
Affiliation
- Associate Professor , School of Global Affairs
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rcsharma@aud.ac.in
- Orcid Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1371-1157
- Google Scholar Id: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F5P8_7MAAAAJ&hl=en
- Scopus Id: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55685402800
MSc, MEd, PhD (Educational Technology), MCA
- Former Director, Human Resource Development Centre HRDC
- Wawasan Open University, Malaysia - Associate Professor of Educational Technology and Learning Resources
- Visiting Professorship - Universidade do Estado da Bahia, UNEB, Brazil
- Visiting Professorship - University of Fiji, Fiji
- Commonwealth of Learning- Director of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)
- University of Guyana, Guyana, South America - Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) [as a CFTC Expert of the Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom]
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India – Regional Director
- ELearning, Instructional Design, Open Educational Resources, Open and Distance Learning, Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Educational Research
Patents
Patent -1
REPÚBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL
DIRETORIA DE PATENTES, PROGRAMAS DE COMPUTADOR E TOPOGRAFIAS DE CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS
Certificado de Registro de Programa de Computador Processo Nº: BR512018001203-5O Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial expede o presente certificado de registro de programa de computador, válido por 50 anos a partir de 1° de janeiro subsequente à data de 19/03/2017, em conformidade com o §2°, art. 2° da Lei 9.609, de 19 de Fevereiro de 1998.
- Título: Museu Virtual Teatro São João
- Data de publicação: 19/03/2017
- Data de criação: 06/03/2017
- Titular(es): Universidade Do Estado Da Bahia, CNPJ: 14.485.841/0001-40
- Autor(es): Alfredo Eurico Rodrigues Matta, CPF: 292.964.045-68; Maria Antonia Lima Gomes, CPF: 475.189.105-78; Lucas Robatto, CPF: 360.037.355-20; Ramesh Chander Sharma; Rafael Bernard Lima Gomes, CPF: 859.250.735-92
- Linguagem: PHP
Patent 2
REPÚBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL
DIRETORIA DE PATENTES, PROGRAMAS DE COMPUTADOR E TOPOGRAFIAS DE CIRCUITOS INTEGRADOS
Certificado de Registro de Programa de Computador Processo Nº: BR512022003589-8O Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial expede o presente certificado de registro de programa de computador, válido por 50 anos a partir de 1° de janeiro subsequente à data de 06/10/2020, em conformidade com o §2°, art. 2° da Lei 9.609, de 19 de Fevereiro de 1998.
- Título: Museu Virtual da Escola Parque da Década de 1950
- Data de publicação: 06/10/2020
- Data de criação: 03/03/2015
Titular(es): UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA Autor(es):
ALFREDO EURICO RODRIGUES MATTA; FRANCISCA DE PAULA SANTOS DA SILVA; RAMESH CHANDER SHARMA; EDNEI OTÁVIO DA PURIFICAÇÃO SANTOS; JACI MARIA FERRAZ DE MENEZES; EDILBERTO BISPO DOS SANTOS; ARANDIR PEREIRA MACEDO; ANTONIO JORGE DE SOUZA LIMA; ALESSANDRA NEIVA CERQUEIRA; LUCIANA CONCEIÇÃO DE ALMEIDA MARTINS
Linguagem: OUTROS Campo de aplicação: ED-06; IF-02
- AUD 2023 Good Researcher Award
- AUD 2022 Commendable Researcher Award
- AUD 2022 Good Researcher Award
Books
- Sharma, R. C. & Bozkurt, A. (Eds.). (2024). Transforming Education With Generative AI: Prompt Engineering and Synthetic Content Creation. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-1351-0 Pages: 550 DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1351-0 ISBN13: 9798369313510|EISBN13: 9798369313527 https://www.igi-global.com/book/transforming-education-generative/327460
- Kurubacak, G., Sharma, R. C., & Yıldırım, H. (Eds.). (2023). Glocal Policy and Strategies for Blockchain: Building Ecosystems and Sustainability. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4153-4 Pages: 332. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4153-4. ISBN13: 9781668441534
- Hambrock, H., de Villiers, F., Power, R., Koole, M., Ahmed, M., Ellis, W., Abd Karim, R., Kurubacak, G., El-Hussein, M., Ossiannilsson, E., Sharma, R., José Sousa, M., & Wollin, U. (2022). Seamless Learning in Higher Education 2: Comparisons from International Educators of Changes During a Global Pandemic (H. Hambrock, F. de Villiers, R. Power, and M. Koole, Eds). International Association for Mobile Learning and Power Learning Solutions. ISBN ISBN 978-1-9993825-6-8. https://pressbooks.pub/seamlesslearning2/
- Sharma, R. C., Yildirim, H., & Kurubacak, G. (2020). Blockchain Technology Applications in Education (pp. 1-290). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-9478-9
- Sharma, R. C. (2018). Innovative Applications of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (pp. 1-451). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5466-0 ISBN13: 9781522554660, (https://www.igi-global.com/book/innovative-applications-online-pedagogy-course/189161)
Research papers / Article
- Das, M., Garg, S. & Sharma, R. (2023). Designing Curriculum and Assessments for Outcome-based Learning in Indian Higher Education Institutions: Some Key Considerations. University News, 61(48), November 27-December 03, 2023, pp.3-8. [ISSN 0566-2257]
- Sharma, R. & Garg, S. (2023). Embedding Bhartiya Knowledge System for Futuristic Education. University News, 61(47), November 20-26, 2023, pp.20-26. [ISSN 0566-2257]
- Sharma, R. C. (2023). Blending Sabermetrics and Artificial Intelligence for Holistic Assessment and Personalized Learning Insights for Harmonizing Educational Waters. (2023). Education@ETMA, 2(3), i-xii. http://etma-india.com/index.php/educationatetma/article/view/22 .
- Sharma, R. C. (2023). Immersive Learning: Harnessing Virtual Reality for Education, Educreator Research Journal, 10(5), Sept – Oct, 2023, 12-20. ISSN: P-2455-0515.
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2023). Generative AI and prompt engineering: The art of whispering to let the genie out of the algorithmic world. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18(2), i-vii. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8174941 ISSN 1347-9008
- Bozkurt, A., Gjelsvik, T., Adam, T., Asino, T. I., Atenas, J., Bali, M., Blomgren, C., Bond, M., Bonk, C. J., Brown, M., Burgos, D., Conrad, D., Costello, E., Cronin, C., Czerniewicz, L., Deepwell, M., Deimann, M., DeWaard, H. J., Dousay, T. A., Ebner, M., Farrow, R., Gil-Jaurena, I., Havemann, L., Inamorato, A., Irvine, V., Karunanayaka, S. P., Kerres, M., Lambert, S., Lee, K., Makoe, M., Marín, V. I., Mikroyannidis, A., Mishra, S., Naidu, S., Nascimbeni, F., Nichols, M., Olcott. Jr., D., Ossiannilsson, E., Otto, D., Padilla Rodriguez, B. C., Paskevicius, M., Roberts, V., Saleem, T., Schuwer, R., Sharma, R. C., Stewart, B., Stracke, C. M., Tait, A., Tlili, A., Ubachs, G., Weidlich, J., Weller, M., Xiao, J., & Zawacki Richter, O. (2023). Openness in Education as a Praxis: From Individual Testimonials to Collective Voices. Open Praxis, 15(2), pp. 76–112, WoS ESCI)
- Sharma, R. C. (2023). The Double-Edged Sword of AI Text Generators: Enhancing Productivity at the Cost of Intellectual Authenticity?. Education@ETMA, 2(2), i-vii. http://etma-india.com/index.php/educationatetma/article/view/1 eISSN 2583-3928.
- Sharma, R. C. (2023). Exploring Generative AI’s Influence on Tailored Learning. Education@ETMA, 2(1), i-iii. http://etma-india.com/index.php/educationatetma/article/view/18 eISSN 2583-3928.
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2023). Challenging the status quo and exploring the new boundaries in the age of algorithms: Reimagining the role of generative AIin distance education and online learning. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18(1), i-viii.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7755273 (ISSN 1347-9008)
- Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., Bond, M., Nerantzi, C., Honeychurch, S., Bali, M., Dron, J., Mir, K., Stewart, B., Costello, E., Mason, J., Stracke, C. M., Romero-Hall, E., Koutropoulos, A., Toquero, C. M., Singh, L., Tlili, A., Lee, K., Nichols, M., Ossiannilsson, E., Brown, M., Irvine, V., Raffaghelli, J. E., Santos-Hermosa, G., Farrell, O., Adam, T., Thong, Y. L., Sani-Bozkurt, S., Sharma, R. C., Hrastinski, S., & Jandrić, P. (2023). Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18(1), 53-130. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7636568 (ISSN 1347-9008)
- Sharma, R. C. (2022). Reshaping teaching and learning engineering through next-gen learning technologies. Journal of Online Learning Studies, 1(1), 1–8. Retrieved from https://jourols.com/index.php/jols/article/view/4. ISSN: 3023-4190
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Exploring the learning analytics equation: What about the carpe diem of teaching and learning?. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), i-xiv. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7402312 (ISSN 1347-9008)
- Kurubacak, G. ., Sharma, R. C., & Uğur, S. (2022). Living in the Meta Immersive Smart 21st Century and Beyond: A Digital Transformation in Open and Distance Learning (ODL). TAM Akademi Dergisi, 1(2), 86–95. https://doi.org/10.58239/tamde.2022.02.001.x , ISSN 2822-4493
- Sharma, R. C. (2022). Digital Innovations and Transformation in Education. Education@ETMA, 1(3), i-v. Retrieved from https://educationatetma.etma-india.in/index.php/journal/article/view/28 {ISSN (Online) 2583-3928}
- Stracke, C. M., Sharma, R. C., Bozkurt, A., Burgos, D., Swiatek Cassafieres, C., Inamorato dos Santos, A., Mason, J., Ossiannilsson, E., Santos-Hermosa, G., Shon, J. G., Wan, M., Agbu, J.-F. O., Farrow, R., Karakaya, Özlem, Nerantzi, C., Ramírez-Montoya, M. S., Conole, G., Truong, V., & Cox, G. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Education: An International Review of Practices and Potentials of Open Education at a Distance. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 23(4), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v23i4.6120 ISSN: 1492-3831, SSCI impact factor of 0.734 SCOPUS,
- ZAMFIROIU, A., SHARMA, R.C., CONSTANTINESCU, D., PANĂ, M. & TOMA, C. (2022). Using Learning Analytics for Analyzing Students’ Behavior in Online Learning, Studies in Informatics and Control, ISSN 1220-1766, vol. 31(3), pp. 63-74, 2022. https://doi.org/10.24846/v31i3y202206. SCOPUS. ISSN 1841-429x (online), Impact factor SCOPUS CiteScore 2020= 4.2, Clarivate Analytics 2021= 1.826. https://sic.ici.ro/using-learning-analytics-for-analyzing-students-behavior-in-online-learning/
- Kibrit, G.; Altinay, F.; Dagli, G.; Altinay, Z.; Sharma, R.; Shadiev, R.; Tlili, A.; Celebi, M.; Jemni, M.; Bastas, M. Evaluation of Sustainability and Accessibility Strategies in Vocational Education Training. Sustainability 2022, 14, 12061. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912061 Academic Editor: David Manzano Sánchez. Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12061; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912061 SCOPUS / SCIE / SSCI. Impact factor 3.889. ISSN: 2071-1050
- Kirac, N.İ.; Altinay, F.; Dagli, G.; Altinay, Z.; Sharma, R.; Shadiev, R.; Celebi, M. Multicultural Education Policies and Connected Ways of Living during COVID-19: Role of Educators as Cultural Transformers. Sustainability 2022, 14, 12038. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912038) SCOPUS / SCIE / SSCI. Impact factor 3.889. ISSN: 2071-1050
- Mahanta, S., & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Challenges, Prospects, and strategies of Emergency Online Education at Secondary Level in Assam State of India during COVID-19 pandemic, Education and Self Development, 17(4), 34-51. (DOI): 10.26907/esd.17.4.04. [ SCOPUS. ISSN 1991-7740]
- Garg, S. & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Blended Learning in National Educational Policy 2020: Towards ending privileges to Higher Education, Indian Journal of Educational Technology, 4(2), 255-265. [UGC CARE]
- Tlili, A., Huang, R., Shehata, B., Liu, D., Zhao, J., Metwally, A.H.S, Wang, H., Denden, M., Bozkurt, A., Lee, L.H., Beyoglu, D., Altinay, F., Sharma, R.C., Altinay, Z., Li, Z., Liu, J., Ahmad, F., Hu, Y., Salha, S., Abed, M., & Burgos, D. (2022). Is Metaverse in education a blessing or a curse: a combined content and bibliometric analysis. Smart Learning Environments. 9, 24 (2022). [SCOPUS] [3.7 citescore impact factor]
- Tlılı, A. , Altınay, F. , Altınay, Z. , Aydın, C. H. , Huang, R. & Sharma, R. (2022). Reflections On Massive Open Online Courses (Moocs) During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis . Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education , 23 (3) , 1-17 .
- Sharma, R. C. (2022). Blended learning, Hybrid learning, and HyFlex Learning for Post-Pandemic Learning. Education@ETMA, 1(2). Retrieved from https://educationatetma.etma-india.in/index.php/journal/article/view/13
- Kurubacak, G., Sharma, R.C., & Sisman-Ugur, S. (2022). Living in the Meta Immersive Smart 21st Century and Beyond. A Digital Transformation in Open and Distance Learning (ODL), Education India Journal: A Quarterly Refereed Journal of Dialogues on Education, 11(2), pp.1-10. A UGC- CARE List Journal
- Baglama, B.; Evcimen, E.; Altinay, F.; Sharma, R.C.; Tlili, A.; Altinay, Z.; Dagli, G.; Jemni, M.; Shadiev, R.; Yucesoy, Y.; Celebi, M. (2022). Analysis of Digital Leadership in School Management and Accessibility of Animation-Designed Game-Based Learning for Sustainability of Education for Children with Special Needs. Sustainability 2022, 14, 7730. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137730 SCOPUS Scopus, SCIE and SSCI (Web of Science)
- Sharma, R. C. (2022). Book Review of Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development. Open Praxis, 13(4), 404–407. http://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.13.4.263
- Huang, R.; Tlili, A.; Zhang, X.; Sun, T.; Wang, J.; Sharma, R.C.; Affouneh, S.; Salha, S.; Altinay, F.; Altinay, Z.; Olivier, J.; Jemni, M.; Wang, Y.; Zhao, J.; Burgos, D. (2022). A Comprehensive Framework for Comparing Textbooks: Insights from the Literature and Experts. Sustainability, 14, 6940. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116940 SCOPUS / Web of Science
- Zamfiroiu, A. & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Cybersecurity Management for Incident Response, Romanian Cyber Security Journal, 1(4), 69-75. https://doi.org/10.54851/v4i1y202208
- Yikici, B.; Altinay, F.; Altinay, Z.; Sharma, R.C.; Dagli, G. (2022). Adoption of Online Education and Pedagogy as New Codes of Life for New Future in Rural Regions.Sustainability, 14(9), 5528. SCOPUS / Web of Science
- Garg, S. C. & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Blended Learning in National Educational Policy 2020: towards ending privileges to Higher Education, Indian Journal of Educational Technology, 4(2).
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2022). Digital transformation and the way we (mis)interpret technology. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 17(1), i-viii. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6362290
- Santos, EO da P., Matta, AER ., Silva, F. de PS ., & Sharma, RC . (2022). Dialogical-polyphonic aspects of Anísio Teixeira's pedagogical proposal for park schools in Bahia in the 1950s. Conjecturas , 22 (3), 17–31
- Stracke, C.M.; Burgos, D.; Santos-Hermosa, G.; Bozkurt, A.; Sharma, R.C.; Cassafieres, C.S.; dos Santos, A.I.; Mason, J.; Ossiannilsson, E.; Shon, J.G.; Wan, M.; Obiageli Agbu, J.-F.; Farrow, R.; Karakaya, Ö.; Nerantzi, C.; Ramírez-Montoya, M.S.; Conole, G.; Cox, G.; Truong, V. (2022). Responding to the Initial Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of International Responses and Impact in School and Higher Education. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1876. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031876 SCOPUS, SSCI (Web of Science)
- Bozkurt, A., & Sharma, R. C. (2022). In Pursuit of the Right Mix: Blended Learning for Augmenting, Enhancing, and Enriching Flexibility. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 16(2). Retrieved from http://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/609
- “Digital Trust and Higher Education Challenges in Developing Countries” on 25th November 2023, at 7th Conference on Contemporary Studies in Management (CoSiM) held from 24 to 27 November 2023, Organized by the Institut für gemeinnützige Dienstleistungen gGmbH (Institute for non-profit Services), Germany
- Invited speaker on ‘Game Based Learning’ conducted by Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT on 20 June 2022
- Delivered a Keynote valedictory address ‘Research methodologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence’ on 19th March 2022 at the 2-day conference titled "Emerging Researchers Binational Conference on Computer Science, Mathematics and Information Technology" held online on 18th and 19th March 2022 by the Institute of Distance and Open Learning, University of Mumbai, under the Shastri Indo Canadian Institute Conference Award.
- "Motivation, Volition, and Engagement as competencies of teachers for OEP and OER Adoption" on August 19, 2021 at OER Forum at the 2021 Global Smart Education Conference, Beijing Normal University, China
- BILTEVT2021: International Barrier-Free Informatics Technology Congress 2021” to be held by Turkish Barrier-Free Informatics Platform and hosted by Manisa Celal Bayar University in 2-4 September 2021 in Anemon Hotel - Manisa / Turkey
- Designing 360-Degree Virtual Reality (VR) experiences of Monuments in Lodhi Garden in Delhi [AUD Approved]