Tools and Resources for Gender Mainstreaming in ODL/OER/TEL

Part of COL’s work to build capacity on gender equality includes developing tools and resources for government, education and non-government partners on how to mainstream gender in ODL/OER/TEL.

Tools for Gender Mainstreaming in ODL/OER/TEL

• Gender Scorecard 2.0: Instructions and Templates
• Learning Resources Gender Evaluation Rubric
• Checklist for the Development of Gender-Responsive Learning Materials

Gender in ODL Resources

• Policy Brief: Addressing Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 in Education and Training
• Policy Brief: Creating New Opportunities for Women and Girls: Enhancing Women’s and Girls’ Success in Technical and Vocational Education
• Gender Guidelines for the Sri Lanka Open School System

Fostering Thought Leadership on Gender in ODL/OER/TEL

COL is uniquely positioned in its work across 54 member states, with entire ecosystems around education, to foster thought leadership on Gender in ODL/OER/TEL. This includes through our signature Pan-Commonwealth Forum that welcomes submissions from academics and other practitioners, through dialogue in international fora, and by publishing the work of leaders in diverse ODL communities of practice.

COL Publications on Gender in ODL

• Women and Leadership in Open and Distance Learning and Development
• Boys’ Underperformance in Education: Revisiting the Issue in the Commonwealth

PCF Paper Series: Gender in ODL/OER/TEL

COL’s flagship event, the Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF) held triennially, attracts hundreds of delegates from across the globe to explore applications of open and distance learning in widening educational access, bridging the digital divide and advancing the social and economic development of communities and nations at large. Presentations from diverse perspectives are always encouraged and through the years there have been many from a gender perspective. Some of these are listed below.

• Open Learning Communities for Development: Revisiting the Gender Dimensions

• Empowering Female Prisoners in Africa: The Open and Distance Learning Option

• Making Learning More Accessible for Women: The Practitioners’ Viewpoint

International Presentations

• Promoting Learning for Sustainable Development, COL President & CEO at the Commonwealth Day Virtual Event hosted by Global Affairs Canada, 8 March 2021
• OER in the Time of COVID: Lessons Learned, COL President & CEO at European Distance and E-Learning Network’s Open Education Week on 1 March 2021
• Building Back Better: digital learning & skills, COL President and CEO at Virtual Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers for Women’s Affairs and Gender and Development on COVID-19, 3 September 2020
• From Data to Difference!, COL President & CEO at the March 2020 Side Event at CSW64/Beijing + 25 (2020)