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Teaching & EdTech

Building the future of learning.

I design experiential, technology-forward classrooms — and build the platforms that power them. My teaching practice at Yoobee Colleges is inseparable from YooBees, a real-time learning platform I created to bring attendance, live coding, competitive SQL, and AI-assisted reasoning into every session.

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YooBees — The Platform I Built

YooBees gamified learning platform — lecturer analytics dashboard

A Real-Time Learning Platform

YooBees is a full-stack web application I designed and built from scratch to serve the Masters of Business Informatics (MBI) programme at Yoobee Colleges. It replaces static slide decks and paper registers with a live, interactive, data-driven classroom experience.

Every feature was shaped by a real classroom problem — from fraudulent attendance submissions caught by three detection algorithms, to students competing on SQL queries in real time.

React 18TypeScript 5Vite 5Tailwind CSS 3Firebase AuthFirestoreFirebase Storage

OPEN-SOURCE · GITHUB.COM/URESHAN2011/YOOBEES

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Students — across 3 courses
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Countries in cohorts
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Attendance records logged
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Quiz MCQs · 16 lecture videos
+ Fraud Detection

One-tap Attendance

Students check in with a single tap. Three detection algorithms run in real time to flag dishonest submissions: shared-IP clustering (multiple students on one device), GPS outlier detection (coordinates >500 m from campus), and a rapid-submission window (check-ins within 30 s of session open).

In-class Coding

Live Playground

An in-browser code execution environment embedded directly in lectures. Students write and run SQL, Python snippets, and pseudocode without leaving the platform — and I can see their output live.

SELECT dept, AVG(salary)
FROM employees
GROUP BY dept
→ 12 rows returned ✓
Competitive Learning

SQL Race

Students race around a virtual track by solving SQL challenges in sequence — SELECT → WHERE → JOIN → GROUP BY → ORDER BY → HAVING. A live leaderboard drives friendly competition and keeps engagement high across 228 students.

Gamified Assessment

Quiz Badges

Over 100 MCQ questions across all three MBI courses. Students earn badge tiers as they progress, with instant feedback and explanations. Results feed directly into the lecturer analytics dashboard.

Peer Collaboration

Daily Match

A daily collaborative challenge pairs students across cohorts to solve a shared problem together. Designed to build cross-cultural communication skills in an international classroom spanning 24 countries.

Real-time Insights

Cohort Analytics

A lecturer-only dashboard surfaces attendance trends, quiz completion rates, country-level engagement, and fraud alert history — giving me a full picture of each cohort without manual data wrangling.

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SQL Race — Feature Spotlight

SQL Race — a gamified database-learning activity track visualization

Why a Race?

SQL Race transforms database exercises into a live, multiplayer competition. Each checkpoint on the track corresponds to a core SQL clause. Students only advance by writing a correct query — keeping the learning rigorous while the format keeps energy high.

It was born out of a simple observation: students who were bored by textbook drills became intensely focused the moment there was a leaderboard.

01 · SelectBasic column retrieval
02 · WhereRow-level filtering
03 · JoinMulti-table relationships
04 · Group ByAggregation logic
05 · Order ByResult sorting
06 · HavingPost-aggregation filter
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MBI Course Catalog

Masters of Business Informatics · Yoobee Colleges NZ
MBI800 · Strategy & Systems Planning

Business Information Systems

Covers the strategic role of information systems in organisations — from IS alignment and SISP (Strategic Information Systems Planning) to digital transformation frameworks and Porter's competitive models.

IS StrategySISPPorter's ModelsDigital TransformationValue Chain

✦ PLATFORM FEATURE
SISP Prompt Lab — an AI-assisted tool embedded in YooBees that walks students through strategic IS planning exercises using guided prompts and real case data.

MBI802 · SQL · ER Modelling · NoSQL

Database Management Systems

A hands-on deep-dive into relational database design, SQL from basics to advanced joins and stored procedures, ER diagram methodology, normalisation theory, and an introduction to NoSQL paradigms.

ER DiagramsSQL JoinsNormalisationStored ProceduresNoSQLTransactions

✦ PLATFORM FEATURES
SQL Race — competitive live query challenges. Live Playground — in-browser SQL execution environment for practice and demonstrations.

MBI804 · Agile · Scrum · Risk

IT Project Management

Covers the full project lifecycle — initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure — with a strong practical emphasis on Agile methodologies, Scrum ceremonies, stakeholder management, and risk frameworks.

Agile & ScrumProject CharterRisk ManagementStakeholder CommsGantt & WBS

✦ PLATFORM FEATURE
Case Study Labs — students manage a simulated IT project via YooBees, tracking sprints, updating risk registers, and submitting deliverables with structured peer review.

04 — Approach

Teaching Philosophy

My approach to education is grounded in experiential and constructivist learning — I believe students learn best by building, failing, iterating, and reflecting. Every feature in YooBees was designed around this principle: the Live Playground lowers the barrier to trying, SQL Race makes failure feel like just one more lap, and badge tiers reward persistence over perfection.

I prioritise purpose-driven education: helping students not just acquire technical skills, but develop the vision and initiative to use them meaningfully. In a classroom spanning 24 countries, that also means building cultural fluency and collaborative communication into every assignment — not just technical competence.

"If we can change the way we see the world, we can change the world we see."
Availability
Mon — Sat10:00 — 17:00 (In-person / Virtual)
LocationYoobee Colleges, Christchurch, NZ
ForMentoring · Supervision · Industry talks
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Previous Teaching

2021 — 2022

Computer Architecture & Enterprise Software

University of Moratuwa · Sri Lanka
2018 — 2021

Database Management Systems

SLIIT & University of Moratuwa · Sri Lanka
2018 — 2022

Human-Computer Interaction

University of Moratuwa & SLIIT · Sri Lanka
2018 — 2022

Project Management & Enterprise App Development

SLIIT · Sri Lanka
Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe lecturing a postgraduate class at Yoobee College
"The classroom is not a place where knowledge is delivered — it's a space where thinking is provoked."
Dr. Yasas Sri Wickramasinghe · Lecturer, MBI · Yoobee Colleges NZ