This document outlines a series of lectures conducted between December 2014 and July 2015, focusing on various aspects of education, including publishing in high impact journals, the use of social media for collaboration, and the relevance of distance education in the job market. Each lecture features prominent speakers and chairs from the academic community. Additional resources such as online archives are provided for further engagement.

2. VOLUME 1
DECEMBER 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

3. GETTING PUBLISHED IN
HIGH IMPACT JOURNALS
INAUGURAL LECTURE
BY
DR. SOM NAIDU
DR. VIJITHA NANAYAKKARA (CHAIR)
19TH DECEMBER 2014

12. DEVELOPING VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE
COMMUNITIES HARNESSING
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
LECTURE #2
BY
PROF. LANI GUNAWARDENA
PROF. CAMENA GUNARATHNA (CHAIR)
20TH JANUARY 2015

18. CURRENT STATUS OF THE JAPANESE
INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
IN OPEN ACCESS ACTIVITY
LECTURE #3
BY
PROF. KAZU YAMAJI
DR. ISHAN ABEYWARDENA (CHAIR)
2ND FEBRUARY 2015

19. Prof. Kazu Yamaji [NII,
Japan]

23. THE ESSENTIALS OF “MOOC”
PHENOMENA: THE PROSPECTS FOR
“AFTER – MOOCS”
LECTURE #4
BY
PROF. TSUNEO YAMADA
PROF. SHIRONICA KARUNANAYAKE (CHAIR)
6TH FEBRUARY 2015

28. 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

32. MAKING THE UNIVERSITY RELEVANT
LECTURE #6
BY
PROF. ROHAN SAMARAJIVA
PROF. T.M. PALLEWATTA (CHAIR)
10TH APRIL 2015

36. DISTANCE EDUCATION AND ITS RELEVANCE
TO THE JOB MARKET
LECTURE #7
BY
PROF. NAVEED A. MALIK
PROF. SHIRONICA KARUNANAYAKE (CHAIR)
28TH MAY 2015

40. 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

44. ONLINE LECTURE VIDEO ARCHIVE
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyhC0QzEkixD8QZZkdYJ
uA
The International Academic Relations Division, OUSL:
http://ou.ac.lk/home/index.php/international-academic-
relations-division

45. 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