Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

CEMCA Activities

2012-2013

Vision, Mission, Strategies

Vision: To be the foremost agency in Commonwealth Asia that promotes media-enabled learning for development

Mission: To assist governments and institutions to expand the scale, efficiency and quality of learning by using multiple media in open, distance and technology-enhanced learning.

Strategies: Partnerships, Capacity, Materials, Models, Policies

Core Sectors, Initiatives Education

– Open Schooling– Teacher Education– Higher Education

Livelihoods and health– Technical and Vocational Skill Development– Community Media/Healthy Communities

Cross-cutting Themes– E-Learning– Gender

Open Schooling

Activity on Virtual Open Schooling with National Institute of Open Schooling– Feasibility study– Sensitization workshop – Platform development/integration

(Wiki+LMS)– Content development– Capacity building– Strengthening NCOS

Industry linked Course Development

Teacher Education

Promoting teacher ICT integration in blended learning (Discussion with DEP-SSA, IGNOU)– Developing a Community of Practice of

Teacher Educators– ICT in Education Models best practice

sharing– Capacity building of Teacher Educators

Higher Education

Institutional Capacity building for OER-based eLearning in partnership with Wawasan Open University, Malaysia – Two workshops to develop structured

learning resources leading to online course

ICT Leadership in Higher Education– Advocacy workshop to be held annually;

2013 at Dr. BRAOU and celebrate its 30 years

OER quality review– Develop quality indicators for OER (at

MANUU)

Technical and Vocational Skill Development

Developing a Programme on Community Radio Technology– Content to be released in OER– Work in progress

Developing ODL strategy to implement NVEQF

Community Media/Healthy Communities

Community Women Broadcaster Training Developing Sustainable Model for CR

Stations in India and Bangladesh Quality Framework and Toolkit for CR

Stations Strengthening Community Content

Exchange platform and support development of Web Radio– Web Radio Manual under development

E-Learning

Survey of eLearning in Asia Virtual Open Schooling OER-based eLearning OER Quality indicators Community of Practice for Teacher

Educators ICT integrated blended learning Web Radio

Gender Increased participation of women in

activities Community Women Broadcaster Training Gender focussed Community Radio

Technology Programme Supporting Women students to pursue

IGNOU’s Post-Graduate Diploma in E-Learning (PGDEL)

Awards for best women students pursuing ICT and media related courses at NIOS, IGNOU, OUM, and Krishna University

Communications EduComm Asia (re-launch) Publications CEMCA EdTech Notes: MOOC, Podcasting,

and Learning Analytics CEMCA Website (re-launch)

– Drupal CMS– Use and integration of Social Media– Increased linkages with COL website– Organized information sharing– Information push through eNewsletter

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