Ar-Raniry State Islamic University Research Articles

Analysis Server Security Assessment of Staffing Management Information System Using the NIST SP 800-115 Method at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh

Ar-Raniry State Islamic University management information system has been implemented based on technology. It becomes vulnerable to attacks brought on by weaknesses (vulnerabilities). The degree to which institutions are able to improve their access to authority inside the system is gauged by this research. To evaluate the server's dependability based on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, penetration testing is necessary. The NIST SP 800-115 approach, which comprises of four testing stages—planning, discovery, attack, and reporting—is used to conduct the server security assessment. The findings demonstrate the Security Management Information System contains nine vulnerabilities in various ways with varying improvements. Two of these vulnerabilities are classified as high threat: DNS Server Spoofed Request Amplification DDoS by blocking access from the public network or rejecting the query; and Interception Attack by enhancing the SSL/TLS protocol through a stunnel. The remaining seven vulnerabilities are classified as medium threat. However, Ar-Raniry's campus server vulnerability level is categorized as medium threat

Ar-Raniry State Islamic University and Üsküdar University signed a MoU together

Ar-Raniry State Islamic University and Üsküdar University signed a MoU together.

Prevention of Higher Education Radicalism in Aceh: Perspectives of Constitutional Law and Islamic Law

Higher education actually plays a role in strengthening national insight and nationalism in an academic framework as evidenced by efforts to prevent radicalism. This study examines the efforts of universities in preventing several universities in Aceh, namely Syiah Kuala University, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Malikussaleh University, Teuku Umar University and Muhammadiyah Aceh University. This research uses empirical legal methods with an approach to constitutional law and Islamic law. The data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews and literature studies. The results of this study show that radicalism is not found in higher education institutions in Aceh. Internal and external factors can influence the difficulty of finding radicalism. Internal factors include a diverse understanding of university elements about radicalism and a lack of religious understanding among students and leaders. The external factor is that there is no regulation that provides indicators of radicalism and students joining various organizations, and it is difficult to distinguish which ones are radical. However, universities have made efforts to prevent radicalism, namely; prevent lecturers and students from having extreme ideologies, strengthen the concept of nationalism and nationality and encourage students to participate in non-academic activities. In the context of constitutional law, this effort is a strategic policy carried out by the state through universities to create stability and peace. In addition, in the context of Islamic law, these efforts are in line with the objectives of Sharia, namely preventing harm and creating the benefit of the nation and state.

The Discursive Construction of Strategies for Implementing Anti-Corruption Education at State Islamic Higher Educational Institutions

Corruption is so pervasive in the Republic of Indonesia that it has becomea rampant conundrum in various economic, social, educational, and even religious sectors. Using discursive analysis as the research methodology with the Foucauldian paradigm, this paper aimed at identifying and describing the strategies used in the discursive construction of the implementation of anti-corruption education (Pendidikan Antikorupsi, PAK) by three State Islamic Higher Educational Institutions (Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam Negeri, PTKINs) in Aceh. Given fairness of the geographical location, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Lhokseumawe State Islamic Institute and Teungku Dirundeng State Islamic College were selected as the research sites. The data were collected by interviewing the leaders of three PTKINs—rectors, deans, and heads of departments—through questionnaires and focus group discussions with lecturers. The findings indicate that the three PTKINs generally have strategies for implementing PAK; separate subjects, incorporating the PAK curriculum into related subjects, such as fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), and state resilience. PAK is also integrated into students' activities that take place on campus. Both internal and external factors, such as overloaded subjects in the departments and insufficient support from the community, hamper PAK at the PTKINs.

TEACHING ADVANCED LISTENING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LECTURERS’ STRATEGIES EXPLAINED

Listening is one of the four sub-skills in English that need to be mastered. Learning will be more effective when using the appropriate learning strategies. In this pandemic period, appropriate learning strategies are necessary to optimize learning. The purpose of this research is to find out what strategies lecturers need and use in teaching advanced listening during COVID-19 at UIN Ar-Raniry and how lecturers apply and implement the strategy in teaching advanced listening during COVID-19 at UIN Ar-Raniry. The researcher used email and WhatsApp as the media. The data collection method used in this study is qualitative, using a narrative approach. In collecting data, the researcher also used data collection techniques using the semi-structured interview type. The researcher used data reduction and written summarization to analyze the data. The participants are three permanent lecturers and one substitute lecturer in the Department of English Language Education of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. They are selected purposively using specific criteria. This study’s results indicate that using the right strategy in the learning process will produce effective learning. All participants can investigate their right thoughts, opinions, and arguments, including any aspect of listening teaching strategies.

The mapping of TOEFL scores among EFL students in Aceh

The purpose of this study was to describe the proficiency level of English for Foreign Language (EFL) students based on their TOEFL scores. The samples for this descriptive quantitative study consisted of 30 English Education Department students from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The scores gathered from the organised TOEFL test were analysed according to the CEFR reference levels to categorise the English proficiency level of the students. The total TOEFL scores gathered showed that, on average, the students placed in the B1 (intermediate) level of English proficiency. Individually, there were four students in the A2 (elementary) level, 15 students in the B1 (intermediate) level, ten students in the B2 (upper intermediate) level, and one student in the C1 (advanced) level of proficiency. Regarding the skills proficiency, on average, the students achieved the B2 (upper intermediate) level in the first section, which was higher than the remaining two sections that averaged on the B1 (intermediate) level. The students’ proficiency levels found in this study showed that, on average, they were able to pass the universities’ TOEFL graduation requirement but still fall short for abroad scholarship admission.

The Perceived Students Opinion on Post-Graduate Job oppurtunities: Finding From UIN Ar-Raniry Islamic Communication and Broadcasting Master Programme

This research is a descriptive study that examines the development of Postgraduate Study Programs as well as to revitalize and to determine perceptions of study program work opportunities. Islamic Communication and Broadcasting Postgraduate at UIN Ar-Raniry, the alumni to become practitioners of political communication in various fields of the world of work, both government and private lines, are the study program of Islamic Communication and Broadcasting (KPI). To make it even simpler, the researcher made only two problem formulations; How to revitalize job opportunities for study program postgraduate students. Postgraduate Islamic Communication and Broadcasting Becomes a Political Communication Practitioner for the 2016/2018 class. And how is the process and influence of perceptions of interest in job opportunities into political communication on interest in choosing postgraduate Islamic communication and broadcasting study programs at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh. In this study, researchers used a data collection technique using a tracer study because this technique was not only useful for the internal Postgraduate Study Program of Islamic Communication and Broadcasting, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, but also became a bridge between the Postgraduate and stakeholders. Tracer studies. Tracer Study to be able to measure and track the performance and suggestions of graduates and graduate users so that clear indicators can be obtained about the number, future job profiles, and competencies required by the world of work

Students’ Perception Toward Oral Corrective Feedback in Speaking Classes: A Case at English Education Department Students

The objective of this study was to investigate students’ perceptions towards oral corrective feedback from lecturers in their speaking classes. This survey involved 100 students of English Language Education Department, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University (UIN Ar-Raniry) Banda Aceh from 254 students. The participants of the survey were slected using a simple random sampling technique to represent all off the population. A modified questionnaire from Calsiyao (2015, p. 397) and Elsaghayer (2014, p. 77) was used to collect the data. The percentages were used to analyse the data collected from the questionnaires. The results showed that the students perceived lecturers’ oral corrective feedback as an important part of language learning. Lecturers’ oral corrective feedback was very helpful in improving the students’ speaking abilities. It can be concluded that oral corrective feedback gave positive results towards the students’ speaking performances. Therefore, this research was significant to highlight the students’ perceptions towards oral corrective feedback from their lecturers during the teaching and learning of speaking in their classes. Both lecturers and students would benefit from this research so that they can realize how important it is to give and accept oral corrective feedback.

ANALYZING CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF PROSPECTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON THE MATERIAL OF FRACTIONAL ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS

Teacher quality is one of the most influential factors in student learning. In-depth material knowledge (content) is very important for prospective teachers who will one day become teachers. Thus, analyzing and describing the Content Knowledge (CK) of prospective teachers needs to be done. The purpose of this study is to describe the CK of prospective elementary school teachers (SD/MI) on the material of fractional arithmetic operations. The subjects of this study were three students from Ar-Raniry State Islamic University of Banda Aceh. This research includes qualitative descriptive research, so that the data were analyzed using qualitative data analysis, namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Data collection in this study was carried out through tests and combined with interviews so that the instruments used were test questions and interview guidelines. The study results indicate that the content knowledge of the three elementary teacher candidates was still weak, there were teacher candidates who did not understand the arithmetic operation hierarchy and still made carelessness in the concept of fractional arithmetic operations.

Scholarship Monitoring Information System at Ar-Raniry Islamic University

The aim of this research is; 1) Able to design an information system for monitoring bidikmisi scholarships at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University Banda Aceh, and 2) Knowing the quality of the information system monitoring bidikmisi scholarships at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University Banda Aceh in providing information about bidikmisi scholarships based on ISO 9126 on functionality aspects, usability, efficiency, reliability, maintainability and portability. The design of an information system for processing scholarship monitoring data at the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University based on a website that the author designed consists of several stages, namely input design, output design, process design, control design, labor design, and cost design, while the application development uses a model prototyping. Based on the results of research and testing of the student monitoring information system at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh that has been carried out by the author, several conclusions can be drawn, namely; 1) This study succeeded in creating a student monitoring information system at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, and 2) This research succeeded in collecting and reporting data on scholarships and orphaned students.

Scrutinizing EFL students' plagiarism practice

The current study was designed to investigate the types of plagiarism that appear in EFL students’ theses at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Indonesia. It sought to examine the plagiarism level, and investigate the triggering factors encouraging these EFL students of the 2019 batch to plagiarize. This study used a qualitative method with a case study approach. The participants in this study were ten EFL students of the 2019 batch and their theses. The participants were randomly selected. The data collection was carried out using two research instruments, namely document analysis, and interview. The researcher analyzed the student's thesis using Plagiarism Checker X. The results of the document analysis showed that there were two types of plagiarism detected in the student's thesis, namely word for word and mosaic plagiarism. Second, the researcher found that the plagiarism level of the 2019 batch English students' thesis of UIN Ar-Raniry was at the low-level plagiarism category, which can be observed from the result of the similarity index. The level of plagiarism found in these theses was less than 30%, still at an acceptable level as stipulated by the university regulation. Meanwhile, the result of the interview showed that all participants know what plagiarism is and they think that plagiarism is a negative conduct. Several factors influences EFL English students to plagiarize, such as poor time management, laziness, poor paraphrasing skills, affordable internet access, and running out of ideas.

Understanding Students’ Self-Management Skills at State Islamic University in Indonesia

The success of students in undertaking their studies depends, among others, on their ability to manage and organize their activities and time. This qualitative research examined students’ self-management skills in the English Language Education Department, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Aceh, Indonesia. We looked at students’ motivational and behavioral strategies and scrutinized their time management, emotion, effort, and social and learning environments, and the impacts on their academic performance and social involvement. Three areas closely related to students’ self-management skills, namely academic achievement, academic awards, and social involvements were explored to understand factors contributing to their achievement. To gather the data, the researchers used the semi-structured interview with five female students from the 2017/2018 cohort, selected by using purposive sampling with certain criteria, such as their GPA, TOEFL score, and social involvements. These criteria were imposed to distinguish high-achiever students from the average one. Findings showed that students with outstanding management skills adopt motivational and behavioral strategies in their daily lives. Setting goals, finding relevant activities (worshipping, writing, and reading) were mentioned as motivational strategies; while prioritizing, self-observing, as well adaptation to the surrounding environment were crucial in their behavioral strategies. They also practiced positive and supportive illustrations in developing a good self-management system, such as setting up and executing academic priorities and evaluating how activities were done.

Identifying Strategic Issues for Lecturer Development at the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Rapid external changes demanded that the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia reformulate a strategic plan for its lecturer development that is appropriate and relevant to the current time and situation. This study aims to explore the steps taken by the university in identifying strategic issues as guidelines for the formulation of its lecturer development strategy. Using the qualitative case study approach, the data for the current study were collected via semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Six informants from the university’s top management were purposively selected for the interviews. The interview data were then compared and analyzed with relevant document reviews to finally draw conclusions on the steps taken. The findings revealed that several strategic issues were considered to inform the steps taken in formulating a strategic plan to develop lecturer competency at the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The steps included revitalizing university management, improving university policy development, utilizing the paradigm of scientific development, and promoting local wisdom of Acehnese people.

Exploring Acehnese EFL College Students’ Perceptions on Collaborative Writing

Applying collaborative approaches in teaching writing has been shown to have a myriad of advantages. Most of the studies on collaborative writing in language teaching, however, have focused on second language rather than foreign language contexts. This study investigated perceptions of Acehnese EFL college students toward the implementation of collaborative writing in their EFL classrooms at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The general design of the research was qualitative in nature since the study used narrative inquiry as the research instrument and emphasized on each participant’s learning experiences with collaborative writing strategy. In order to understand the participants’ perceptions of collaborative learning, the researcher observed, took notes and recorded each of their interview responses. The overall results revealed that collaborative writing was perceived as beneficial for not only improving accuracy and clarity of the EFL students’ writing, but also providing the opportunity for them to pool their ideas, reduce their apprehension, and increase their self-confidence. Results also showed that the EFL students believed that collaborative project writing was not always feasible due to their different writing style, social loafing, as well as time pressure. These findings could function as important intellectual resources for more effective collaborative writing implementation. The study concludes with recommendations for further pedagogical explorations on different aspects of collaborative writing in EFL context in the future.

KOMUNIKASI DALAM MEMBENTUK IKLIM ORGANISASI DI LINGKUNGAN KAMPUS UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI (UIN) AR-RANIRY BANDA ACEH

The study aims to determine the organizational communication process between lecturers and staff in shaping the organizational climate as an effort to increase student satisfaction at the Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh. In conducting this research, researchers used a qualitative approach using interview techniques with several members of the organization namely lecturers, employees, and students. Researchers also made direct observations at five faculties at UIN Ar-Raniry. From the results of the research conducted showed that the organizational communication process that has been going on between lecturers, staff, and students is still not running effectively. This is due to miscommunication that occurs as well as unsatisfactory employee service performance. The tight schedule of several lecturers is also a problem in increasing student satisfaction. Organizational communication that occurs linearly, top down, even circularly has not yet been formed as a whole and effectively. This then forms a closed organizational climate. The closed climate of organizational communication has been a limiting factor for the communication of lecturers and staff in increasing the satisfaction of UIN Ar-Raniry students.

“I Don’t Know If It Is Fake or Real News” How Little Indonesian University Students Understand Social Media Literacy

Concerns over fake news have been raised in Indonesia since there has been a significant increase in the spreading of fake news via social media. University students, as the most active social media users, are susceptible to consume and distribute fake news. This study is motivated by the assumption that media literacy interventions help users resist fake news. However, limited studies have specifically addressed their level of media literacy in identifying fake news. Using the new media literacy framework, this study analysed the level of media literacy to process fake news on social media among university students in Aceh. A total of 500 undergraduate students from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry State Islamic University participated in the survey. Following the survey, 28 students were selected to take part in four focus group discussions. The findings showed that students' degree of media literacy concerning fake news is relatively low. Although almost all students demonstrated a good skill in using multiple social media platforms and understanding information they received, they were not confident in their abilities to distinguish between fake and real news. Surprisingly, some students deliberately share controversial posts on social media for no reason or to please themselves. The study suggests that program of media literacy should emphasise the identification of fake news and the consequences of its distribution. Keywords: Media literacy, social media, fake news, university students, Aceh.

THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES AND STRATEGIES USED IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION PROCESS

This research is entitled “The Analysis of Students? Difficulties and Strategies Used in English Translation Process”. It can be seen that this is the qualitative research and the aims of this research are to know the methods used, the difficulties faced, and the strategies used by students in translation process. The researcher used two instruments, namely test and interview. The population of this research was the fourth semester students who had taken translation I in the third semester in English Language Education of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The sample was unit 1 consisting of 15 students. They were selected by using purposive sampling based on preliminary interview with translation lecturer. From the result of this research, it was found that there were 2 dominant methods that were used by participants in translation process, there are as follows: word-for-word translation and free translation method. In word-for-word translation, there were 9 participants (participant 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14) translated into the target language by single word in most common meaning and did preliminary translation (pre-translation) word for word. On the other hand, there were 6 participants (participant 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15) used free translation. They translated the text more clearly. The students faced many difficulties in religious culture in translation process. The difficulties they got from religious culture were vocabularies and terminologies. Moreover, participants were seldom found the religious vocabularies when they read and learned the common text. To overcome these difficulties in translation process, there were only 2 strategies mostly used by the participants in translation process. They were as follows: translation by a more general word and translation by paraphrase using related word. It was easy to understand the content of the text when they used both of translation strategies.

Study of strengthening 21st-century skills in prospective science teacher based on gender

21 st -century skills are important for teachers. Pre-service teachers have to have the competence needed in the 21 st Century to teach these 21 st -century skills to their students in the future. This purposes of the study are the strengthening of the 21 st Century Skills of pre-service teachers of science in three campuses, namely Sultan Syarif Kasim State Islamic University, Sultan Idris Malaysia University of Education, and Ar Raniry State Islamic University in Banda Aceh and to determine the correlation of 21 st -century skills-based on gender. This study employed quantitative design using a survey research method. The instrument used for this study was the questionnaire of 21 st century skills. The questionnaire for the 21 st century skills are 30 items to represent the five constructs (Digital Age Literacy, Inventive Thinking, Effective Communication, High Productivity and Values and Spirituality) with the reliability index of the instrument was 0.84. This study was conducted on 250 pre-service teachers consisting of 46 male gender and 204 female gender from three campuses. The results showed that teachers of science had good reinforcement of The 21 st Century Skills. While based on data analysis, the correlation between male and female gender is weak but has the same relationship to strengthening the 21 st Century skills.

The Effects of Anxiety Toward Acehnese Students' English Speaking Ability

In this study, we analyzed the effects of speaking anxiety of Acehnese students in English learning classroom by looking at the causes of students’ speaking anxiety and their strategies in coping with it. The researchers used purposive sampling to select the participants of this research. Ten respondents from sophomore students of Department of the English Education at Teacher Training Faculty of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University in Aceh, Indonesia were selected by identifying their answers of Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety questionnaires developed by Horwitz et al. (1986). To have in-depth information on the subject matter, a semi-structured interview was employed. The results of this research showed that speaking anxiety caused some negative effects to Acehnese students’ speaking ability, which could be observed through the difficulties in constructing sentences and expressing the idea when they spoke in the target language. Low self-confidence, lack of competency, and being afraid of making mistakes were some of the factors considered as the major causes of speaking anxiety that could debilitate students’ classroom participation.

Developing generic skills at an Islamic higher education institution curriculum in Aceh, Indonesia

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify skills and attributes that should be included in developing curricula, especially in the area of education. In this case, English Education Department of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Banda Aceh, is in charge of the preparation of English language teachers and English language professionals exceeding required standards and be competitive in the labour market.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative research involved 38 research participants consisting of government authorities, academics and students. Interviews and focus group discussions were employed to collect the data. Both interview and FGD results were analysed through thematic analysis.FindingsThe findings indicate that among the generic skills that need to be incorporated into the department curriculum in order to improve graduates’ quality and meet the requirements of the labour market are: information and communication technology (ICT), leadership, religious competencies, entrepreneurship and communication skills.Originality/valueThe paper has been developed through research conducted by the authors. Therefore, the authors confirm that the paper has been written according to the academic standard and is free from plagiarism.