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    Accelerating Gender Parity
    (2016-03-08) Kanwar, Asha
    Video message delivered for International Women's Day 2016, 8 March 2016 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning.
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    Aptus
    (2014-04) Commonwealth of Learning
    Introductory videos of Aptus, the Classroom Without Walls. A large number of learners and teachers in the developing world operate in "unconnected" environments – unconnected to the power grid and to the Internet. There needs to be a different approach to extend them support. COL’s idea of a "classroom without walls" can make a contribution. We can imagine a situation where a learner in a typically unconnected environment can access a lesson in a Learning Management System (LMS), and complete an assignment, with her/his credentials intact and available to the teacher. Learners can also participate in a socializing process through visiting and commenting on a blog related to the learning materials and courses.
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    The Bridgehead: The Commonwealth of Learning into the 2st Century
    (2000) Commonwealth of Learning
    Commonwealth of Learning video, 2000. In two parts. Part 1 duration: 5:53. Part 2 duration: 6:35.
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    The Civil Paths to Peace: Prof. Asha Kanwar in Conversation with Prof. Amartya Sen
    (2008) Kanwar, Asha; Sen, Amartya
    Professor Asha Kanwar interviews Nobel Laureate, Professor Amartya Sen. (Plays on Window Media Player - need to be using Internet Explorer to view)
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    COL's eLearning Initiative
    (2010) van Wyk, Trudi
    COL helps countries and institutions to understand eLearning and implement it using technologies that are practical, user-friendly and compatible with available and existing equipment. COL's eLearning Initiative: • Builds capacity among educators to develop eLearning materials on the platforms of their choice; • Expands training in eTutoring; • Facilitates the creation of high-quality learning materials made available as open educational resources; • Replicates the Learning for Content model, a low-cost online training option, to train large numbers of individuals; • Develops low-cost technology options for the developing Commonwealth; and • Builds communities of practice and facilitate collaborative content development and sharing
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    COL's Healthy Communities Initiative
    (2010) Pringle, Ian
    COL aims to increase access to appropriate learning materials and programming by citizens, community groups and healthcare workers, enabling better community responses to maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS and other health and development challenges, particularly in remote and resource-poor areas of the Commonwealth. COL’s focus is determined by community needs and national priorities in different regions of the Commonwealth including: • Maternal and child health • HIV/AIDS: awareness, treatment literacy • Malaria, TB, diabetes and other major illnesses • Life skills: parenting, conflict resolution, understanding gender • Healthy lifestyles: nutrition, moderation and fitness • Healthy environments: waste management, sanitation
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    COL's Higher Education Initiative
    (2010) Clarke-Okah, Willie
    Faced with burgeoning demand for higher education, various African countries are planning to establish open universities and are seeking COL’s help. Although ODL is now deployed by many conventional institutions, the staff members involved often lament their lack of qualifications for teaching within this new approach. COL assists with: • Policy generation with the national governments; • Training of trainers for all aspects of ODL; • Capacity development at various levels of university systems, particularly in the area of quality assurance; • Development of materials, models and guides on key areas of ODL; • Establishment of Commonwealth-wide partnerships to work on critical issues; • Continued support for institutions offering the COL Commonwealth Executive MBA/MPA Programmes and Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in Legislative Drafting.
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    COL's Lifelong Learning for Farmers Initiative
    (2011) Balasubramanian, K
    COL's Lifelong Learning for Farmers model promotes prosperity by blending social capital and banking services with the innovative use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This model can enable many thousands of poor farmers, men and women, to learn and earn. COL's programme: • Adopts/adapts the L3F model in different jurisdictions train a cadre of “knowledge info-mediaries” to scale up the L3F model; • Works upstream by helping agricultural universities use ODL to design better education and training programmes; • Helps research organisations to apply science to the challenges of rural development and to provide services to resource-poor communities; • Consolidates and scale up pilot grassroots activities through policy advocacy and capacity-building; and • Works with a global network of strategic partners to promote L3F and extend the use of knowledge info-mediaries.
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    COL's Open Schooling Initiative
    (2010) Ferreira, Frances
    COL is helping to increase access to quality education while increasing student achievement by providing teachers in developing countries with new technologies, tools and skills. COL's Open Schooling initiatives include: • Advocacy. COL works with partners in government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and education institutions to promote Open Schooling. • Development of Open Schools. COL has helped develop policies and proposals for the establishment of open schools in Cameroon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Trinidad & Tobago. • Capacity building. COL works with partners to train educators, administrators and policymakers in the development and operation of open schools. Workshops have focused on materials development, instructional design, radio broadcasting, learner support, eLearning, management of open schools, strategic planning for open schools and quality assurance. • Fostering Collaboration. Funded by a grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, COL is working with educators in six countries - Botswana, India, Lesotho, Namibia, Seychelles and Trinidad & Tobago - to develop and share open educational resources (OERs) for secondary education, the professional development of teachers in the effective use of technology in classrooms and creating learner support material for teachers. • Publications. COL has published a number of handbooks and guides to support open schools • Learning materials. COL has assisted with the development of quality learning materials for open schools. • Research. "Open Schooling for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education" explores the provision of secondary level Open Schooling in India and Namibia. COL has also commissioned research into the use of mobile technologies in Africa. • Quality assurance. COL provides training in quality assurance and is developing a QA Toolkit for open schools.
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    COL's Teacher Education Initiative
    (2010) Umar, Abdurrahman
    Video Message: Through its Teacher Education initiative, COL: • Advocates the use of ODL in teacher education by supporting policies for professional development; • Works with selected teacher education institutions over the Three-Year Plan period to ensure the design and delivery of quality teacher education programmes; • Emphasises the development of pedagogic content knowledge and skills among ODL practitioners; • Supports conventional teacher education institutions to make the transition to dual-mode; • Facilitates the development and use of open educational resources; and • Develops the capacity of teachers to implement the concept of Child Friendly Schools.
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    COL's Virtual University of Small States of the Commonwealth
    (2010) Lesperance, John
    The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) is a network initiated by and built on the support of Ministers of Education of developing small states of the Commonwealth. It is committed to the collaborative development of open content resources for education, training and capacity building, and the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to broaden access to education.
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    Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and COL's Resources
    (2012-08) Kanwar, Asha
    Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO gives an introduction to the Commonwealth of Learning and COL's Resource CD-ROM. August 2012. Duration 5:38
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    Commonwealth of Learning Resource CD-ROM Introduction
    (2011-09) Daniel, John
    Sir John Daniel introducing COL's Resource CD-ROM (September 2011). Duration: 7:51
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    Community Radios, India
    (2010) Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
    Radio in education India
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    Congratulatory Message for the 60th Anniversary of Shanghai Open University
    (2020-10-21) Kanwar, Asha
    Congratulatory message for the 60th Anniversary of Shanghai Open University (SOU): Video message delivered by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning on 21 October 2020.
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    Education for Digital World - Global Efforts
    (2008) Kanwar, Asha; Panda, Santosh
    With Prof. Asha S. Kanwar, Vice President & Programme Director Commonwealth of Learning, Canada. Interviewer - Prof. S. Panda. Duration: 22:34.
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    Healthy Communities
    (2014) Pringle, Ian
    In this video, Mr. Ian Pringle, Education Specialist, Media, Commonwealth of Learning, presents COL's Healthy Communities Programme Initiative.(Duration: 3:20) 2014
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    Hello from COL's new President & CEO
    (2024-01-08) Scott, Peter
    Upon assuming office on 8 January 2024, newly appointed President and CEO, Professor Peter Scott, delivers an introductory video message detailing his vision for COL and its mission of learning for sustainable development throughout the Commonwealth.
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    Ian Pringle In Cameroon
    (2011-09) Pringle, Ian
    Ian Pringle, COL's Media Education Specialist, visited Cameroon from the 3rd - 10th September, 2011 during which he held meetings with stakeholders of the Commonwealth of Learning Programme to expand Open Distance Learning initiatives in Yaounde, Lebialem, Dschang and Douala. Before leaving for Cape Town, where he facilitated a COL Healthy Communities Partners' Workshop, Ian Pringle briefed the Cameroon press on his trip and what he found during his visits and meetings. In Yaounde, he met with the national focal point of the Commonwealth of Learning in Cameroon, Prof. Ivo Tambo Leke, the Secretary General at the ministry of public health, Prof. Angwafo III, members of the Association of Media Health Journalists and officials promoting Open Distance Learning at the University of Dschang. In this video, Ian Pringle shares his views on what the Commonwealth of Learning is all. The excerpt of his press conference was filmed for sharing.
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    Inspiring Change: International Women's Day Message
    (2014-03) Kanwar, Asha
    A video message for International Women's Day 2014 (8 March 2014) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning. Duration: 7:22 // Resource contains link to video as well as a document of the transcript.