{"id":1339,"date":"2019-11-14T07:37:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T07:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2023-03-09T07:21:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:21:02","slug":"15th-annual-academic-sessions-of-ousl-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/?p=1339","title":{"rendered":"17<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Academic Sessions of OUSL (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1339\" class=\"elementor elementor-1339\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39e599a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39e599a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71378794\" data-id=\"71378794\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87abd42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87abd42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1336\" src=\"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/D26_4235-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/D26_4235-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/D26_4235-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/D26_4235-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/D26_4235.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/>30<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; 31<sup>st<\/sup> October 2019<\/p>\n<p>Open University Research Sessions in 2019 (OURS 2019) was organized by the Senate Sub-Committee for OURS 2019 chaired by Prof. S.R. Weerakoon, the Chairperson of the Senate Sub-Committee and the Director\/ Research.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Guest for the inaugural sessions was Prof. B.A Hussainmiya, Professor in History who delivered the key note address while the Guest of Honor was Prof. Colvin Goonaratna, the Chancellor, Open University of Sri Lanka. The activities of OURS 2019 commenced on the 30th October 2019 with the inauguration at 9.00 a.m. in the Conference Hall of OUSL. The presentation on \u201cChallenges and Prospects for Higher Education for all\u201d by Prof. B.A Hussainmiya was well received by the audience. Prof. Suresh Canagarajah presented a keynote speech on \u201cWriting on the Wall: Limits of Identity Politics and Multiculturalism\u201d and Dr. Ruwan Ferdinando presented a keynote speech on \u201cFrom advising towards empathizing: Improving communication skills of health professionals\u201d Both presentations were also well received by the audience.<br \/>\nFor oral presentation in the Conference, 142 abstracts\/extended abstracts were received for review of which 81 were selected following a rigorous peer review process based on originality of work, significance to contemporary society and clarity for the purpose of the Conference. Important outcome of the Conference is the publication of Book of abstracts that were accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/?p=1339#more-1339\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading 17th Annual Academic Sessions of OUSL (2019)\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open University Research Sessions in 2019 (OURS 2019) was organized by the Senate Sub-Committee for OURS 2019 chaired by Prof. S.R. Weerakoon, the Chairperson of the Senate Sub-Committee and the Director\/ Research.<br \/>\nThe Chief Guest for the inaugural sessions was Prof. B.A Hussainmiya, Professor in History who delivered the key note address while the Guest of Honor was Prof. Colvin Goonaratna, the Chancellor, Open University of Sri Lanka. The activities of OURS 2019 commenced on the 30th October 2019 with the inauguration at 9.00 a.m. in the Conference Hall of OUSL. The presentation on \u201cChallenges and Prospects for Higher Education for all\u201d by Prof. B.A Hussainmiya was well received by the audience. Prof. Suresh Canagarajah presented a keynote speech on \u201cWriting on the Wall: Limits of Identity Politics and Multiculturalism\u201d and Dr. Ruwan Ferdinando presented a keynote speech on \u201cFrom advising towards empathizing: Improving communication skills of health professionals\u201d Both presentations were also well received by the audience.\t\t                             <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peevious-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ours.ou.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}