• PhD from the University of Colombo School of Computing (2017)
  • Title of the thesis - Design and Evaluation of Mobile Learning Tools to Facilitate Guided-informal learning in the Domain of Agriculture
• M Phil from the, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2010)
  • Title of the thesis: Evaluation of Computer based learning material in Agricultural Information Dissemination in Sri Lanka
• Graduated from the University of Peradeniya in B.Sc. (Agriculture) (2003)

APPOINTMENTS

• 2004-2010: Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
• 2010 - to date: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
• 2015 to date: Visiting Lecturer, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
• 2019 to date: Secretary of the Board of Study in Agricultural Extension, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
• 2021 - Appointed as the Head of the Department, in Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya for a term of 3 years.
• 2022 - Appointed to the Board of Management of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya for a term of 3 years

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

ICT for Development

E-learning in higher education

New media in extension communication

ICT stewardship for Agriculture Extension

RECENT JOURNAL PUBLICATIO

• Dissanayeke, U. and Wickramasuriya, H. (2010). E - Learning in Agriculture Higher Education: A Case Study. Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS). Vol 1 (2). pp 80-83
• Dissanayeke, U. and Wanigasundera, W.A.D.P. (2014). Status of mobile phone use in agriculture information transferring: Sri Lankan experience. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. 60 (1) 1-12
• Dissanayeke, U., Hewagamage, K.P., Ramberg, R. and Wikramanayake, G. (2014). Study to initiate Mobile Learning among a group of Young Farmers from Kandy District: An Activity Theory based approach. Tropical Agricultural Research. 26 (1). pp 26-38
• Dissanayeke, U., Hewagamage, K.P., Ramberg, R., and Wikramanayake, G.N. (2015). Developing and testing an m-Learning tool to facilitate guided-informal learning in agriculture. The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions. Vol 8, No.0
• Gow, G. A., Dissanayeke, U., Jayathilake, C. K., Kumarasinghe, I., Ariyawanshe, K., & Rathnayake, S. (2020). ICT Leadership Education for Agricultural Extension in Sri Lanka: Assessing a Technology Stewardship Training Program. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 16(1), 107-125
• Munasinghe, C. E., Dissanayeke, U., & Wanigasundera, W. A. D. P. (2020). Evaluation of Tea Smallholder’s Attitudes on Recommended Agricultural Practices in Tea: A Case Study in Pussellawa Tea Extension Officer Range, Sri Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research, 31(4), 33-42
• Wijerathna, R. M. S., Dissanayake, U., Navaratne, S., & Gunawardena, D. (2020). Evaluation of a Mobile SMS based Twitter Information Service for Rural communities: A Case study of Ipologama Vidatha Resource Center, Sri Lanka. Journal of the community development in Asia, 3(3), 19-28

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Dissanayeke, U., Hewagamage, K.P., Ramberg, R. and Wikramanayake, G.N. (2013) Twitter micro-blogging based mobile learning approach to enhance the agriculture education process. Proceedings of the International Conference Mobile Learning 2013: Lisbon, Portugal. March 14 - 16, 2013
• Dissanayeke, U., Wikramanayake, G.N., Hewagamage, K.P. and Ramberg, R. (2013). A Theoretical Framework to conduct Informal Mobile-Learning Research in Agriculture. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions 2013: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dec11-15, 2013
• Dissanayeke, U., Hewagamage, K.P., Ramberg, R. and Wikramanayake G.N. (2014). Informal m-learning research in agriculture: An activity theory based approach. In EDULEARN14, the 6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. Barcelona, Spain. From 7th- 9th July
• Gow, G., Hambly, H., Dissanayeke, U. and McMahon, R. (2017), Exploring Ict4d through a Technology Stewardship Model: Reflections On An International Action Research Project, Canadian Communication Association Annual Meeting 30th May – 2nd June 2017 at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Toronto, Canada

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Dissanayeke, U., & Wickramasuriya, H. V. A. (2015). Information Societies to Interactive Societies: ICT Adoptions in the Agriculture Sector in Sri Lanka. In P. E. Thomas, M. Srihari, & S. Kaur (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Cultural and Economic Impacts of the Information Society (pp. 420–443). IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8598-7
• Dissanayeke, U., Prasada, P., & Wickramasuriya, H. (2020). ICT-Based Information Systems in Agricultural Extension and Their Economic Implications: Sri Lankan Perspectives. In Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka (pp. 331-351). Springer, Singapore