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COL at the ICDE World Conference 2025

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COL’s Vice-President, Anne-Marie Scott, represented the organisation at the ICDE World Conference 2025 in New Zealand. The four-day conference brought together institutions, policymakers, and education leaders to discuss developments in open, distance, and digital learning, with sessions exploring policy, innovation, emerging technologies, and global collaboration. COL’s participation supported ongoing engagement with international partners and contributed […]

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Professor Ioana Chan Mow Named COL Honorary Fellow

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Gaborone, Botswana – September 2025 – The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has conferred the title of Honorary Fellow on Professor Ioana Chan Mow of Samoa, recognising her exceptional contributions to technology-enabled learning and inclusive education across the Pacific. Professor Chan Mow was honoured alongside four other distinguished leaders at the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open

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Strengthening Women’s Skills and Cultural Heritage in Tonga

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In May 2025, the Langa Fakalakalaka ‘a Fafine Tonga programme was launched to advance cultural preservation while expanding opportunities for women to earn and lead. Organised by Langafonua ‘A Fafine Tonga with support from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and funding from New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), the initiative brought together

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Teaching in a Digital Age: Insights from the DS4TC21 Course

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From June 9 to July 11, 2025, the Digital Skills for Teaching in the 21st Century (DS4TC21) course brought together educators from across the Commonwealth in a fully online learning experience designed to strengthen digital competencies—especially for those working in low-resource or remote teaching environments. Hosted across WordPress, Moodle, and Discourse, the course offered five

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Digitalisation and Future Learning

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You are invited to join the @COL4D “Digitalisation and Future Learning” webinar on 25 September 2024, from 1700 to 1830 hrs Pacific Standard Time (PST North America) and 1100 hrs in Suva, Fiji, on Thursday the 26 September 2024. This interactive session will feature a distinguished panel, including serving Education Ministers and senior officials from

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Enhancing STEM teaching: Integrating OER and technology for effective learning

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On January 25-26, 2024, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts, Fiji, and the Centre for Flexible Learning, the University of the South Pacific organised a workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER) and technology for STEM, where 21 staff from the Curriculum development unit at the ministry attended. This was an introductory

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A Special Parallel Session @ PCF10: Strategies and Solutions for ODFL in the Pacific

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On September 15, 2022, a special parallel session convened over 40 key policymakers, educators and practitioners from the Pacific to review the progress of open, distance, and flexible learning (ODFL) in the Pacific, share lessons learned and discuss a way forward. This was also an opportunity to share information on the ‘Partnership for ODFL in

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PCF10 Inauguration Addressed by the Hon. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Prime Minister of Samoa

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The 10th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF10) was held in Calgary, Canada from September 14th to 16th, 2022, bringing ministers of education, university vice-chancellors, senior officials, plus a range of educators and open and distance learning (ODL) practitioners from around the Commonwealth and beyond. PCF10 Day 2 featured the Inaugural address by the Hon.

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Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami: glimpses of news from international sources

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[Image by Planet Labs, Inc. via Wikimedia Commons under under CC BY SA 4.0] First aid flights arrive in Tonga after big volcano eruption | Washington Post 80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami | | UN News Tonga’s volcano blast cut it off from the world. Here’s what it will

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