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…
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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…
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…
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…
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,…