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…
Category: Open & Distance Learning
Six Nigerian states to pilot open schooling system
Image: Dr Tony Mays – Education Specialist: Open Schooling – Commonwealth of Learning The Federal Government has selected six northern states for the pilot phase…
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…
Back to School: Pathways for Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in Education
“The rationale of this study rests on a protracted social and global problem: the large number of out-of-school adolescents and youth, especially those living in…
People move around India all the time. Around 9 million moving to live in another state every year while the rates of those migrating within their sta...
Reflection on Creative Commons and OER: Namibia
My first introduction to the use of Creative Commons (CC) licenses and the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) was with the involvement of the…
Langson Chilupula: A Product of Vocational Education and Open Learning
This story presents some of the milestones in the life of Langson Chilupula, a product of open learning and Vocation Education. Langson states, “I am…
Isaac Katete’s Story
Isaac Katete is the teacher at the Kabwe Secondary School teaching Computer studies. He has helped to pioneer the growth of ICT and ODL in…
PCF9 to be held in Edinburgh during 9-12 September 2019
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and The Open University (OU), United Kingdom will co-host COL’s ninth Pan-Commonwealth Forum (PCF9) at BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland during…
Prof. C.B. Sharma visits UBEC to facilitate the establishment of an Open School in Nigeria
Prof. C.B. Sharma, Chairman (Photo: seated and third from left), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has visited the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abuja, Nigeria. The…
International lecturer presides over ODL training
“Professor Asha Singh Kanwar, one of the world’s leading advocates of learning for development, on Friday presided over the lecture on Development and Education at…
Govt to tap diaspora expertise in fresh move to enhance TVET
“A study is underway to determine how many Rwandans living abroad have technical, vocational education and training expertise and would be willing to return home, and…