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Open Educational Resources in the Commonwealth 2021
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Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The present report is the outcome of a study on the status of OER in the Commonwealth conducted in late 2021. Considering the importance of OER in the context of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the findings shall be useful for Member States and educational institutions to mainstream OER. The overall objective is to help countries across the…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Resource Units, International Cooperation
Open Educational Resources in the Commonwealth 2016
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Phalachandra, B.; Abeywardena, Ishan – Commonwealth of Learning, 2016
This study was conducted as part of the OER for Skills Development project of COL, supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The objective of the study was to collect baseline data from Commonwealth institutions with respect to the development, use and reuse of OER; the availability of support; and challenges faced in fostering the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
Transnational Teaching Experiences: An Under-Explored Territory for Transformative Professional Development
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Smith, Karen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2009
In an increasingly global higher education environment, many universities are taking their educational services overseas. One model of overseas provision is through transnational (offshore) education. Transnational teaching challenges the prevailing understanding of an academic role at every level. Transnational teachers are expected to work in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Professional Development, Teaching Experience
Education in the Commonwealth: Towards and beyond the Internationally Agreed Goals
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Menefee, Trey; Bray, Mark – Online Submission, 2012
This report was produced for the 2012 Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers meeting in Mauritius. Its main purpose is to track the historical progress and likelihood of attainment of Education For All and education-specific Millennium Development Goals while also critically reviewing the methods used to track this progress. The analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Development
"Distance Learning" or "Learning at a Distance"? Case Study of an Education Initiative to Deliver an In-Service Bachelors Degree in Zambia
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Smith, Christopher J. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
In 1998, as part of what was then Zambia's Department of Technical Education and Vocational Training's (DTEVT) human resources capacity building initiative, under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational Training (MSTVT), donor funding was secured to provide degree-level training for key teachers and managers within the technical…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Pilot Projects, Adult Vocational Education, Bachelors Degrees
ELT in Development Aid: Defining Aims and Measuring Results. Dunford House Seminar Report (England, United Kingdom, July 18-29, 1988).
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British Council, London (England). – 1989
Proceedings of a seminar on the role of English second language (ELT) training in British technical assistance projects for economic development are presented in the form of a brief analysis of current issues and concerns to participants, a summary of the conference, and related appended materials. This conference focused on defining project…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives