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Prof Hiran AmarasekeraProf Hiran AmarasekeraLeader, Jayewardenepura Digital Leader, Jayewardenepura Digital
TeamTeamDepartment of Forestry and Environment Department of Forestry and Environment
ScienceScience
How to improve your How to improve your web visibility and web visibility and university rankinguniversity ranking
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What is it in for me?What is it in for me?
1.1.Creating Google Scholar ProfilesCreating Google Scholar Profiles
2.2. Jayewardenepura WebsitesJayewardenepura Websites
3.3.Staff siteStaff site
4.4.How can you help to improve How can you help to improve university rankinguniversity ranking
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www.sjp.ac.lkwww.sjp.ac.lk
University University websiteswebsites
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www.sjp.ac.lk/researchwww.sjp.ac.lk/research
Staff.sjp.ac.lkStaff.sjp.ac.lk
Staffweb.sjp.ac.lk (phased-Staffweb.sjp.ac.lk (phased-out)out)
Now Social Media is Mass Now Social Media is Mass Media Media
Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | Hiran Amarasekera | 2012 | www.sjp.ac.lk www.sjp.ac.lk 1010
You can reach more people with just one post in facebook than in the cover of a popular newspaper.
Need traffic to research Need traffic to research contents! contents!
Education 3.0 and 4.0 Education 3.0 and 4.0
Education 1.0 – Lectures and Education 1.0 – Lectures and memorization memorization
Education 2.0 - Internet-enabled learning Education 2.0 - Internet-enabled learning open sourcingopen sourcing
Education 3.0 - Knowledge-producing Education 3.0 - Knowledge-producing education education
Education 4.0 - Innovation-producing Education 4.0 - Innovation-producing education education
Arthur M. Harkins, University of MinnesotaArthur M. Harkins, University of Minnesota
Hiran Amarasekera | 2015 | Hiran Amarasekera | 2015 | www.sjp.ac.lk www.sjp.ac.lk 1212
E-Learning 4.0 MOOCs way E-Learning 4.0 MOOCs way
Hiran Amarasekera | 2015 | Hiran Amarasekera | 2015 | www.sjp.ac.lk www.sjp.ac.lk 1313
Massive Open Online Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)Courses (MOOCs)
MOOCs courses are free and easily MOOCs courses are free and easily accessible online therefore large accessible online therefore large numbers of students can study high numbers of students can study high quality courses with prestigious quality courses with prestigious universities.universities.
Key MOOCs providersKey MOOCs providers
Number of courses offered Number of courses offered
Jayewardenepura Open Learning Jayewardenepura Open Learning PlatformPlatform
http://www.sjp.ac.lk/sites/openlearn/http://www.sjp.ac.lk/sites/openlearn/
Digital Library/ Scholar BankDigital Library/ Scholar Bank
http://dl.sjp.ac.lk/
Jayewardenepura JournalsJayewardenepura Journals
http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/
Jayewardenepura AlumniJayewardenepura Alumni
http://www.sjp.ac.lk/alumni/
Hiran AmarasekeraHiran AmarasekeraDepartment of Forestry and Department of Forestry and
Environment ScienceEnvironment Science
How can you How can you contribute to improve contribute to improve University Ranking University Ranking
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World University Ranking systems
Webometrics Ranking http://www.webometrics.info
THE-QS World University Rankings http://www.topuniversities.com/
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) produced by Shanghai Jiaotong University http://www.shanghairanking.com
World University Ranking systems
Webometrics ranking Webometrics ranking
Largest classification of higher Largest classification of higher educations institutions, 17,000+ educations institutions, 17,000+ universities universities
Conducted by Cybermetrics Lab Conducted by Cybermetrics Lab (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain
http://www.webometrics.info/ Twice a year (January and July).Twice a year (January and July).
Webometrics ranking – AimsWebometrics ranking – Aims
To improve the presence of the To improve the presence of the academic and research institutions academic and research institutions on the Web on the Web
To promote the open access To promote the open access publication of scientific results. publication of scientific results.
Webometrics - MethodologyWebometrics - Methodology
Visibility (50%)– IMPACT. - external inlinks that the
University webdomain receives from third parties
– The indicator is the product of square root of the number of backlinks and the number of domains originating those backlinks
Webometrics - MethodologyWebometrics - Methodology
Activity (50%)– PRESENCE (1/3). The total number of
webpages
– OPENNESS (1/3). number of rich files (pdf, doc, docx, ppt)
– EXCELLENCE (1/3). The academic papers published in high impact international journals
World RankingsWorld Rankings
North AmericaNorth America
Stanford University (1st region & world), Stanford University (1st region & world),
MIT (2nd), MIT (2nd),
University of California, Berkeley (3th) University of California, Berkeley (3th)
Harvard University (4th)Harvard University (4th) EuropeEurope Cambridge (1st region), Cambridge (1st region),
Oxford (2nd), Oxford (2nd),
ETH Zurich (3rd)ETH Zurich (3rd)
World RankingsWorld Rankings Asia/PacificAsia/Pacific Tokyo (59th world),Tokyo (59th world),
Australian National (60th), Australian National (60th),
National Taiwan (96th),National Taiwan (96th),
New South Wales (112th) New South Wales (112th)
Kyoto (116th) Kyoto (116th)
Beijing (120th) universitiesBeijing (120th) universities
2015 Janurary Ranking2015 Janurary Ranking
USJ why only 5USJ why only 5thth??
22ndnd Openness (No of open files such as Openness (No of open files such as pdf) pdf)
USJ why only 5USJ why only 5thth??
Low ImpactLow Impact Excellence Excellence
USJ why only 5USJ why only 5thth??
22ndnd in No of Pages (Presence) in No of Pages (Presence)
USJ why only 5USJ why only 5thth??
But 7But 7thth in Impact Rank in Impact Rank
USJ why only 5USJ why only 5thth??
But 6But 6thth in Excellence Rank (Published Research in Excellence Rank (Published Research papers)papers)
Ranking of Sri Lankan Universities Ranking of Sri Lankan Universities Jan 2011Jan 2011
WORLD RANKWORLD RANK UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY SIZESIZE VISIBILITYVISIBILITY RICH FILESRICH FILES SCHOLARSCHOLAR
23242324 University of Moratuwa 4,1654,165 3,7433,743 2,4632,463 1,6651,665
25522552 University of RuhunaUniversity of Ruhuna 2,3842,384 9,4119,411 1,9651,965 2,3452,345
26152615 U of PeradeniyaU of Peradeniya 4,5924,592 4,8474,847 4,4234,423 1,0591,059
26902690 University of ColomboUniversity of Colombo 2,9862,986 1,6641,664 4,4174,417 2,6462,646
41894189 Open University Open University 5,6225,622 7,5997,599 4,3394,339 3,1113,111
58305830 Sabaragamuwa Sabaragamuwa UniversityUniversity 9,2869,286 11,93611,936 6,8536,853 2,1302,130
60686068 University of Sri University of Sri JayewardenepuraJayewardenepura 7,2877,287 6,7526,752 5,8235,823 5,0685,068
61046104 University of KelaniyaUniversity of Kelaniya 5,5025,502 7,6247,624 4,7514,751 6,8986,898
90969096 University of JaffnaUniversity of Jaffna 11,01411,014 5,6235,623 8,3748,374 6,8986,898
1026410264 Eastern University of Eastern University of Sri LankaSri Lanka 10,10210,102 11,94411,944 8,3528,352 6,8986,898
1041210412 Arthur C Clarke Arthur C Clarke Institute Institute 13,49313,493 14,60614,606 9,8319,831 3,5013,501
1044310443 Sri Lanka Institute of Sri Lanka Institute of Information TechnologyInformation Technology 7,7707,770 11,57311,573 12,89012,890 6,8986,898
Countries arranged by Number of Universities in Top Ranks - 2015
http://www.webometrics.info/en/http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/54node/54
Strategies to improve Strategies to improve web ranking ?? web ranking ??
Strategies to improve web Strategies to improve web rankingranking
Publish more research – to Publish more research – to improve improve Excellence rank Excellence rank
Publish great contents on the web – Publish great contents on the web – to improve Impact Rankto improve Impact Rank
Create a google profile Create a google profile Publish in better impact factor JournalsPublish in better impact factor Journals Publish in OAI (Open Access) journals Publish in OAI (Open Access) journals Start new Journals in our journals.sjp.ac.lkStart new Journals in our journals.sjp.ac.lk Upload your presentations, notes, papers, Upload your presentations, notes, papers,
talks to digital library www.dl.sjp.ac.lk talks to digital library www.dl.sjp.ac.lk Start your own blog and publish contents Start your own blog and publish contents
on staff.sjp.ac.llkon staff.sjp.ac.llk
PROF. HIRAN AMARASEKERAUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
ADDRESS Department of Forestry and Environment ScienceUniversity of Sri JayewardenepuraNugegodaSri Lanka Website:
http://staffweb.sjp.ac.lk/?q=hiran/
Email:
PHONE011 2804685
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