Commonwealth of Learning

E6059

Commonwealth organization educational organization intergovernmental organization

The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organization that supports and advances open and distance learning across Commonwealth countries, with a strong emphasis on expanding access to education through open educational resources and technology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth of Learning canonical	6
Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth	2
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth organization ⓘ educational organization ⓘ intergovernmental organization ⓘ
abbreviation	COL ⓘ
affiliation	Commonwealth Secretariat ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
focusesOn	educational technology ⓘ gender equality in education ⓘ higher education ⓘ learning for sustainable development ⓘ lifelong learning ⓘ open and distance learning ⓘ open educational resources ⓘ skills development ⓘ teacher education ⓘ technical and vocational education and training ⓘ
foundedBy	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Heads of Government
hasMotto	Learning for Sustainable Development ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasProgramme	Gender-responsive open and distance learning ⓘ Green skills and sustainable development learning ⓘ Lifelong Learning for Farmers ⓘ OER for Skills Development ⓘ Teacher Education initiatives ⓘ Technology-enabled learning ⓘ Commonwealth of Learning self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth
headquartersLocation	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ Metro Vancouver, Canada ⓘ
inception	1987 ⓘ
legalForm	intergovernmental organization ⓘ
memberOf	Commonwealth countries ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Nations
mission	to help Commonwealth member states and institutions use technologies to improve access to education and training ⓘ
operatesIn	Commonwealth countries ⓘ
purpose	expand access to quality education ⓘ promote open and distance learning ⓘ support lifelong learning ⓘ support sustainable development through learning ⓘ
regionServed	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Commonwealth countries ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Nations Europe ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Pacific
uses	information and communication technologies ⓘ online learning ⓘ open educational resources ⓘ
website	https://www.col.org ⓘ
worksWith	TVET institutions ⓘ civil society organizations ⓘ international development partners ⓘ ministries of education in Commonwealth countries ⓘ open universities ⓘ universities ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Open Educational Resources → isPromotedBy → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

Commonwealth of Learning → hasProgramme → Commonwealth of Learning self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth

COL → standsFor → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

COL → hasProgramme → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth of Learning

this entity surface form: Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth

University of The Bahamas → affiliation → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Commonwealth institutions → hasMember → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

Technology-Enabled Learning initiative → sponsoredBy → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

Technology-Enabled Learning initiative → operatedBy → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

Board of Governors → governs → Commonwealth of Learning ⓘ

subject surface form: Board of Governors (Commonwealth of Learning)