The Commonwealth of Learning: How a Small Agency Achieves Development Impact

Abstract

In his presentation, Sir John Daniel will discuss the value-added of ODL for development results, how COL works to empower governments, institutions and individuals to develop learning systems themselves and break the cycle of dependence on donors, and the key challenges and trade-offs of its work in this field. He will use concrete programming examples drawing on the organization’s various initiatives in open schooling, teacher education, community health and lifelong learning for farmers, among others.