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    Accessible OER: Where to Start?
    ( 2017-12-20) Kanwar, Asha ; Abeywardena, Ishan S ; Mishra, Sanjaya
    Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, 20 December 2017, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Co-written with Dr. Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser: Open Educational Resources, COL and Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Education Specialist: eLearning, COL
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    Collaborative Approach to OER Policy and Guidelines Development in the Commonwealth: The Case of Botswana, Cameroon and Sri Lanka
    ( 2018-05-30) Abeywardena, Ishan S
    Presented by Dr Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser: Open Educational Resources, Commonwealth of Learning, at the Festival of Learning 2018, Vancouver, Canada, 30 May 2018. // Access to relevant learning resources is an important aspect in ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all as outlined in SDG4. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) has identified the development of OER as a potential answer to these challenges. A total of 29 provincial OER policies and guidelines were drafted in Sri Lanka, Botswana and Cameroon closely involving the provincial policy makers for school education. This session aims to share how this bottom-up approach was used to ensure wider advocacy for OER and the increased uptake/ownership from a larger number of policy makers/implementers spread throughout these developing countries.
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    Learning with Virtual Reality
    ( 2018-08-30) Abeywardena, Ishan S
    Presented by Dr Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser - Open Educational Resources, Commonwealth of Learning, on 30 August 2018 as a guest lecturer at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    Smart OER: Bridges for Sustainable Education
    ( 2018-03-11) Kanwar, Asha ; Abeywardena, Ishan S ; Mishra, Sanjaya
    Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at Innovation Arabia 11, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 March 2018. Co-written with Dr Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser: Open Educational Resources, and Dr Sanjaya Mishra, Education Specialist: eLearning.
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    Transforming OER
    ( 2018-05-03) Abeywardena, Ishan S
    This presentation explores the latest technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 360 videos, blockchain and instant messaging (IM) from an educational perspective. It relates how these technologies must transform OER. Presented by Dr Ishan Abeywardena, Adviser: Open Educational Resources, Commonwealth of Learning, at a guest lecture, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad, Pakistan, 3 May 2018.