Pacific Online Learning & Teaching Network November 2023 Webinar

The Pacific Online Learning & Teaching Network invites you to a webinar with Dr Ramesh Sharma on 'Policies and Initiatives for the Internationalization of Higher Education'

Join the webinar on:

Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Time: Fiji: 1pm - 2pm NZ: 2pm - 3pm Sydney: 12pm - 1pm Brisbane: 11am - 12pm Samoa: 2pm - 3pm Delhi: 6.30am - 7.30am Hawaii: (Tuesday 21st November 3pm - 4pm)

Join the meeting using the following Zoom Link:

https://canterbury.zoom.us/j/95682981514?pwd=Q0RlcVVLQ3pZakRUenNmVW5saGJhZz09&from=addon

Meeting ID: 956 8298 1514the 

Passcode: 532464

Dr Ramesh Sharma is the Director of Human Resource Development Centre and a faculty for Instructional Design and Chairperson of the Committee to facilitate the adoption of MOOCs for SWAYAM (MOOCs platform of the Govt of India) at Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi, India. Previously, he has taught Educational Technology at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia. He is an expert in open and distance and technology-mediated learning. He has also been an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Graphic Era Hill University, India; a Visiting Professor at Universidade do Estado da Bahia, UNEB, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Honorary Professor at the Instituto de educación superior Público Simón Bolívar, Lima, Peru; Visiting Professor at University of Fiji, Fiji; Commonwealth of Learning as Director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, New Delhi; Regional Director of Indira Gandhi National Open University, India; and Director of Distance Education at University of Guyana, Guyana, South America.

He has been a member of the Advisory Group on Human Resources Development for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). While at the University of Guyana he also collaborated with UNDP for its Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion (EPTSI) project, Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) and United Nations Volunteer (UNV) to develop suitable educational opportunities for communities and youth.

He is the Editor of the Asian Journal of Distance Education (launched in 2003) and has been associated with several other peer-reviewed journals, including SSCI / SCOPUS Journals as a Reviewer, Editor and Editorial Advisory Board member in the field of Open and Distance Learning. An author/editor of several books and research papers on educational technology, educational multimedia and eLearning, Dr. Sharma is a practitioner promoting Open Educational Resources (OER). He has been a trainer and capacity builder in the field of educational technology, and has supervised doctoral research in the field. He has conducted workshops and evaluation activities for Indira Gandhi National Open University; Commonwealth of Learning, Canada; Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, New Delhi; United Nations Conference on Trade and Commerce (UNCTAD), Geneva; and Aga Khan Foundation, amongst others.

Dr Ramesh Sharma is the Director of the the Human Resource Development Centre and a faculty for Instructional Design and Chairperson of the Committee to facilitate adoption of MOOCs for SWAYAM (MOOCs platform of the Govt of India) at Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi, India. Previously, he technology-mediated taught Educational Technology at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia. He is an expert in open and distance and technology mediated learning.