Dr. Piyumi Wickramasinghe

Senior Lecturer - Faculty of Business
Dean - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Professsional Advancement

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piyumi.u@nsbm.ac.lk
+94 11 544 5000 (ext 500)
Department of Marketing and Tourism
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Dr. Piyumi Udeshinee is a Senior Lecturer and the current Dean of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka. She holds a PhD from Stockholm University, where her research investigated the use of dynamic assessment as a feedback strategy in technology-enhanced language learning. Grounded in Sociocultural Theory and employing a design-based research approach, her study explored how feedback can support learners in noticing and correcting language errors in digital environments.

Dr. Udeshinee is an active researcher and presenter in the field of technology-assisted language learning. She has shared her work at international conferences such as EUROCALL and WorldCALL, receiving a scholarship to attend WorldCALL in 2023. Her current academic interests include cross-cultural virtual exchanges, the integration of AI in language education, and innovative approaches to feedback and learner development. She continues to advocate for meaningful technology integration in language classrooms, both locally and globally.

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition
Corrective Feedback
Dynamic Assessment
Telecollaboration
Computer Assisted Language Learning

Memberships

EuroCALL – European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning
ELINET – Education, Languages and Internationalisation Network

Journal Publications

Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Männikkö-Barbutiu, S. (2025)Learner reciprocity in the text chat mediated dynamic assessment. Language and Sociocultural Theory Journal. Accepted for publication.
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Männikkö-Barbutiu, S. (2024). Text Chat-Mediated Dynamic Assessment Towards Self- Regulation in Language Learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 16(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJMBL.335067
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., Barbutiu, S. M., & Jayathilake, C. (2022). Re-designing a regulatory scale for dynamic assessment in the synchronous text chat environment in collaboration with teachers. Computer Assisted Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2022.2092153
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., Männikkö-Barbutiu, S., & Jayathilake, C. (2021). Text Chat as a Mediating Tool in Providing Teachers’ Corrective Feedback in the ESL Context: Social and Cultural Challenges. Asian EFL Journal, 28(1.2), 171–195.

Conference (Full Paper) Publications

1. Puig-García, S.; Manegre, M.; Udeshinee, W. A. P. (2024). Cross-cultural peer feedback in academic writingtasks: A virtual exchange connecting students in Sri Lanka with students in Spain. In Y. Choubsaz, P. Díez-Arcón, A. Gimeno-Sanz, J. Hriňák, X. Liashuk, S. Pokrivčáková & H. Vančová (Eds.), CALL for Humanity – EUROCALL 2024 Short Papers. https://doi.org/10.4995/EuroCALL2024.2024.19064
2. Udeshinee, W A P.; Kalyaniwala, C.(2023). An interdisciplinary telecollaboration in ESP classroom: a study involving Business and Law students. In CALL for all Languages – EUROCALL 2023 Short Papers. 15-18 August 2023, University of Iceland, Reykjavik.https://doi.org/10.4995/EuroCALL2023.2023.16977
3. Manegre, M., & Udeshinee, P. (2022). A telecollaborative study of university students in Spain and Sri Lanka using the Soqqle video app. In B. Arnbjörnsdóttir, B. Bédi, L. Bradley, K. Friðriksdóttir, H. Garðarsdóttir,S. Thouësny, & M. J. Whelpton (Eds), Intelligent CALL, granular systems, and learner data: short papers from EUROCALL2022 (pp. 252-257). Research-publishing.net.https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2022.61.1467
4. Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Männikkö-Barbutiu, S. (2019). Complexity and potential of synchronous computer mediated corrective feedback : a study from Sri Lanka. In F. Meunier, J. van de Vyver, L. Bradley, & S. Thouësny (Eds.), CALL and complexity – short papers from EUROCALL 2019 (pp. 367–372). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2019.38.1038
5. Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Männikkö-Barbutiu, S. (2019). Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory in the Context of Synchronous Computer Mediated Corrective Feedback. International Conference On Business Innovation (ICOBI), 153–158. NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka.

Invited Presentation

Udeshinee, W.A.P. (2023). Text chat mediated dynamic assessment: A three-step regulatory scale for second language development, Mobile Assisted Language Learning SIG – Eurocall 2023

Conference Presentations

Manegre, M., Garcia, S. P., Udeshinee W. A. P. (2024). Cross-Cultural Peer Feedback in Academic Writing Tasks: A Virtual Exchange Connecting Students in Sri Lanka with Students in Spain. EUROCALL 2024: CALL for humanity, Slovakia.
Udeshinee, W. A. P. (2023). The Potential of Using ChatGPT in Shaping Students’ Academic Writing, WorldCALL conference, Thailand.
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Kalyaniwala, C. (2023). Telecollaboration in ESP classroom: A study involving Business and Law students , EUROCALL conference, Iceland.
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Barbutiu, S. M. (2022). Implementing text chat mediated group dynamic assessment in the ESL classroom, EUROCALL conference, Iceland.
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Barbutiu, S. M. (2022). A telecollaboration study of students in Spain and Sri Lanka using the Soqqle video app, EUROCALL conference, Iceland.
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Barbutiu, S. M. (2019). Complexity and potential of synchronous computer mediated corrective feedback: a study from Sri Lanka, EUROCALL conference, Belgium.
Udeshinee, W. A. P., Knutsson, O., & Männikkö-Barbutiu, S. (2019). Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory in the Context of Synchronous Computer Mediated Corrective Feedback. International Conference On Business Innovation (ICOBI), Sri Lank
Udeshinee W A P (2016). Perceptions of ESL Learners and Teachers towards the Corrective Feedback, International Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Udeshinee W A P, Alahakoon P (2016).The impact of using ELT games on improving speaking skills of ESL students, The Second International Conference on Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Udeshinee W A P, Peiris A, Alahakoon P (2015). Impact of the proficiency in English Language on students’ performance in their main subjects”, International Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Ongoing Research

Invited paper on “Dynamic Assessment in Technology mediated contexts” for the Palgrave Macmillan Encyclopaedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (In review Process)
Use of ChatGPT in enhancing ESL learners’ Academic Writing Skills
Telecollaboration Project between University Rovira i Virgili, Spain and NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka – with Dr Marni Manegre, University of Rovira i Virgili, Spain. This study examines how peer feedback in virtual exchange would improve the writing and editing skills of learners of English