 "Designing Learning Experiences for Open, Online and Distance Education: Some Reflections During the Pandemic" Guest Lecture conducted upon invitation by the Buckyball Society - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, OUSL, 22 December 2020.

1. Designing Learning Experiences for
Open, Online and Distance Education:
Some Reflections During the Pandemic
Shironica P. Karunanayaka
Professor in Educational Technology, OUSL

2. Reflection
Reflection allows us to
learn from our
experiences:
It is an assessment of
where we have been
and where we want to
go next.
~ Kenneth Wolf
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ZOOM Poll 1 – Pre-Session

4. Open, Online & Distance Education
• OUSL – 40 Years of existence as the Premier ODL Institution in Sri Lanka
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5. (Desmond Keegan, 1980)
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6. From Correspondence
to Intelligent Flexible
Learning in ODL
✓ Distance Education; Distance
Learning, External Studies;
Extramural Studies; Off-Campus
Studies; Independent Studies;
Correspondence Education;
Continuing Studies
✓ Open Learning; Flexible Learning;
Blended Learning; Distributed
Learning; Online Learning; eLearning;
Virtual Learning; Cloud-based
learning; Intelligent Learning
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(J. C. Taylor, 2011)

7. Open
Education
➢Open Access: Inclusive and equal access
to educational opportunities without
barriers such as entry qualifications and
ability to pay.
➢Open Learning: Ability to study and learn
at anytime, anywhere and at any pace.
➢Open Scholarship: Releasing educational
resources under an open license that
permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and
redistribution by others. (Naidu, 2016)
(Source:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306276010_Opening_up_Education
_A_Support_Framework_for_Higher_Education_Institutions/figures?lo=1)
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8. (Source: https://www.fsd38.ab.ca//images/content/Distributed%20Learning.png)
Distributed Learning
is an instructional model
that allows instructor,
students, and content to
be located in different,
non-centralized
locations so that
instruction and learning
can occur independent
of time and place.
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9. A Continuum of Delivery
(Tony Bates, 2008)
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10. (Source: https://linhadeleitura.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/2019horizonreport.pdf)
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11. ZOOM Poll 2 – Mid-Session
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12. A Framework
for eLearning
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13. FOCUS
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14. (from Online Learning Insights Blog https://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/tag/constructivism/)
Pedagogy
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15. (Image by mohamed
Hassan from Pixabay)
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16. The Missing Link
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17. 22 December 2020Shironica P. Karunanayaka, OUSL 17(Source: https://flippedlearning.org/syndicated/8-resources-exploring-learning-experience-design-lx-design/)

18. Teaching as a
Design Science
• Teaching is no longer simply about passing on
knowledge to the next generation.
• Teaching is a design science.
• Like other design professionals, teachers have to work out creative and evidence-
based ways of improving what they do.
• Every day, teachers design and test new ways of teaching, using learning technology
to help their students.
• By representing and communicating their best ideas as structured pedagogical
patterns, teachers could develop this vital professional knowledge collectively.
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19. Laurillard, D. (2012). Teaching as a design
science: Building pedagogical patterns for
learning and technology. New York: Routledge
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20. Experiential
Learning
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21. ➢Learners are engaged in solving
real-world problems.
➢Existing knowledge is activated
as a foundation for new
information.
➢New knowledge is demonstrated
to the learner.
➢The learner applies new
knowledge.
➢New knowledge is integrated
into the learner's world.
(First Principles of Instruction: David Merrill, 2002 )
Learning-centred
Pedagogy
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22. Flipping the Classroom
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(Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Flipped_Classroom.jpg)

23. (Moor, 1989; Anderson & Garrison, 1998)
Interaction
Types in ODL
• Learner-content engagement
• Learner-teacher engagement
• Learner-learner engagement
• Learner engagement with the
learning environment
• Learner engagement with
assessment activities
• Learner engagement with feedback
• Learner engagement with the
institution:
(Naidu & Roberts, 2018)
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24. A
Pedagogical
Model for
e-Learning:
The Five
Stage
Model
(Gilly Salmon, 2002)
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25. (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000)
Community of
Inquiry
Framework
(CoI)
The Community of Inquiry theoretical
framework represents a process of
creating a deep and meaningful
(collaborative-constructivist) learning
experience through the development of
three interdependent elements – social,
cognitive and teaching presence.
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26. Authentic
Learning
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27. (Naidu & Karunanayaka, 2014)
Engines of
Education
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30. Teachers and
Students as…
•Collaborators
•Co-Learners
•Co-Creators
of Knowledge
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https://oepousl.wordpress.com/

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ZOOM Poll 3 – Post-Session

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