By Tony Bates, on August 19th, 2010
Le Meridien Kochi
The Sixth Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF6) will take place from 24-28 November 2010 at Le-Meridien, Cochin Resort & Convention Centre (Kochi, Kerala), India. The theme of PCF6 is: Access and Success in Learning: Global Development Perspectives.
The Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning has grown to become one [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Moon, B. (2010) Time for radical change in teacher education Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1
In this opinion piece, Bob Moon, of the UK Open University, comments:
‘In country after country, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the vast majority of resources are going to campus, residential training programmes extending for up to [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Commonwealth of Learning (2010) LIVES: Mobile phones for learning Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1
In a blog posting in December (2009), I wrote that a priority for e-learning for 2010 was the development of educational applications for mobile learning, particularly for developing countries. Well, the Commonwealth of Learning and the University of British [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Commonwealth of Learning (2010) Lifelong learning for farmers: Sri Lanka Connections, February, Vol. 15, No. 1
The Commonwealth of Learning has expanded its lifelong learning for farmers program into Sri Lanka, to support mushroom farming.
Computer facilities are being provided by the University of Ruhuna and the Vidatha Centre. Future plans include expanding marketing [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Commonwealth of Learning (2010) Samoa workshop develops VUSSC maritime training materials Connections, February Vol. 15, No. 1
The Virtual University of the Small States of the Commonwealth is one of the more interesting international distance education consortia, and seems to be gaining some traction.
Twenty-five educators from 13 countries took part in VUSSC’s seventh [...]
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