The main aim of this research work is to analyse the gap between traditional classroom teaching and web-based teaching strategies and design and implement an improvedweb-based teaching system to fill the gap. Online degree programmes are growing rapidly and effectively on an international scale, but in Sri Lanka, public and academic interest in the web-based learning and teaching is clearly visiblenowadays. However, students and teachers feel that there is a gap between real classroom teaching and current web-based teaching system used in Sri Lankan educational organizations. In the first phase, thegap is identified from a comprehensive analysis on both methods based on the Higher National Diploma in Information Technology (HNDIT) programme of Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE), Sri Lanka. An improved web-based teaching system, which is a virtual classroom plug-in for the existing Moodle learning management system, is designed in the next phase based on the outcomes of the first phase. In the final phase, the newly constructed web-based system is tested and the statistical results demonstrate the superior performance of our new system.
Traditional classroom teaching and Web-based teaching strategies
