Achieving the MDGs

Achieving the MDGs will require a massive expansion of human learning. Traditional methods of education and training cannot address the scope and scale of the task.  more...

Connections

MARCH 2013 NEWSLETTER includes: PCF7: Empowerment and transformation; Preparing Jamaican farmers to face Hurricane Sandy; In Focus: COL’s leadership role in open educational resources; Fair Comment: ODL and the capability approach; New Resources and EdTech News.  more...

VUSSC

On behalf of Commonwealth Ministers of Education, COL is co-ordinating the development of a Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC). More than 30 countries are now actively engaged in making the VUSSC a reality. more...

News Services

COL's news feeds on open and distance learning are RSS feeds that aggregate and filter content from reliable web sources selected by COL.

COL’s news feed service is fully automated through specified search parameters and is not otherwise vetted by human intervention.

Discussion

Emerging issues - MOOCs

Publications

A wide range of studies, reports, research documents, guides and other resources have been published by COL. Most are available for download, free-of-charge, on this web site. more...

CEMCA

COL's regional agency, the Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), implements COL's mandate in  Asia. more...

News

Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7): Abuja, Nigeria, 
2 – 6 December 2013.
www.col.org/pcf7

PCF7 Call for abstracts and proposals

Call for Nominations: Excellence in Distance Education Awards

Emerging issues

New Journal from COL

New resources

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