International Webinar on Open Schooling
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has organised an international webinar on 24th August 2021 at 10:30 am (IST) via Zoom to explore the…
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BOU Open Schooling E-Learning Portal Launch
Official Launch Of The Bou Open Schooling E-learning Portal And The Pilot Of The Oer For Junior Certificate Business Subjects by Botswana Open University (Bou)…
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…
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…
Enter the 2021 Commonwealth Education Awards for good practice
Education institutions, teachers and school leaders can now submit entries for the 2021 Commonwealth education awards for good practice. Send in your entry for the 2021 Commonwealth Education Awards now. Deadline…
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…
Enabling access to online learning for the poor
“Collis, V. and Vegas, E. (2020) Unequally disconnected: access to online learning in the US Brookings Institute Education plus Development, June 22 This blog post is…
Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education
“This report summarises the results of a survey of European libraries on Open Education (OE) and Open Education Resources (OER) prepared by SPARC Europe in…
AoC president Steve Frampton: the future of assessment is now
“Currently when it comes to assessment in education, the sector is, like most others, still in the dark ages, with the standard pen and paper…