Chamara Kumara

So, it is time to wrap up the things! For me, this ONL course was an eye-opening course to develop the educational practices that go beyond the traditional classroom boundaries. Things learnt from this course were stuck to my brain with minimal effort thanks to the way it was designed. I wish all the teacher that I had during my various educational levels has taken this course so that I would have learned things more fun and easy way! So, what are the most important things that I have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? And Why? One of the highlights for me during the course was the collaborative group work learning experience. It was a fun and effective way. You get to see different perspective and solutions to one problem. It's amazing what you could achieve by doing things this way. Another thing was the use of different digital tools that help to create a better learning experience in an online environment. I have below listed all the tools I came across dur

During the COVID19 pandemic, all the courses at the university had to be given online. This happened during the period April-June 2020. With a short period of notice, teachers had to transform the course that was designed to give in a traditional manner to an online environment. Of course, as one would expect, transforming a course directly to an online environment without rethinking or redesigning would not give the best learning experience for the students. However, we cant also blame the teachers as things happened within a short period. However what surprised me was that when the new study period started in August 2020, still most of the teachers have not to think about this transformation seriously. Most of them were complaining about how to do the exams online. Of course, the traditional exams where you have in an exam hall will not be ideal in the online environment. One has to rethink and redesign these courses so that it student get a smooth learning experience throughout the