Chapter 1: The Need for and Nature of Open Schooling
Chapter 1 explores the need for and nature of open schooling. It also outlines some of the ways in which COL has sought to help…
Category: African
Addressing the Learning Needs of Out-of-School Children and Youths through the Expansion of Open Schooling
Abstract At any one time, about 300 million children of school going age are not in school. Experience indicates that when schooling is disrupted, whether…
Teacher professional development and curriculum: Enhancing teacher professionalism in Africa
The relationship between student and teacher is central to the learning process. This deep interconnection and the centrality of the teacher to supporting and enabling…
The Effect of Covid-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology
In May we encouraged the community to participate in the eLearning Africa / EdTech Hub Survey on Covid-19 and Education. The aim was to find…
Chernor Bah: Without schools, girls lose a network of social safety nets
Source: The Learnit Podcast Show notes – – Twitter: @Cee_Bah – More about Chernor’s work: www.wearepurposeful.org/ – Remote learning through radio broadcasting: www.unicef.org/wca/stories/covid-19-sierra-leone-education – Karo Kura, creative drama…
Digital Literacy Lab for Educators
The Commonwealth Centre for Connected Learning (3CL) and Dilectae to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) entitled ‘Digital Literacy Lab for Educators’. This course…
COL’s work in Open Schooling
Dr. Tony Mays is currently the Education Specialist – Open Schooling, Commonwealth of Learning. In the following video Dr. Mays provides an update on COL’s…
The Blue Economy: Creating an Enabling Environment
The Commonwealth of Learning is once again partnering with the University of Seychelles to offer a second free MOOC on the Blue Economy! This free…
Three key components of the new school classroom
By Dr Tony Mays, COL Education Specialist: Open Schooling Source: originally published on the Commonwealth of Learning website at https://www.col.org/news/col-blog/three-key-components-new-school-classroom Children learn things naturally. With…
Prof. Rose Ruto-Korir Elected as COMOSA Chapter Chair for Africa
I am pleased to announce that Prof. Rose Ruto-Korir has been elected as the Chapter Chair for Africa, succeeding Charity Chibwe Mbolela Bwalya. Her position…
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…
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…