Happy 63rd Independence Day, Uganda!
Uganda continues to make significant strides in inclusive and sustainable education, including strengthening its efforts in open and distance learning. COL values its partnerships with the Ministry of Education & Sports, Makerere University, Gulu University, Kyambogo University, Uganda Management Institute (UMI) , Digital Woman Uganda (DWU), PLAVIO, KampaBits, and RUFORUM.
Recent achievements with these institutions across Uganda include:
- Empowering 6,000+ learners with skills courses, including 4,500 women and girls.
- Training over 147 government staff on gender equality.
- Strengthening blended learning at UMI with over 5,000 students enrolled.
- Supporting farmers with digital learning tools to improve agriculture and livelihoods.
These achievements reflect Uganda’s commitment to equity, resilience, and innovation in education and community development.
Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda Makerere University Gulu University
Kyambogo University Digital Woman Uganda
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Honouring teachers: yesterday and every day.
Though World Teachers’ Day was yesterday, the commitment continues: the Commonwealth of Learning reaffirms our commitment to elevating teacher collaboration in open & distance learning (ODL) across the Commonwealth.
In our latest news article, we spotlight 4 key lessons:
- Teachers’ innovation, agility, and peer-driven learning are central to quality education, not just technology alone.
- COL’s virtual labs in STEM teaching unite teachers across borders (Africa, the Caribbean) in communities of practice, enhancing digital pedagogical skills collaboratively.
- COL’s Beyond Numbers initiative brought together pre- and in-service institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, enabling 700+ teachers to develop new skills via ODL and peer support.
With the rise of AI, COL’s AI for Teachers project (in partnership with the Inter-University Council of East Africa) is helping institutions co-create policy, curriculum, and ethical guidance for AI in education.
Read the full article to see how we’re turning the “Recasting Teaching as a Collaborative Profession” theme into actions across the Commonwealth.
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The shortlist of finalists for the Open Education Global (OEGlobal) Awards 2025 is out, and we’re delighted to share that COL and its team has been recognised for their contributions.
Congratulations to COL’s Anne-Marie Scott and Sanjaya Mishra, both nominated in the Individual Awards Leader category. In addition, COL was nominated for Open online courses for the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance, and Flexible Learning, which contributed to a series of OER online courses. Guided by Tony Mays, Director: Education at COL, these courses were created to build capacity in digital skills and open, distance, and flexible learning across the Pacific region in response to the educational challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anne-Marie Scott shares, "I am both delighted and humbled to be recognised by this nomination for an OEGlobal award. These awards are special because they are by and for the global open community, recognising all the different ways in which open educational approaches can take us towards greater equity, inclusion, and a more socially-just world."
Sanjaya Mishra added, “It feels good to be on the shortlist of OE Global Awards. This is a recognition for our work at the Commonwealth of Learning, which provides opportunity to advocate and support spreading of open education around the Commonwealth and globally.”
The annual Open Education Awards for Excellence recognizes outstanding contributions in the Open Education community, recognizing exemplary Individuals, distinctive Open Educational Resources, and innovative Open Practices from around the world.
There were 193 nominations of open excellence this year, from which the short list of 48 have been drawn. Twenty-three of the nominations are from Commonwealth countries, with strong showings for UK, Canada, and Australia. The final awards will be announced in a live webcast on 17 October 2025.
Video credit: Open Education Global
Open Education Group
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