Teaching in a Digital Age available as a course
4 August 2020
What underlying principles guide effective teaching and learning in a Digital Age and what are the key skills needed? These are just some of the areas covered in the new course released by COL to help improve the quality of teaching in campus- ...
July 2020 issue of Connections now available
29 July 2020
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Education during COVID-19: the Commonwealth response
“Pandemics, natural disasters and social/political ...
Considering the strengths of distance and online learning to provide workable solutions, and recognising the need for collaboration to serve these demands, COL has brought together institutions and organisations committed to supporting ...
COL’s course on OER for Online Learning to be offered to 18,000 teachers in Trinidad and Tobago
27 July 2020
Following the initial success of its online course on OER for Online Learning, COL will be offering the course for up to 18,000 teachers in Trinidad and Tobago at the request of the Ministry of Education.
According to Ms Aneisa Singh, Teacher ...
Skills training helps bridge gender gap in Malawi
22 July 2020
With COL’s support, 225 vulnerable women and girls from Mchinji District of Malawi have acquired valuable skills for sustainable livelihoods. They have benefited from training in shoemaking as part of the Lifelong Learning for Mothers (L3M) project ...
COL launches survey to improve website
17 July 2020
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Reskilling for new livelihoods
15 July 2020
With world economies jolted down by COVID-19, there is a critical need to identify and develop relevant workforce skills. In India, it is reported that around 140 million laborers have lost their jobs and livelihoods due to COVID-19. The social ...
COL has responded to a request from Zambia’s Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) to build the capacity of TVET educators in online learning. In partnership with the Technical and Vocational Teachers College (TVTC), a cascading train-the-trainers ...
A blended event on 18 June 2020, combining a smaller in-person gathering with a larger web conference, marked the end of the first offering of a mobile-based MOOC on corporate literacy jointly offered by COL and India’s National Bank for Agriculture ...
COL’s partnership with the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) in creating new blended courses was recently acknowledged by the Hon Jeffrey Lloyd, Minister of Education.
Speaking in Parliament on 16 June 2020, the Minister mentioned ...
