Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has just released “Guidelines on Distance Education during COVID-19” as a resource for policymakers and practitioners in the Commonwealth and beyond. http://hdl.handle.net/11599/3576
To support teacher transition to the new demands generated by the COVID-19 crisis, COL and Athabasca University (AU), Canada are offering two massive open online courses (MOOCs) on online learning. The popular MOOC on Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning, which was originally…
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, COL and the OER Foundation (OERF), New Zealand have joined forces to establish an Open Educational Resources for COVID (OER4COVID) community. The goal is to assist education institutions around the world, especially in the Commonwealth, to transition to…
With an increasing number of states, provinces and even whole countries closing institutions of learning as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, over 80% of the world’s students are not attending school (UNESCO, 2020). COL stands ready to share its…
Responding to the global COVID-19 crisis and with a view to mitigate the disruption of activities at various institutions, COL announces a series of webinars on online learning. There will be nine technical webinar sessions, covering: taxonomy and anatomy of…
In an article published in Distance Education in 2017, I argued against conflating open educational resources (OER) with open education. In fact, since then there has been a growing tendency to use the term “open education” while discussing OER. This practice undermines…
It is with great pleasure that the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) announces the upcoming Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Blended Learning Practice”, scheduled to take place from March 1 to March 28, 2020. This free 4-week course, provided by COL…
Have you heard of TikTok? If not, let me introduce you to this new kid on the social media block that uses 15-second videos. It is currently one of the fastest growing apps with over 1 billion users, and 800…
by Barbara Khavugwi MakhayaeLearning Systems Support SpecialisteCampus of Maseno University, Kenya Maseno University is a public university in Kenya. The University established its eLearning department in 2010. The use of eLearning for high enrollment common courses is an emerging trend…