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This section includes details of both upcoming events and past events in which CARADOL has been involved.
Upcoming Events
The Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF4)
"Achieving Development Goals: Innovation, Learning, Collaboration and
Foundations" is the theme of the fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open
Learning (PCF4), to take place in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, October
30-November 3, 2006.
Organised by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in association with a
Caribbean consortium, PCF4 will bring together stakeholders from governments and institutions, including educators and allied
professionals from throughout the world. Participants will share ideas
and help to set the agenda for using open and distance learning to
advance international development through widening educational access,
bridging the digital divide and applying advances in connecting
technology to teaching and learning for development of communities and
nations at large but especially in the less developed countries of the
Commonwealth.
The COL President and CEO, Sir John Daniel, describes PCF4 as "a most
significant event for COL, coming as it will at the beginning of our
2006-09 triennium".
The Caribbean consortium comprises: CARADOL; the Jamaican Association for Distance and Open Learning (JADOL); the Trinidad and Tobago Distance Learning Association; the Office of Continuing Education, Open and Distance Learning (OCEODL) at the University of Technology, Jamaica; and, The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC). The consortium is being led by Professor
Stewart Marshall, Director of UWIDEC, who will co-chair the conference
with Sir John.
For further information, please visit the PCF4 Web-site at: http://www.col.org/pcf4/.
Past Events
The formation of the Caribbean Association for Distance and Open Learning (CARADOL) was one of the goals of the Caribbean Universities Project for Integrated Distance Education (CUPIDE). The inaugural meeting of CARADOL was held on the UWI's audioteleconference network on March 2, 2004.
Launch of CARADOL
An official launch of CARADOL was held in Trinidad and Tobago on February 11 and 12, 2005, co-hosted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education (MSTTE) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Trinidad and Tobago. During the symposium, a Powerpoint® presentation on CUPIDE was given by the Project Operations Manager.
Launch of CARADOL
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Launch of CARADOL
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Senator, the Hon. Satish Ramroop (second left), Minister of State, MSTTE, speaking with (l-r) Dr. Olabisi Kuboni, UWIDEC; Stafford Griffith (CXC); Thecla Reyes, Permanent Secretary, MSTTE; and Wesley Barrett, Vice-President, CARADOL. |
Senator, the Hon. Hazel Manning, Minister of Education, poses with (l-r) Lystra Sampson-Ovid, Secretary, CARADOL; Jerome Miller-Vaz, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, CARADOL; Sharon Mangroo, Director of Curriculum Development, MOE. |
Launch of CARADOL
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Launch of CARADOL
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The Feature Address at the ceremony was delivered by Sir John Daniel, President, Commonwealth of Learning (COL). |
Senator, the Honourable Satish Ramroop, Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education delivering an address at the launch. |
Documents:
CARADOL Report on Launch and Symposium - February 18, 2005
Commonwealth Cooperation in Distance Education - Sir John Daniel at CARADOL Launch, February 11, 2005.
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