{"id":20433,"date":"2025-06-08T22:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4tc21\/?page_id=20433"},"modified":"2025-06-08T22:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:49:22","slug":"facilitator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4tc21\/course-guide\/facilitator\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Meet_your_facilitator:_Deepak_Prasad\">Meet your facilitator: Deepak Prasad<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Deepak_Prasad_Profile_Image.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Deepak Prasad\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deepak Prasad\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/0\/06\/Deepak_Prasad_Profile_Image.jpg\/300px-Deepak_Prasad_Profile_Image.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"382\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Email:<\/b> deepak.v.prasad@gmail.com<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Twitter:<\/b> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deepakvprasad\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a oew browser tab\/window)\">@deepakvprasad<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Dr. Deepak Prasad is a proud son of the Pacific, born and raised in Fiji, where his deep-rooted island identity continues to shape his approach to education and equity. Deepak brings over two decades of experience in transforming learning and teaching in developing contexts through innovative, inclusive, and open approaches.\n<\/p>\n<p>He currently serves as an Education Advisor and Consultant, working with a range of leading international organisations such as the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Asian Development Bank (ADB), UNESCO, and PROMAN. He previously held the role of Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching Enhancement at Fiji National University, where he led institution-wide reforms in digital pedagogy and academic support.\n<\/p>\n<p>Deepak holds a PhD in Open Education, a Master of Educational Technology, a Master of Intellectual Property Law, a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Technology, and a Diploma in Teacher Training.\n<\/p>\n<p>Outside his professional work, Deepak enjoys spending time with his family, boating, fishing, and appreciating a well-crafted beer!\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.009 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.013 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 7\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 32\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 62\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:191480-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20250608140922 and revision id 1109437\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ds4tc21\/course-guide\/overview\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ds4tc21\/course-guide\/learning-outcomes\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/DS4TC21\/Guide\/Facilitator\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"58e3d100ff79a5888c2e0f681696a018\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/DS4TC21\/Guide\/Facilitator\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"58e3d100ff79a5888c2e0f681696a018\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet your facilitator: Deepak Prasad Email: deepak.v.prasad@gmail.com Twitter: @deepakvprasad Dr. Deepak Prasad is a proud son of the Pacific, born and raised in Fiji, where his deep-rooted island identity continues to shape his approach to education and equity. 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