Browsing by Author "Nawinna, D. P."

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Ayurvedic Knowledge Sharing Platform with Sinhala Virtual Assistant
(2019 1st International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC), SLIIT, 2019-12-05) Jayalath, A.D.A.D.S.; Nadeeshan, P.V.D.; Amarawansh, T.G.A.G.D.; Jayasuriya, H.P.; Nawinna, D. P.
Apart from western medicine methods Ayurveda medicinal system is a very huge and better resulting medicinal technique. In these Ayurveda methods identification of indigenous plants to predict the medicines is very important and must do very carefully. Generally main components that we use to identify a plant are leaf, flower, trunk and root etc. Among these features, we use images of leaves and flowers. To do this we are using deep learning based CNN approaches and machine learning and technologies. Those are OpenCV, and Tensorflow classification algorithm. According to the evidences that we gathered from surveys and interviews that we conducted with the responsible parties we could find out that lots of people don’t have much knowledge about indigenous medicinal plants and their Ayurveda treatment methods. To overcome this problem we implemented Ayurveda information centralized chatbot which is able to answer user’s questions relevant to the Ayurveda and indigenous medicinal plants. Chatbot will analyze the question that user asks and will provide answers according to that. Another useful feature of this system is it provides relevant information of Ayurveda doctors. So users can find doctors according to their needs and they are able to rate and give recommendations for the doctors. That will be help others to find doctors more easily and efficiently without any doubt.
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The Public Primary School Teachers’ Perception of Integrating Information and Communication Technology for Teaching & Learning in the Zonal Education of Colombo, Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences - SLIIT, 2021-03-26) Bukhari, S.K.; Peiris, C.N.; Thelijjagoda, S.; Nawinna, D. P.; Wijekoon, W.M.J.L.
This study examined teachers’ perceptions of integration of information and communications technologies (IICT) for teaching and learning in the primary sections of the public schools in the Zone of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has been noticed that there is a considerable delay in technology acquaint in public schools in Sri Lanka. Thus, it is important that teachers and other educational professionals in the school system are equipped with up-to-date trends in education and that they accept the new educational challenges that are emerging. Even though the government has offered IICT infrastructure facilities to Secondary schools, Primary section IICT infrastructure has been neglected. Thus, more attention should be focused on factors which influence IICT and how teachers can apply their ICT skill to the teaching and learning process and improve the subjects, especially Mathematics, English and Social Science (MES), in their classroom activity. Therefore, the study investigated 120 teachers from the primary sections of the public schools in the Colombo Zone, under the criteria of ICT available primary schools and ICT not available primary schools. This study utilized a quantitative approach based on a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Data were collected through questionnaires and analysed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS software). The results of the analysis revealed that the R Square value was 20.4% of the variation in the perception of teachers explained by their knowledge & skill (KS), ICT Training and ICT experience and the p-value of independent variables were less than 0.05. The research identified that lack of knowledge and skill, inadequate teacher training, and lack of ICT experience are the hindering or impeding factors of IICT in the school environment. Hence, the knowledge of ICT was influenced by penetrating ICT, the skill of ICT was influenced by training and the experience of ICT was influenced by professional development. Future research could focus on classroom observations to determine the actual integration of ICT in the teaching and learning process.