Streamed videos

about COL and open and distance learning 

These videos are available through the use of streaming technology which allows the video to be seen in "real time" rather than downloading and then viewing. In order to take advantage of this technology you will need either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player (formerly Microsoft NetShow) to view the video content. This software may already be included in your system or can be downloaded from the Internet at no cost. The latest versions streamed video software can also play streamed video formats created for other systems.

Videos in RealPlayer format:

The Bridgehead:
The Commonwealth of Learning into the 21st Century (2000)
  for 28 K modems
  for 56K modems and ISDN lines
  for ASDL lines, cable modems, and T1

A celebration of achievement (1999)
(COL's 10th anniversary video)
  for 28 K modems
  for 56K modems and ISDN lines
  for ASDL lines, cable modems, and T1

 In QuickTime download format:
 (full size video download, 80 Mbs. -
 starts to play once a few Kbs. have been downloaded)

 10th anniversary CD-ROM
 "A celebration of achievement" (1999)
 (Multi-media on the web)

Videos in Windows Media format:

Reaching Out: Developing our Commonwealth
(The Commonwealth of Learning, 1995)
  Low bandwidth version (generally 33.6 bps or less)
  High bandwidth version (generally ISDN, ASDL, cable modems, T1 and higher)

COL and Communications and Information Technologies
(The Commonwealth of Learning, 1996)
  Low bandwidth version (generally 33.6 bps or less)
  High bandwidth version (generally ISDN, ASDL, cable modems, T1 and higher)

Technical/ Vocational Education and Training through Distance Education
(The Commonwealth of Learning, 1997)
  Low bandwidth version (generally 33.6 bps or less)
  High bandwidth version (generally ISDN, ASDL, cable modems, T1 and higher)

Technology in Open Learning and Distance Education: A Guide for Decision-Makers
(The Commonwealth of Learning/The Open Learning Agency, Canada, 1991)
High bandwidth version (generally ISDN, ASDL, cable modems, T1 and higher):

  Part 1    Part 2