Template:Virtual Learning Environments/Objectives

Mision

Combining formal education with alternative forms of education, Pallikoodam aims to create a virtual platform that supports and empowers students at the grass-roots level within the Tamil speaking communities in Sri Lanka and promote education as an avenue to strengthen the democratic foundations of society.

Objectives

• Create open, free, accessible, self-organizing virtual learning environments that could benefit students and educators, especially those from the marginal sections of our communities

• Bring together students and instructors from the different regions to a common virtual space and build communities of learners and teachers

• Encourage learning through discussion, participation and team work

• Stress the importance of vocational education and alternative forms of education alongside formal education

• Highlight the importance of education for the creation of a progressive society