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Item Using PowerPoint Presentations to Enhance Student’s Learning: With Reference to Undergraduates of University of Kelaniya(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) De Zoysa, H.N.PowerPoint can be used as a tool to facilitate teaching and learning. It guides students in note-taking, reinforcing points made in a lecture, and to inject occasional humor or visual reinforcement. Therefore, it helps students to learn more efficiently. But the problem is, are they using this tool to enhance their learning efficiently and effectively. The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using power point presentations in classroom to enhance learning. Sub objectives are to examine student’s attitudes towards using PowerPoint presentations in learning and find out the strengths and weaknesses associated with using PowerPoint presentations. Fifty undergraduates from faculty of Social Sciences were randomly taken as the sample of this study. Methods such as interviews, questionnaires were used to collect primary data and magazines, books, journals and websites were used as secondary data. Data analysis was done both quantitatively and qualitatively. The analysis of the results revealed that the vast majority of students have positive attitudes towards the use of PowerPoint in the class room. This will help the students to learn this tool effectively and efficiently for their studies. SWOT analysis was done to find out the strengths and weaknesses of using PowerPoint presentations in the classroom. Moreover, it was found that PowerPoint improves the student’s learning motivation, it breaks down the daily routine of lectures and encouraging interaction between the teacher and the students. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the use of PowerPoint presentations enhances student’s learning efficiently and effectivelyItem The Most Effective Barrier, do Undergraduate Students Encounter When Taking Online Courses Offered by University(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Wehigaldeniya, D.; Arachchige, O.; Pitigala, G.As the popularity of the Internet grows, so does the potential for online learning. A great deal of evidence exists which shows that no significant differences should be expected regarding the effectiveness of well-designed online learning compared with well-designed in-person learning (Clark, 1983). The advent of new technologies are providing educators with opportunities to create a variety of effective learning environments, however, many adults students still prefer traditional, academic settings. The purpose of this study is to analyze student barriers to the online courses in the University. This research further aimed to understand which students will face barriers when attempting to learn online, what are those barriers and ultimate aime is to identify how we can help individuals in their learning? The main objective in this study is to identify most effective barrier faced by undergraduate students when taking online courses offered by university. Research sample unit based on infinite universe. It may be changing every time. Therefore, researcher choose snowball sampling method. The purpose of collecting this demographic data was to increase external validity for generalizability applications. According to above research design the researcher has to get four objectives for this study. The methodology applied in the four heading such as source of data. After that the researcher has selected study samples and collected primary data under the observation method. Furthermore researcher has identified independent and dependent variables. Finally analysis this data factor lording method, a frequency by ANOVA. To gain a better understanding about online course retention rates, participants were asked to respond to an item about their experience with online education. Items were meant to distinguish groups of students by their experience with online learning. By dividing research study participants into groups, the researcher was better able to grasp the differences between perceived and actual barriers to online education.Item An analytical study of characteristics, which should be included in an ideal Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionary(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Lansakara, R.N.This paper will explore problematic areas of Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionaries, which have been launched to assist online Hindi learners through advanced means and ways. Since the teacher is not always an option or a well-chosen dictionary, the dictionary has been played a vital role in language learning and teaching for decades. As we are engaging in the process of language learning and teaching with plenty of complex necessities, it is difficult to carry traditional paper dictionaries with us all the time. Thus electronic dictionaries, unlike traditional papers, have been opened-up interesting and advanced methodologies with regard to vocabulary acquisition. Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionaries present distinct ways as well as developed new ways of defining words and providing introduction of words and phrases. Most of students, who learn Hindi as a foreign language, often have difficulties in finding the correct meaning for unfamiliar words or phrases in their dictionaries. So an effective Hindi Online Learner’s Dictionary should be included these characteristics - to make it easier for learners to identify and recognize the words' meanings; the language described is the usual, everyday variety preference is given to the quality of the treatment of words rather than to the quantity of words particular care is taken in the treatment of the more frequent words; the provision of information on the Grammar of words; the learner's dictionary should supply information about the contexts and environments in which words tend to appear most regularly. They give an account of what is typical, rather than describing what is simply possible; pronunciation is indicated by means of the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet); Pictorial representation of words; Culture and domain-specific words, inflected forms and discourse markers; requires knowledge of the conventional contexts and collocations surrounding a word. This paper makes an attempt to point-out the importance of using an Online Hindi learner’s Dictionaries for foreign students. Moreover, it will also give a possible idea about developing an ideal model of Online Hindi Learner’s Dictionary.Item Study about Utilization of ICT Teaching – Learning Tools, Among Lecturers of National Colleges of Education in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Pathiratne, S.; Amarathunga, P.A.B.H.Science and technology play an important role in the new millennium. Tremendous explosion of knowledge in science and technology has changed the life style of people. Without science and technology we cannot go forward. CT Teaching – Learning Tools, the term will still most likely be utilized to reference out of classroom and in-classroom inculcates experiences via technology, even as advances perpetuate in regard to contrivances and curriculum. Solicitation of ICT environments progressively accommodate as paramount infrastructural features of colleges that enable edifiers to provide students with different representations of erudition and to enhance interaction between edifiers and students and among students themselves. Edifiers are essential players in promoting quality inculcation and no edification reform is liable to prosper without the active participation and ownership of edifiers. Edifiers must be able to incorporate Application of Digital Technology with the traditional learning and competent enough in Web Predicated Teaching. Ergo, Lecturers’ of Teachers Training Collages Should equipped with opportune underrating about the ICT implements. Research in this context has never been carried out in Sri Lanka afore. Main objectives of this study are to determine the Utilization of ICT Teaching – Learning Tools among Lecturers of National Colleges of Edification in Sri Lanka and to compare the utilization of ICT Tools predicated on gender. Withal to determine the Utilization of ICT Tools between English and Singhalese Medium Lecturers and Compare the Utilization based on subject stream (Arts and Science). A Sample consists of 100 Lecturers from Four Sinhala Medium and 200 Lecturers from English Medium National Colleges of Education in Western and North Western provinces of Sri Lanka. Stratified random sampling technique was followed for culling the National Colleges of Education. There are a number of college edifiers in each college. Only Arts and Science edifiers were culled following purposive sampling technique. Findings reveal that the Lecturers of National Colleges of Education in Sri Lanka are more propitious to Utilize ICT Teaching – Learning tools and male Lecturers are more propitious than Female Lecturers. Withal it was found that, there is no paramount distinction between the mean scores of Sinhala Medium and English Medium College Lecturers towards Utilization of Teaching – Learning tools and there is consequential distinction between the mean scores of Arts and Science stream among Lecturers towards Utilization of ICT Tools in Education. In Conclusion this study contributes an incipient teaching learning in the form of assessing the caliber of cognizance and Utilization of ICT Teaching – Learning Tools because the desideratum of the day is to make edifiers realize their capabilities and amend upon capabilities to avail solve the quandaries of their life through Utilization of ICT tools. Special efforts should be made in order to develop Utilization of ICT tools cognizance among the Arts Stream Lecturers and Female Lecturers. This study will be of immense use for the scholastic administrators, which will throw light upon the posture of edifiers of Higher Inculcation towards Utilization of ICT Implements.