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: Pacific
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…
Register now for PCF9 Online Forum
The ninth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF9) will take place from 9-12 September 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Can’t wait? You can participate in the…
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…
Earth Day 2019
Each year on April 22, millions of people around the world come together to demonstrate their support for environmental protection. Since the first Earth Day…
Climate Change in Education OER
“Climate change poses a major threat to humanity. Researchers and communities have shown us that climate change affects where people can live, grow food, maintain…
Open Access News Collection
In celebration of Open Education Week 2019, we have put together a collection of news feeds designed to highlight the range of relevant voices in…
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…
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…
World Teachers’ Day 2018
Video: President’s Message for World Teachers’ Day 2018 World Teachers’ Day 2018 will mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) that…
Schools in New Zealand implementing Creative Commons licenses
CC Pukeko from Creative Commons Aotearoa NZ on Vimeo. We recently came across this video about Creative Commons in schools. This refers to the growing…
Global Trends in OER: What is the Future?
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any educational materials, which are available on an open license or in the public domain that may be freely accessed,…