Today at #CredX2026 in Vancouver, Dr Jako Olivier, Adviser: Higher Education, COL, delivered a keynote sharing practical lessons from micro-credential frameworks already in action across the Commonwealth.
He highlighted COL’s work on developing a Commonwealth Micro-credential Framework for Lifelong Learning, drew on insights from engagement with governments and stakeholders in the Commonwealth, and emphasised the importance of openness, collaboration, and inclusive access.
Dr Olivier is joined by Vice President Anne-Marie Scott and a team of education advisers from COL to engage in discussions that explore how micro-credentials and digital badges can widen access to higher education and respond to evolving labour market needs. The two-day symposium is hosted by VCC - Vancouver Community College.
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COL’s Beyond the Forum webinar series returns on 17 April with a session on skills development for lifelong learning.
Unpacking open pathways for flexible futures, you’ll hear from experts in Jamaica, Malaysia, and Kenya, whose work explores the intersection of Generative AI, digitalisation, quality, and assessment in technical and vocational education and training. Beyond the Forum gives voice to global education experts; continuing conversations sparked at the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on transforming education through openness, innovation, and inclusion.
Save the date: www.col.org/news/beyond-the-forum-skills-development-through-lifelong-learning/
HEART NSTA Trust Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation - APU Kenya School of TVET #SkillsDevelopment #LifelongLearning #BeyondtheForum #TVET
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As AI innovation accelerates, COL is focused on supporting its partners to use AI in ethical, inclusive, and cost-effective ways that empower teachers as co-creators and agents of change.
Through COL’s Teacher-in-the-Loop AI (TiL AI) initiative, we are working with partners including the Wesley College of Education (WESCO) in Ghana to support educators with integrating AI into their teaching practice.
During a recent visit to COL Headquarters, Dr Kennedy Ameyaw Baah, Principal of WESCO, met with Anne-Marie Scott, Vice President, and the TiL AI team to reflect on progress and explore opportunities to deepen collaboration in advancing AI-enabled education.
Country-led partnerships such as this are critical to scaling impactful learning models across the Commonwealth. Read more: www.col.org/news/wesco-visit-to-col-highlights-a-shared-vision-for-ai-in-education/
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