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Large Scale Online Skilling Programme - Lessons Learnt
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Commonwealth of Learning supported a large-scale online skilling programme to enable continuing education to counter the disruption caused by COVID-19 for three years between 202023. Based on an online survey of those who participated in the programme, this paper aims at analysing the patterns pertaining to participation in such skilling programmes with respect to region, age, educational level, occupational status, gender, institutional support and access to resources. Some significant pointers emerge from these trends regarding how access to information, resources and support systems play a role in attaining success even in those programmes that are ‘freely’ available. The tale that emerges here is that though such programmes play an important role, existing inequalities continue to play a role in determining success even in ‘free’ programmes, and institutional support plays a major role for those who are otherwise not well-resourced in terms of access to various forms of resources. Resources and capability are used here in a wider sense referring to individual, social and community level capabilities.
PCF11 Sub-Theme: Skills Development Through Lifelong Open Education
Paper ID: 2223
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2025-09
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)