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Evaluation Report on Three Regional Centres Established by the Commonwealth of Learning
McGreal, Rory

PublishedDecember 2020
PublisherCommonwealth of Learning
CountryNigeria, Fiji, Botswana

ABSTRACT
This evaluation report reflects on the activities of three Regional Centres (RCs) established by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and regional partners. Regional Centres engage in capacity building and expansion of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in their respective regions, and to complement COL initiatives, particularly those relating to Technology Enabled Learning, Teacher Education, Technical/Vocational Education, and Higher Education. The RCs featured in this report include: the Regional Training and Research Institute for Open and Distance Learning (RETRIDOL), based in Nigeria; the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (PACFOLD), based in Fiji; and the Southern African Development Community Centre for Distance Education (SADC-CDE), based in Botswana.

Keywords open and distance learning · ODL · technology-enabled learning · TEL · teacher education · technical vocational education and training · TVET · higher education

LanguageEnglish
RightsCC BY
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/3730
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