. "COL" . "The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation of the Commonwealth of Nations headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded at the 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and inaugurated in 1988, COL's mandate is to promote and develop the use of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies throughout the Commonwealth's 54 member states."@en . . . "1988Z"^^ . "The54 member statesof the Commonwealth of Nations"@en . "To developopen learninganddistance education" . . . "Commonwealth of Learning"@en .