Senior Professor Shironica P. Karunanayaka of the Open University of Sri Lanka is a firm believer in the principles of teaching and learning as foundational for online education. Her research into ICT in education, learning experience design, and OER and OEP now extend into a role as a Commonwealth of Learning Chair, following an academic career of almost 30 years in open and distance education.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/b8d7e7d5-568a-46f7-9f97-05431250aed9-085-Shironica-Karunanayaka.mp3 | recorded June 2023
Shironica’s online profile: https://shironicakarunanayaka.wordpress.com/
Shironica’s ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shironica-Karunanayaka
Shironica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shironica-karunanayaka/
Blogs mentioned in interview:
- Digital Education Leaders in Action: https://cdeltaousl.wordpress.com/
- MOOC Musings: Designing MOOCs with a Difference: https://cpdmoocs.wordpress.com/
- Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices: https://oertlousl.wordpress.com
Nominated works (free to access):
- Karunanayaka, S. P. (2023). Blending innovative pedagogy and technology for capacity development of educators during the pandemic. Journal of Learning for Development, 10(1), 24– 37. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/783
- Karunanayaka, S.P., & Naidu, S. (Eds.) (2020). Pathways to Open Educational Practices. The Open University of Sri Lanka. https://www.ou.ac.lk/home/images/Faculty_and_institute/Edu/Pathways_to_OEP_eBook.pdf
- Karunanayaka, S. & Naidu, S. (2017). Impact of integrating OER in teacher education at the Open University of Sri Lanka. In C. Hodgkinson-Williams & P. B. Arinto (Eds.), Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South. (pp. 459–498). African Minds, IDRC & ROER4D. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.600398
- Karunanayaka, S.P. & Naidu, S. (Eds.) (2016). Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices. The Open University of Sri Lanka. http://www.ou.ac.lk/home/images/OUSL/publications/Dreamweaving%20Open%20Educational%20Practices.pdf
- Karunanayaka, S.P. & Naidu, S. (Eds.) (2014). Integrating OER in educational practice: Practitioner stories. The Open University of Sri Lanka. http://www.ou.ac.lk/home/images/OUSL/publications/intergratingOERinEducationalPractice.pdf
Nominated works (may require purchase):
- Karunanayaka, S. P., & Naidu, S. (2021). Impacts of Authentic Assessment on the Development of Graduate Attributes. Distance Education, 42(2), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2021.1920206
- Karunanayaka, S. P., & Naidu, S. (2020). Ascertaining impacts of capacity building in open educational practices. Distance Education 41(2), 87-109, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2020.1757406
- Naidu, S., & Karunanayaka, S.P. (2020). Orchestrating Shifts in Perspectives and Practices about MOOC Design. In Ke Zhang, Curtis J. Bonk, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds (Eds.) MOOCs and open education across emerging economies: Challenges, successes, and opportunities. (pp. 72-80). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429398919
Twitter: @ShironicaK