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Integrating industrial technologies, tools and practices to the IT curriculum: an innovative course with .NET and java platforms
(acm.org, 2005-10-20) Athauda, R; Kodagoda, N; Wickramaratne, J; Sumathipala, P; Rupasinghe, L; Edirisighe, A; Gamage, A; De Silva, D
Exposure to state-of-art industry technologies, tools and practices by students provide CS/IT graduates highly desirable skills and marketability. A key expectation of the industry from their new cadre is a speedy integration into the business environment resulting in productive work. This usually requires having a sound technological background, a maturity to assess the environment and adapt quickly, and highly-developed soft skills to be productive in a team environment. Incorporating such experience and skills into a CS/IT curriculum is challenging and is still in its infancy stages. We undertook such as an endeavor in integrating .NET into the IT curriculum. Microsoft's .NET platform is becoming increasingly popular in the industry. Incorporating .NET into the undergraduate IT curriculum provides a plethora of skills and increases the employability of our graduates. We integrated .NET without a major revision to the existing curriculum by introducing an optional course in the final year (senior-level) of the IT undergraduate program. In addition to the .NET platform, the course covered the Java platform, which is similar in architecture to .NET. The course emulated an industry-based environment with real-world based assignments, focused on deliverables, used state-of-art IDEs and documentation, and pair programming to create a highly productive environment. The “soft skills” were integrated into the course with a project that implemented a virtual marketplace. Students in groups played different entities in the virtual marketplace and communicated with each other via Web Services. The project provided a virtual business environment and exposure to teamwork, collaboration, competition, negotiating, and creativity skills. Our first offering of the course in semester 1, 2005, attracted 128 students. The course created a highly productive environment throughout the semester. Students completed 7 assignments and the project within the 14-week semester. The initial results are encouraging and provide many insights to CS/IT departments planning to incorporate such courses.
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Effects of Study Habits on Student’s Academic Success based on the Gender
(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Elvitigala, S
Study habits have a significant impact on a students’ academic success or failure. Research studies have revealed that there is gender-based differences in the study habits of the students which have led to anomalies in their academic performance. This research was conducted to investigate the study habits of students based on their gender and how they affect their academic performance. A sample of grade eleven students including 237 boys and 150 girls from schools in Sri Jayewardenepura education zone, Sri Lanka was used for the study. It was found that girls are more likely than boys to follow study habits. The social roles expected from each gender also has caused a difference in how the study habits are applied to the learning process. This situation is also considered in several studies as a barrier in developing good study habits. According to the findings and suggestions of this study, both girls and boys must focus on adopting good study habits for better academic performance. It is the responsibility of teachers and parents to support and motivate students to practice them.

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