New Course: Integrating Virtual Labs in STEM Teaching
As part of the outcomes of PCF11, COL is launching a new open online course designed to strengthen STEM education across the Commonwealth.
This course will help educators and teacher-educators:
- Integrate virtual labs into teaching and learning practice.
- Explore innovative digital approaches to STEM instruction.
- Join a global community of educators committed to building resilient, tech-enabled learning systems.
Through practical examples and collaborative activities, participants will discover how virtual labs can make science and technology learning more engaging, inclusive, and effective.
Course Dates: 1 December 2025 – 28 February 2026
Learn more and register: www.col.org/news/pcf11-and-teacher-education-the-promise-of-a-shared-agenda-to-strengthen-stem-ed...
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Openness in Teacher Education: Continuing the Conversation Beyond PCF11
At the #PCF11BW in Gaborone, Botswana, educators and education leaders from nine countries came together for a pre-conference workshop on openness in teacher education to advance collaboration under COL’s Network for Open Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (NOTES) project.
The workshop, also attended by the Minister for Training and Tertiary Education of Barbados, Hon. Sandra V. Husbands, explored the transformative potential of openness and co-creation in teacher education.
Participants engaged with the OER Teacher Education Framework, refining its six domains to guide teacher educators and teachers in integrating Open Educational Resources (OER) in teacher preparation and practice, especially in the era of Generative AI.
Key outcomes included:
- Commitment by participants to scale up OER co-creation and embed open practices in curricula and policy.
- Stronger institutional and cross-country partnerships through the NOTES network, including commitment to a shared research agenda on openness in teacher education.
- Refinement of the OER Teacher Education Framework, ensuring it is agile and adaptable to diverse contexts.
- Identification of capacity-building priorities, including digital literacy, cybersecurity, and responsible use of AI.
- Opportunities for cross-continental engagement for knowledge and policy exchange in the evolving network of practice.
The workshop reaffirmed COL’s commitment to advancing open, agile, and collaborative approaches to teacher development across the Commonwealth, which has also highlighted by Education Ministers in Collective Action 4 of the Gaborone Statement: “Teachers as skilled agents of change”.
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Inclusive Education in Action: Unlocking Inclusive Learning Everywhere
Join the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) for the next Empowering Women & Girls webinar, featuring Inclusive Education Canada, to explore practical approaches to:
- Creating accessible and inclusive learning environments
- Removing barriers to participation and achievement
- Building systems that embrace and celebrate learner diversity
Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Time: 7:00 AM (Vancouver) PST
Register via Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xfQVG0C7R_2OYqBe4EPH7g
Together, let’s make inclusion an everyday reality.
COL4D's Empowering Women & Girls
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