Teaching modules delivery
Dilanthi makes an active contribution to teaching programmes and she has sustained performance at national or international level demonstrating a significant contribution to teaching, learning and assessment related activity through distinction in leadership of a major teaching team; leading teaching collaboration with other institutions; publications on teaching and learning; teaching grants and contracts secured; external examinerships; regular teaching visits to other university departments; invited presentations at national/international teaching and learning conferences, lectures, seminars and membership of professional groups; awards; membership of national or international committees relating to teaching and learning; acting as adviser/consultant and keynote addresses at teaching-related conferences. These activities demonstrate her leadership in teaching programmes including teaching and curriculum design.
- Project lead – INCLUDE (INCLUsive Disaster Education) (Project PI) aims to build inclusive higher education systems to reimagine online distance learning education and research so that it better supports the diverse DRR community. 2021 – 2024
- Research Knowledge into Teaching (ReKnowiT): 2004 – 2006. I led a project titled Research Knowledge into Teaching (ReKnowiT) which was aimed at developing principles to enable transfer of research knowledge into teaching. This study is different from previous approaches in that it considers the research and teaching link as a two-way knowledge transfer process in the light of growing knowledge management viewpoints.
- Guidelines for improving social outcomes gained through distance learning (DL) tools. Teaching and learning Quality Improvement Scheme, (Phase II) The University of Salford; 2004
- “Improving Dissertation Assessment”. Teaching and learning Quality Improvement Scheme, Improving Dissertation Assessment.