Leveraging Open Educational Resources (OER) to their full potential means giving teachers the skills to adapt and co-create openly licensed materials that respond to local contexts and diverse learner needs.
With support from COL, 25 teacher-leaders from the Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries, Antigua and Barbuda, participated in a capacity-building session, empowering them to become future champions of OER within their schools and communities.
Participants explored principles of open education and Creative Commons licensing while also gaining practical competencies in searching OER repositories, applying evaluation frameworks, and navigating metadata.
🔗 Read more: www.col.org/news/teacher-leaders-in-antigua-and-barbuda-build-capacity-in-open-educational-resour...
#openeducation #OER #TeacherDevelopment #openlearning #EducationInnovation Ministry of Education - Education Broadcasting Unit
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Sri Lanka is advancing the development of a National Micro-credentials Framework through a collaborative process led by the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Sri Lanka, with support from COL.
Building on a national baseline study and extensive stakeholder consultations, a recent two-day framework development session brought together regulators, academic leaders and training-sector representatives to explore key issues, including credit alignment, stackability, recognition of prior learning, quality assurance, digital registries, local-language provision, and employer recognition.
We extend our sincere thanks to The Honourable Dr Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Sri Lanka, and COL Board Member, for her thoughtful engagement and leadership. Her active participation reflected a strong commitment to the country's ongoing education reforms and reinforced the important role that micro-credentials can play in strengthening lifelong learning, enhancing employability, and creating more flexible learning pathways.
#MicroCredentials #lifelonglearning #skillsdevelopment #srilanka #EducationReform Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka
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The International Conference on Education, Technology and Policy 2027 (ICETP27) has opened its Call for Abstracts for its virtual conference on 8–9 June 2027.
Under the theme “Learning innovation and teaching practice in the age of AI,” the conference will bring together academics, researchers, educators, policymakers, doctoral candidates and practitioners to explore the future of AI, digital learning, inclusion, quality assurance and sustainable development in education.
📌 Learn more about the conference: sites.google.com/uom.ac.mu/icetp27/
📥 Submit your abstract by 26 October 2026: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirect=/stages/82650/submitter
ICETP27 is organised by the University of Mauritius through the COL/UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Educational Technologies, in collaboration with the Mauritius Institute of Education through the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education, and with support from UNESCO and COL.
#ICETP27 #AIinEducation #DigitalLearning #EdTech #HigherEducation University of Mauritius Mauritius Institute of Education UNESCO
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