Professor Santosh Panda is Professor of Distance Education since 1997 and Director, Staff Training & Research Institute, Indira Gandhi Open University, India. A former Fulbright Scholar, he has been visiting professor around the globe, has multiple publications, and currently edits the Scopus-indexed Journal of Learning for Development (https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d). He has been the Chief of National Teacher Education Regulatory Council, Government of India; was head of Policy & Research at the Association of Indian Universities; and Director of Centre for Flexible Learning at the University of South Pacific. Santosh is a tireless advocate for blended learning, drawing on proven practices.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/82eebe5f-edbf-4405-b251-973bbe705d3a-084-Santosh-Panda-Final.mp3 | recorded June 2023
Santosh’s institutional profile: http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/icc/stride/staff/detail/Prof__Santosh_Panda-740
Santosh’s Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BDKQEiMAAAAJ&hl=en
Santosh’s Academia profile: https://ignou.academia.edu/SantoshPanda
Santosh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-santosh-panda-ba64885b/
Nominated works (free to access):
- Panda, S. (2022). Status of Distance Learning in India. Burnaby: The Commonwealth of Learning. https://oasis.col.org/items/1eb2a298-dab7-4250-8e83-94d72430ff6f
- Mishra, S. & Panda, S. (2020). Technology-Enabled Learning – Policy, Pedagogy & Practice. Burnaby: The Commonwealth of Learning. https://oasis.col.org/items/e2a54a0d-558a-4907-b71b-f4c5a35dd967
- Panda, S. (2019). Evaluation of online course on understanding open educational resources. Burnaby: The Commonwealth of Learning. https://oasis.col.org/items/08ca14bb-ce79-4408-8db9-35340cafd3b0
- Panda, S. & Santosh, S. (2017). Faculty perception of openness and attitude to open sharing at the Indian National Open University. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(7). https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2942
- Santosh, S. & Panda, S. (2016). Sharing of knowledge among faculty in a mega open university. Open Praxis, 8(3), 247-264. https://openpraxis.org/articles/10.5944/openpraxis.8.3.317
Nominated works (may require purchase):
- Das, B, Panda, S. & Parthasarathi, V. (eds.) (2022). Pedagogy in Practice. Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pedagogy-in-practice-9789354359675/
- Adhya, D. & Panda, S. (2022). Teacher educators’ attitude towards technology-enabled learning and its incorporation into teaching-learning during and post-pandemic, Educational Media International, 59(2), 131-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2022.2101204
- Panda, S. (2017). Planning and Management in Distance Education. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Planning-and-Management-in-Distance-Education/Panda/p/book/9781138164871
- Zhao, H., Chen, L., & Panda, S. (2013). Self-regulated learning ability of Chinese distance learners. British Journal of Educational Technology, 45(5), 941-958. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259547445_Self-regulated_learning_ability_of_Chinese_distance_learners
- Bramble, W. & Panda, S. (2008). Economics of Distance and Online Learning. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Economics-of-Distance-and-Online-Learning-Theory-Practice-and-Research/Bramble-Panda/p/book/9780415963893#
Very exhilarating to listen to Prof. Panda who was a colleague when I was working in IGNOU’s Electronic Media Production Centre. The talk is informative, thought-provoking as well as inspiring. Keep it up! – Dr. V. Rama Rao.
Thank you very much sir. Much appreciated. Regards. Prof Panda