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Frugal AI: A Roadmap to Sovereign GenAI for Education

By Mr Ricky Cheng, Knowledge Services Manager, COL Artificial Intelligence in education is no…

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AI in action webinar: Practical tools to transform mathematics teaching and learning

Are you an educator looking to bring AI into your mathematics classrooms?  …

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COL launches a new webinar series on OER practices in West Africa

On 24 February at 14:30 WAT, COL will kick off its new bimonthly webinar series with What incentives…

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Sierra Leone progresses towards a National Micro-credential Framework

Sierra Leone took a significant step towards the establishment of a national…

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2 days ago
Join us at the AI-In

Join us at the AI-India Impact Summit in Delhi next week as we spotlight India’s excellence and innovation while convening voices from across the Commonwealth.

Inspired by the Summit’s seven chakras, we’re calling for action on teacher-led, localised and frugal AI to drive equitable education and shape AI that is inclusive, democratic, safe, trustworthy, sovereign, and built for social good.

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3 days ago
What incentives real

What incentives really drive the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in universities across West Africa? Find out and join us on 24 February at 14:30 WAT for the first event in our new bimonthly webinar series.

Hear insights and reflections from OER leaders in Nigeria, including a featured presentation by Dr Sadiat Adetoro Salau, Director of the Centre for Open, Distance and e-Learning at the Federal University of Technology, Minna.

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5 days ago
Catch our session on

Catch our session on teacher-led, localised and Frugal AI for equitable education in the Commonwealth at the India AI Impact Summit next week.

With speakers representing global and multi-sectoral perspectives, the session will open a collaborative dialogue on democratizing access to AI in education and explore how inclusive, safe and trusted AI can strengthen teaching, skills development, and institutional capacity across diverse contexts.

We’ll work with participants to shape shared commitments, identify pilot opportunities, and align on practical pathways for responsible adoption, localisation, and long-term resilience in education systems. Stay tuned for our speaker lineup.

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COL brought together seven educational leaders from around the Commonwealth for an online event, Meet the Leaders Webinar: STEAM education policy and practice across the Commonwealth, on 3 February 2026. The webinar focused on the interplay between pedagogical and digital competencies within STEAM teachers’ communities of practice. The webinar was facilitated by Ms Anne-Marie Scott, Vice-President, COL and Dr Evode Mukama, Adviser: Teacher Education, COL, was the Master of Ceremonies. Speakers included: Dr Winsome Gordon, CEO, Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Dr Betty Ezati, Vice-Chancellor, Uganda National Institute for Teacher Education (UNITE) Cecilia Ramirez-Smith, Deputy Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology, Belize Dr Raphael Dingalo, Registrar, Botswana Teaching Professional Council (BOTEPCO) Ella Mokgalane, CEO, South African Council for Educators (SACE) Dorrett Campbell, Interim Principal, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Jamaica Professor Steve Nwokeocha, Executive Director, Academics, Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) ---- This video is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0. ---- www.col.org | X: @col4d | facebook.com/COL4D |
STEAM education policy and practice across the Commonwealth
Presented by Professor Peter Scott, President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning at the ACDE 20th Anniversary Seminar, 30 January 2026 at UNISA Muckleneuk Campus, Tshwane, South Africa. ---- This video is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0. ---- www.col.org | X: @col4d | facebook.com/COL4D |
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Webinar # 8: AI in Policy, Teaching, and Learning Chair: Dr Schontal Moore, VUSSC Adviser, COL Key Presenter: Dr Edwig Karipi, Head of Open Schooling, Nambian College of Open Learning, Namibia presenting on “AI Integration in Teaching and Learning: The NAMCOL Experience” November 26, 2025 View other webinars in the VUSSC Voices Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXN-JCVb8z8Awa5Q_7MhO5-niyV9oQYbl&si=FVPmofuJWaI9CWFS ---- This video is made available by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence (international): http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/4.0. ---- www.col.org | X: @col4d | facebook.com/COL4D |
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