This is a proposed action plan for the National Online Distance Education Service (NODES) under the new management at the Open University of Sri Lanka. The proposed plan highlights several ICT projects of National scale which can be implemented using the NODES infrastructure.

1. NODES
Action Plan 2015
Key Stakeholder Briefing
Ishan Abeywardena
Director
International Academic Relations Division
7th October 2014

2. NODES
• Is an initiative of the Ministry of Higher Education
• Is the National Online Distance Education Service of Sri
Lanka
• Is an educational content delivery system consisting of a
Network Operating Center, a national telecommunications
network, and a targeted set of 26 NODES Access Centres,
Island-wide
• Is a resource to education and training providers offering
services in course design and deployment, marketing, and
administration
• Is a cost-recoverable operation, committed to excellence in
online learning
• Is an important 'voice of distance education' in Sri Lanka
• Is funded by the Asian Development Bank

3. Using NODES through IRD
moodle

6. Using NODES through IRD
Virtual Synchronous Classrooms

8. IRD Monthly Webinar Series

9. Using NODES through IRD
National OER Repository

12. National OER Repository

13. Using NODES through IRD
National MOOC Platform

17. Using NODES through IRD
Sharing Educational Metadata

18. Linked Open Data
http://linkeddata.org/static/images/lod-datasets_2009-07-14_cropped.png (accessed 23/06/2014)

20. WEKO Repository

21. Using NODES through IRD
OUSL Android App

23. Target at the end of 2015

24. Bid to host AAOU 2016 Annual Conference

25. Thanks…