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    Role of E-learning in Providing Lifelong Learning.
    (8th International Conference on Business & Information ICBI – 2017, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Yatigammana, M. R. K. N.; Suraweera, S.A.D.H.N.; Pathirage, D. P.; Jayantha, R. H. U.; De Pasqual, M. K.; Priyankara, C.; Wijayarathne, P. G.
    The E-learning has opened up access and promoted equity by offering more affordable opportunities for quality lifelong learning. Through e-Sri Lanka project introduced in 2003, the government of Sri Lanka aims to (1) improving access and use of information and communication technology; (2) giving access to and use of public services online by businesses and citizens; and (3) improving the competitiveness of the private sector and in particular of the knowledge industry and SMEs. As a result, there is an increasing demand for empowering the population of Sri Lanka through affordable community access to technologies and provide basic computer literacy training services to regularly use ICT or e-services. After identify this requirement, the National E-learning Resource Centre (NELRC) of University of Kelaniya with the collaboration of Information and Communication Technology Industry Skill Council (ICTISC) has started developing interactive multimedia based e-learning materials to enhance ICT skills of all the citizens in Sri Lanka. As the first step, and interactive multimedia based e-learning material is developed to enhance ICT skills of National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) level 2 which promotes e citizen. A four stage model of analysis, design, develop and delivery is used to identify the mixture of best multimedia to achieve each learning outcome of NVQ level 2, design the prototype, testing, producing the final version and deliver the content to user.
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    The Role of E-Learning in Promoting Social Capital through Changes in Entrepreneurial Behavior: A Case of SMEs.
    (8th International Conference on Business & Information ICBI – 2017, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Nabavichashmi, S.; Feiz, D.; Nabavichashmi, A.
    The entrepreneurial behavior is the most important source of economic investment in today`s era. This valuable capital is necessary to create an extensive level of relationship based on reliability which is the same social capital. One way to improve the social capital through the entrepreneurial behavior is the development of electronic learning. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of e-learning to improve the social capital through changes in entrepreneurial behavior. This applied research in terms of the research methodology is descriptive –survey method. The data of this study were collected through the questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the managers and specialist of SMEs, and its reliability was confirmed by the Cranach's alpha which was 0.81. Out of the labor population of the SMEs, the sample is 385 through the random selection. The collected data by using the structural equation modelling techniques and based on analysis of the LISREL software was done. The results of this study indicate that the E-learning improves entrepreneurial behavior and this valuable capital increases the worth of reliability or trust-based relationships for the social capital. Also, the E-learning directly affects upon the SMEs.