Panel Presentation made at the Webinar on "Education and Technology in Post COVID South Asian Society” organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) on 29 July 2020.

1. Digital Transformation
in Sri Lankan Higher Education:
Potentials, Practices and Possibilities
Shironica P. Karunanayaka
Professor in Educational Technology
Faculty of Education
The Open University of Sri Lanka
<spkar@ou.ac.lk>
Webinar on "Education and Technology in Post-COVID South Asian Society”
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)- 29 July 2020

2. 29 July 2020 Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 2
Attribution: Gerd Leonhard https://www.flickr.com/photos/gleonhard/16474476590 CC BY-SA

3. Sri Lankan Scenario – 2020
29 July 2020 Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 3
Source:
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-
2020-sri-lanka

4. Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 4
Source: https://linhadeleitura.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/2019horizonreport.pdf
Global Developments
29 July 2020

5. Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 5
Source: https://linhadeleitura.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/2019horizonreport.pdf
Global Trends
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6. Opportunities
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• The transition to ‘digital’ practices enhance educational
opportunities:
• Accessibility
• Flexibility
• Efficiency
• Innovation
• In terms of:
- Enrolment; Options; Choices
- Teaching-Learning-Assessment Strategies
- Resource Optimization; Resource Sharing
- Administration; Communication; Interaction

7. 29 July 2020 Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 7
Potentials
Photo credit:<Wordpress.com>

8. Changing Practices
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•Technology
•Pedagogy

9. Opening up
Education
Open Access
Open Learning
Open Technologies
Open Source Software
Open Text Books
Open Data
Open Access Journals
Open Courses
Open Badges
Open Scholarship
Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Practices
Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 7
Empowering teachers and learners to become more
creative and innovative in their educational practices…
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OEP Gateway @ OUSL

10. Facing Challenges
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•Internet Access
•Free data for students and staff
•Devices – PC/Tabs/Smart Phones
•Capabilities / Capacities
•Digital literacy; Skill building
•Capacity development
•Multiple options
•Change Management
•Interventions
•Shifting mindsets

11. •Capacity Development
•Creating Digital Learning Environments
•Effective Learning Designs
•Promoting a Digital Culture
•Digital Education Leadership
Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 11Attribution: Brown et al., 2016; CC BY-SA
(Source: http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/2442 )
29 July 2020
Needs

12. Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 12
Creator attribution: Nick Youngson
29 July 2020