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Projects and Activities


Dominica

  1. Bachelor of Education (Intermediate/secondary)
  2. Marine Fisheries Co-Management in Philippines

1. Bachelor of Education (Intermediate/secondary)

Countries:

  • Dominica and St. Vincent's

    • Funding Agency:

  • Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
  • Canada Caribbean Distance Education Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CCDESP)
  • Canada/Newfoundland Economic Renewal Agreement

    • Participating Colleges:

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)
  • Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

    • Approximate Value of Services (in Canadian Dollars):

  • $600,000

    Name of Developing Country Partners:
  • University of the West Indies (UWI)
  • Dominica Teachers College

    • Project Timeline:

  • 1998 - 2001

    • College Personnel Involved and Descriptions of Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Ms. Doreen Whalen, Project Manager
  • Mr. Robert Hyde, Media Services
  • Mr. Glen Penney, Course Development and Delivery
  • Dr. Dennis Treslan, Academic Services (Faculty of Education)
  • Ms. Judith Mellor, Academic Services (Faculty of Education)

    • Description of Project and Results Achieved:
    The Bachelor of Education (Intermediate/secondary) was a special program offered by Memorial University to cohorts of international students. Beginning in 1998 a partnership was established with the Commonwealth of Learning. The partnership included Memorial University, the University of the West Indies and the Commonwealth of Learning. The purpose of the partnership was to develop and deliver Memorial's B.Ed. program to a cohort of teachers in Dominica and St. Vincent's.

    In 2001 twenty-two students graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree from Memorial.

    • Nature of Services (planning, management, technical assistance, training, procurement, etc.):
    The School of Continuing Studies and the Faculty of Education at Memorial directed the project jointly. Each course required project management, content expertise, instructional design expertise, and production. Project management included project administration, development of standard design templates, coordination with the Faculty, copyright services and evaluation. Instructional designers and faculty content experts were used to develop the course content in a form suitable for authoring in appropriate media. Production involved the conversion of manuscripts and storyboards into deliverable course material.

    2. Marine Fisheries Co-Management in Philippines

    Countries:

  • Philippines and Southeast Asia

    • Funding Agency:

  • Canadian International Development Agency/Association of Canadian Community Colleges (CIDA/ACCC)

    Participating Colleges:

  • The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MI)
  • Arctic College

    • Approximate Value of Services (in Canadian Dollars):

  • $509,638

    Name of Developing Country Partners:
  • Palawan National Agricultural College

    • Project Timeline:

  • 1995 - 1999

    • College Personnel Involved and Descriptions of Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Ms. Marget G. Davis, Project Director

    • Description of Project and Results Achieved:
    The project goal is to achieve sustainable fisheries resource utilization in the Philippines Province of Palawan through the adoption of co-management approaches.

    The project purpose is to collaborate with PNAC in developing HRD programming relevant to fisheries co-management in the Philippine province of Palawan.

    • Nature of Services (planning, management, technical assistance, training, procurement, etc.):
    Development of a group of PNAC faculty with an understanding of the principles and practices of fisheries co-management; Establishment of a unit in PNAC-IMS with a mandate to design and deliver community-based programming to fisheries co-management stakeholders; Formulation of a medium-term strategic plan for integrating PNAC-IMS into provincial resource planning and management structures; Identification of PNAC by provincial resource planning structures as the HRD provider in the area of fisheries co-management; Identification of stakeholder training needs; Design and delivery of identified training programs; Development of processes and procedures to evaluate impacts and effects of learning programs delivers to stakeholders; and Core programs and institutional operating procedures reviewed and revised to incorporate lessons learned form community-based programming activities.

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