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Three-year Plan, 2009-2012 Learning for Development
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Abstract
Governments face a difficult
dilemma in responding to the
global economic downturn. On
the one hand they must help their people
adapt to wrenching change by expanding
opportunities for education, training and
learning generally. On the other hand
they must ensure that state spending on
human resource development is as costeffective
as possible. The Commonwealth
of Learning (COL) has developed its
plan for 2009–2012 to help address this
dilemma.
COL’s mission is to help governments
and institutions expand the
scope, scale and quality of learning by
using new approaches and technologies,
especially those subsumed under the
general term of open and distance learning
(ODL).
ODL is a cost-effective approach to
expanding education. Its use has grown
rapidly over the 20 years since Commonwealth
Heads of Government established
COL. Today, thanks to expanding
connectivity and new developments in
information and communications technologies
(ICTs) such as social software
and open educational resources, ODL
applications continue to accelerate. The
interactive Web is a rich environment
for learning and a powerful vehicle for
expanding awareness about the possible
futures of humankind
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Governance, Strategic Planning
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2009
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Commonwealth of Learning
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Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver