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Speeches and Presentations

The Chair of COL's Board of Governors, COL's President and Chief Executive Officer, and other senior staff members are regularly called upon to deliver speeches and presentations at events taking place throughout the Commonwealth. If you are specifically interested in presentations that have been delivered by a particular individual, please click on the presentation name below and at the right. Quotes may be taken from these presentations for third-party use, so long as full and accurate credit is conveyed.


SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS IN 2008 
COL's Third Decade  : presented by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Preparing COL’s 2009-12 Three-Year Plan  : introductory remarks at the Board and Staff Planning Retreat (17 June 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Montréal : ma ville universitaire  : presented at the Graduation Ceremony at the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada (12 June 2008) by Sir John Daniel.
Course Development in Distance Education: Whose is the Content?  : presented at the 2nd CREAD Andes Congress and the 2nd Virtual EDUCA Summit Ecuador in Loja, Ecuador (22 April 2008) by John Daniel, Paul West and Amy Monaghan, Commonwealth of Learning.
Practical Steps for Surfing the Wave of Technology-Mediated Learning  : presented at the Biennial Conference of the Papua New Guinea Association for Distance Education (PNGADE) in Port Moresby, PNG (9-10 April 2008) by Sir John Daniel.
Educational Transformation  : remarks at the Indian Consortium for Educational Transformation's (I-CONSENT) launch of three programmes in Pune, India (5 April 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Achieving Quality in Distance Education  : presented at the Meeting of Private ODL Institutions in Pune, India (4 April 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Professor Asha Kanwar and Ms. Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, Commonwealth of Learning, UNESCO.
Optimising a Vital Contribution to the Expansion of Higher Education  : Inaugural remarks at the Meeting of Private ODL Institutions in Pune, India (3 April 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Professor Asha Kanwar and Ms. Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, Commonwealth of Learning, UNESCO.
Knowledge Parks: Hype or Hope for the Developing World?  : keynote address at the International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks in Doha, Qatar (30 March 2008) by Professor Asha Kanwar & Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
La Formation à Distance au début du 21ième siècle: Évolution ou Révolution?  : presented at the Journée de la FAD sur le campus de l'Université de Montréal in Montreal, Canada (28 March 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
La contribution des technologies de l'information et de la communication au développement du tiers monde  : presented at the Conférence Augustin-Frigon at the Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal in Montreal, Canada (27 March 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Open Education  : After-dinner remarks at the The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grantees Meeting in Pittsburgh, USA (12 March 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What is your vision for the future?  : presented at the Regional Meeting of the Focal Points of the Caribbean in Jamaica (10-11 March 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What can it contribute?  : presented at the Course Development Workshop on Fisheries organised by Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) in Seychelles (3 March 2008) by Sir John Daniel and Paul West, Commonwealth of Learning.
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth: What do you want it to become?  : presented at the Senior Officials Meeting on a Transnational Qualifications Framework, VUSSC by Sir John Daniel and Paul West, Commonwealth of Learning.
Background to the Transnational Qualifications Framework  : presented at the Officials Meeting on the Transnational Qualifications Framework, VUSSC in Singapore (25 February 2008) by Paul West and Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Opening Ceremony of the Officials Meeting on the Transnational Qualifications Framework, VUSSC  : presented in Singapore (25 February 2007) by Paul West and Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
International Online Courses: Issues of Global Quality Assurance, Multi-Country Collaboration and Open Educational Resources  : Article submitted to the International Journal of Continuing Education and Life Long Learning by Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić (UNESCO), John Daniel and Paul West (Commonwealth of Learning).
Higher Education in the 21st Century: The Iron Triangle’s Critical Angle of Quality Assurance  : The 2nd Lecture in the Dennis Irvine Lecture Series at the Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week 2008 at the University Council of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica (11 February 2008) presented by Willie Clarke-Okah, Commonwealth of Learning.
The Commonwealth of Learning in Africa  : presented at the Discover Africa Roadshow organised by Canadian Council on Africa in Vancouver, Canada (6 February 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning
Open Schooling: Communicating the Basics  : Opening Remarks at the Workshop to Develop an Open Schooling Handbook in Vancouver (4-8 February 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Institutional Evaluation of the University of Ghana  : presented at the Brown-Bag Seminar at the World Bank (31 January 2008) by Sir John Daniel, Willie Clarke-Okah (Commonwealth of Learning) and Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić (UNESCO).
Life After Universal Primary? Scaling Schooling for the Secondary Surge  : presented at the World Bank Brown-Bag Seminar (30 January 2008). Written by Frances Ferreira, Asha Kanwar and John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning.
Signs of the Times: Change or be Changed?  : presented at the third Convocation of the Tamil Nadu Open University in Chennai, India (3 January 2008) by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.
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LEARNING FOR DEVELOPMENT:
Selected speeches of Sir John Daniel and colleagues
Sep. 2006 - Feb. 2007
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