The Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning

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 [...]

Eleven countries with ‘good practice’ in e-learning

Trucano, M. (2010) ICT & Education: Eleven Countries to Watch — and Learn From EduTech, January 29

EduTech is a World Bank Blog on ICT use in education. Trucano excludes North America, Western Europe and Australia, as much is already known about these countries (see for instance the excellent Re.Vica wiki). Instead, he focuses [...]

Open schools in developing countries

Bermingham, D. (2009) Changing the technology of learning Connections, October

Article about the need for open and distance learning to be included in development programs funded by international donors and agencies.

The article provides some fascinating data: for instance, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in India, which was launched in 1979, has [...]

Great expectations for e-learning in 2010

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In the Globe and Mail on December 19, Leah McLaren wrote:

‘We are living in an Era of Perpetual Advice – and almost none of it is any good….the truth is, if you had a monkey throwing darts, you’d have a better [...]

Outsourcing e-learning to India

Researchandmarkets (2009) e-learning Outsourcing 2009: Advantage India Dublin, Ireland: Researchandmarkets

Researchandmarkets is one of the largest commercial market research organizations. They have published a report on outsourcing e-learning to India. From the report:

In recent times, corporations, educational institutions and governments have started re-examining the way training and education are imparted. e-learning [...]