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Beyond the Forum: Digital pathways for inclusive open education 

A BI-MONTHLY SERIES EXPLORING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS    Overview  This online interaction is…

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Small states, big lessons: How Malta and 3CL advance ethical digital learning

By Dr Alex Grech, Executive Director, Commonwealth Centre for Connected Learning (3CL)  Since…

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COL and IUCEA Sign an MOU to Drive Digital Innovation in East Africa

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Inter-University Council for East Africa…

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Commonwealth of Learning
2 hours ago
Thank you to the Ope

Thank you to the Open University of Kenya for its partnership in advancing micro-credentials and TVET. We look forward to strengthening our collaboration and exploring new opportunities for regional cooperation on open educational resources and AI in teacher education.

#OpenEducation #highereducation #teachereducation #DigitalLearning The Open University of KenyaOUK HOSTS COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING EDUCATION SPECIALIST

The Open University of Kenya (OUK) hosted Dr. Betty Obura Ogange, Education Specialist for Teacher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning(COL), Canada, during a courtesy visit.

The engagement aligns with OUK’s commitment to advancing accessible, inclusive and technology-enabled learning through regional and international partnerships.

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Commonwealth of Learning
3 hours ago
As millions of young

As millions of young people prepare to enter a rapidly changing world of work, developing countries could face an employment gap of roughly 800 million jobs over the next 10 to 15 years.

With accelerating technological advancement and shifting economic demands, meeting this challenge means developing skills not only for today’s jobs, but also for emerging opportunities.

Drawing on the recent WorldSkills events in Shanghai, Gopesh Tewari, Adviser: Skills at COL, explores how AI and green skills can open new pathways to employment, entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods. In our latest blog, he highlights how COL is helping young people and communities across its member countries gain future-ready skills, including those needed for climate-smart agriculture and the green and blue bioeconomies.

Read more: www.col.org/news/from-ai-to-agriculture-rethinking-skills-for-the-future/

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Commonwealth of Learning
5 hours ago
Zambia is taking imp

Zambia is taking important steps towards more open and inclusive teacher education.

At a recent workshop on Openness in Teacher Education, hosted by the University of Zambia as part of COL’s Network for Open Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (NOTES), 38 teacher educators explored how to create Open Educational Resources and use AI responsibly.

Through practical sessions and peer learning, participants explored best practices in quality assurance, accessible design and open licensing.

With Wits School of Education leading the Southern Africa Node and the Africa Deans of Education Forum supporting institutional mobilisation, NOTES is building a Network of Practice that connects educators to share expertise, co-create resources and strengthen institutional capacity for inclusive teacher education.

#TeacherEducation #OER #NOTES The University of Zambia -UNZA Wits - University of the Witwatersrand ...

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Webinar #11: Professionalising Youth Work through Micro-Credentials June 10, 2026 Chair: Dr Schontal Moore, VUSSC Adviser, COL Presenters: Dr Mmabaledi Seeletso, Director, Southern African Development Community Centre for Distance Education (SADC-CDE) at Botswana Open University (BOU), Botswana Dr Gary Pluim, Associate Professor of Social Foundations and Intercultural Education, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Orillia, Canada Dr Kirk Perris, Digital Learning Strategist and Researcher, British Columbia, Canada Mr Jacob Kearey-Moreland, PhD student, Educational Studies, Lakehead University, Orillia, Canada Dr Kabo Diraditsile, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Botswana Open University (BOU), Botswana Topic: “Micro-credentials, Youth Work, and Professional Identity: Lessons from Botswana” View other webinars in the VUSSC Voices Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXN-JCVb8z8Awa5Q_7MhO5-niyV9oQYbl&si=FVPmofuJWaI9CWFS Explore our upcoming webinars and stay up to date with the latest sessions: https://www.col.org/webinars ---- This video is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0. ---- www.col.org | X: @col4d | facebook.com/COL4D |
Professionalising Youth Work through Micro-Credentials
On World Environment Day 2026, Frances Ferreira, Senior Adviser: Women and Girls, COL, highlights why women and girls must be at the centre of climate action. Featuring voices from COL's Empowering Women and Girls (EWG) project, implemented with the generous support of Global Affairs Canada, this video showcases how women and girls in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Mozambique are advancing climate action through environmental education, disaster preparedness, and climate-smart agriculture. #WorldEnvironmentDay #ClimateAction #WomenAndGirls #ClimateResilience ---- This video is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0. ---- www.col.org | X: @col4d | facebook.com/COL4D
World Environment Day 2026
Webinar 1 of 3 in series on Empowering Teacher Education through GenAI Literacy, Co-Creation and Innovation, was held 16 January 2026. The webinar focuses on strengthening educators' understanding of Generative AI, including its opportunities, risks, and ethical use in teaching and learning. COL in partnership with the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), Ghana, is implementing Phase 2 of the Teacher-in-the-Loop AI project. This phase emphasizes co-creative mentoring to effectively and responsibly integrate OER and GenAI into teacher education in Ghana. ---- This video is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0. ---- www.col.org | X: @col4d | facebook.com/COL4D |
AI Literacy for Teacher Education

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