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Commonwealth of Learning Flexible Skills Development

Explore the impact of ICT in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Africa through COL's Flexible Skills Development initiatives. Enhance access and quality in TVSD to support the informal sector and disadvantaged learners.

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Commonwealth of Learning Flexible Skills Development

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  1. eLearning Africa, May 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania UNESCO-UNEVOC ICT in TVET summit Commonwealth of LearningFlexible Skills Development Trudi van Wyk Alison Mead Richardson Education Specialists

  2. COL’s Mission To help Commonwealth governments and institutions to expand the scope, scale and quality of learning by using new approaches and appropriate technologies • Strengths • 20 year track record • strong leadership • partnerships with countries

  3. COL Funding Voluntary contributions from Ministries of Education of member countries Major contributors: Canada India New ZealandNigeria South Africa United Kingdom 40/54 Not a donor agency!

  4. COL Programme Structure Education Livelihoods & Health Skills Development Learning for Farmers Healthy Communities Integrated eLearning Open schooling Teacher Education Higher Education VUSSC

  5. COL Flexible Skills Development Partnership with CAPA Supporting development of skills in ICT in TVET • Change management and organisational development • Policy and strategy • Technology • Media & technology in TVET teaching

  6. Characteristics of TVET in Africa • Full-time, face-to-face programmes • Pre-employment training for secondary achievers • Small numbers benefit • Many disadvantaged learners ICT in TVET • Necessary for expanded access • Quality improvements • Improved efficiency and increased income • Greater ICT skills of teachers and staff

  7. Why Flexible Skills Development? We believe that the appropriate use of ICT can: • help institutions to be more efficient • Improve the teaching and learning experience • Make it possible to offer new courses to new learners • Increase access to TVSD • Impact positively on skills training for the informal economy

  8. Why the informal sector? • Sub-Saharan Africa • 60% of population is < 25years • 90% of work is in the informal economy • Governments are achieving great successes in EFA Goal 2 – UPE • Governments need support to address EFA Goal 3 and Goal 6

  9. Education for All Goal 3 Ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access to appropriate learning and life-skills programmes

  10. Education for All Goal 6 Improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills

  11. Overall purpose of FSD • To increase access to skills development • Informal sector and other disadvantaged learners • To improve quality in TVSD • To contribute to poverty alleviation

  12. FSD activities – progress • Introductory workshops – Zambia, Kenya & Nigeria • Identification of 10 key institutions – Baseline report • Online Community Learning Network • Online managers & policy makers’ training • Support for management of technical infrastructure • Online training for teachers in flexible approaches

  13. FSD Key Institutions

  14. Online TVET managers &teacher training courses

  15. Educational social media platform • Build a community of practice • Resources • Discussions • Opportunity to share and provide evidence • Institutional group spaces flexibleskills@col.org

  16. CLN – content focus • Planning and policy making • Organisational management and change • Technical infrastructure and resources • TVET teaching with technology 165 members 80 discussions

  17. FSD activities to come • Online teacher training • Materials development training • National policy workshops • Course design for the informal sector workers • TVET course materials

  18. Monitoring & evaluation • Important activity for COL and for CAPA • Needed to document the process • Formative evaluation • Baseline study • Institutions are partners in M&E • Capacity building for M&E

  19. Aiming for: Development of flexible approaches, programmes and teaching which enable us to give The COL FaB stamp of approval!

  20. Thank you www.col.org flexibleskills@col.org

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