Speeches and Presentations 2010 

SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS IN 2010 
The Power of Open Educational Content for Developing Countries video presentation at the academic ceremony for the handover of the rectorate at the Open Universite of the Netherlands (12 December 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Graduation Ceremony - BOCODOL: speech prepared for the Graduation Ceremony at the Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL) in Gaborone, Botswana (11 December 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
Three Generations of Open Education: Future Implications presented at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar (8 December 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar. Prepared by Prof. Asha Kanwar and Dr. Venkataraman Balaji, Commonwealth of Learning.
Distance Education under Threat: an Opportunity for Africa? presented at the UNESCO Experts meeting in Paris, France (2 December 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Setting the Scene: Open Educational Resources and the Open Content Movement presented at the OER Policy Forum at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France (1 December 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

Videos of keynote presentations and plenary sessions, Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, November 2010, Kochi, India. Link to YouTube

PCF6 Closing remarks at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (28 November 2010) by The Honourable Burchell Whiteman, O.J., Chair, COL Board of Governors.

Access and Success in Learning: Your Conclusions closing remarks at 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (28 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

PCF6 Keynote speech: Skills Development presented at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning in Kochi, India (28 November 2010) by Dr. Caroline Seelig, Chief Executive, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.

Commonwealth of Learning Asa Briggs Lecture at the Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum of Open Learning in Kochi, India (27 November 2010) by Dr. Shashi Tharoor.
Developing the Community: The Role of Universities and Open and Distance Learning: keynote speech at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (26 November 2010) by Prof. Emeritus Anuwar Ali.
Revamping Teacher Education presented at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (25 November 2010) by Prof. Frank Banks, Director, International Development in Teacher Education, UK Open University.
Access and Success: Distance Learning at Massey University and its Impact on New Zealand Society presented at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (25 November 2010) by Prof. Steve Maharey, Massey University, New Zealand.
Building a community for developing OERs presented at the 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (25 November 2010) by Mrs. Corne Botes, NAMCOL and Ms. Frances Ferreira, Commonwealth of Learning.
Access and Success: What are the Links? opening remarks at 6th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) in Kochi, Kerala, India (25 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
UNESCO-COL Workshop on Open Education Resources: Welcome and Introductory Remarks at the PCF6 in Kochi, Kerala, India (23 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning & Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, UNESCO.
UNICEF-COL CFS Project Meeting presentation in Kochi, India (22 November 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
Education for the 21st Century: Time for Open Schools to Raise their Game: address to the General Body of the Commonwealth Open Schools Association (21 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Learning for Prosperity: remarks at the Pre-PCF6 Lifelong Learning for Farmers Conference in Bodinaikanur, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India (20 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Science, Technology, Education and Learning address on World Science Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka (12 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Helping Each Other: Sharing through Microfinance remarks at the Awarding of Certificates ceremony for the Central Bank of Sri Lanka-OUSL Microfinance Programme (11 November 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Overcoming Inequality in an Unequal World: Developing Sustainable Partnerships in Open and Distance Learning presented at the AAOU Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam (27 October 2010) by Prof. Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
The Commonwealth of Learning: How a small agency achieves development impact brown-bag lunch session at the Canadian International Development Agency in Ottawa, Canada (14 October 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Education, Technology and Digital Culture keynote address by Trudi van Wyk and Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning at the International Conference on the Use of Technologies in K-12 and Post-Secondary Education (EDGE Conference 2010) in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada (12 October 2010).
Distance Education under Threat: an Opportunity? presented at the IDOL & ICEM 2010 Joint Conference and Media Days in Eskisehir, Turkey (6 October 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Teacher Education: new approaches are necessary and possible presented at the World Teachers’ Day (5 October 2010) at UNESCO, France by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Les Ressources Educatives Libres et l’amélioration de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur: remarques de bienvenue présentées à l’Atelier de renforcement des capacités sur l’utilisation des Ressources Éducatives Libres (REL) pour l’amélioration de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur au Bamako, Mali (4 octobre 2010) par Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, UNESCO et Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
New Technologies in Education: Not there yet! presented at the
International Famous Scholar Lecture Series, East China Normal University, Shanghai, (29 September 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Technology in Education: Much Ado about Nothing? presented at the Tin Ka Ping Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China (28 September 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Computers for Secondary Schoolchildren: A busted flush? presented at the World Computer Congress 2010, Brisbane, Australia (20-23 September 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Small, Successful and Not in London: The Commonwealth of Learning presented at the Induction Course for Commonwealth Diplomats in Farnham Castle in Surrey, England, UK (9 September 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Knowledge Transfer for a Horticultural Revolution: The Lifelong Learning for Farmers Model (Spoken version) presented at the 28th International Horticultural Congress in Lisbon, Portugal (22-27 August 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning. Written by Dr. K. Balasubramanian & Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Knowledge Transfer for a Horticultural Revolution: The Lifelong Learning for Farmers Model (Publication version) presented at the 28th International Horticultural Congress in Lisbon, Portugal (22-27 August 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning. Written by Dr. K. Balasubramanian & Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Small, Successful and not in London: Introducing COL
Presentation to Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG)
(Audio-conference between Vancouver and London, 19 July 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
New Dynamics of Higher Education; New Dynamics of Distance Education presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference at Shanghai TV University (21 May 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning & Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, UNESCO.
Distance Education: Ends, Means, Opportunities & Threats presented at Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning (21 May 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

ICTs in Higher Education: Who Stands to Gain? a public lecture given at the Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia (18 May 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.

Towards Sustainable OER: A Perspective from the Global South 
keynote presented at the Global Learn Asia Pacific conference
 in Penang, Malaysia (18 May 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.

Embracing Change Forever: address to convocation at Massey University in New Zealand (13 May 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Confessions of a Part-time Extramural Student: remarks at the Extra-mural Students’ Society Dinner at Massey University in New Zealand (13 May 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
The Commonwealth of Learning Review and Improvement Model
(COL-RIM) presented at the 11th Biennial International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) Forum in Windhoek, Namibia (6 May 2010) be Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning. Written by Dr. Willie Clarke-Okah and Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
UNISA's Unique Academic Odyssey remarks by Sir John Daniel after conferment of the degree of Doctor of Literature & Philosophy (honoris causa), Pretoria (5 May 2010).
Virtual University of Small States of the Commonwealth: Launch of the Transnational Qualifications Framework: remarks in Cape Town (27 April 2010) and in Windhoek (3 May 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Quality Assurance and Open Educational Resources presented at the UNESCO-COL Workshop on Open Education Resources in Windhoek, Namibia (3 May 2010)  by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning & Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, UNESCO.

International Perspective: ICT in Teacher Education – Global Trends presented at the ACU Conference of Executive Heads
“Universities and the Millennium Development Goals” in Cape Town, South Africa (25 – 27 April 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks presented at the UNESCO-COL Workshop on Open Education Resources at the Association of Commonwealth Universities Executive Heads Conference in Cape Town, South Africa (28 April 2010 ) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning & Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, UNESCO.

Challenges of success and failure in the campaign for Universal Primary Education: The secondary surge and the teacher shortage presented at the ACU Conference of Executive Heads “Universities and the Millennium Development Goals” in Cape Town, South Africa (25-27 April 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Setting the Context - Why women's voices are important and Women's Reservation Bill in India: two gender related presentations at the Programme Update Meeting of the Commonwealth of Learning (22 April 2010) by Prof. Asha Kanwar, Amy Monaghan, Commonwealth of Learning and Dr. Pema Eden Samdup, CEMCA.

Review and Improvement Model (COL RIM) presented at the University of Guyana, Georgetown (9 April 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealh of Learning.

ICTs in Higher Education: Who Stands to Gain? presented at the Dennis Irvine Lecture Series at the University of Guyana (9 April 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
Distance Education: Ends, Means, Opportunities, Threats presented at the Higher Education Forum at The Aga Khan Development Network (27 March 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Learning for Development presented at the First Contact Group Meeting of the Parliamentarians for Education in the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster countries of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka (25 March 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealh of Learning.
eLearning: a Cottage Industry for the 21st Century? video address at the eLearning Conference at the Aarhhus University, Denmark (25 March 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Education within borders from beyond borders presented at the OECS Higher Education Conference in St. Lucia (22-24 March 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
DEHub Launch presented in Australia (25 February 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
Learning for Development presented 
at the University of New England, Armidale (24 February 2010); University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba (1 March 2010); Central Queensland University, Rockhampton (2 March 2010) and Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia (4 March 2010) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
Community Radio is the Answer: What is the Question? presented at the AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in Bangalore, India (20-23 February 2010) by Sir John Daniel and Ian Pringle, Commonwealth of Learning.
Addressing the Successes and Failures of the Campaign for Universal Primary Education: A paper by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

Commonwealth of Learning: Review and Improvement Model: presented at the International Seminar, Council for Higher Education Accreditation in Washington, DC (28 January 2010) by Dr. Willie Clarke-Okah & Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.

Achieving Education for All: seminar presentation at the Programme update meeting, Commonwealth of Learning in Vancouver, Canada (22 January 2010) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.