Kochi / New Delhi / Hyderabad / Paris / Vancouver / Exuma / Kuala Lumpur / Johannesburg / Abuja / Kaduna / Redmond / Victoria / Cambridge / London / Mysore / /
Continent
Europe / Africa / Asia / North America / /
Country
Maldives / Antigua / Rwanda / Mauritius / Tonga / Bahamas / South Africa / Namibia / Lesotho / Kenya / Japan / Uganda / Malawi / Canada / Australia / Korea / Botswana / United Kingdom / Trinidad / Philippines / India / Barbados / Zambia / Bangladesh / Mozambique / Swaziland / Sri Lanka / Gambia / Indonesia / Malaysia / United States / Nigeria / Singapore / Seychelles / Jamaica / Papua New Guinea / Sierra Leone / /
Currency
USD / CAD / / /
Facility
University of British Columbia / By building / University of Colombo / National Open University of Nigeria / Holy Cross College / Trent University / Eastern University / South Africa Institute / National Teachers’ Institute / Commonwealth Educational Media Centre / Wawasan Open University / Open University / Bangalore University / Asia The Commonwealth Educational Media Centre / Edmund’s College / University of Papua New Guinea / Acharya Narendra Dev College / Maseno University / Community Radio Station / India International Centre / U.K. Open University / Open Campus / Virtual University / International Organisations Virtual University / Online Training The University / NOUN’s First Convocation The National Open University of Nigeria / South Pacific The University / USP Suva campus / Open University of Tanzania / St. Augustine Campus / COL. University / India’s National Institute of Open Schooling / Microsoft’s headquarters / Ruhuna University / Making Cottage Industries More Profitable The South Pacific Institute / The Virtual University / South African Institute / Athabasca University / Bolton Institute / Indira Gandhi National Open University / Regional Institute of Education / COL’s library / Building Capacity / Development Institute / Papua New Guinea University of Technology / British Columbia Institute of Technology / University of Guelph’s School / College of the Bahamas / Open University of Sri Lanka / / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
free and open source software / distance/online / bank account / communication technology / low bandwidth Internet connections / fancy infrastructure / online training programme / post-harvest technologies / web conference / educational services / online applications / Face-to-face and online workshops / health care services / Online Instruction / open source software / sustainable natural resource management / interactive technology / agro-technology / online skills / regular online tutorials / community media / technology packages / online student activities / large network / bank / live video communications / family planning services / technology transfer / technology skills / learner support services / customised web-based classroom / collaborative content development tools / open source technologies / technology-mediated learning / print-based output using text-to-speech tools / online learning / online courses / costly telecommunications links / educational mobile technology initiatives / license applications / Online Writing Programme / quality student support systems / online students / product management / education systems / online course / online instruction course / expensive hardware / extension services / adequate services / water resource management / /
NaturalFeature
Indies / Fiji Islands / / /
ProvinceOrState
Andhra Pradesh / British Columbia / Washington / Uttarakhand / Makueni District / Victoria / /
Region
South Pacific / Middle East / southwest Bangladesh / Sub-Saharan Africa / South Africa / East Africa / Latin America / caribbean / South Asia / Asia Pacific / /
Technology
Information Technology / mobile phones / communication technology / open source technologies / Mobile Banking / post-harvest technologies / cellular telephone / distance learning / video conferencing / Environmental Engineering / voice-over-IP / VOIP / 2.0 technologies / /
N E W S F R O M T H E C O M M O N W E A LT H O F L E A R N I N G february 2009 vol.14, no. 1