Nalin Warnajith

Prototype of E-Learning Management System for secondary school in Sri Lanka

With the advancement of Information communication Technology in Sri Lanka, teachers should take advantage to upgrade their teaching techniques. Because, E-learning techniques are getting very popular in Sri Lanka. Students should be allowed to learn anytime, anywhere and at their own place. Teachers should be able to keep collection attractive questions and course materials online. Teachers who are from different schools should be able to share resources and exchange ideas through the Internet. The motivation for this research is to solve the problems of shortage of online resources for students under the condition of high student-teacher ratio in Sri Lanka. In order to solve this problem, our research group developed a prototype system called KISSEL. The Knowledge Integration Servers System for E-Learning (KISSEL) is a knowledge sharing platform for E-learning and sustainability sciences which is focused mainly on Asian-Pacific countries. Our system is mainly for school teachers and school children in Asian Pacific countries.

Development of Perpendicular Sensor for Disaster Prevention

Monitoring of inclination of land is important to prevent damage from landslide. Low cost and stable system is necessary for this purpose. This paper presents a new inclination measurement system and its application to sensor network of disaster prevention. Our system has a bulls eye level, a digital camera and wireless module. The angle and direction of inclination is measured from the photo of bulls eye level. The achieved resolution was 0.0053degree/pixel using a bulls eye level with a curvature radius of 800 mm. Measurement data was compared with the data from commercial inclinometer.

The planning, implementation and economics of the Knowledge Integration Server System for E-Learning (KISSEL)

E-learning is about bringing education to people instead of bringing people to education. It involves the delivery of contents, courses and training via electronic media such as the Internet and intranet. E-Learning provides just-in-time training delivery as well as flexible access to lifelong learning. It can help organizations re-train their staff and motivate individuals to upgrade their skills with less disruption to work and family life. The Knowledge Integration Servers System for E-Learning (KISSEL) is a knowledge sharing platform for E-learning and sustainability sciences which is focused mainly on Asian-Pacific Countries. It is a kind of open source program to build and setup communities. The KISSEL online courseware management system was developed by the research group of the Ibaraki University, Japan. KISSEL can provide E-learning and information technology base training through its virtual platform. It is a student-centered E-learning environment that satisfies the learning-on-demand need of working with IT professionals, and reduces the learning time by assembling customized courses on demand to meet specific individual needs. The first server under this KISSEL project was established in Bandaranayke College, Gampaha, Sri Lanka in the year 2009.