Permanand Mohan is a senior Computer Science

Computer science

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 lecturer at the University of the West Indies

University of the West Indies

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, St. Augustine

Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

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 Campus, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

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. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of the West Indies, an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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 and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of the West Indies. He is presently the Chief Examiner for the Caribbean Examinations Council

Caribbean Examinations Council

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’s CAPE Examinations in Computer Science.

Biography

Permanand Mohan was born on March 20, 1965 in Gran Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. In 1989 he received a Commonwealth Scholarship

Commonwealth Scholarship

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 to study at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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. In 2003 he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar

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 to the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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 as well as Visiting Professor at the Laboratory for Advanced Research in Intelligent Educational Systems (ARIES) at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

 in Canada

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Research

His research interests lie in the field of artificial intelligence and education, and the use of learning objects in e-learning

E-learning

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. 2006 marked his entry into the field of m-learning

M-learning

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with a publication at The Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum