Workshop for capacity building of educators on OER-based e-Learning at the Open University of Sri Lanka

Workshop for capacity building of educators on OER-based e-Learning at the Open University of Sri Lanka

New Delhi, 09/01/2015: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi  in collaboration with Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) organised a workshop for Capacity Building of educators on OER-based eLearning programme. The workshop was held at main campus of OUSL from December 16–19, 2014. Forty (40) academic staff members of OUSL from various disciplines attended this OER-based eLearning workshop. This workshop was facilitated by Prof. Som Naidu of Monash University, Australia. During this workshop, on 17^th December, 2014, the Faculty of Education of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) launched the course on “OER-based e-Learning”, adapted and developed in collaboration with Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi, India. This is a fully online course aiming at the professional development of educators in integrating Open Educational Resources (OER) in teaching and learning.

Dr. Vijitha Nanayakkara, Vice-Chancellor of OUSL, the Chief Guest of the Ceremony, officially launched the online course. Emeritus Prof. Chandra Gunawardena, former UNESCO/COL Chair and founding Dean of the Faculty of Education, OUSL, and Dr. Upali Sedere, renowned Education Sector Specialist and a Council member of OUSL were present as Guests of Honor on this occasion. Prof. Som Naidu of Monash University, Australia, facilitator for the OER integration project, was also present as a special guest.

This online course will be implemented during a period of 6 months, under the leadership of Prof. Shironica Karunanayaka, Dean, Faculty of Education, OUSL.