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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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Building more flexible pathways to higher education begins with strengthening how institutions teach and deliver learning.

Our collaboration with The University of Bamenda in Cameroon is focused on strengthening institutional capacity for open and distance learning, helping create more flexible and equitable opportunities for students.

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Commonwealth of Learning
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Micro-credentials are creating new pathways for flexible learning, skills development and employability.

We are pleased to collaborate with the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to advance the development of a quality-assured micro-credentials framework, expanding opportunities for lifelong learning and helping learners build skills relevant to a changing world of work.

#microcredentials #lifelonglearning #skillsdevelopment #highereducation #nigeria National Open University of Nigeria - NOUN ...

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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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