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Dr Palitha Edirisingha
Lecturer in E-learning
Dr Palitha Edirisingha is a Lecturer in E-Learning at Beyond Distance Research Alliance, University of Leicester. He is a published author in the areas of online and distance learning, mobile learning and podcasting for pedagogic purposes; investigator on the IMPALA (podcasting), WoLF (mobile learning) and MOOSE (3D virtual worlds) projects. He also serves on the University of Leicester’s E-Learning Sub-committee, and coordinates the BDRA’s visiting researcher programme.
Palitha’s research interests include the role of emerging learning technologies (mobile, social web services and tools): for facilitating informal learning within academic contexts and for creating social capital and communities of practices amongst students to support formal learning; and open and distance learning for education in developing countries.
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palitha.edirisingha@le.ac.uk