Presentation of Dr. Sanjaya Mishra for EDEN's European Online and Distance Learning Week on 'Promoting Digital Education in the Commonwealth' - Monday, November 2, 2020, 18:30-19:30 CET More info: https://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/eodlw-2020-3/

2. Promoting Digital Education
in the Commonwealth
Dr. Sanjaya Mishra
Education Specialist, eLearning
Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
November 2, 2020

3. Platform Home Page: https://cdelta.col.org/

4. Why C-DELTA?
• Digital skills training at
scale
• Focus on both
teachers and students
• Creating lifelong
learners

5. Development of C-DELTA
• An international collaboration
with experts
• Conceptual framework developed
at University of Cape Town
• Modules prepared and reviewed
by expert teachers and
practitioners
• Technological platform integrates
security, personal dashboard,
pre-test/post-test, self-learning,
badges, social media, and
certification.

6. What is Digital Education Leadership?
• Digital literacy as social practice
• Digital literacy is not enough
• Everyone can become a Digital
Education Leader

7. Structure and Dimension

8. Modules
• Modules 1-3: For Students
• Modules 1-7: for Teachers
http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/2809

9. Users
• Learners
• Teachers/
Practitioners
• Group Managers

10. Online Modules
• Accessible on
completion of the Pre-
test
• Provides interactive
learning
• Self-paced learning
• Mastery learning
• Reflective practice
• Experience sharing

11. Learner Motivation
• Badges
• Certificates
• Beginners (40-59)
• Intermediate (60-79)
• Fluent (80>)

12. Outcomes
Develop digital
identity and recognise
their digital footprints
online
Create and share
digital artifacts for
supporting
learning
Engage in
personal learning
networks to learn
and lead by
example

13. Implementation
Commonwealth countries Non-Commonwealth
countries
30
22
99.7
0.3
Numbers Registration %
As of October 30, 2020

14. Participants
67.52%
32.48%
Students Teachers
48%
51%
1%
Female Male Not disclosed
As of October 30, 2020

15. Completion Status
43%
57%
Completed Not completed
47.83
66.06
47.49
61.46
0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
Average pre-test score Average Post-test score
All 10 countries
38.12%
29.42%
As of October 30, 2020

16. 48.37
55.71
46.67 46.89 48.67 46.63
43.64 44.05 43.49
50.80
54.57
76.45
62.56
65.08
61.25
65.25
70.03
52.52
50.36
56.51
0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
80.00
90.00
Average pre-test score Average Post-test score
Country-wise
Pre-Test/
Post-Test
Scores
As of October 30, 2020

17. 54.64
72.69
51.13
48.80
48.96
50.81
46.24
45.86
45.31
52.96
Antigua and Barbuda
Bangladesh
India
Kenya
Malaysia
Mauritius
Saint Lucia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Uganda
Digital
Education
Skills
Score
As of October 30, 2020

18. Impact of C-DELTA
• An early initiative that has reached several
countries with no marketing effort
• High completion rate due to the nature of
focused in-country implementation
• Platform simplicity is key to overall satisfaction
• Teachers and students are changing practice
through collaboration (e.g. Sri Lanka’s Digital
Education Leaders)
http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/3478

19. C-DELTA and EU-DEAP (2021-2027)
C-DELTA is a framework for digital
education in the Commonwealth
• Focus is on Digital Competence+
• Digital identity
• Digital content creation and
sharing
• Personal learning network
• Leading in the community
European Digital Competence
Framework
• Information and data literacy
• Communication and collaboration
• Digital content creation
• Safety
• Problem solving

20. Implications and Way Forward
• Access to Internet is key
• Students are more willing despite
additional curricular load
• Government support is critical to
implementation
• Platform scalability is dependent on
reaching out to those who would benefit
• Deep focus on learner success

21. Thank you
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