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Mitigating the Effects of E-learning in Higher Education Sector in Sri Lanka during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021)This study sets out to examine the efficacy of e-learning in the Sri Lankan higher education sector that was ignited by the emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing a random sample of 350 undergraduates ... -
A Mobile Application for Blood Transfusion in Sri Lanka for Emergency Cases Based on Government Hospitals
(2021)Blood is known as one of the most precious gifts that humankind can give to one another, and the need for blood is most felt when one begs for life from anaemia. In an emergency, the increase in the number of victims ... -
Mobile Applications for Precision Agriculture Practices: A Review
(2021)In most developing countries like Sri Lanka, agriculture plays a vital role in economic and social aspects. Paddy cultivation is considered the most economically significant field of agriculture. Since farmers are ... -
Mobile-Based Animal Vaccination System for Sri Lanka
(2021)Traditionally, animal vaccination is done by a veterinary doctor and the issue of vaccination record book/card is maintained by the pet owner. However, there are many issues in the traditional system, such as damaging ... -
Mobile-Based Feedback System for Undergraduates, Academic and Administrative Staff of Higher Education Institutes in Sri Lanka
(2021)Student feedback is one of the good practices in Quality Assurance (QA) in Higher Education. At present, most of the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) collect feedback for different purposes, such as lecturer evaluation ... -
The Need of Blockchain Law in a Cryptocurrency-Based Future: Potential and Possibility of a Purely Blockchain Entity
(2021)Blockchain technology first surfaced before ten years ago and it has been the only gaining traction emerged for the last two to three years. Therefore, it is much needed to focus the attention of the governments ... -
Network Infrastructure Monitoring Tool for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
(2021)Modern SMEs utilize some form of computer network to accommodate both internal employees and external customers. Hence, managing the network infrastructure is crucial for SMEs. Network infrastructure monitoring is ... -
Neural Network Based Weight Prediction System for Bariatric Patients
(2021)Obesity has become an epidemic condition in Sri Lanka as well as around the world. It is proven beyond doubt that Bariatric Surgery (BS) is the most effective option in treating morbid obesity patients, whose Body Mass ... -
A Novel Personalized Mobile Application for Systematically Monitoring Cash Transactions
(2021)Today many people face difficulties in having no proper method or technique to monitor their daily personal expenses, which finally lead to great wastage of money unknowingly. This has been a problem due to people’s ... -
On Scene Crime Reporting System for Law Enforcement in Sri Lanka
(2021)Police may offer crime reporting also as a service. The number of reported criminal cases has increased over time. Law enforcement discovers a distinction between reported and unreported offenses, and a variety of ... -
An Operational Model of Managing Vocational Training for Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness
(2021-12-20)Vocational training is a key means of strengthening employability of all including those with visual impairment and blindness. Although Sri Lanka too invests significantly on providing vocational training for people with ... -
Optimization of Industrial Manipulation Tasks Using Parallel Manipulators
(2021)Small-scale product handling industries are at the cusp of increasing their efficiency and effectiveness, where optimization is a considerable factor. Though regular pick and place tasks are nonvalue added steps, it can ... -
An Optimum Train Selection and Management Platform
(2021)Sri Lanka, as a developing country faces rapid urbanization, which leads to high mobility requirements. Due to increased traffic congestions during peak hours, people tend to select the railway system as their mode ... -
Optimum Waste Collection System with Smart Mobile Application
(2021)Irregular disposal and collection of wastage is a huge problem in cities. Due to rapid population growth and manipulation of urbanization, huge garbage emissions and environmental pollution may occur. It is effective and ... -
An Overview of Various Techniques and Approaches of Concurrent Delay Analysis in the Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2021)Concurrent delay is a very complex and controversial topic in the construction industry. Analysis of the concurrent delays became challenging due to the absence of clear provisions in the standard form of contracts. ... -
An Overview on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as an Elearning Platform: A Review
(2021)Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have peaked in popularity with the vast improvement in technology with minimum infrastructure to connect to the Internet, thereby allowing learners to access the massive number of ... -
A Participatory Survey on Effective Utilization of Teacher-Student and Student-Peer Interaction on Online Platforms in Second Language Teaching Pedagogy
(2021-12-20)Education today has moved from direct interaction with students to distant learning as a means of adapting to the restrictions caused by the pandemic. The traditional classroom has been replaced by synchronous e-learning ... -
Perception of Teacher Trainees Regarding the Implementation of Continuous Assessment in National Colleges of Education in Sri Lanka
(2021-12-17)Assessment is considered the process of making judgments about a student's performance on a particular task. It consists of a wide range of methods for evaluating student’s performances and attainments including ... -
Perceptions of Civil Engineering Undergraduates on Using Learning Management System (LMS) and Zoom Platform for Online Design Studio Teaching
(2021)As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, ‘online teaching and learning’ became the only possible solution to continue the education programmes at universities. Though there are multiple solutions presented in the educational ...