https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262615

journals.plos.org

Are we there yet? A systematic literature review of Open Educational Resources in Africa: A combined content and bibliometric analysis

Although several studies have been conducted to summarize the progress of open educational resources (OER) in specific regions, only a limited number of studies summarize OER in Africa. Therefore, this paper presents a systematic literature review to explore…

https://www.col.org/news/cols-course-platform-wins-international-technology-awards/

Commonwealth of Learning

COL’s course platform wins international technology awards

COLCommons, a platform for competency-based, professional-development micro-courses launched by COL earlier this year has won three international awards.

Commonwealth of Learning announces the 10th edition of its popular #MOOC on Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning in collaboration with Athabasca University. The five week course starts on November 7. Registration open at http://www.telmooc.ca/

Mind blowing episode of Silver Lining for Learning -- a must watch.
Blended learning is a boundary object, that holds together a community of practice but it is very weak. -- Charles Dziuban

https://youtu.be/lG0xShfNBis

YouTube

Silver Lining for Learning, Episode 69: Untangling adaptive learning on the way to Tangelo Park

Silver Lining for Learning, Episode 69: Untangling adaptive learning on the way to Tangelo Park with Charles Dzuiban & Patsy Moskal Silver Lining for Learning is an ongoing conversation on the future of learning with educators and education leaders from…

Register to participate in an international discussion forum on "Rethinking and Redesigning National Smart Education Strategy" to be held between 11-25 August 2021, organised by Commonwealth of Learning and UNESCO International Institute for Technology in Education. Register here:
https://colsurvey.limequery.com/385685?lang=en

Read the news at https://www.col.org/news/news/col-host-discussion-forum-smart-education

Kindly circulate in your network. COL announces a new MOOC for skills development in the area of Social Media Marketing.
https://www.col.org/news/news/mooc-social-media-marketing-starts-8-march

The Year that was: Looking back at 2020
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/year-looking-back-2020-sanjaya-mishra

LinkedIn

The Year that was: Looking back at 2020

It is that time of the year when we start reflecting on what we achieved and what we did not (i.e.

Some Great Books on Education in 2020
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/some-great-books-education-2020-sanjaya-mishra

LinkedIn

Some Great Books on Education in 2020

The year 2020 has been phenomenal in providing us an example of what it really means to be called as disruption and uncertainty. We worked from home relentlessly to continue supporting teaching and learning.

Why is it difficult to change?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-difficult-change-sanjaya-mishra

LinkedIn

Why is it difficult to change?

Change is a continuous and inevitable process. If organisations do not take steps to change according to time and contexts, they become part of history or are usually forced to change.