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2020
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1281180 |
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- A Luxury at First, and Then the Only Hope; the First 100 Days of E-Learning in a LIS Education Institute Gamage, Ruwan Wijesundara, Chiranthi Electronic Learning Library Education Information Science Education COVID-19 Pandemics Foreign Countries College Students School Closing Distance Education Integrated Learning Systems Computer Mediated Communication The following reflection briefly describes the unpredicted drive of online LIS education during the COVID-19 lockdown at the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a unique story in an unconventional educational setting supported by a handful of institutional academic staff and a band of visiting lecturers from various institutions. Fifteen courses are offered below undergraduate level spread over five regional centers. Four postgraduate courses are conducted at the NILIS headquarters only. Each course is coordinated by a single academic (who can be from internal or external academic staff). Each member from the six office assistants of NILIS has been assigned as Course Assistants to support the Coordinators. A majority of courses are conducted in Sinhala language while one class is conducted in Tamil language. Sinhala and Tamil are vernacular languages in Sri Lanka. Postgraduate courses are either held in English (the link language), or bilingually. A total of around 600 students have registered for these courses. These students come from different educational, employment, and skill levels. Classes are held in weekends only. The duration of the courses ranges from six months to a few years. Current students had never been offered online learning before the COVID-19 pandemic.