The Online Distance and Digitally Delivered Learning (ODDL) Grant is a part of the Going Global Partnerships programme that has been initiated by the British Council to address the issues of access, equity and quality learning outcomes and achieve “equitable, quality education and lifelong learning for all by 2030”.
The objective of the grant:
- Use of grant to increase understanding of each others systems, challenges and approaches to delivering their role, be it regulation, pedagogy or quality control. This could be through exchange visit, series of webinars, roundtables b. Identify areas for further collaboration for institutional strengthening of online education management and delivery capacity, increasing the choice for students or improving the profile of the courses and employability of students and submit a report of what they learnt as well as what they plan together.
- The partnership may address how technology can be harnessed or shared to improve the student experience of learning and improve learning outcome of the students.
- The partnership may address issues such as low completion rates, lack of profile and market value of the courses with employers etc and offer solutions through joint deliberations consultation and research.
- The partnership may address how quality and rigour of assessment and overall regulation and management of online learning systems as a whole as well as improving centre for internal quality assurance of universities as outlined in the regulations.
- To showcase the possibilities of high-quality learning experience and skill acquisition through ODDL collaborative models.