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ACADEMIC STAFF
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Name of Staff: |
Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena |
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Designation: |
Senior Lecturer |
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Qualifications: |
MSc, MSc (Brunel), BSc (Bangalore), MIEEE, MBCS, MACM |
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Biodata: |
I received my first MSc in Wireless Enterprise Business Systems and my second MSc in Engineering Management from Brunel University, UK. I also studied Applied Simulation in Robotics at Dortmund University, Germany and hold a BSc in Computer Science from Bangalore University, India. I'm currently pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at University of Malaya. Having been in the software/technology industry prior to joining Wawasan Open University (WOU), Penang, Malaysia, my industry experience comes mostly from UK and Sri Lanka in software development, web development, e-commerce, project management, operations and R&D. Currently I’m a professional member of the British Computer Society (BCS), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE. My present research is on Open Educational Resources (OER) under an IDRC grant. My research interests are OER, Technology for ODL, Virtual Collaboration, Intelligent Algorithms, Learning Algorithms. In my spare time I read Sci-Fi novels (favourite author is Michael Crichton), compose poetry, code intelligent algorithms and keep monster fish. |
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Course Development Experience: |
TCC123/05 Visual Programming
TAI201/05 Human Computer Interaction
TCC222/05 Operating Systems
TCC236/05 Data Structures and Algorithms
TCC242/05 Web Database Applications
TEC304/10 Electronic Commerce
TEC305/10 Website Design and Development
TAI303/05 Intelligent Systems for Decision Support |
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Research Interest: |
Mobile Device Programming, Open Educational Resources (OER), Technology for ODL, Virtual Collaboration, Learning Management Systems(LMS), Social Networking, Intelligent Algorithms, Learning Algorithms |
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Selected Publications: |
Abeywardena, I.S., Raviraja, R. and Tham, C.Y. (2012). Conceptual Framework for Parametrically Measuring the Desirability of Open Educational Resources using D-index. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 13(2), 104-121 (ISI-Cited Publication)
Abeywardena, I.S., & S.C. Ho. (2011). Development of a computer-aided ODL Course Development Tracking System. Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 6(1), 43-50
Abeywardena, I.S. (2011). Development of faboodle to Interact on moodle through facebook. Proceedings of the 24th International Council for Distance Education World Conference, Indonesia
Abeywardena, I.S. , & Tham, C.Y. (2011). Implementation of Facebook Study Groups as Supplements for Learning Management Systems (LMS) in Adult ODL Environments. Proceedings of the 25th Asian Association of Open Universities Annual Conference, Malaysia (winner of the Gold Medal for Best Paper Award)
Abeywardena, I.S., & S.C. Ho. (2011). Development of a computer-aided ODL Course Development Tracking System. Proceedings of the 24th Asian Association of Open Universities Annual Conference, Vietnam (winner of the Silver Medal for Best Paper Award)
Abeywardena, I.S., & Singh, G.K (2010). A Virtual Project Approach To ODL Courses. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering Education, Malaysia
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Official Correspondence Address: |
School of Science and Technology
Wawasan Open University
54, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah
10050, Penang
Malaysia |
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Email Address: |
ishansa@wou.edu.my |
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Personal Homepage (optional) |
http://www.ishantalksontechnology.com |
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