About Commonwealth of Learning:

COLcommons.org is a short-courses platform maintained by the Commonwealth of Learning, which is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1987 to promote the development and sharing of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. For details about COL, visit the Website: https://www.col.org/

The main objective of the “platform” is to provide increased access to quality education and training in the Commonwealth countries. Recognising the need for capacity building to leverage the power of distance education and technology-enabled learning, we offer just-in-time self-paced training on a range of topics, not limited to teaching and learning alone. 

COL believes that learning is key to sustainable development. Therefore, we adopt a lifelong learning continuous professional development approach to offer the courses on this platform. All courses are short (that can be completed in about two to five hours), and can be completed, from anywhere. Users only need access to Internet to benefit form the knowledge resources offered on the platform.

The courses are developed with the support of leading experts on the relevant topics and are also offered in collaboration with partner institutions. On completion of the courses, the learner receives a “Certificate of Completion”, which can be shared online on social media, especially LinkedIn directly through the platform. The certificates are issued as a token of professional development and achievement of specific competences and are not offered as a replacement to any degree or diploma offered by partner institutions or any other degree granting bodies. However, partner institutions may integrate the courses in their formal courses to offer accredited degree or diploma.