Presentations & Workshops
2024
Designing for Digital Accessibility, Invited Presentation for JISC User Centred Design Team, 12 January 2024.
The Life and Time of an Accessibility Officer, FutureTeacher Series (Inclusive Practice), 30 May 2024.
Liyanagunawardena, T. & Rahman, M. (2024). Improving web accessibility at the University of Reading, Digital Accessibility Conference: Transforming the Culture, 26 June 2024.
2023
Invited digital accessibility expert for HE Commission's inquiry into Blended Learning, the House of Lords, 29 November 2023
Designing and improving Accessibility and Usability: online learning for diversity, equity, and inclusion - Panellist. Online Learning Summit, University of Leeds, 10-11 July 2023.
Look Again: Raising accessibility awareness at the University of Reading. Digital Accessibility: Achieving Lasting Change, 29 June 2023, University of Nottingham.
Co-creation and engagement: How can we make the learning experience more open, inclusive and equitable?- Panellist. Digital Universities UK, 17-20 April 2023, Leeds.
Accessibility Beyond Borders: Global roundtable discussing the challenges and opportunities of digital accessibility in Higher Education - Panellist. International Ally User Group Meeting, 27 April 2022.
2022
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2022). Knowledge is Power: Enhancing accessibility awareness at University College of Estate Management, Research in Distance Education (RIDE) Annual Conference 2022, 15-17 June 2022.
The University of Reading Disability History Month Lecture Panellist, 23 November 2022.
2021
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. & Williams, S.A. (2021). Emergency Remote Education in the UK: Parents’ perspective, ALT Annual Conference 2021, 6-9 September 2021.
Guy, M. & Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2021). Making your mind up: Formalising the evaluation of learning technologies, 6-9 September 2021.
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2021). Improving Accessibility Awareness at University College of Estate Management with a CPD Course, ALT Winter Conference, 15-16 December 2021. (Slides, Video)
2020
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2020). Widening Opportunities through Accessible Learning, Built environment event for careers advisors, 27 January 2020, Reading.
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2020). Automatic Transcripts: Student and Tutor Views from Built Environment Education, Research Into Distance Education (RIDE) Conference, 13 March 2020. (Slides).
Liyanagunawardena, T.R., Adams, A.A. and Williams, S.A. (2020). Open to inclusion: Accessibility, OER20 Conference, London, 1-2 April 2020. (Slides, Video).
2019
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2019). Automatic Transcription Software: Good Enough for Accessibility? A Case Study from Built Environment Education, 28th EDEN Annual Conference, Bruges, Belgium, 16-19 June 2019. (Slides).
2018
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2018). An analysis of automatic transcription software – Work in Progress, ALT Online Winter Conference 11-12 December 2018. (Slides).
2017
Nadan, T. and Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2017). Captioning video for accessibility: A case study of University College of Estate Management, Association for Learning Technology 24th Annual Conference, 5-7 September 2017, Liverpool. (Slides).
Scalzavara, S., Nadan, T. and Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2017). Open Badges at University College of Estate Management. University of Chichester Learning & Teaching Conference 2017: Celebrating Excellence in Learning and Teaching, 6 June 2017, Chichester, UK.
Moore, N. and Liyanagunawardena, T.R. (2017). Online, Flipped, Blended Approach to Apprenticeship Education: A case study of UCEM’s Surveying Technician Diploma. 27th World Conference on Online Learning, 16-19 October 2017, Toronto, Canada. (Slides).
2016
Liyanagunawardena, T.R. and Hussain, A. (2016). Online Distance Education Materials and Accessibility: Case Study of University College of Estate Management. E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training: Third International Conference, eLEOT 2016, August 31 – September 2 2016, Dublin, Ireland. (Slides).
2015
Liyanagunawardena, T.R., Lundqvist, K.O. and Williams, S.A. (2015). Massive Open Online Courses and Sustainability. OER15, 14-15 April 2015, Cardiff.
2014
Liyanagunawardena, T.R., Parslow, P., and Williams, S.A (2014). Dropout: MOOC Participants' Perspective. Proceedings of EMOOCs 2014 - the Second MOOC European Stakeholders Summit, Lausanne Switzerland, 10-12 February, 95-100.
Keynote Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at the Innovation in Open and Distance Learning Research, Teaching & Learning Symposium, 6 March 2014, Pretoria, South Africa.
Liyanagunawardena, T.R, Lundqvist, K.O, Micallef, L. and Williams, S.A. (2014). Teaching Programming to Beginners in a Massive Open Online Course. OER: building communities of open practice, 28-29 April , 2014, Newcastle.
Invited talk Are MOOCs providing the European workforce with necessary web skills at the EU MOOCs for Web Talent Network workshop – 17 November 2014, Helsinki, Finland.
2013
Liyanagunawardena, T. R., Williams, S. and Rassool, N. (2013). Experience of International Students from Developing Countries in Negotiating Technology for Learning. In: EDULEARN13, July 01-03, 2013, Barcelona, 4611-4616. ISBN: 978-84-616-3822-2
Liyanagunawardena, T.R, Adams, A.A., Rassool, N. and Williams, S.A. (2013). Globalization and Technology-Mediated Distance Education: Developing Countries’ Perspective. Unisa Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and eLearning, 29 September - 2 October 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.
2011
Liyanagunawardena, T. R, Adams, A. A, Rassool, N. and Williams S. (2011). Extending higher educational opportunities through e-Learning: a case study from Sri Lanka. In 1st International Australasian Conference on Enabling Access to Higher Education, 5-7 December 2011, Adelaide, Australia, 291-301
2010 and previous
Liyanagunawardena T.R. (2009). Increasing Access to Higher Education through ICT and Distance Education. Paper presented at University of Reading School of Systems Engineering Conference, 2 December 2009.
Liyanagunawardena, T. R. (2008). Measuring student perception and actual usage of online learning management system. Communications of the IBIMA, 4, 165-168. ISSN 1943-7765.