The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), as an international
agency, knows the challenges that international
organisations face in providing training for their workforce:
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recognised for its excellence
by two international awards:
“Excellent practice in the development and delivery
of distance training in response to an international
or cross-cultural need” was awarded by the Open and
Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA).
Award of Excellence in International Collaboration by the Canadian
Association of Distance Education (CADE).
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contact
for all development enquiries,
please contact:
Angela Kwan
development manager
Commonwealth of Learning
1055 West Hastings, suite 1200
vancouver BC v6E 2E9
Canada
E-mail: akwan@COL.org
Telephone: +1.604.775.8255
fax: +1.604.775.8210
CoL’s training services
available to international organisations
• needs analysis including communications audits, surveys and
analysis of delivery options
• development of customised training material tailored to an
organisation’s needs in a range of fields.
• adaptation of existing workshop training material to a
distance or eLearning delivery mode (e.g., health, agriculture,
safety and security)
• cost effective delivery of training including screening of
applicants, administration and certification
• design and provision of flexible training modes that allow
workplace learners to learn anytime anywhere
• provision of experienced, highly trained and monitored
tutors to support course participants via e-tutoring
• provision of culturally and gender sensitive elearning
training materials suitable for multi-national workforces
• provision of evaluation methodol