2018 AAOU Best Paper Award, Best Practice Award, and Young Innovator Award

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 AAOU Paper Awards! Prior to the conference, full papers submitted for the conference were evaluated and shortlisted by the Conference Programme Committee. The Adjudication Committees for the Best Paper Award and the Best Practice Award chose six finalists (per award) for an oral presentation. After assessing the presentations of the authors of these papers, three winners for each of the awards were selected. These six winners, and the three winners of the Young Innovator Award (Gold Medal and two Silver Medals) chosen previously, were presented with their awards and cash incentives at the closing ceremony of the conference. The contributions of all winners and authors of papers are highly appreciated.

ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE

Best Paper Award

  • Chair: Dr. Jean A. Saludadez (Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, University of the Philippines Open University)
  • Member: Prof. Dr. Zoraini Wati Abas (Acting Vice Chancellor, Wawasan Open University)
  • Member: Prof. Drs. Ojat Darojat (Rector, Universitas Terbuka)

Best Practice Award

  • Chair: Dr. Li Kam-Cheong (Director, University Research Centre, The Open University of Hong Kong)
  • Member: Prof. Samuel Anbahan Ariadurai (Vice Chancellor, The Open University Sri Lanka)
  • Member: Dr. Melinda F. Lumanta (Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines Open University)

Young Innovator Award

  • Chair: Dr. Andy Liew Teik Kooi (Registrar and Director of Quality Assurance and External Relations, Wawasan Open University)
  • Member: Prof. Tsuneo Yamada (Professor, Center for ICT and Distance Education, The Open University of Japan)
  • Member: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Krisana Rungrojwanich (Acting Vice President for Research, Innovation, and International Affairs, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University)

AWARDEES

Best Paper Award

  • Gold Medal:
    Can e-Servicescapes Improve Student Engagement? Evidence from the Distance Education in Sri Lanka
    H. C. Dassanayake & W.A.R. Senevirathne
    University of Sri Jayewardenepura & The Open University of Sri Lanka
  • Silver Medal:
    Alumnus-Perceived Effectiveness of Open Education
    A.M.P.B. Abeysinghe, B.G. Jayatilleke, B.C.L. Athapattu, L.P.S. Gamini
    The Open University of Sri Lanka
  • Silver Medal:
    Learning Economy through Crowd-Sourced Learning
    Masumi Hori, Seishi Ono, Toshihiro Kita, Hiroki Miyahara, Shiu Sakashita, Kensuke Miyashita, Kazutuna Yamaji, Tsuneo Yamada
    CCC-TIES, Kumamoto University, University of Yamanashi, Acutus Software, Inc., Kyoto Women’s University, National Institute of Informatics, The Open University of Japan

Best Practice Award

  • Gold Medal:
    Implementation and Challenges of Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL): The Assessors’ Perspective
    Ooi Li Hsien & Arathai Din Eak
    Wawasan Open University
  • Silver Medal:
    Ranking Criteria for e-Learning Adoption: The Case of Vietnam
    Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To Quyen & Doan Ho Dan Tam
    Ho Chi Minh City Open University
  • Silver Medal:
    Blending Television with MOOCs: An Experiment in Elementary Teacher Training in India
    Gaurav Singh
    Indira Gandhi National Open University

Young Innovator Award

  • Gold Medal:
    Formative Mobile Assessment in Distance Learning
    Kamran Mir
    Allama Iqbal Open University
  • Silver Medal:
    Social Work Programmes through Open and Distance Learning: Case Study of IGNOU, India
    Saumya Pandey
    Indira Gandhi National Open University
  • Silver Medal:
    The Application of Micro-course in Open Education in the Perspective of Teaching in English Interpretation
    Wang Yan
    Jiangsu Open University