Proceedings of the Fall 2012 IIIS Conference (original) (raw)

Bachelor of Software Engineering: A Case Study for an Effective Degree Programme

2016

How can the application of open, online and flexible education provide employability at the highest professional level? This is made possible with the Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) Degree programme offered at The Open University of Sri Lanka applying appropriate technology and innovative approaches meeting the demand in software industry. In this paper, we discuss the effectiveness of the programme according to the graduate employability and employer satisfaction. The degree programme was initiated due to enormous demand from the industry for IT specialists. Accordingly, the main objective of the programme was set as producing quality graduates to meet the software industry requirements. The curriculum was designed considering IEEE/ACM guidelines matching any benchmark. As the industry partnership and collaboration are important in curriculum/syllabi design and providing industry placements, an MOU was signed with Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies. Th...

Professionalization of Higher Education: Assessing teaching and learning within the framework of the BMP in the University of Buea

This paper aims at assessing the teaching within the framework of the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD, which is a reform in Higher Education. The study was a d lecturers from the University of Buea. A closed constructed with the following as indicators of the teaching Availability of human and material resources, teaching methods a strategies, derived from a review of literature and rated on a four instrument was validated by eight lecturers and the validity index stood at 0.86. Data were analysed using the SPSS package. Professionalization demands a student-centred approach to teaching and learning where the ICTs, methods of teaching, and assessment strategies that reflect critical thinking are key. Findings reveal the insufficient human assessment averagely reflect professionalization. The pedagogic aspect of professionalization needs more attention.

Importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Curriculum in Government School of Sri Lanka: A Critical Review of Educational Challenges and Opportunities

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) acts as a significant tool in achieving vital goals in education sector. The development of ICT is a major objective under Sri Lanka’s development vision of becoming the "Emerging Wonder of Asia" as outlined in the Mahinda Chintana 2010 – vision for the future. The research objectives are to explore (1) the importance of the ICT curriculum for the government schools in Sri Lanka (2) find the educational challenges and opportunities for ICT education in Sri Lanka. This research is primarily qualitative in nature, where the survey conducted based on the analysis of previous research papers, extensive literature surveys, previous survey reports and government publications on the above context. The importance of ICT curriculum in government school analyzed and presented using Bennett’s Hierarchy 7 steps model such as Inputs, Activities, Participants, Reactions of participants, Changes in knowledge, Practice change, End results. La...