CAREER SUMMARY
- Head / Assitant Professor at the Department of Software Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade) at the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
- Lecturer at the Department of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Information and Communication Technologies, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain (2017)
- Master of Computer Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2011)
- BSc in Information Technology, Curtin University of Technology, Australia (2007)
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Learning Technologies
- Learning analytics and scalable pedagogies
- Educational Psychology
- Human Computer Interaction
- Social Network Analysis
- Assistive Technologies
Memberships
- Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
- Member of IEEE
- Member of European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning (EA-TEL)
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo "Authoring and enactment of mobile pyramid‐based collaborative learning activities"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo "Has Research on Collaborative Learning Technologies Addressed Massiveness? A Literature Review"
- Javier Melero, Davinia Hernandez Leo, Kalpani Manathunga "Group-based mobile learning: Do group size and sharing mobile devices matter?"
- Kalpani Manathunga "Technology Support for Scalable and Dynamic Collaborative Learning: a Pyramid Flow Pattern Approach"
- Ishari Amarasinghe, Davinia Hernandez Leo, Kalpani Manathunga, Anders Jonsson "Sustaining Continuous Collaborative Learning Flows in MOOCs: Orchestration Agent Approach"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo "PyramidApp: Scalable Method Enabling Collaboration in the Classroom"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo " Flexible CSCL Orchestration Technology: Mechanisms for Elasticity and Dynamism in Pyramid Script Flows"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo, Mike Sharples "A Social Learning Space Grid for MOOCs: Exploring a FutureLearn Case"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo "A Multiple Constraints Framework for Collaborative Learning Flow Orchestration"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo " Flexible CSCL orchestration technology: mechanisms for elasticity and dynamism in pyramid script flows"
- Kalpani Manathunga, Davinia Hernandez Leo, Jaime Caicedo, Jhon Jairo Ibarra, Francisco Martinez Pabon, Gustavo Ramirez Gonzalez "Collaborative learning orchestration using smart displays and personal devices"
