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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

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’ ...

COL, in collaboration with The Open University (OU), UK supported the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in hosting a Learning Design Workshop from 25 to 29 November 2019. This activity is part of KISE’s ...

The draft Open Educational Resources Strategy for the Republic of Zambia has been finalised with COL’s support.  Representatives from various organisations and ministries concluded their review at a stakeholder consultation in Lusaka ...