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 …
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 …
Enhancing STEM teaching: Integrating OER and technology for effective learning Read More »
We are currently seeking a team to conduct the mid-term evaluation of the Partnership for ODFL in the Pacific Project covering the period from 1 November 2020 – 30 November 2022. Eligibility: The process of selection will be premised on at least three factors: (1) established competence in M&E of multi-country projects with evidence of …
[DATE EXTENDED] Call for proposals: Mid-term Evaluation Read More »
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 …
A Special Parallel Session @ PCF10: Strategies and Solutions for ODFL in the Pacific Read More »
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. …
PCF10 Inauguration Addressed by the Hon. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Prime Minister of Samoa Read More »
[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 …
Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami: glimpses of news from international sources Read More »
We are pleased to share with you that you can now receive announcements about courses and other project updates via WhatsApp! Please add this number +1 604 210 7180 to your WhatsApp contacts and send us just one word “yes” if you wish to be registered in our contact list and receive information.
COL is seeking TVET institutions from the Pacific to undertake projects to apply a TVET Online Toolkit in their institutions. The resources that will be available in the Toolkit by this month are designed to contribute to enhancing the capacity and efficiency of the TVET sector in the Pacific. The resources will be able to …
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We are pleased to announce that a Facebook Page for the Pacific Partnership project has been launched! Please follow us at https://www.facebook.com/PacificPartnership4ODFL/ for our most recent news and announcements.
We are pleased to announce that after series of regional consultation workshop on Online Open Distance Learning (ODL) Course Catalogue over the last two months, a Request for Proposal (RfP) has been published to seek a contractor who could upgrade/re-develop a catalogue available to teachers in the Pacific. A prototype was developed as an example …
Request for Proposal(RFP): Online ODL Course Catalogue Read More »