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Publication61st Annual Convocation address of Chief Guest prof. Asha Kanwar( 2011-12-07)A video of Professor Asha Kanwar's Convocation Address at the SNDT Women’s University (7 December 2011) held in Mumbai, India. Duration: 15:28 -
PublicationAcademic Leadership( 2014-06-18)Presentation slides from 2nd International Conference on Open and Distance e-Learning, Manila, Philippines, 18 June 2014, Academic Leadership, by , Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning
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PublicationAdding Global Value( 2015-11-28)Presented at CHOGM Malta 2015 at the Foreign Ministers’ Roundtable on 28 November 2015 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO.
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PublicationAdvancing Research in Commonwealth Africa: some reflections( 2015-10-19)Presented at Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL), 19 October 2015 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO (co-written with Dr Godson Gatsha, Education Specialist – Higher Education).
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PublicationAdvancing Research in Commonwealth Africa: Some Reflections( 2015-02-12)Transcript and presentation slides of a speech given at the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF), Malaysia, 12 February 2015. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO (co-written with Dr. Godson Gatsha, Mr. John Lesperance, and Dr. Sanjaya Mishra)
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PublicationAdvancing Research in ODL: Where are the Missing Links?( 2014-10-28)Transcript and presentation slides from the Opening Keynote at the 28th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities, Hong Kong, China, 28 October 2014. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, and co-written with Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Commonwealth of Learning.
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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.
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PublicationApprentissage à vie pour l’émancipation de la femme Mauritius( 2011-05-19)Lancement du programme, Apprentissage à vie pour l’émancipation de la femme, Cybertour d'Ébène, Maurice (Ebene CyberCity, Mauritius) le 19 mai 2011, Remarques Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning // Le but de cette réunion est de faire la planification des activités de COL en Afrique pour les prochaines années à la lumière des besoins et priorités exprimés par nos collègues des différents pays. // COL est animé par une vision simple et une mission claire. La vision, c’est que l’apprentissage est le clé du développement. C’est en apprenant de nouvelles choses que les individus, les familles et les sociétés progressent. // Dans un monde que change continuellement, offrir les possibilités d’apprentissage à tout le monde est un grand défi. La mission spécifique de COL est de vous aider à vous servir de la technologie pour relever le défi de l’apprentissage à grande échelle. // Dans les autres domaines de l’activité humaine c’est la technologie qui nous a permis d’offrir des produits et services de qualité à beaucoup de gens à des prix raisonnables. COL applique le même principe à l’apprentissage.
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PublicationAs I Take Up My Position As President( 2012-06-07)Transcript of After-dinner remarks at the COL Board of Governors, Farewell Dinner for Sir John Daniel, 7 June 2012. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationBridging the Higher Education Gap: The 3-R Challenge( 2012-08-30)Let us look at the three R’s, Reach, Resources, Relevance, that could help us to address the gaps of access, equity and quality.
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PublicationBridging the Technology Gap: Mobile Phones for Education and Learning( 2012-08-30)Slides from the Ministerial Roundtable, 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (18CCEM), Mauritius, 30 August 2012. Presented by Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationBridging the Technology Gap: The Case of the Missing Content( 2012-08-30)In this session we bring you some perspectives on how the technology gap can be bridged to increase access, improve quality and cut the costs of education.
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PublicationCan ICT Support Human Resource Development? Drawing on our Common Wealth( 2013-04-24)Video speech/presentation given at the Public Administration in Very Small States - Governance and Development (24 April 2013) held in the United Kingdom by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning. Duration: 10:17 // Resource contains link to video as well as documents of the transcript and presentation slides.
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PublicationCan Mobile Learning Empower Women and Girls?( 2015-02-27)Transcript and presentation slides from a presentation given at a research seminar, UNESCO Mobile Learning Week, Paris, France, 27 February 2015. Presented by Prof. Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, co-written with Alexis Carr, Project Assistant, Lifelong Learning for Farmers Programme, and K. Balasubramanian, Education Specialist, Agriculture & Livelihoods, Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationCan Mobiles support Learning for Development? A Gendered Perspective( 2012-03-07)Transcript of opening remarks for Mobiles for Development (M4D) Workshop, National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), 7 March 2012, Pune, India. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
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PublicationCan OER Transform Education? A Developing World Perspective( 2011-11-21)Video presentation given at the 2011 conference on Open Educational Resources in Iceland (21 November 2011) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning. // OER penetration in the developing world has been slower than in the industrialized countries. Yet there are emergent examples which give an indication of how OER are being used in low-resource contexts. Resource contains link to video as well as documents of the transcript and presentation slides.
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PublicationCan Technology Lead to System-Wide Change? The Case of Guyana( 2013-02-26)World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+10 Review Meeting, UNESCO, France, 26 February 2013, Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar and co-written with Dr. Mark Bullen, Commonwealth of Learning // My topic today is ‘Can technology lead to system-wide change? The case of Guyana’ // I am grateful to the organisers UNESCO and Microsoft for the invitation. It speaks of the ongoing partnership that the Commonwealth of Learning has with UNESCO, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Microsoft and the Ministry of Education and institutions in Guyana. Collaboration with partners who share the same vision and objectives, are willing to pool their resources and bring their strengths to the partnership is bound to result in a win-win situation for each partner as well as a positive outcome for all stakeholders concerned. // Affordable technologies such as the low cost laptops and tablets as well as mobile devices are being increasingly deployed across schools in the developing world. Can this lead to system-wide change? Our educational systems were developed in the nineteenth century to serve the requirements of the industrial age. They were modeled after industry and meant to prepare people for the industrial economy. Will such systems serve the needs of the knowledge and service economies of the 21st century?
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PublicationCan the Ugly Duckling of ODL be Transformed into a Swan? The MOOC Effect( 2013-10-04)Public Lecture, University of South Africa (Unisa), Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 October 2013 by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning // Or more pertinently for us,‘Can the ugly duckling of ODL be transformed into a swan? What is the MOOC Effect? As you know, as distance educators we have been constantly working towards ‘parity of esteem’ with a system of higher education which goes back 900 years. In many developing countries ODL is still regarded as a second chance and second choice option. MOOCs, a form of distance learning has captured global media attention in the past two years. Will some of this high profile rub off on more traditional ODL provision?
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PublicationCapacity Building: The Road to Resilience( 2014-03-26)The purpose of my presentation is to give you an overview of the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth or VUSSC and the activities it is undertaking to address the issue of capacity building to overcome some of the challenges that the small states of the Commonwealth are facing.//At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in November 2013, the Heads of Government debated on four possible areas, each underpinned by ongoing Commonwealth work, where leaders could make a contribution that can potentially shapes and transform the intergovernmental debates.//These are resilience, youth employment, climate change and finance for development.
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PublicationCelebrating COL's 25th Anniversary( 2013-06-13)Remarks at COL’s Board of Governors Reception, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 13 June 2013 by The Honourable Burchell Whiteman, O.J., Chair, COL Board of Governors // It is a particular honour and a real pleasure to be the Chair of this major Commonwealth organisation when it marks the successful completion of its first quarter of a century of operation. The Commonwealth of Learning is undoubtedly one of the outstanding examples of Commonwealth visioning and Commonwealth cooperation and I join with all of you in paying tribute to those who have made this institution what it is today.