Professor Charlotte Gunawardena is Distinguished Professor of Distance Education and Instructional Technology with the University of New Mexico. Lani has published and presented on distance education for over 25 years and has over 100 publications to her credit. She is currently researching the sociocultural context of digital learning environments and social presence theory, examining the social construction of knowledge in online learning communities.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/1762025/c1e-270mi8qv94c8j683-2og6dv7msmq8-nnr6q1.mp3 | recorded May 2024
Lani’s online profile: https://ulls.unm.edu/people/directory/g/gunawardena-charlotte-lani.php?_gl=13yy45h_gcl_au*MTY5NzY3NjkxMC4xNzE1OTA1NjI2LjEzMDQzMjkyNjUuMTcxNjIzODgwMi4xNzE2MjM4ODE0
Nominated works (free to access):
- The University of New Mexico Digital Repository. This provides free access to several of Lani’s publications and presentations: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/do/search/?q=gunawardena&start=0&context=8211305&facet=
- Gunawardena, C., Chen, Y., Flor, N., & Sánchez, D. (2023). Deep learning models for analyzing social construction of knowledge online. Online Learning, 27(4), 69-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v27i4.4055
- Gunawardena, C., Jayatilleke, G., Kulasekara, G. & Kumarasinha, M. (2020). Distributed Co-Mentoring as a Means to Develop Culturally Inclusive Online Learning Communities. In M. Brown, M. Nic Giolla Mhichil, E. Beirne, & E. Costello (eds.), Proceedings of the 2019 ICDE World Conference on Online Learning, Volume 1, (pp. 389-400). Dublin, Ireland: Dublin City University, http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804014 (Won the Best Full Paper Award at the conference)
- Gunawardena, C. N. (2020). Culturally Inclusive Online Learning for Capacity Development Projects in International Contexts. Journal of Learning for Development , 7(1), 5-30. (Invited Article) Retrieved from https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/403
- Hedayati-Mehdiabadi, A., & Gunawardena, C.N. (2022). Culture, Ethics of Care, Community, and Language in Online Learning Environments: Supporting Adult Educators in a Digital Era. In Zawacki-Richter, O., & Jung, I. (eds.), Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_19-1 Also available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367420914_Culture_Ethics_of_Care_Community_and_Language_in_Online_Learning_Environments_Supporting_Adult_Educators_in_a_Digital_Era
Nominated works (may require purchase):
- Gunawardena, C. N., Frechette, C., & Layne, L. (2019). Culturally Inclusive Instructional Design: A Framework and Guide for Building Online Wisdom Communities. New York: Routledge. https://www.wiscom.online/
- Jung, I. & Gunawardena, C. N. (Eds.), (2014). Culture and Online Learning: Global Perspectives and Research. Sterling, VA: Stylus. Available from: https://www.routledge.com/Culture-and-Online-Learning-Global-Perspectives-and-Research/Jung-Gunawardena/p/book/9781579228552
- Gunawardena, C. N., Flor, N. V., Gomez, D., & Sanchez, D. (2016). Analyzing social construction of knowledge Online by Employing Interaction Analysis, Learning Analytics, and Social Network Analysis. The Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 17(3), 35-60. Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/172/
- Gunawardena, C. N., & Zittle, F. (1997). Social presence as a predictor of satisfaction within a computer mediated conferencing environment. The American Journal of Distance Education, 11(3), 8-25. Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08923649709526970?needAccess=true
- Gunawardena, C. N., Lowe, C. A., & Anderson, T. (1997). Analysis of a global online debate and the development of an interaction analysis model for examining social construction of knowledge in computer conferencing. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 17(4), 395-429. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2190/7MQV-X9UJ-C7Q3-NRAG