University of Mauritius: A Conceptual Framework for Interpretation of Learner Feelings and Emotions

Jutton, Teenah (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

There is a growing focus on how to widen access and inclusion in higher education, however there is a strong link between alienation and attrition. This study aimed at understanding distance learners’ experiences of ...

Technology Induced Innovation in Teaching and Leaning System of Bangladesh Open University: A Shift of Paradigm

Hossian, Khondoker M (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This paper examines how Bangladesh Open University (BOU) – the only open and distance learning provider in Bangladesh has shifted its ODL system by using technology oriented innovative programmes. The study assesses how ...

Quality and Effectiveness of Distance Education in Secondary and Higher Secondary Programmes of Bangladesh Open University – A Learner-Based Evaluation

Sultana, Sadia A; Kamal, Mostafa A; Laboni, Ananya (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

To materialize Bangladesh’s goal for becoming a middle-income country by 2021 requires creation of techo-based large educated workforce. Due to socio-economic drawbacks a big number of students drop out from conventional ...

Development of Learning Buffet Model for Open and Flexible Learning

Zainuddin, Nurkhamimi; Ahmad, Musa; Idrus, Rozhan M (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Open and Flexible Learning is an excellent method of reaching all types of learners. It is truly a medium that helps to democratize education to all. Today, we are currently experiencing a time of constant evolution in the ...

Effectiveness of Learner Support Services at the Namibian College of Open Learning

Murangi, Heroldt V (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

The purpose of the learner support services quality study was to assess the nature, appropriateness and quality of learner support services offered to learners pursuing various programmes offered by the College. The study ...

Developing a Commonwealth Centre for Connected Learning: A Case Study in the Wealth of Networks

Grech, Alexander (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Putting connected learning into practice requires personal commitment and an ability to activate peer-learning networks for the benefit of the individual learner – even at a ‘cost’ to the institution. The CCCL (Commonwealth ...

Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage Through Open, Distance and Technology-based Education and Training: Visualizing Process and Impact to Develop an Institutional Framework for Mann Deshi Foundation

De, Kuntal (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Often the framework of a project is visualized and communicated in text supported by other mediums of communication. Today’s technology offers a much larger scope for using other techniques of communication; while the ...

Gender Policy for Open Schooling in India

Devraj, Anita (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

It has been found worldwide that the larger problem of gender discrimination is caused due to gender bias in the family and community specifically due to the patriarchal (or matriarchal) mindset of people accompanied by ...

Separating Rhetoric from Reality: The Process of Institutionalizing OER Practices at African Universities

Ngugi, Catherine; Butcher, Neil (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

OER Africa is working with four universities in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa to support the deepening of pedagogical practices that employ open educational resources (OER) and use information and communication ...

Implementation of E-learning in Nursing Education in Malawi: The Case of Kamuzu College of Nursing – University of Malawi

Masache, Gibson (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) is a constituent college of the University of Malawi has two campuses in Lilongwe and Blantyre, separated by a distance of about 300 kilometers; KCN is the largest national producer of ...

Enhancing On-Line Teaching and Learning – Learners’ Feedback for A Strategic Management Module

Mohamad, Wardah; Sulaiman, Tuan F T; Mohamad, Liana; Osman, Zahir; Mohamad, Ratna K (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

In an ODL setting, engaging learners become very challenging especially for those who have not been exposed to this type of learning before. Many people assume that because most ODL students are adult learners, they are ...

Offering TVET College Lecturers Increased Access to Professional Qualification Programmes Through a National Open Learning System in South Africa

Adendorff, Michael; Van Wyk, Christina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)

This paper reports on a new Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) project, the Capacity Building of TVET College Lecturers through Open Learning programme, which has a four-fold developmental aim: (i) to ...