CONTESSA was an education partner at the International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning. Professor Thomas Köhler spoke about CONTESSA during a special session at the conference.
Professor Manjula Vithanapathirana completed a piece titled “Blended Learning as an Emerging Approach to Teacher Education in Higher Education in Sri Lanka: Lessons from a State-of-the-Art Review”.Read article
Meas Nearyroth from Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia discusses trying new approaches to teaching and investing time in career advancement and networking.Read the article
International conference on Teaching, Education and Learning will cover the rigorous analysis of the educational process, systems and approaches along with the cultural, societal, political, historical and economic contexts. Professor Manjula Vithanapathirana delivered the keynote address for the Conference on CONTESSA with the title “A Blended Learning Primary Teacher Education Innovation: Lessons from an international collaboration between Europe and Asia amidst of COVID-19 pandemic.”
by Orkhan Jalilov, Thomas Köhler, Manjula Vithanapathirana, Shironica P. Karunanayaka, Sandra Hummel, Bridget Sheehan
A message from Dr. L.M. Kapila Bandara
Dean, Faculty of Education,
University of Colombo
Ms. Samadara Amarasinghe and Mr. Igala Gamage Chinthaka Chandrakumara will present CONTESSA at the 7th International Research Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS 2021) which will be held on March 18th and 19th, 2021 at Waters Edge Colombo, Sri Lanka with their presentations.
Prof. Manjula Vithanapathirana presented her submission titled: “E-readiness and Techno-anxiety of postgraduate teacher trainees: Exploring the psychological climate for introducing Blended Learning through CONTESSA project” at the Annual Research Symposium 2020, Faculty of Education, the University of Colombo on the 18th December 2020.