Elect Your New COMOSA Africa Chapter Chair
The role of Chapter Chair for Africa has become vacant and we are seeking to elect a new chair to continue the work of championing…
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COL launches survey to improve website
The Commonwealth of Learning invites you to participate in a survey to improve the functionality and design of this website. Please click below to let us…
Education, inequality and innovation in the time of COVID-19
“On 13 March 2020, during the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, JET Education Services (JET) released the special Bulletin, Extending the…
Building education resilience: focus of the Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning in 2022
“The Commonwealth of Learning is pleased to announce that the 10th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF10) will be held in Calgary, Canada, in September 2022,…
Building capacity of TVET educators in Zambia in the face of COVID-19
“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…
Narend Baijnath named Chair of the Board of Governors of Commonwealth of Learning
“Professor Narend Baijnath, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Higher Education (CHE), South Africa has been named Chair of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth…
50,000 unemployed citizens of the Commonwealth can now gain skills with COL- Coursera support
“The COL-Coursera Workforce Recovery Programme has now been scaled up to offer new skills to 50,000 unemployed citizens of the Commonwealth. Launched in May 2020,…
Supporting Kenyan teachers towards inclusive education
“In partnership with Kenya’s Ministry of Education and the Kenya Institute of Special Education, COL has supported the development of an innovative school-based teacher development…
Opinion: Reimagining education — this is the moment to think big
“When schools began shutting worldwide to combat the spread of COVID-19, a deepening global learning crisis followed. A generation of children and young people —…
Sharing Africa’s knowledge through open data
“This post is the third in a series on sharing African research outputs, using open licensing. This post concentrates on open data. Open data means…
Supporting blended learning at KAFUCO, Kenya
“COL has been working with Kaimosi Friends University College (KAFUCO) to implement technology-enabled learning (TEL) with the goal of building teacher capacity in blended learning.…
Online consultations held with COL Focal Points from Africa and Europe
“COL held online consultations with Focal Points from Africa and Europe on 28 – 29 April 2020 to engage these key stakeholders in the development…