Triple Wins from L3F for a Woman Farmer in India
31 January 2020
Ms Kalarani, a farmer from Alathuranpatti, Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, India, and mother of two, juggles multiple responsibilities. She credits COL’s Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) programme for helping her significantly ...
With a two-day meeting in Saint Lucia, COL launched a series of consultations to identify key regional priorities and guide the development of its new strategic plan. The event brought together COL’s Focal Points from Antigua and Barbuda, ...
COL Introduces Accessibility Features on Website
24 January 2020
With a view to empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has now made its website more accessible to the visually impaired. The site is now equipped with assistive technology for ...
COL welcomes NOUN Chair in Vancouver
24 January 2020
COL is continuing to strengthen institutional partnerships and offer solutions to improve the quality of online education across the Commonwealth. On 22 January 2020, Peter Okebukola, Distinguished Professor of Science and Computer Education, Africa ...
Teachers in Ghana trained in problem-based learning
16 January 2020
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) has been recognised as one of the learner-centred pedagogies with the potential to influence learning outcomes in the school system of Ghana. COL supported a recent workshop at Tamale College of Education (TACE) to ...
Strengthening capacity of government and financial institutions in Tanzania to use Cognitive Social Capital
10 January 2020
Through its Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) Programme, COL is supporting the development of innovative credit-guarantee models as a means to achieve enhanced social and economic outcomes and promote the transition from meso- to macro-scale ...
Skills in Demand Taps into Informal Apprenticeships to Create New Pathways to Employment
23 December 2019
COL’s ‘Skills in Demand’ model seeks to improve livelihoods for individuals in developing Commonwealth countries by matching skills development to industry and community needs, and in this way creating a pathway to employment and entrepreneurship. ...
CEMCA Hosts Annual Meeting of Its Advisory Council
22 December 2019
The 19th annual meeting of the Advisory Council of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) was held earlier this month in New Delhi, India. COL President and CEO, Professor Asha Kanwar, served as the chair of the meeting. ...
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Integrates Technology into Teaching and Learning
17 December 2019
COL is supporting Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) in implementing the “Digital Bangladesh” 2021 Vision through the application of technology-enabled learning (TEL). In December 2019, a capacity-building workshop was ...
COL is supporting partners to build capacity in open, distance and technology-enabled learning and in monitoring and evaluation of these programmes to track results.
Towards this end, a training session was held at the National Teachers’ ...
