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PublicationAgricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century: Non-traditional educational models( 2015-06-16)Speech delivered by Professor Asha Kanwar at 'Agricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century: A global challenge in knowledge transfer to meet world demands for food security and sustainability'. Zaragoza, Spain June 2015. -
PublicationCapacity-building of Teachers and Parents in Cyber Safety and Security: The COL Experience( 2022-11-23)Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, COL President & CEO at the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in India, on 23 November 2022. Co-written with Dr V Balaji, Vice President, COL, and Dr Betty Ogange, Education Specialist: Teacher Education, COL.
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PublicationCollaborate, Complement and Connect( 2019-01-24)Presented by Dr Venkataraman Balaji, Vice-President, Commonwealth of Learning, at the Education Ministers Action Group (EMAG), London, UK, 24 January 2019.
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PublicationThe Commonwealth of Learning( 2013-04-11)The Commonwealth of Learning’s presentation to the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, Canada, 11 April 2013, Vancouver, Canada // It gives me great pleasure to formally welcome, for the first time at COL, a Minister of International Cooperation. It is perhaps appropriate that the visit is happening this year, when COL celebrates its 25th anniversary. Thank you, Minister for your time and for your interest in our work.
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PublicationConnected Learning and Ag Extension: Shall the twain meet?( 2016-01-05)Presented by Dr. V. Balaji at the 8th Global Communications Research Association in Bangalore, India, 5-7 January 2016.
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PublicationDELIVERING APTUS - OER IN OFF-GRID, OFF-LINE SITUATIONS: REACHING THE UNREACHED( 2015-02-24)Presented at Mobile Learning Week 2015, UNESCO (24 February 2015) held in Paris, France by Dr. Venkataraman Balaji (co-written with Mr. Ricky Cheng and Ms. Michelle Gruda), Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationFuture of Education: Advances and Trends in AI, Blockchain And 5G( 2020-01)Presented at at the Focal Points Meeting for the Caribbean, St Lucia, 28 January 2020
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PublicationICT Capacity Building: Game Changers on the Horizon?( 2012-09-24)Slides from the Keynote Presentation of the 22nd IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC2012), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24 September 2012. Presented by Balaji Venkataraman, Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationLearning in the Era of Digital Transformation( 2018-05-08)Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at a public lecture, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia, 8 May 2018. Co-written with Dr Venkataraman Balaji, COL.
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PublicationLife After the World OER Congress?( 2012-06-22)As we come to the close of the 2012 World OER Congress, the next question is: where do we go from here? The adoption of the Paris Declaration is an important outcome of this Congress as Member States move from action to commitment.//What role can the international organisations play to support this process? Let me outline five directions that have emerged from our discussions over the past two days.
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PublicationMaking It Matter: Supporting Education in the Developing World Through Open and Linked Data( 2014-05-16)Video presentation at the Making it Matter Workshop organised by the LinkedUp Project and the Commonwealth of Learning, London, United Kingdom, 16 May 2014. Duration: 17:03 // Resource contains link to video as well as a document of the presentation slides.
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PublicationMassive Open Online Courses for Development (MOOC4D)( 2017-11-27)Presented by Dr. Ventakaraman Balaji, Director - Technology and Knowledge Management, Commonwealth of Learning, at a Faculty Workshop on a MOOC on Life Skills for Engineers, Kanpur, India, 27 November 2017.
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PublicationMOOC for Capacity Building in Indian Agriculture( 2014-03-05)Presentation slides of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Brainstorming Session in partnership with COL, New Delhi, India, 5 March 2014. By Venkataraman Balaji, Commonwealth of Learning, co-written with Balwinder Sodhi, IIT Ropar and TV Prabhakar, IIT Kanpur.
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PublicationMOOC for Development( 2015-06-25)This presentation explains why Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) need not be only about Higher Education and can contribute to sustainable development by addressing the three S’s, namely, Skills, Scale and Speed. Presented at the Roundtable 3: ICT, 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM), Nassau, The Bahamas, 25 June 2015.
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PublicationMOOC for Sustainable Development?( 2014-09-18)Presentation slides from a presentation given as the Keynote Address, Second International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Education and Computer Science, Organised by the Universidad Da Vinci, Mexico, 18 September 2014. Dr Venkataraman Balaji, Director, Technology & Knowledge Management, Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationMOOC, OER and Mass Higher Education( 2013-05)MOOC, OER and Mass Higher Education, May 2013 by Venkataraman Balaji, Commonwealth of Learning, Based on a report by Professor T V Prabhakar, IIT Kanpur // A key challenge facing the policy makers in many developing countries is the need to increase affordable access to quality education and training at post-secondary level. The ODL paradigm has been able to address this challenge quite effectively in the past. Two key developments, both involving contemporary ICT, can be of further help.
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PublicationMOOCs: an Introduction( 2013-08-09)‘Transforming Indian Higher Education through MOOCs’ Forum, New Delhi, India, 9 August 2013, Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar (co-written with Dr. Venkataraman Balaji), Commonwealth of Learning // It is a real pleasure to be here at the Forum that will reflect on ‘Transforming Indian Higher Education through MOOCs’. I am very grateful to Prof MM Pant for the kind invitation and the opportunity to speak to you. I’ll share some basic developments in Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs to start the conversation on where the triggers for transformation may lie. I have prepared this presentation with our Director, Technology and Knowledge Management, Dr V Balaji. // I will first look at the context of Higher Education (HE) today and the developments that led to the emergence of MOOCs. I will conclude with the implications that MOOCs have for HE in the developing world.
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PublicationThree Generations of Open Education: Future Implications( 2010-12-08)My topic today is Three Generations of Open Education: Future Implications’. I have prepared these remarks with my colleague Dr Balaji and we will try to put Open Education Resources or OER in a historical context.
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PublicationThree Generations of Open Education: Future Implications( 2011-02-24)Inaugural Address, Institute of ODL, University of Mumbai, 24 February 2011, Three Generations of Open Education: Future Implications, Prepared by Prof. Asha Kanwar and Dr. Venkataraman Balaji, Commonwealth of Learning Presented by Prof. Asha Kanwar // My topic today is Three Generations of Open Education: Future Implications’ and I have prepared these remarks with my colleague Dr Balaji, Director IT & KM, COL. We will try to put Open Education Resources or OER in a historical context. As you know OER are educational resources that are freely available and can be used by educators and learners without having to pay license fees or royalties. I will return to what OER are later in the presentation. // I will first look at three generations of open education. I will then give you two examples of OER development that my organisation the Commonwealth of Learning supports and will finally raise some questions about the future implications of OER for the learner; for pedagogy and for higher education.
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PublicationTo MOOC or not to MOOC: That is the Question( 2014-09-17)Transcript and presentation slides from a lecture given at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia, 17 September 2014.