Final Project Course Research Articles

COMPARATIVE FACTOR ANALYSIS OF E-LEARNING AND GOOGLE SITES ADOPTION AS FINAL PROJECT INFORMATION PORTALS USING TAM

Final Project is a scientific project that is structured based on the application of science and technology. For now, information about the final project can be accessed on the e-learning website. However, several problems were found in the use of e-learning as a source of information regarding the final project. For example, information regarding the final project must be re-uploaded every year even though there is a course that is similar to the final project course in the previous semester. Departing from the problems above, lecturers at the Faculty of Information Technology, Ciputra University finally made new innovations. The innovation is to build a static website to access information about the final project. The website uses Google Sites. This study uses the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) analysis method. The author conducted a survey about the website usage to the students in the Program from the class of 2016 to 2019. The sampling method used was purposive sampling. Purposive sampling was used in this study because the researchers needed specific respondents, namely SIFT students who had taken the final assignment course. This study uses the regression model to analyze the relationship between intention to use and other constructs in the adoption of e-learning as an information portal for the Final Project. Researchers use the regression model on the adoption of e-learning and google sites. The model gets a value of 0.852 and 0.905 respectively.

Dominant factors that determine college students completing studies in mathematics education study programs

Failure to graduate on time is a problem for both the university and the students themselves. Beside the competencies possessed by students, many other factors affect the completion of student studies. This study aims to reduce the variables that really affect the completion of student studies. The approach of this research was survey research on students of the Mathematics Education Study Program at least in semester 7 (currently taking a final project course). There are 17 factors that determine the completion of student studies, namely achievement motivation, discipline, interest, intelligence, study habits, health, part-time work activities, organizational activities, curriculum, mentoring methods, student relations with lecturers, availability of books, internet facilities, family economic conditions, relationships with parents and family members, friends, and social environment. Data analysis was conducted using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method to obtain the dominant factor. Based on the results of the study, four main factors that affect the completion of student studies are formed, namely: (1) the first factor: motivation and academic ability; (2) the second factor: activities and social environment; (3) the third factor: facilities and family; and (4) the fourth factor: thesis guidance. The four factors can explain the dominant factor in student study completion at 86.54%, with details of motivation and academic ability at 37.57%, activities and social environment at 26.34%, facilities and family at 15.21%, and thesis guidance at 7.42%.

The Influence of Final Project Product Development on Students’ Entrepreneurial Motivation

While entrepreneurship education in the university gained its importance as an effort to develop the entrepreneurship of the younger generation, the majority of unemployed in Indonesia are undergraduate graduates. The students of the Culinary study program of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) are required to take the Final Project course in the form of Project-based learning. In this course, each student is given a project to develop a new food product innovation following the rules of Research and Development (R&D) steps with the 4 D method, namely define, design, develop, and disseminate. This product is expected to be a superior product for culinary students so that students can become entrepreneurs by making a real business venture after graduating. This study aims to: 1) examine the student's business orientation in the product development of the Final Project of Culinary, 2) investigate the entrepreneurial motivation of students, 3) determine the effect of student business orientation in the product development of the Final Project of Culinary on student entrepreneurial motivation. Survey research was employed in the study using quantitative descriptive methods and regression analysis to achieve the research objectives. The sample was calculated using the Slovin formula from a total population of 120 people in order to obtain a sample count of 103 people. The results show that: 1) the student's final project product development business orientation was in the good and moderate categories. The highest mean is obtained in the aspect of product formulas and ingredients for the product, while the lowest mean is obtained in the aspects of technology used for product manufacture, 2) the student entrepreneurial motivation is in the medium and high category in the general motivation aspect, while in the specific motivation aspect there are low, medium and high category results. The highest mean is in the need for achievement while the lowest mean is in the goal setting, 3) the final project product development has a positive and significant effect of 28% on students' entrepreneurial motivation. Suggestions based on the findings are also discussed.

PERANCANGAN IDENTITAS PERUSAHAAN DALAM BENTUKSTATIONERY DESAIN DI RUMAH KREASI GRAFIKA

Rumah Kreasi Grafika is a clothing business that was established in 2020. This clothing business is located at Jalan Grafika Raya, Gedawang, Banyumanik District, Semarang City, Central Java. This company still has shortcomings, especially in the field of design, so that marketing is not very successful. This is due to a lack of knowledge about the value of design in a company.The thing that is most prioritized in the design of making this stationery set is to meet the graduation requirements for the final project course and provide a new perspective in utilizing stationery sets as a means of supporting the company's progress. Where is the initial stationery set that has a design value that does not sell well and is still incomplete.In designing the design of a stationery set, it is necessary to choose the type of font, color and also the composition of the design because these three aspects are vital and can have a serious impact on the effectiveness of the stationery set.

Model of university-industry collaboration to support internship program in Engineering Faculty of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Collaboration between industry and universities is well recognized by scholars and policy makers as a necessity for industrial innovation products and university graduate skills development. This study presents a proposed university-industry collaboration model which expresses the university and industry benefits obtained through the collaboration experiences. Method used to explore the model of collaboration that will be proposed is observation to industries where students doing internship and FGD. The result shows that activities of collaboration are very potential to bring benefits to both parties. The proposed UIC model is suited for use at two different courses, those are internship program and final project course. The model is also implemented to assist in realizing the third role of universities in community service in the area of the contribution to innovation and R & D, production commercialization and technology transfer.

Integrated model of Industrial Practices (IP) program and Final Project Course (FPC) in Diploma 3 Study Program of Mechanical Engineering in Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

The paper presents the integrated model of industrial practice program and final project course as a solution to shorten the time consumed in doing Diploma 3 in Mechanical Engineering. The model was implemented in UPT Logam Yogyakarta,where four D3 students did their IP Program. Along the students doing the program, they designed a machine as the final project. Through an intensive supervision by their industrial supervisor and lecturer, the machine was finished in 4,5 mounts. It is reduced almost 50% of the time needed to do the project in regular way. The result of the study suggested that at the beginning of sem IV (January-April), can be started from registration-briefing-correspondence with industries. In May-June, student’s choice - assigning a letter of assignment to the supervisor and determining the location of the IP Program. IP Program should be in line with its concentration. In July-August IP Program implementation, students work on the final project at the industries and the supervisor interacts with the FPC supervisor. End of August IP Program report can be completed first. Sem V (Sep- Dec) students continue to make project work in the industry. Sem VI (Jan-July) writing FPC report and doing FPC Examination.

Implementation of Design-Based Research in Software Engineering Education: A Case of Final Project Course

This study aims to carry out final projects that were designed and coded within the scope of Software Engineering Final Project course in accordance with design-based research and observe the process hereof. Students developed their final projects pursuant to design-based research within the framework of a study that lasted for 8 weeks in total in spring term 2017-2018. Having been developed by relevant researchers, observation and control form were used in the study as data gathering tools. Processes of these projects that were developed via these forms were recorded on a weekly basis. Throughout this study, in which totally 8 students participated and 5 projects were created, the whole process of “Which one is your choice?”, a mobile application development project, was described. All stages of design and realization of this project, in which Mobile-D software development method was used, were revealed in detail. This study describes the details of a design-based research process which was operated on a real software project. The result of the study casts light upon effective utility of this method in project-based courses particularly in software engineering education and generally in engineering education.

Entrepreneurial competences in a higher education business plan course

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to study which perceived and attained entrepreneurial competences acquired by students while developing a business plan are rated most highly; and second, to analyse the differences observed in entrepreneurial competences, depending on whether the business plan developed is real or fictitious. Design/methodology/approach To analyse the role played by business plans in perceptions and attainment of competence, data were collected from students enrolled on a final project course of a bachelor’s degree, specifically the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. The course in question focussed on entrepreneurship and business plans. The data on perceived and attained competences were obtained through questionnaires and assessment rubrics, respectively. Mean comparison analyses were conducted to investigate any differences in entrepreneurial competences existing between students developing real or fictitious business plans. Findings The paper finds evidence that the process of creating a business plan results in entrepreneurial competence being highly rated and that whether the business plan is real or fictitious does not affect the level of entrepreneurial competence. Research limitations/implications A longitudinal study will be required to analyse how entrepreneurial competences evolve during the business plan creation process. Originality/value This paper finds that few studies have been conducted to explore entrepreneurial competences in relation to business plan development and shows that more complete research is required. Moreover, both perceived and achieved competences are considered, an analysis not previously carried out.

Project-Based Learning Evaluation from Students’ and Supervisors’ Perspectives: A Qualitative Research at Polytechnic Malaysia

The purpose of this case study was to evaluate the Project-Based Learning that was implemented at the Mechanical Engineering Department in a polytechnic in Malaysia. One kind of constructivism, Project-Based Learning was introduced into the Malaysian polytechnics curriculum regarding to result creative and innovative human resources. This study involved a random sample of 118 students and 43 supervisors in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The study found that both the students and supervisors agreed that Project-Based Learning approach is appropriate for the final project course J5012. In addition, both groups of respondents believed that the supervisors possesed adequate technical knowledge and implemented supervisory duties effectively. Nevertheless, students perceived the module content was hard to understand. The students barely agreed that the machines and equipments at the polytechnic were appropriate for the project. Positively, Polytechnic Kota Bharu should introduce a formal course of Project-Based Learning to the polytechnic system in Malaysia.

Design of Teaching Influences the Training Transfer Amongst TVET’s Instructors: Fuzzy Delphi Technique

Transfer of training is transferring the knowledge and skills acquired by instructors in training sessions applied to the workplace. Hence, this study aims to look at the views and agreements of experts on the need for elements of transfer of technical and vocational trainers training. This study is a quantitative study. The approach used to collect the research data is to use a questionnaire instrument that will be given to the expert. The number of experts involved is 13 experts. There are two criteria in the expert's determination, that they are comprised of business management lecturers who have served more than 15 years and have been directly involved with the final teaching of the final project course. All data collected were analyzed using Fuzzy Delphi Method. The findings show that all training transfer elements consisting of training designs, the threshold value is less than 0.2 and the percentage of expert groups is over 75%. This shows that the design elements of the training and all the items contained therein are required by the Vocational College business management instructors based on expert agreement.

Description of the supporting factors of final project in Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty of Syiah Kuala University with multiple correspondence analysis

Syiah Kuala University (Unsyiah) is hoped to have graduates who are qualified for working or creating a field of work. A final project course implementation process must be effective. This research uses data from the evaluation conducted by Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty (FMIPA) of Unsyiah. Some of the factors that support the completion of the final project are duration, guidance, the final project seminars, facility, public impact, and quality. This research aims to know the factors that have a relationship with the completion of the final project and identify similarities among variables. The factors that support the completion of the final project at every study program in FMIPA are (1) duration, (2) guidance and (3) facilities. These factors are examined for the correlations by chi-square test. After that, the variables are analyzed with multiple correspondence analysis. Based on the plot of correspondence, the activities of the guidance and facilities in Informatics Study Program are included in the fair category, while the guidance and facilities in the Chemistry are included in the best category. Besides that, students in Physics can finish the final project with the fastest completion duration, while students in Pharmacy finish for the longest time.

Evaluation of Project-Based Learning at a Polytechnic in Malaysia: an Input Aspect Evaluation Research

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Project-Based Learning in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Polytechnic in Malaysia. This study was designed with Context, Input, Process and Product (CIPP) model. Project-Based Learning is a different approach than the traditional learning in the sense that it is a student-centered learning approach based on the principles of constructivism. However, this present paper focused on the input aspect with comparing students’ and supervisor’ perspective. The input dimension assesses the module and supervisor’s readiness. This study involved a random sample of 118 students and 43 supervisors in the Mechanical Engineering Department in Polytechnic Kota Bharu Malaysia. The instrument used in this study were a set of questionnaire. The study found that both the students and supervisors agreed that Project-Based Learning approach is appropriate for the final project course J5012. In addition, both groups of respondents believed that the supervisors possesed adequate technical knowledge and implemented supervisory duties effectively. Nevertheless, students perceived the module content was hard to understand.

Ontology Development of Semantic E-Learning for Final Project Course

Ontology Development of Semantic E-Learning for Final Project Course

A Final Organizational Communication Project: Using the Television Series The Office to Engage College Students

Objective: To allow students to demonstrate what they have learned in an Organizational Communication class through an engaging and enjoyable final project Course: Organizational Communication