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COL has been assisting Kenya to ensure learning continuity in the face of COVID-19 by using video-based educational content. A collaboration with ElimuTV has resulted in more than 10,000 views of relevant content in just four weeks. Accessible in ...

COL’s comprehensive support to the Mann Deshi Foundation (MDF) in India has helped empower the most vulnerable persons to withstand the economic impact of COVID-19. In November 2020, MDF launched the Mann Deshi eBazaar, a digital platform for rural ...

COL’s online course ‘Understanding Open Educational Resources' (OER)  won a prestigious Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for excellence in the Learning Management Measurement/Business Impact Tools category. The win was announced on 10 December ...

The eighth offering of the popular MOOC on Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning  (TEL) starts on 10 January 2021. The five-week course, offered by COL in partnership with Athabasca University, Canada, is designed for teachers in diverse ...

With support from CEMCA, Uttarkhand Open University (UOU) hosted an online workshop in November 2020 to raise faculty awareness about different aspects of using virtual labs to perform science experiments. Inaugurating the two-day workshop, UOU ...

An online co-design workshop was organised by COL in November 2020 in collaboration with The Open University (OU), UK to initiate the development of two Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in inclusive education–‘Inclusive Teaching and Learning’ and ...

Image ©2020 http://www.nobelprize.org COL President and CEO Professor Asha Kanwar spoke about the benefits of distance education at the Nobel Week Dialogue: The Challenge of Learning. The event brought together eight Nobel Laureates and ...

The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) held the 20th annual meeting of its Advisory Council in a virtual mode on 1 December 2020 to review progress. COL President and CEO Professor Asha Kanwar chaired the meeting, and ...

The Pacific Regional Channel recently launched by COL to support education needs in the Pacific Island States is expected to improve STEM outcomes for Fiji students. Presenting the new initiative to local audiences, The Honourable Rosy Akbar, ...

Image Courtesy of OEB. COL President and CEO Professor Asha Kanwar delivered a keynote talk at Online Educa Berlin, the global, cross-sector event on technology supported learning and training. The 26th edition, which runs through 4 December 2020 ...