OUSL Distinguished Lecture Series (Volume 1)

VOLUME 1DECEMBER 2014 – JULY 2015

1. Getting Published in High Impact Journals

2. Developing Virtual Collaborative Communities Harnessing the Power of Social Media 3. Current Status of the Japanese Institutional Repository in Open Access Activity 4. The Essentials of “MOOC” Phenomena: The Prospects for “After – MOOCs”

5. Reflections on Paradigms, Models and Pedagogical approaches for 21st Century Learners in HE

6. Making the University Relevant

7. Distance Education and its Relevance to the Job Market

8. The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It

GETTING PUBLISHED IN HIGH IMPACT JOURNALS

INAUGURAL LECTURE

BY DR. SOM NAIDU

DR. VIJITHA NANAYAKKARA (CHAIR)

19TH DECEMBER 2014

DEVELOPING VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES HARNESSING

THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA LECTURE #2

BY PROF. LANI GUNAWARDENA PROF. CAMENA GUNARATHNA (CHAIR)

20TH JANUARY 2015

CURRENT STATUS OF THE JAPANESE INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY IN OPEN ACCESS ACTIVITY

LECTURE #3

BY PROF. KAZU YAMAJI

DR. ISHAN ABEYWARDENA (CHAIR)

2ND FEBRUARY 2015

Prof. Kazu Yamaji [NII, Japan]

THE ESSENTIALS OF “MOOC” PHENOMENA: THE PROSPECTS FOR

“AFTER – MOOCS”

LECTURE #4

BY PROF. TSUNEO YAMADA

PROF. SHIRONICA KARUNANAYAKE (CHAIR)

6TH FEBRUARY 2015

REFLECTIONS ON PARADIGMS, MODELS AND PEDAGOGICAL

APPROACHES FOR 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS IN HE

LECTURE #5

BY DR. GODSON GATSHA PROF. JACOB OPADEYI (CHAIR)

27TH MARCH 2015

MAKING THE UNIVERSITY RELEVANTLECTURE #6

BY PROF. ROHAN SAMARAJIVA

PROF. T.M. PALLEWATTA (CHAIR)

10TH APRIL 2015

DISTANCE EDUCATION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE JOB MARKET

LECTURE #7

BY PROF. NAVEED A. MALIK

PROF. SHIRONICA KARUNANAYAKE (CHAIR)

28TH MAY 2015

THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO INVENT IT

LECTURE #8

BY DR. KATHRYN CHANG BAKER

PROF. S.A. ARIADURAI (CHAIR)

24TH JULY 2015

ONLINE LECTURE VIDEO ARCHIVE

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyhC0QzEkixD8QZZkdYJuA

The International Academic Relations Division, OUSL:http://ou.ac.lk/home/index.php/international-academic-relations-division

CREDITS

• Vice Chancellor, OUSL• Deputy Vice Chancellor, OUSL• The International Academic Relations Division (IARD), OUSL• The Center for Educational Technology and Media (CETMe),

OUSL• The National Online Distance Education Service (NODES), OUSL• The Information Technology Division, OUSL• Office of the Vice Chancellor, OUSL• All other supporting divisions, OUSL