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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

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A two-day national w

A two-day national workshop on AI in teacher education is underway at the University of Pretoria’s Hillcrest Campus, South Africa.

Hosted by Future Africa — the University of Pretoria’s collaborative platform for research addressing Africa’s most urgent contemporary challenges — and convened by the Department of Higher Education and Training, South Africa, together with COL, the session is bringing together key stakeholders to strengthen national capacity on AI literacy and transformation in education.

The engagement is expected to contribute to the development of policy recommendations on AI in teacher education, helping shape a more inclusive, future-ready education system for South Africa and the continent.

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📆Register for our upcoming webinar on 15 June!

Featuring the work and expertise of Professor Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto, Esq., Associate Professor of Information Technology and Education at the University of Ghana and a legal practitioner specialising in IT law, the session will explore how technology, policy, legal frameworks, and learners’ rights can support more inclusive, equitable, and effective learner support in ODL.

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COL was honoured to

COL was honoured to come together in London with our three sister intergovernmental organisations to reaffirm our shared commitment to learning across the Commonwealth.

This Board Meeting brought together members from every corner of the Commonwealth, united by a shared vision for open, inclusive, and lifelong learning, and a collective commitment to unlocking the potential of the Commonwealth’s 2.7 billion citizens.

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OER Practices in West Africa Webinar Series #2: Practices for AI-Enabled Open Educational Resources in Nigerian Higher Education Institutions 21 April 2026 Facilitator: Professor Jane-Frances Abu, COL Adviser: Higher Education Presenter : Professor Adenike Modinah Oladayo Abdul Raheem, a distinguished scholar in chemistry and open and distance learning, and a leader in advancing ODL in Nigeria and beyond. The Q&A session was moderated by Dr Nkem E. Osuigwe. View upcoming COL webinars at 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
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Beyond the Forum Webinar #3: Skills development through lifelong learning 17 April 2026 Speakers and presentations: 1) Dr Marcia Rowe Amonde, Senior Director, HEART National Training Agency, Jamaica – The Voices of TVET Learners: Perspectives on Online Learning Among Learners in Five TVET Institutions in Jamaica; 2) Mr Jonathan JS Kovilpillai, Programme Manager of the Digital Learning Hub, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia – Generative AI for Achieving Instructional Alignment in TVET: A Conceptual Framework and Case Study; 3) Mr Joseph Orina Makori, Education Technical Solutions Expert, Kenya School of TVET – Barriers to Accreditation of Online Learning Programmes in Kenyan TVET Institutions: A Study of Policy, Infrastructure, and Institutional Readiness. View upcoming COL webinars at 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
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Webinar #10: Advancing ODL Through Policy, Practice and Capacity Building April 29, 2026 Chair: Dr Schontal Moore, VUSSC Adviser, COL Presenter: Dr Hermancia Eugene-Zamore, Dean of Academic Affairs, Dominica State College. Topic: “Advancing Online Learning at Dominica State College (DSC): Policy, Practice and Faculty Development” 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
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