Lack Of Lecturers Research Articles

Enhancing Learning Experience of Business Education Students through Integration of Artificial Intelligence-Driven Augmented Reality

This study investigated how integrating Artificial Intelligence driven Augmented Reality (AR) could be used to enhance learning experience of business education students in Public Universities in Ebonyi State. Two purposes of the study with their corresponding research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Population for the study consists of 17 business educators in Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo and Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. There was no sampling since the population was manageable and was used for the study. A structured questionnaire validated by three experts was used as instrument for data collection. Reliability of the instrument was ensured by trial-testing it at Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo and responses gotten were correlated and it yielded an index of 0.77. Responses to the questionnaire items were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the null hypothesis was tested using P-value at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that Artificial Intelligence driven Augmented Reality could be used in providing students with personalized learning experiences, understanding individual students' learning styles, understanding individual students' learning needs, enhancing students' self-directed learning among others. The findings also revealed that challenges to integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Augmented Reality (AR) in business education includes Inadequacy of reliable and fast internet connections, Lack of lecturers with AI-driven AR skills, High cost of AI-driven AR infrastructure, Paucity of fund for training of staff on AI-driven AR skills among others. The study recommended among others that University management should provide funds for procurement and installation of augmented reality resources in business education laboratories as this will increase students access to emerging technologies.

Teaching EFL Students in Post-Pandemic Era: ICT Tools and Obstacles

This research discovered how the Information and Communication Technology (hereinafter, ICT) tools were used and the obstacles faced in English language teaching after the pandemic. This research used quantitative methods to gather the data. The data was obtained by administering a questionnaire and sharing via Google form with 40 students of the English Department at the State Islamic Institute in Papua. The results of this study indicate that students majoring in English at the Papua State Islamic Institute use two categories of ICT in the learning process, namely web-based learning and non-web-based learning. Web-based learning ICT Tools used are the Internet as the connection as well, YouTube, ZOOM Meeting, WhatsApp, Mobile Phones, and Computer or Laptop. Meanwhile, non-web-based learning ICT Tools used are language Lab, Overhead Projectors, and Films. The ICT Tools used are language lab and overhead projectors. The obstacles faced by the students are Lack of Effective Training, Limited accessibility, and network connection, a school with limited technical support, limited time, and lack of lecturers' competency. The biggest problem reached 59.30% with limited accessibility and network connection and school with limited technical support. This means English Department at State Islamic Institute in Papua has a low internet connection and insufficient computer and software to access.

College Managers’ Views on The Employability of Vocational Engineering Graduates: A Case of The South African TVET College Sector

This study investigated the required competencies that TVET college engineering graduates need to be employable and become successful entrepreneurs after completing their studies. The study used a qualitative design and semi-structured interviews to collect the data. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants from three public TVET colleges in Gauteng. The study reported that National Certificate Vocational college engineering graduates need relevant engineering content knowledge, authentic practical engineering workplace experience, soft skills, technical skills and their application in the real world. It was also found that the engineering sector has a negative attitude towards TVET engineering graduates and that there is a lack of lecturers with engineering industry experience. We relied on a small sample; hence, the results of this study may not be generalisable, but moving forward, a cross-national study including all TVET programmes may be required; and, most probably, different results will be generated. We concluded by advocating the review of the TVET engineering curriculum and a paradigm shift to an intense formally supervised and examined industry-oriented workplace component that would boost the technical expertise of graduates. A widespread advocacy campaign in the engineering sector could also help to raise their awareness of TVET programmes.

Career in radiology; the ghanaian clinical medical Student's perception

BackgroundThe importance of radiology in this era of evidence-based medicine cannot be disputed. This has resulted in the increase in demand for radiologists. Thus, the issue of whether there would be sufficient numbers of medical students to meet this growing demand needs further probing. PurposeTo assess Ghanaian clinical medical students’ perceptions about a career in radiology. Materials and methodsThis was an online questionnaire-based survey of 575 clinical medical students in five public medical schools in Ghana from September 2020 to February 2021. Student's t-test and one way analysis of variance was used to compare means. For the Likert scale questions, differences in the mean Likert scale responses were assessed among various clinical year groups and across gender using Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann–Whitney U tests. A logistic regression was used to determine the significant predictors of the choice of radiology as a career. ResultsMost 340 (59.1%) of the participants were males. The average age of participants was 24.64 ± 3.084 years. Students agreed that, radiology is relevant in this era of evidence-based medicine (mean Likert score = 4.62, SD = 0.819), which yielded significant responses in the third clinical year (p = 0.004). Nearly 30% of respondents stated they did not receive enough didactic lectures or tutorials in radiology, citing insufficient lectures (89.9%), a lack of lecturers (9.5%), and trouble grasping ideas (0.7%) as their main concerns. 133 (23.1%) stated they would choose radiology as a specialty, with flexible working schedule (61.9%) and high income (68.3%) as their topmost reasons. Less patient contact (8.0%) was the least observed reason. A flexible working schedule increased the choice of radiology as a specialty by 2.319 folds (95% CI: 1.413–3.805, P = 0.001). Teleradiology significantly contributed to the choice of radiology as a career (p = 0.001). ConclusionGenerally, the clinical students had varied but positive perceptions on radiology as a specialty.

Investigating Academic Writing in EFL Contexts: Students’ Voices on Complexities and Coping Strategies

This research aimed to investigate students’ voices regarding the complexities that contribute to challenges and the coping strategies that address academic writing challenges they use in academic writing. Through a qualitative method, four female students majoring in English Education in the eighth semester at a private university in Indonesia were chosen as participants in this study's interview. Data analysis techniques employed include analyzing the data, coding the data, and interpreting the data. The findings indicated that twelve complexities contributed, namely learners’ low motivation, lack of lecturers’ feedback, lack of translation, lack of references, lack of time, lack of research background, low students' self-confidence, lack of experience in writing, lack of proficiency in reading, lack of critical thinking skill, lack of proper preparation in writing, and lack of a supportive writing learning environment. Students used twelve coping strategies for organization, ideas development, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. These strategies included exercises, feedback, reading academic papers, extensive reading, Google Translate, QuillBot, Grammarly, and Mendeley for arranging academic style. The implication of this research has been discussed here.

The Effort of Lecturers in Improving The Quality of Teaching Through Innovative and Creative Learning Strategies Based on Competence and Character in University

Competence and character need to be implemented considering the lack of lecturers through innovative and creative learning who are aware that competence and character are two things that must be balanced in an integrated manner in the learning process. The research method is qualitative research. The implementation of Islamic Religious Education learning is carried out in three stages, namely planning, implementing and evaluating learning. And the character values developed in PAI learning in the Informatics Engineering study program through competency-based active, innovative and creative learning include logical thinking, independent, hard work, working together, critically, confident, creative, logical thinking, mutual respect, understanding advantages and disadvantages of each student.

Online Lecture During Covid-19 Pandemic from College Students’ Perspective

This research aims to analyze the obstacles of online learning during pandemic Covid-19. There have been pros and cons of online lecture during the pandemic due to lack of effectiveness of achieving education goals. However, education is expected to bring an improvement to students to be well-educated generation. To reach the goal, students must comprehend the materials given by lecturers. Yet, there are some problems that college students face during the process of online lecture. These problems became the background to conduct this research from which it can be a scientific work to give a contribution to analyze the problems specifically. This research was conducted by using qualitative method. The data were obtained by conducting interview which were analyzed and explained in the form of narration while maintaining the authenticity of the data. The result of this research revealed that limited internet access and lack of lecturers’ responsibilities became the obstacles for college students during online lecture. The students expected lecturers and campus staff to understand their situations. They hoped that the lecturers gave relevant deadline for submitting the assignments, focused on making the students understand the materials, and controlled/accompanied the flow of discussion

Analisis Keefektifan Platform Digital dalam Pembelajaran di PTKIN Se-Provinsi Lampung

This study aims to determine the type of platform used by lecturers in learning and analyze the effectiveness of the platform as a learning media during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a quantitative method with a survey type, the source of the data is taken by using a questionnaire to 143 respondents from two universities, namely Raden Intan Islamic State University of Lampung and Metro Lampung Islamic State Institute. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20 software with descriptive analysis. The results of the analysis show that there are eight platforms used by lecturers as digital-based learning media, namely Zoom Cloud Meeting, Whatsapp Group, Google Classroom, Youtube Channel, Google Meet, Google Form, Facebook, and Instagram. In addition, the results of the analysis generally show that the use of digital-based platforms in the learning process is less effective. Some of the issues discovered include lack of supporting facilities that make the learning is not optimal, lack of lecturers’ ability to manage digital-based learning, and lack of learning innovation that makes the integration of technology in learning is not achieved. The results of this study can certainly be a reference for both universities in making policies, especially regarding digital-based learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.

PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ARAB DARING BERBASIS STRATEGI KARRONA DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

One of the obstacles in the implementation of online learning during Covid-19 pandemic is the lack of lecturers and students’s readiness in mastering e-learning support applications. In addition, the large amount of assignments precisely can trigger students’ psychosocial stresses that may diminsih the online learning effectiveness. The lecturers, therefore, are required to be more creative to make an interesting learning, including in Arabic learning. Karrona, an innovative learning strategy, is a song media-based method focusing on strengthening the understanding of qawāid substance that is applied to overcome the ineffectiveness of online learning Arabic. This study then aims to investigate how the effectiveness of Karrona strategy to increase qawāid understanding and to improve vocabulary mastery in online Arabic learning during pandemic covid-19. This research employed a mixed method design, involving the mixing of both quantitative and qualitative approach. This study involved 176 students of IAIN Bone as well as used observation and questionnaires techniques to collect the data. The major findings of this study show that the Karrona strategy is briefly effective in increasing student interest and motivation to learn Arabic. Moreever, this strategy can improve students’ qawāid understanding and mufradāt mastery.

Trio-preparation of Health Care Students for Digital Era in Universiti Malaysia Sabah – Case Study

Introduction: Creating an educational climate that engages the students in the digital era is crucial as it prepares them for the future.Objectives: The aim of this multiple case study is to highlight the impact of creative educational environment on the students’ awareness of digital era tools.Methods: In this study three activities were organized. Firstly, a brain storming seminar titled “Medical Practice in Artificial Intelligence Era” was held. The second event was E-poster competitions which challenged the students’ curiosity to address the health problems and to introduce innovative solutions to solve it. Medical and nursing students presented 32 posters. Third activity was MeDuino, a hands-on workshop to familiarize the students with arduino technology in medical practice.Results: Around 260 participants attended the seminar. In their feedback, 72% of students found the topics attractive and more than 60% found its theme relevant and beneficial. E-poster competition was evaluated using a modified rubric scale. The data was analysed by SPSS showed that only “creativity” and “practicality” merits scored little above the mean range. There was no statistically significant difference in the mean score of ‘creativity’ and ‘practicality’ between medical students and nursing students. However, in general medical students’ scores were higher compared to nursing students. 90% of students said that they improved cognitively and 85% found it fascinating. In Meduino workshop (Robotics), The 30 participants practiced mini projects. 86 % found it attractive, 81% expressed that it improve d their cognitive about technology as noted in comparing the pre and post- event questionnaires. The students’ concerns included the time constraints short time and lack of lecturers’ guidance during posters’ preparation.Conclusion(s): Transforming educational environment physically, emotionally and socially managed to address few aspects digital era. Allocating more time, facilities and training in the informal curriculum could enhance health-care students mastering of future tools.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Supplementary Issue: 2019 Page: 31

PENERAPAN PENDEKATAN DELIKAN, DAN CTL UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR PKN MAHASISWA UNDERACHIEVER

The purpose of this research is to (a) determine the factors that cause students to be underachiever; (b) determine factors that cause students are not embedded character of value learned; (c) know character planting and improvement strategies of underachiever students learning achievement to the extent that they should achieve through hear, see and do (HSD) approach, structure knowledge and CTL. Action research approach was conducted in research. There are two results of this study. Fistly the lack of caring and understanding to students and the lack of lecturers and parents knowledge on how to guide, care and let students learn addressing the root causes of student to be underachiever. Secondly, learning achievement and character values of the subject will be more improved and internalized into the underachiever students if the HSD, and CTL approach is integrated applicated.

An Integrated Curriculum at an Islamic University: Perceptions of Students and Lecturers

Purpose: The aim of our study was to identify the perceptions of students and lecturers at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (UIN Jakarta) regarding the concept of an integrated curriculum implemented at the university, differences in perceptions between the two groups, and problems encountered during the curriculum’s implementation Methods: A descriptive quantitative research study was conducted with 670 students and 90 lecturers from 11 faculties at UIN Jakarta. The student samples consisted of 270 men and 400 women, while lecturer samples consisted of 44 men and 46 women. Data were collected via interviews and a perceptual questionnaire consisting of 54 items scored on a 4-point Likert scale. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, a t test, and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings: Although both students and lecturers had positive perceptions of the concept of the integrated curriculum, the students’ perceptions were more favorable than the lecturers’. Problems encountered during the implementation of the integrated curriculum included the absence of clear guidelines for implementing the integrated curriculum, the lack of lecturers’ competencies to implement the integration in learning processes, the lack of specific nomenclature about the integration concept, and limited time allotted to learning Islamic studies in the natural sciences program. Implications for Research and Practice: Few obstacles have hindered the successful implementation of the integrated curriculum throughout the faculties at UIN Jakarta. The findings have informed the development of a blueprint and clear guidelines for implementing an integrated curriculum that other Islamic institutions of higher education in Indonesia and other countries can use to deliver integrated studies.

ANALISIS RANCANG BANGUN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UNTUK MEMBENTUK SHARING CULTURE MATERI BAHAN AJAR BERBASIS WEB

Abstract The implementation of knowledge sharing with a system by sharing several web-based teaching materials, may be a solution for STEKOM needs. Lack of lecturers’policy and culture to implement knowledge management (knowledge sharing)of the web-based teaching materialsresulting in lecturer's knowledge cannot be shared well. The purpose of this research is for implementing knowledge management system as teaching material for improving the competence of STEKOM lecturers. This research uses the development of 10-step knowledge management roadmap method system made by Amrit Tiwana, 1999 and summarized into 4 phases, i.e.: 1. evaluation of infrastructure; 2. analysis, design and development of KMS; 3. deployment system; 4. evaluation of system design methods. Results of this research indicated that operation of the KMS has a great opportunity in terms of knowledge transfer by forming a sharing culture of web-based teaching materials on STEKOM. This constitute as an alternative for improving the teaching quality . Sharing of teaching material not only carried out in the internal environment of the STEKOM branch, but also among lecturers of STEKOM branch and between STEKOM lecturers and students

Identification of Readiness of Developing University to Apply Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching and Learning

The integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in learning is kind of innovation in education. Several studies have shown that the application of ICT is able to improve students' competence and satisfaction with subject studied and enhancing the ability of both subjects and graduate levels. A developing university must be able to apply ICT in teaching and learning. One of a developing university in Indonesia is Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (Untirta). The subject of this research is a student of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Untirta. The main purpose of the research is to know the readiness of lecturer and college student in using ICT integrated into the learning process. Based on research it is known that both of lecturers and students have the readiness to adopt integrated ICT in the learning process. The main problem that arises from lecturers is the lack of lecturers' skills in using technology. While the problems that arise from students is the need for a free internet connection. Therefore, the university has to provide the training for the lecturers and provide free connections for the students.

IMPLEMENTATION OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: DISTANT LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES AS TEACHERS’AID

The article is a case and looks into the experience of Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev in the field of organizing network electronic educational environment based on LMS Blackboard and LMS MOODLE and developing electronic university services for implementing higher education and supplementary vocational education programs. The main aim of the article is to demonstrate the experience of using distance technologies for teaching the skills of working with LMS Blackboard and legal norms of labor and fire security to university lecturers. The article reviews peculiarities of social and informational space in which educational services are implemented nowadays and the new ways of communication and information interaction created by the new environment. Benefits of main university processes based on distance learning technologies are presented. The authors point out the challenges of organizing distance learning, in particular, lack of lecturers, capable fusing distance learning technologies in the teaching process professionally, technically and psychologically. Distance learning peculiarities for university lecturer are described. The structure of electronic informational and educational environment of KNRTU-KAI and open model of academic knowledge as a result of using network information technologies are presented. Conducted research gives reasons for conclusions on the need for changing the idea of educational services delivery due to accumulating and transforming the set of academic knowledge, economic benefits, interaction between users and network educational environment. In order to organize student - centered learning it is necessary to implement a set of tasks of electronic educational and informational environment formulated by the author. The value of the article is in describing practical recommendations on implementing electronic educational resources in the context of open academic knowledge concept, popularization of DLT among university lecturers and employees. The article is of interest to the practitioners of university academic knowledge informatization and researchers in the field of knowledge management in higher education. In future researchers will be able to perform more detailed empiric work on creating electronic learning systems within the framework of academic knowledge open model on the basis of network information technologies.

Voices from Within: Student Teachers’ Experiences in English Academic Writing Socialization at One Indonesian Teacher Training Program

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the experiences of Indonesian student teachers in English academic writing socialization at one public university teacher-training program in Jambi, Indonesia. The theoretical framework of cultural capital was used to guide the study. The data were collected through demographic profiles and semi-structured in- depth interviews with student teachers. The constant comparative method guided the data analysis. Five salient themes that emerged in this research were (1) no writing cultural backgrounds, (1) needing long-lasting exposure and internalization, (3) lack of academic writing socialization, (4) lack of institutional supports, and (5) lack of lecturers’ help due to higher power distance. The findings of this study provide evidence for policy makers and teacher educators to understand how teacher education management related to the English academic writing internalization should be improved at the program level. Policy implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Using podcasting for blended learning

Blended learning is a hybrid learning format combining some of the best features of distance learning and traditional face-to-face classes. Through the use of online course management sites and other media, students can access material at their convenience and attend a reduced number of classes that then emphasize interaction. This educational opportunity is especially valuable for working adults who cannot attend traditional classes. However, the lack of lectures can be a challenge for students who learn best by hearing. Podcasting, which involves the creation and distribution of audio and/or video files, is one tool that can help students to learn better and more easily.

Management of Continuing Education of Nurse Midwives by Chief Nurses in Community Hospitals in Southern Thailand

To explore the levels of continuing education management in hospitals according to their size, and to investigate problems in the management of continuing education of nurse midwives by chief nurses in community hospitals. The target population was 128 chief nurses, 103 of whom (80.47%) returned the questionnaires. Data were collected using a questionnaire that had been tested for its content validity by three experts (content validity index was .80 and the Cronbach's alpha was .83). Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used to investigate if differences existed among groups. The mean score of the level of continuing education management in nurse midwives for the chief nurses was low. The levels of education management for chief nurses according to hospital size (10-bed, 30-bed, and 60-bed hospitals) were not significantly different (p > .05). The problems for chief nurses in the management of continuing education in nurse midwives in the community hospitals were: lack of manpower (70%); financial problems (45%); lack of lecturers in advanced nurse midwifery (38%); insufficient number of courses in advanced nurse midwifery (29%); length of time for study leave taken for training (21%); and safety problems in the unrest areas in the southern provinces (21%). The levels of continuing education management by chief nurses in all the community hospitals were low, primarily due to a lack of manpower and budgetary constraints. Therefore, the Nursing Council of Thailand should provide training and funds to support advanced nurse midwifery education programs in all parts of the country.