Private University In Indonesia Research Articles

Accounting Student Perceptions toward Online Flipped Statistics Course and Effective Methods to Promote Engagement, Increase Satisfaction, and Improve Self-Efficacy

The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated many educational institutions in the world to adapt their delivery method from conventional (offline) teaching/learning to online methods, and one of the methods is the Flipped Classroom. Nonetheless, the shift from offline classroom instruction to online learning must ensure its long-term quality, which can be effectively delivered to students. Thus, this study investigates the effectiveness of the an online flipped classroom teaching model as perceived by learners, applied due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample for this study includes 41 accounting students taking an online statistics course in their 5th and 7th semesters in a private university in Indonesia. The methods are both quantitative—employed through a questionnaire—and qualitative through applied semi-structured interviews as well as for analyzing the collected corpus. Ultimately, the study concludes that, in terms of student engagement, satisfaction, and efficacy, the flipped classroom method is effective. Lastly, the significance of the research shows recommendations for improving the application of the flipped classroom approach in the current context of online learning amidst the prevailing policy in Indonesia and beyond.

The Effect of Interface Instrumentation Experiments-Supported Blended Learning on Students’ Critical Thinking Skills and Academic Achievement

This study aims to promote students’ critical thinking skills and academic achievement using Interface Instrumentation Experiments-supported Blended Learning (IIE-BL). In this quasi-experimental study, 40 undergraduate students who took the Basic Physics II course from the Department of Physics Education at two private universities in Indonesia were assigned randomly as experimental and control groups. Experimental group students were taught using blended learning based on interface instrumentation technology, while the control group students were taught using conventional learning by the same lecturer. To collect data, the Critical Thinking Test (CTT) and Physics Achievement Test (PAT) were administered, which data were then analyzed in independent and paired t-tests, as well as the d-effect sizes test on SPSS 26 at a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that students in the experimental group obtained significantly higher critical thinking skills and achievement scores than students in the control group. It can be concluded that IIE-BL is effective in improving students’ critical thinking skills and achievement in the Basic Physics II course. Educators are suggested to apply IIE-BL to promote student performance and catalyze their learning.

Occupational Stress among Academicians between Two Selected Universities in Malaysia and Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study

Occupational stress has become a major concern for both employees and employers globally. Stress leads to a loss of interest among workers as well as unproductive and valueless outputs if not managed well. The education sector is one work setting dominated by stress. This comparative cross-sectional study aimed to determine the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among academicians as well as their work-related stressors and coping strategies between a selected public university in Malaysia and a private university in Indonesia. A total of 82 academicians from universities in Malaysia and 52 from Indonesia were recruited using convenience sampling. Data was collected using a validated self-reported questionnaire via Google Forms. The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among Malaysian academicians was 19.5%, 29.5%, and 12.2%, respectively. In contrast, the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among Indonesian academicians was 15.7%, 33.3%, and 9.8%. Career development, research, teaching, and interpersonal relationships significantly contributed to stress at both universities (p-value<0.05). Participants from both universities reported using active coping, planning, venting, self-distraction, positive reframing, acceptance, and religion as coping strategies. In conclusion, determining depression, anxiety, and stress prevalence; major work-related stressors; and coping strategies are essential to maintaining the safety, health, and well-being of academicians, which eventually can encourage university administrators to provide support in enhancing their quality of life.

Digital Marketing and Social Media as a Strategy to Increase Brand Awareness: Case Study Increasing the Number of Students on Brand Awareness in Social Media and Digital Marketing Activities in Higher Education X

This research aims to provide knowledge related to post-covid 19 digital marketing strategies to increase the number of students at private universities in Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative method with a case study approach in data collection. Observing, interviewing, and sorting the required data as well as conducting data validity through data triangulation from experts to confirm the effectiveness of digital marketing activities on social media in increasing brand awareness in the form of interviews to confirm the data obtained. It can be concluded that the university's x strategy in utilizing digital marketing is effective, with an increase of 155% in a period of approximately 1.5 years doing advertisements on social media, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Ads. Promotional strategies for price reductions and tuition installments are the second strategy in marketing activities. Third in this digital marketing communication strategy is the suitability of the target market with copywriting in advertisements and ad creators, namely generation z. These three strategies are strategies for increasing university brand awareness x.

Improving the preservice teachers’ TPACK level through hybrid learning

This study aims to explore whether there is a significant improvement in preservice teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) after implementing hybrid presentation and teaching simulation as one of the tasks in the Teaching Methods and Conventional Media course. This study also reports students’ responses to the implementation of the hybrid presentation and teaching simulation. In this quantitative study, preservice teachers’ knowledge was measured using a TPACK scale prior to and subsequent to the hybrid class implementation period. Twenty-one students studying in the fourth semester of an English education department in a private university in Indonesia participated in this study. A paired-samples t-test result suggested a significant improvement in students’ scores from the pre- to the post- TPACK self-assessment (t = -8.210, p < .05). The findings of this study suggest that hybrid presentation can be an effective strategy to help foster preservice teachers’ TPACK skill while developing speaking and other skills.

Students’ Engagement in Digital Mind Mapping-Supported Collaborative Learning during the Post-Pandemic Era

Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of digital mind-mapping in improving student learning outcomes, creativity, critical thinking skills, and motivation. However, past studies rarely focused on student engagement when exploring the implementation of collaborative digital mind mapping in higher education. This study explored student engagement in a digital mind-mapping-supported collaborative classroom. The study was qualitative descriptive in nature, involving twenty fourth-semester students from a private university in Indonesia. The data were collected through observation and interview. The findings showed that students engaged cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally in the collaborative mind-mapping activity. The findings mostly describe student-student and student-task engagement. Therefore, further investigations are needed to examine student-teacher engagement in a mind-mapping-supported collaborative learning setting.

Examining STEM Students' Computational Thinking Skills through Interactive Practicum Utilizing Technology

This research study explores and compares the computational thinking skills demonstrated by STEM students during interactive practicums involving both virtual laboratories and physical laboratories. The objectives of the study are to assess the performance of computational thinking skills in each practicum setting and to determine any differences between the two environments. An experimental approach was adopted, and 106 first-year STEM students from a distinguished private university in Indonesia participated in the study. The students were divided into two groups, one using virtual labs and the other using physical labs. The study employed a portfolio instrument to assess various aspects of computational thinking, including problem reformulation, recursion, problem decomposition, abstraction, and systematic testing. The findings show that both groups of students achieved "good" scores for computational thinking skills. However, students in the virtual labs group demonstrated superior skills compared to the physical labs group. The aspects of problem reformulation and abstraction received the highest scores in both groups, while problem decomposition received the lowest scores. A MANOVA test confirmed statistically significant differences in computational thinking skills between the two practicum environments. The study suggests that the use of virtual labs can positively impact students' computational thinking abilities. The results have implications for educators and institutions seeking to enhance students' computational thinking skills and design effective STEM practicums.

THE ANALYSIS OF BALANCED POLICIES IN WAQF BASED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ON PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION IN WEST JAVA

The main problem for private universities in Indonesia is the ability to finance the institution's operations independently and the main source of income for financing is still sourced from tuition fees paid by students. For waqf-based private universities, another problem is that assets cannot be used as collateral to obtain funding assistance from financial institutions. This situation causes waqf-based private universities to strive to manage finances properly for there is no waste and fraud. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of transformational leadership, organizational commitment and competence of financial human resources through a balanced budget policy on the effectiveness of waqf-based private university financial management. The research method used was explanatory, and the data were collected using a questionnaire given by waqf-based private university financial leaders and staff, then analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. The results of the research shows that balanced budget policies mediate transformational leadership, organizational commitment, financial HR competence have a positive influence on Financial Management Effectiveness as illustrated by t-statistic value (4.021) > 1.66 with a p-value (0.000) <0.05. Waqf-based private universities can increase the effectiveness of financial management through a balanced budget policy model in accordance with the characteristics of the institution supported by proper leadership, organizational commitment and competence of financial human resources which are continuously improved.

The Relationship between Servqual, Word of Mouth and the Selection of Private Universities in Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to predict the relationship between service quality, word of mouth, and the selection of private universities. This research uses a quantitative approach. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 353 respondents using google Forms. The data were statistically analyzed using the SmartPLS. The results showed that part there was a significant influence of Functional Quality, and image on the variables of college selection, and word of mouth. There are Technical Quality variables that have no effect on the variables of college selection and word of mouth. The results also show that the research model is good for predictors because more information can explain the R square of 0.796.

Does the implementation of SDGs improve the performance of universities?

This study used a closed questionnaire to gather information on the implementation of the SDGs in private universities in Indonesia. Quantitative data were processed using SmartPLS SEM from the results of 138 questionnaires filled out by management leaders of 138 private tertiary institutions in Indonesia. SDGs implementation is tested from the social and environmental aspects of SDGs as the first and second hypotheses. Research provides support for the hypothesis of the significant effect of implementing social SDGs on university performance (?=0.391) and the opposite result on implementing environmental SDGs (?=0.028). The research results mutually support the finding that the implementation of the SDGs in private universities in Indonesia still needs to be improved. This finding reinforces the suggestion that a sustainability report is needed as part of the accreditation assessment of private tertiary institutions.

Assessing Student Empowerment in Mobile-Assisted Extensive Reading in a University Setting

Mobile-assisted language learning and its impact on students’ learning outcomes have been examined as one of the attractive methods in English extensive reading (ER). Yet, studies investigating mobile-assisted extensive reading on students’ empowerment are scarcely reported. Grounded in a learning empowerment scale, this research aimed to assess students’ empowerment toward the enactment of mobile-assisted extensive reading in a private university in Indonesia. This case study involved students (n=27) from the Department of English Education at the university. All participants were voluntarily recruited according to the research protocol assigned by the department. All data were garnered from closed-ended questionnaires, reflective journal writing, and semi-structured interviews to get an in-depth analysis of university students’ lived experiences in extensive online reading. The findings revealed how the students felt empowered during their mobile learning engagement. The present study also demonstrates how self-driven reading tasks have engaged students in sharing information and values during the reading report tasks. Further, it was found that students’ self-regulated learning was shouted through students’ reading motivation and self-reflection, including satisfaction and impact. Pedagogically, this study implied that teacher educators need to consider a wide range of topics and materials related to the second essential principle ER. Therefore, for a successful extensive reading program to happen, the teacher educators should provide a continued reading schedule and incorporate it into classroom reading practice.

THE REASONS FOR USING EMOJIS ON WHATSAPP CHATS: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN STUDENTS’ TRANSLINGUAL PRACTICE

<p><span>Translingual practice recognizes language repertoire in which both linguistics and non-linguistics sources are put together in one’s brain and used when necessary (Canagarajah, 2013). Since one’s language repertoire is different from others, the language produced might also be different. The offline and online contexts might also differentiate the production of the language. In online communication, such as communication through WhatsApp, ones can interpret the linguistics and non-linguistic codes differently, including the emojis which are available in WhatsApp. Due to the different language repertoire, there must be reasons why emojis are used differently by WhatsApp users. This present study aims to find the reasons why emojis are used on WhatsApp chats which are written by students in academic contexts. The data is emojis used in WhatsApp chats used by five university students in a private university in Indonesia. Even though only five participants are joining this study, it aims to examine in-depth reasons why the emojis are used in WhatsApp chats. The data is gained by asking the participants to convert the WhatsApp chats to Word files. In addition, to know the detailed information about the interpretations of the use of emojis in WhatsApp, this study applied MIMI (The Mobile Instant Messaging Interview) (Kaufmann & Peil, 2020; Gibson, 2020; Enochsonn, 2011).It is analyzed by using Netnography (Kozinets, 2015). The results show that there are six reasons why the emojis are used on WhatsApp chats. It can be concluded that in Translingual Practice, language is not fixed; instead, the meaning emerges in the language contact zone.</span></p>

What Indonesian EFL Learners Perceive of Collaborative Writing: Experience in Writing Essays Online

This study examines online collaborative writing (CW) teaching techniques via asynchronous computer-mediated communication multimodality, i.e., Google Docs. This study attempts to investigate what Indonesian learners perceive concerning writing collaboratively in Google Docs during online learning. This study collected data from 20 Primary School Teacher Education (PSTE) students enrolling in an English 3 (Academic Writing) class at a private university in Indonesia. The findings showed that the participants perceived online collaborative writing as a good way to develop their writing and communication skills. It was found that feedback from peers and the teacher was considered beneficial to the learners’ writing development during the implementation of online collaborative writing (OCW). Even though interaction among learners can be enhanced in OCW, learners’ lack of participation was one of the drawbacks discovered in this study. It is hoped that this study can contribute significantly to English writing instructors considering the benefits and the drawbacks of OCW before implementing OCW in their university classrooms.

The Important Role of the Nusantara Module Activities in the Independent Student Exchange Program

The Merdeka Student Exchange Program is a one-semester student mobility program to gain learning experience at public and private universities in Indonesia while at the same time strengthening unity in diversity. The method used in this study is a descriptive qualitative approach which aims to (1) Create a general understanding of diversity tolerance, diversity, inspiration, and social contributions designed through the archipelago module activities. (2) understand students' perspectives on phenomena by gathering information and documenting the Nusantara module activities completed by students. The subjects of this study were students who were placed at the Siliwangi Teaching and Education Institute (IKIP Siliwangi) in the Independent Student Exchange program. The results of the study show the tolerance attitude of students towards ethnicity, religion, culture and customs through an attitude of respect and respect for ethnicity, religion, culture and customs.

Integrating metacognitive strategies impact in virtual science experiments for undergraduate students’ HOTS

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are essential variables that support the achievement of science learning objectives. However, distance learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic was the cause of the lack of maximum HOTS for undergraduate science students due to their lack of involvement in experiments. Therefore, this study aims to apply a metacognition-integrated science virtual experiment model and examine its impact on students' HOTS science. A quasi-experiment was involved with a randomized pretest-posttest comparison group design to see the impact of the implementation of this model. Participants in the two treatment groups were randomly selected from two private universities in Indonesia. The HOTS of participants were assessed using multiple-choice questions. Observation sheets were used to measure the implementation of the learning model being developed. A general linear model with MANOVA was used to test the effect of the model, while Partial Eta Squared was used to measure the effect size of the model on HOTS. The results showed that the virtual science experimental model integrated with metacognition strategies significantly affected students' HOTS. The effect size measurement shows a high effect in the experimental group. Researchers recommend that universities apply a similar model to encourage students' achievement of HOTS.

Narrative Text to Encourage Students Skill in Speaking

This research delves into the exploration of enhancing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' confidence in speaking through the use of narrative text, specifically employing the movie "Up" within an Indonesian private university context. The primary research problem is framed as "How can students' speaking experience be influenced by the 'Up' movie in narrative text?" The study aims to understand the impact of using "Up" movie on students' speaking abilities in a narrative context. A qualitative research approach was employed for data collection, utilizing interviews as the primary method. The qualitative data analysis involved four key steps: Coding, Data Reduction, Data Presentation or Display, and Drawing Conclusions.

BURNOUT EFFECT ON THE ACADEMIC AND WORK PERFORMANCE OF PART-TIME STUDENTS IN INDONESIA

The current phenomenon of employees who are looking for a university’s degree in Indonesia shows the awareness about the importance of having further and formal education for career advancement in the developing counties. Whilst studying as part-time students, they have two roles, as a student and as an employee. The burden, in the form of work stress may cause individual burnout, which the highest level of work stress, that may affect the overall individual performance, in particular the academic and the work performance. Examining the part-time students at the private universities in Indonesia, burnout that is hypothesized to affect their performance has been partly proven. The study uses a quantitative approach with descriptive methods and inferential statistics, with a research model of causality (causal relationship) between burnout to academic achievement and work achievement of part-student. The sample used probability sampling with a total of 136 part-time students as respondents. Regression analysis was performed to determine the significant of the relationship reveals that burnout has an influence on academic performance but not on work performance. Key conclusion of the findings reveals that pursuing for education at the university level as part-time student is good for employees and wont affect their work performance. Although the burnout situation affect academic performance, part-time students are found to know the priority of their responsibility. For higher institutions, the potential of recruiting and telling the potential part-time students without worrying so much on the potential effect of burnout that presumably to affect their work performance, and for the employers, it is the same as the work performance of part-time students in the study seems to be maintained, indicating they could becoming more structured, effective and competence as they possess more knowledge obtained while studying.

Strategi Brand Communication Dalam Menarik Minat Calon Mahasiswa Baru

This research is motivated by the existence of competition between universities in attracting students' interest has begun to get tougher. This is coupled with private universities in Indonesia which are currently increasingly advanced and developing so that with these conditions, higher education institutions that have just been established and are not yet well known in the community feel the great impact of competition in attracting students. This will motivate every university in Indonesia to make more efforts to improve the quality and quality of the institution through the various advantages they have. The purpose of this study is to explain the brand communication strategy of FKOMINFO Garut University, seen from the four stages used, namely understanding the message, compiling persuasive messages, selecting methods and selecting media. The method used in this study uses a qualitative approach using the theory of Communication Strategy in which there are 4 aspects studied, namely understanding the message, compiling persuasive messages, choosing methods and choosing media. Data analysis techniques from this research are data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing and verification. Data collection techniques used are participant observation, in-depth interviews, literature study and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the communication strategy used by FKOMINFO Garut University in the aspect of understanding the message is to form a team that has been provided with information and tasks that must be carried out. Then in the aspect of compiling persuasive messages, it contains relevant information for prospective new students. Furthermore, in the aspect of method selection, namely by applying interactive and persuasive ways in delivering messages when the activity takes place. Finally, in the aspect of media selection by using various media, both conventional media and utilizing new media.

The Role of Volition in Graduate Students’ Academic Writing

Due to Covid-19 outbreak, students and teachers experience a rapid shift from conventional to online learning which requires students to be more self-regulated learners. The purpose of this study is to discover how graduate students remain focused and keep devoting effort in academic writing task completion. This research employed a qualitative study involving 13 graduate students of the English Education Master Program of a private university in Indonesia. Data were collected by distributing questionnaire and conducting interview. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics. Further, open coding techniques were utilized to examine the interview data. There are three major findings drawn in this study, namely, volitional strategies used by students in the academic writing task, persistence amid pandemic situation, and the role of volition in maintaining students’ motivation. The themes describe how students show their determination during the goal-achievement process of academic writing assignments. Students frequently encounter hardships in their learning process which might distance themselves from accomplishing the learning demands. This study shed the light on fruitful merits of volition, particularly in driving students to stay focused despite challenges or distracting situation.

English for Pharmacy Department Student in a Private University in Indonesia: A Need Analysis

This study analyzes the needs of pharmacy students in a private university for English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Indonesia. The data were gathered through semi-structural interviews based on determining themes with eight selected students who completed the course, a lecturer of English for specific purposes, and supported by document analysis on the ESP syllabus for the pharmacy department. Data analysis was conducted through interactive data collection, reduction, presentation, and conclusion or verification. The result showed that the pharmacy department wants students to have speaking and academic writing skills using English within limited course meetings in one semester. A variety of teaching strategies have been implemented by the lecturer in a big classroom. However, students’ English mastery varies, with limited learning sources and lacking vocabulary.