Shironica K
@ShironicaK
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Senior Professor in Educational Technology.
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Joined June 2012
GenAI Webinar: "The Promises and Paradoxes of Creative Generative AI in Education" by Prof. Punya Mishra (Arizona State University, USA) on Friday, 26 September 2025 from 9.00AM to 10.00AM via ZOOM Link to register: https://t.co/KaYQ2nJVcJ
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It was great to participate in the Board meeting of the Open Education Global (OE GLOBAL) and meeting of the Board members with Officials of the French Ministry of National Education, held in parallel with the UNESCO Digital Learning Week in Paris!j
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Happy and honoured to have presented my COL Chair research project on "Integrating GenAI in Teacher Education" at the "UNESCO Digital Learning Week", at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris...!!!
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@SLatUNESCO was honoured to participate in #DigitalLearning Week 2025 at @UNESCO. In a parallel session on "Teaching in the age of AI: Evidence-informed practices for educators", Prof. @ShironicaK of the Open University of #SriLanka presented Sri Lanka’s pioneering GenAI4TED
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Launched the website for "Journal of Innovative Practices in Education", a trilingual, open access, online journal of the Faculty of Education, OUSL! Call for papers for the inaugural issue is open now! https://t.co/UId4AXUfe3
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Just published!!! "Development and Validation of the Open Educational Practices Impact Evaluation (OEP-IE) Index" Naidu, S. & Karunanayaka, S.P. Get your free e-print! https://t.co/R1tjnZw24N
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COL Chair webinar on OFDL and Teacher Education Within a changing educational environment, there are many challenges but also opportunities for teacher education. Advances in technology, the experiences encountered in education during the Covid-19 pandemic and the growing need
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Very happy and honoured to be featured in "Leaders and Legends of Online Learning"!!! (Thank you very much Mark Nichols for the great opportunity!) https://t.co/mlRYo4fC32
Leader #85 is Senior Professor Shironica P. Karunanayaka @ShironicaK, with the Open University of Sri Lanka. Online education practice and teacher empowerment at https://t.co/qUNLiQpxX8.
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đź“ŁHot off the press! đź“–Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices This collective endeavor seeks an answer to the following question: Why is Openness in Education important, and why is it critically needed at this moment?
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Read: @COL4D has announced the appointment of six new Chairs. COL Chairs were selected from a number of applications received from various #ODL experts throughout the Commonwealth. Details here: https://t.co/5sso2aFZry
#COLchairs #commonwealth #capacitybuilding
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The recording of our last OE Café episode on #ActionArea3 of the UNESCO #OER Recommendation is available on the ENOELforOpen YouTube Channel: https://t.co/jDotSncl7G. It's been a pleasure to discuss with @catherinecronin @ShironicaK @chrissinerantzi and @kasliwowski!
SAVE THE DATE: OE Café #4 on UNESCO OER Recommendation, Action Area 3: Encouraging quality, inclusive and accessible OER. Register here: https://t.co/NW7klcqEJL Let's have a coffee and discuss with @catherinecronin @ShironicaK @chrissinerantzi @kasliwowski! @SPARC_EU
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29 March 23, OE Café #4 on Action area 3 of UNESCO #OER Rec: we are almost there! Registration is still open https://t.co/NW7klcqEJL
@catherinecronin @ShironicaK @chrissinerantzi @kasliwowski @SPARC_EU
SAVE THE DATE: OE Café #4 on UNESCO OER Recommendation, Action Area 3: Encouraging quality, inclusive and accessible OER. Register here: https://t.co/NW7klcqEJL Let's have a coffee and discuss with @catherinecronin @ShironicaK @chrissinerantzi @kasliwowski! @SPARC_EU
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SAVE THE DATE: OE Café #4 on UNESCO OER Recommendation, Action Area 3: Encouraging quality, inclusive and accessible OER. Register here: https://t.co/NW7klcqEJL Let's have a coffee and discuss with @catherinecronin @ShironicaK @chrissinerantzi @kasliwowski! @SPARC_EU
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Wonderful to connect with old friends as fellow panelists to discuss digital citizenship and graduate attributes as part of International Open University Research Sessions #iOURS22 programme @sommnaidu @sanjayamishra @ShironicaK
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The key to successful implementation of #smarteducation is…? Find out in this report by @COL4D with 15 case studies from 10 countries! https://t.co/luTO31Tw00
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What is C-DELTA? This programme promotes #digitaleducation environments in #commonwealth nations and beyond. It provides a framework for fostering #digitallearning and developing #skilledcitizens for #lifelonglearning. Learn more: https://t.co/jn2B5XzBIz
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Students lack motivation? Need some TEC-VARIETY? FREE updated book & now a FREE self-paced course. Book: https://t.co/H0v5t1MYbm; Course: https://t.co/xWxdPxc9ey;
https://t.co/FaqmMKzfQM; "Adding Some TEC-VARIETY" from 2014 was free ( https://t.co/DErG6vsmVt).
#edtechchat; #edtech
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ODLAA_Webinar_Authentic_Assessment_21.10.2021 #authenticassessments #cpd
https://t.co/ZDx8lSy1Q2 via @SlideShare
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Our next webinar, “Impacts of authentic assessment on the development of graduate attributes”, Thursday October 21st 2021 – 9.30AM (AEST). Register… https://t.co/QBBFgcdeIO
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