COL is proud to announce the winners of the 2007-2008 Excellence in Distance Education Awards

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

HONORARY FELLOWS OF COL

	Professor Anuwar Ali, President & Vice-Chancellor, Open University of Malaysia (OUM)
	Professor Uma Coomaraswamy, Emeritus Professor of Botany and a former Vice-Chancellor, Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL)
	Professor Brenda Gourley, Vice-Chancellor, Open University in UK (UKOU)
	Dr. Myra Harrison, Education Advisor, New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID)
	Professor Abdul Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communications & Information, UNESCO
	Mr. Mahesh Chandra Pant, Chairman, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), India
	Professor Barney Pityana, Vice-Chancellor, University of South Africa (UNISA)
	Ms. Esi Sutherland-Addy, University of Ghana

 

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AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

	NAMIBIAN COLLEGE OF OPEN LEARNING Accepted by Mr. Heroldt Murangi, Director, NAMCOL
	UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accepted by Professor Ross Hynes, Vice Chancellor, University of Papua New Guinea, and Mr. Abdul Mannan, Executive Director, University of Papua New Guinea Open College

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AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION MATERIALS

Category A:  print or other "low-end" media materials, such as audio/ video tapes or a combination of these

Master of Arts in Teacher Education - Faculty of Education, Open University of Sri Lanka
Accepted by Dr. Shironica Karunanayaka, Head, Department of Secondary and Tertiary Education, Open University of Sri Lanka Facutly of Education,
and Professor Dayalatha Lekamge, Dean, Open University of Sri Lanka Facutly of Education 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category B: interactive, electronically delivered materials, which may be supplemented by materials developed in other media

OpenLearn Website - UK Open University
Accepted by Professor Andy Lane, Director of OpenLearn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AWARD RECOGNISING LEARNING EXPERIENCE

DEGREE-GRANTING PROGRAMME

 

 

Mr. Kelly H. Yapa, Papua New Guinea

 

 

 

 

eLEARNING EXPERIENCE IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES

 

 Mr. David Benthu Nthengwe, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

 

 

 

 

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The Commonwealth of Learning is continuing the tradition of recognising and honouring excellence in distance education through awards to be presented during the Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5). The Forum will take place in London, U.K., from 13-17 July 2008. Since its inception as part of COL's tenth anniversary celebrations, the programme has honoured 27 individuals and 20 institutions. It has become a staple of the Pan-Commonwealth Forums on Open Learning where they are conferred.

There are four categories of awards designed to recognise excellence: at the institutional level; in the development of learning materials; in student accomplishment and for a lifetime achievement in and contribution to open and distance learning.

I encourage our colleagues and friends in open and distance learning to submit nominations for the awards and to attend the Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. The Forum is being jointly organised by COL and the University of London as part of its celebrations of 150 years of external studies, a seminal event in the development of distance learning worldwide.

PCF5 will explore how open and distance learning can help to achieve the international development goals and education for all. The conference theme is "Access to Learning for Development", with a focus on four key areas:

• Governance, conflict and social justice
• Health
• Livelihoods
• Provision for children and young people

The Forum's website is www.col.org/pcf5

Sir John Daniel
President and CEO