Dr. Ramesh C. Sharma

Conference  Presentations

• Presented  papers at international and national platforms on distance education, teacher education and Information Technology.
  

• Presented paper entitled, “Student Retention in Open and Distance Learning System” at 15th AAOU conference organised by IGNOU from 21 to 23 February, 2002 available http://www.ignou.ac.in/maine.htm or http://www.ignou.ac.in/content.htm#I 
  

• Invited to be an e-Facilitator for The 1st Conference on Research in Distance and Adult Learning in Asia (CRIDALA 2000) Organised by Centre of Research in Distance and Adult Learning (CRIDAL), The Open University of Hong Kong, 21-24 June 2000 on the Issue: “Technology: access, pedagogy and use in ODL research” for Professor Terry Evans, Keynote speaker at CRIDALA conference from 15 May to 15 June 2000 for his keynote titled, “Utilising Information and Communication Technologies in ODL Research” and also for the Wrap up e-Conference http://www.ouhk.edu.hk/cridal/cridala/conf/ and http://www.ouhk.edu.hk/cridal/cridala/wrapup/ 
  

• Presented paper titled, “Interactive Radio Counselling in Distance Education“ for The 1st Conference on Research in Distance and Adult Learning in Asia (CRIDALA 2000) Organised by Centre of Research in Distance and Adult Learning (CRIDAL), The Open University of Hong Kong, 21-24 June 2000 
  

• Presented paper titled, “Technology for Teacher Training through Distance Education in India” in the Virtual Online Conference, “Opening Gates in Teacher Education” held by Mofet Institute, Israel from 12-14 February, 2001 http://vcisrael.macam.ac.il/site/eng/dropdown.asp?page=sch&subject=sc#t
  

• Presented paper titled, “Technology for Professional Development of Teachers” in International Workshop on “Information and Communication Technologies for Professional Development of Primary Education Personnel” held by Distance Education Programme - District Primary Education Programme ( a JV of NCERT, MHRD & IGNOU) from 14-16 February, 2001 
  

• Conducted and Organised Regional Seminar of IGNOU for its Decennial Celebration at Shillong on 10/8/1996 on the theme “Use of Technology in Reaching out to Learners”.
  

• Presented a paper, “Casting the NET for research” at ICDE-Asian Region Conference from 3 to 5 November, 2000 by IGNOU
  

• Participated in workshop on Oracle8i at Bangalore from 23 and 24 October, 2000 organised by Oracle Corporation
  

• Attended Seventh Annual IDEA conference from 27 to 29 April, 2000 co-hosted by IGNOU
  

• Presented paper titled, “Open Learning: Democratisation of Education” for the Conference conducted by All India Association for Educational Research from 1 to 3 June, 1994
  

• Presented paper titled, “Object Oriented Approach in Open Learning System” for the International Conference conducted by All India Association for Education Technology, IGNOU and National Open School, on the theme, “Recent Trends in Education and Training Technologies” from 28 to 30 October, 1993