Designing hybrid learning in a Covid-19 era: a video of my presentation to CiCan members
“I had the privilege on June 12 to give a 37 minute Zoom presentation and discussion to members of Colleges and Institutes Canada, a national…
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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,…
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,…
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 —…
Crashing into online learning: a report from five continents – and some conclusions
“I am beginning to come across reports of how different countries around the world are moving to online learning as a result of Covid-19, and…
First data on the shift to emergency online learning
This is a report of a survey conducted by a team of researchers and U.S. organisations, and with some participation from Canadian organizations, including the CDLRA and George…
Keeping the doors of learning open COVID-19
With an increasing number of states, provinces and even whole countries closing institutions of learning as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 363 million learners…
Webinar: UN UNESCO OER Recommendations, the Way Forward for Member Countries
195 UNESCO member states adopted the UNESCO Recommendation for Future International Collaboration in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) in November 2019. This is…
Addressing the learning crisis: An urgent need to better finance education for the poorest children
A recent UNICEF report published in January 2020, indicates that there is currently a learning crisis and that it is multi-dimensional. The report also indicates…
Creative Commons for Educators and Librarians
The American Library Association (ALA) has partnered with Creative Commons to publish a remix of the CC Certificate course content: Creative Commons for Educators and…
OER-related Resources for Professional Development
It is important that educators build their knowledge, skills, and behaviours that support and improve teaching and learning. Using open educational resources (OER) presents unique…