Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices

The Open University of Sri Lanka
lesson plans showed that progress was being made. Some teachers themselves
stood out as innovators by encouraging their own students to search for OERs. The
Ratnapura Rubies had formed their own group of “self-learners” to go beyond the
project to search for relevant OER. Sharing had gone beyond their own school and
Centre to sharing with other Centres too.
The contents of this book represent a realization of the dreams of participating
teachers from the Sri Lankan school system. The stories of their journeys that have
been captured here are a testament of their thirst for knowledge and the improvement
of the lives of their students as well as their own as teachers. This has been
a massive effort which would not have been possible without the support of IDRC
and its collaborators and the drive and enthusiasm of the project team members.
This publication is a product of that effort. It should be appreciated as an innovative
attempt in promoting the adoption of OER and OEP in Sri Lankan schools.
Emeritus Professor Chandra Gunawardena,
Founding Dean, Faculty of Education,
The Open University of Sri Lanka
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