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…
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…
COL launches survey to improve website
The Commonwealth of Learning invites you to participate in a survey to improve the functionality and design of this website. Please click below to let us…
OECS Commission and CXC-Notesmaster Collaborate to Help Teachers and Students in Dominica
The OECS CXC-Notesmaster program is aimed at supporting Ministries of Education across the OECS, in building on their existing ICT capacities and generating new digital…
Radio Education
The radio was first invented in 1895, but has been used an educational tool for the last 80 years. In celebration of World radio Day…
Technology Tools for Teachers
Technology Tools for Teachers is a good resource for those interested in using technology to enhance learning. The resources was prepared by the Commonwealth Educational…
World’s Largest Lesson in 2017
World’s Largest Lesson introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to children and young people everywhere and unites them in action. 17 Global Goals to achieve…