Senior Lecturer
M. Ed, B. EdSecondary and Tertiary Education
Faculty of Education
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Contact:
CRC, 2nd floor, Faculty of Education, Room No : D10
Office: 11288389, Ext: 389
E-mail: mlsud@ou.ac.lk
Mr. M. L. Sudarshana is a Senior Lecturer (Grade II) attached to the Department of Secondary and Tertiary Education of the Faculty of Education. He has been an academic at OUSL since 2009.Prior to that, He has gained experience as a graduate teacher and a principal in the government school system in Sri Lanka. His main research areas are Educational Technology and Sociology.
Last Updated on 3 years
Areas of Specialization:Education
Research interests:Educational Technology, Sociology
Affiliations:A life member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)
A life member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Education (SLAAED)
Course Coordination:Course Team Leader/Course Coordination
- STP8312-Multi-grade Teaching – 3 credits (Course Team Leader)
- ESP2204- Educational Technology – 6 credits (Course coordinator)
- STP8502- Foundations of Education – 5 credits (Course coordinator)
- STP8307- Curriculum Theory and Practice- 3 credits (Course coordinator)
- Ed. Drama and Theatre
- STU5526 – Foundations of Education- 5 credits (Course coordinator)
- STP8505 – Comparative Education and Educational Problems (Course coordinator)
- STU5827 – Educational Technology
- Ed. Natural Sciences
- STU5526 – Foundations of Education – 5 credits
STU5816 – Educational Technology – 8 credits
Researches:Towards Open Educational Practices with Reflective Practice (2016) OURS (I was a member of the research group)
Skills and Practices the Graduate Teachers Should Have to Become Successful Online Learners and Their Provincial Wise Differences (2017), The 31 Annual Conference of the Asia Association of Open Universities (AAOU) 2017 (27-29 September)
Teachers’ Existing Learning Practices and Communication Skills Conducive to Online Learning.(2017), Open University Research sessions-OUSL 2017 (16th & 17 November)
Teachers’ Gender and Their Individual Attributes in Relation to Online Learning.” the 32 Annual Conference of the Asia Association of Open Universities (AAOU) 2018 (24-26 October 2018)
Ordinary Level Students’ Achievement in Sinhala Language Competencies Related to the Writing in Relation to the Urban and Rural Schools (2018) 11th Annual Research Conference- 2018, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka.
Instruments in Teaching – Learning Process by The Student Teachers of the Post-graduate Diploma in
Education (PGDE) Programme (2019) The 33 Annual Conference of the Asia Association of Open Universities (AAOU) 2019 (14-16 October 2019)
A study on Employment of Sri Lankan Undergraduates at 8th Annual Research Conference 2015 held on 26th– 28th March 2015 at Royal Asiatic Society in Sri Lank. Abstract published in the conference proceedings.
Students’ Self Perceptions on their Performance during Teaching Practice Stage I at Research Dissemination Seminar in commemoration of the 8th Anniversary and 6th Annual Academic Sessions of the Faculty of Education, held on 3th February, 2011. Abstract published in the conference proceedings. (Group Research; Team member)
An Investigation on the Residential Area (Urban-Rural) of University Students’ According to Their Subject Stream at Research Dissemination Seminar in commemoration of the 12th Anniversary of the Faculty of Education held on 2nd February, 2015. Abstract published in the conference proceedings.
- A Study on Assessment of Student Teachers’ Progress During Teaching Practice Stage 1 of the PGDE Programme of the OUSL, on Master Teachers’ Perception, 4th International Symposium of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka held on 11th -12th January 2013. –
Research Supervisions:
M.Ed
Publications:Teaching Learning Stimulators (2017) European Journal of Education Studies. Volume 3/ Issue3/2017.ISSN 2501-1111
Application of Modern Technology into The Classroom Teaching-Learning Process by the in-Service Graduate Teachers in Sri Lanka (2018) European Journal of Education Studies. Volume 4, Issue 10, 2018/2017.ISSN 2501-1111
A Study on The Postgraduate Diploma in Education Student Teachers’ Inclination and Relevant Resources for Online Learning (2019). European Journal of Education Studies Volume 6, Issue 4, 2019 – . ISSN 2501-1111
“ NATURE OF EMPLOYEMENT AMONG THE CONVENTIONAL SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES” for the Online International Journal of Sai Om journal of Arts & Education: A Peer Reviewed International journal (Online ISSN 2348-3520) August, 2015, Volume 2, Issue 7 Annex -9
“PHYSICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SRI LANKAN STATE UNIVERSITIES” for the Online International Journal of Sai Om journal of Arts & Education: A Peer Reviewed International journal (Online ISSN 2348-3520) September 2015, Volume 2, Issue 8. Annex – 10
“NATURE OF EXTRA COURSES FOLLOWED BY SRI LANKAN STATE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES OTHER THAN THE DEGREE: WITH REGARD TO THEIR MONTHLY FAMILY INCOME” for the Online International Journal of Sai Om journal of Arts & Education: A Peer Reviewed International journal (Online ISSN 2348-3520) November 2015, Volume 2, No 10. Annex – 11
Book Chapters
DREAMWEAVING OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, ISBN 978-955-23-1622-7 Published by the Open University of Sri Lanka (I was one of the writers of a book chapter)