Community College Faculty Members Research Articles

Using Open Access AI to Improve the Academic Lifecycle for the CopperBelt University Academic Community

Using Open Access AI to Improve the Academic Lifecycle for the CopperBelt University Academic Community

Using Open Access AI to Improve the Academic Lifecycle for the Lupane State University Academic Community

Using Open Access AI to Improve the Academic Lifecycle for the Lupane State University Academic Community

The Effect of Internal Organization Factor and Legal Protection on User Intention of Whistleblowing System with Internal Control as Moderation Variable

This research aims to analyze the influence of perceived organizational support, commitment to the organization, locus of control and law enforcement on whistleblowing intentions with internal control as a moderating variable. The sample for this research was the university academic community who live in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, totaling 246 people. This study investigates the motivations of university whistleblowers with the notion that as establishments are required to uphold sound governance practices, colleges ought to be free from fraud. Apart from that, research related to whistleblowing and legal protection moderated by internal control systems at universities is still underrepresented in Indonesia, so this moderation model is the originality of this research. The results of this study show that while organizational commitment, organizational support, and law enforcement have little impact on whistleblower intentions, locus of control does. The impact of legal protection on the desire to come out as a whistleblower may be mitigated by the internal control system. However, the impact of organizational commitment, support, and locus of control on the desire to become a whistleblower cannot be mitigated by the internal control system.

An Instrument to Assess Faculty Who Support Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder at Community Colleges

ABSTRACT Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are one of the fastest growing groups at the community college, and supporting faculty members who teach students with ASD is a challenge for college leaders. Faculty members need a knowledge base about these students as well as the pedagogical practices that lead to their success. There have been no instruments, however, specifically designed to explore community college faculty members knowledge about students with ASD and the instructional methods to support them. This paper presents the development of an instrument assessing faculty members knowledge about students with ASD and the pedagogical practices to help them succeed. The instrument also addresses faculty members preferences for professional development to enhance ASD student success. Implications for community college leaders are presented, including the using instrument to develop systematic professional development plans – involving both full-time and adjunct faculty – to improve instruction for ASD students.

Analisis Peran dan Fungsi Science Techno Park, Technology Transfer Office dan Technology Business Incubator untuk Mendukung Proses Komersialisasi Hasil Riset Perguruan Tinggi (Studi Kasus: Universitas Telkom)

The government has launched a program to increase research in universities and commercialize research results in order to improve the economy and foster an entrepreneurial spirit from an early age, besides that it is expected to have an impact on society and the surrounding environment to support the era of globalization and digitalization which is increasingly developing today. the purpose of this study is to re-identify how the role and function of each of these entities in order to support the commercialization of research results of the Telkom University academic community and how the entities relate to each other which can be mapped through the Entity Relationship Diagram. this research uses qualitative research. The object of research is the technology transfer office, technology business incubator, and science techno park incorporated in the Bandung Techno Park area. The results of this study indicate that the function and role of STP is to create a culture of entrepreneurship and commercialize innovative products from the Telkom University academic community. the function and role of TTO is to protect Intellectual Property from the results of innovative products and commercialize in the form of Industrial Licensing or Cooperation contracts. The function and role of TBI is to develop entrepreneurship programs, business incubation and form spinoff companies. The relationship between these three entities is that STP oversees innovation products from upstream to downstream in its area, which is the Directorate of BTP and PPM. TTO helps the process of being born from the innovation products escorted by STP, which can be said to be BTP as a whole more specifically in the KI&TTO Center, then also PT BUT. TBI is in the middle of STP and TTO whether it needs to be incubated or can be directly commercialized, which is the BTP Incubator and Business Innovation (IIB) unit.

Thermal Comfort Index at Mataram University

Green Open Space (RTH) is an open area with land use dominated by vegetation. Vegetation is able to provide comfort because it can affect the microclimate.This study aims to determine the thermal comfort index of Mataram University's green open space from microclimate conditions obtained from measurements of temperature, humidity, light intensity and perceptions of the Mataram University academic community. The research method used is descriptive research method with a quantitative approach. Measurements were made at 20 points in 10 zoning by purposive sampling based on the criteria for vegetated areas and open areas. The results showed that the green open space of Mataram University had a significant difference in the level of comfort at 3 (three) times of observation, with the average THI value in the morning 24.7 (comfortable), 28.4 (uncomfortable) in the afternoon and 26.6 in the afternoon (comfortable). While, the perception of the academic community regarding the comfortable conditions felt at green open space of the University of Mataram in the morning and afternoon felt comfortable with the morning being the most comfortable time, while during the daylight they felt uncomfortable. The level of comfort felt by each person is different which is influenced by many factors such as air temperature, wind movement, humidity, solar radiation. The higher humidity and the lower air temperature, then THI value level at the University of Mataram is categorized as comfortable.

Analisis Kebijakan Pengelolaan Institusional Repositori Perpustakaan Universitas Medan Area

This research concerns the Institutional Management Policy of the Medan Area University Library Repository.The purpose of this research is to find out how the institutional management policy of the repository in the Medan Area University library. This research is a descriptive study using a qualitative approach, datacollection techniques with observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the background of the Institutional Repository in the Medan Area University Library is an effort to optimize library tasks in collecting, storing, managing, organizing, preserving, and distributing scientific work information, especially within the Medan Area University academic community. The institutional goal of the repository for the Medan Area University library is to collect (collect), manage, preserve, and open access (distribute) all intellectual works produced by the UMA academic community, both students, lecturers, and staff. The institutional management strategy for the Medan Area University library repository all librarians and employees at the Medan Area University library are involved in repository management, because little or not all human resources (HR) are involved, the library also carries out promotions by conducting outreach to students and also promotion through social media such as ig and fb, building library repositories using hardware (hardware) such as computers and software (software) made by outside developers, preserving library collections Medan Area University library providing external hard drives from CDs that have been given by students to the library then copied to an external hard drive.

Community Legal Compliance With Regulations For The Prevention And Handling of COVID-19

Legal compliance in the community is always an interesting issue to discuss. The research question in this study is how the compliance of the members of the Tadulako University academic community in response to the Decree of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number: HK.01.07/MENKES/413/2020 concerning Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 through the implementation of Tracing, Testing, and Treatment (3T Program)? To answer the research objectives, empirical legal research (socio-legal research) was conducted to support the depth of analysis. The analysis materials include data on the conditions and levels of health risks experienced by the academic community based on the available COVID-19 link records, data on the number and distribution of academic community members who have been infected with COVID-19, and data on the implementation of the 3T program sourced from Tadulako Hospital. Starting from the interpretation of the research data analysis, the findings revealed: (a) there are some members of the academic community who do not respond to filling in data regarding the condition and level of health risk on the available COVID-19 link; (b) members of the academic community who have had a history of contact with COVID-19 sufferers have not all complied with the rules for preventing and handling COVID-19 through the implementation of 3T; (c) members of the academic community who are declared positive for COVID-19 infection have relatively high legal compliance in supporting the implementation of treatment. Their legal compliance is categorized as identification according to Herbert C. Kelman’s theory.

Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Faculty Library with the Diponegoro University Library

Documentation is one word that has been mentioned so far. But actually this word The university library is a supporting institution established to support the activities of the university's academic community where it is located. The university library policy states that the Higher Education library is part of higher education support activities. With the existence of a library, universities can fulfill their obligations to their citizens. The purpose of this study is to find out how enthusiastic the Diponegoro University community is towards the faculty and university libraries. Descriptive qualitative methods were used for this study which passed a questionnaire approach. The results of this study, First, there is a low frequency of visits by users to college libraries, both Diponegoro University libraries and faculty libraries. Second, many respondents stated that faculty libraries do not yet have adequate library service quality, so that users find it difficult to find the information they need. Third, many respondents prefer to visit Diponegoro University libraries to find information.. This research is not perfect but it is hoped that it will be useful for faculty and university librarians to evaluate and develop their respective libraries.

Study on the impact of artificial intelligence tools in the development of university classes at the school of communication of the Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión

Technological progress has led to the development of computational elements applicable in various spheres of human activity. Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands out, whose growth is transforming, among other aspects, how students experience the educational process. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the impact of the use of AI tools in university classes of students at the Academic Professional School of Communication Sciences of the Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión (Lima, Peru). Following a quantitative approach with experimental scope, three working days focused on the use of three AI tools applied to the subjects of Journalistic Writing, Advertising Writing and Audiovisual Communication. Eighty-four students from the fifth, seventh and ninth cycles of studies at the aforementioned school participated. The results indicate that students value the relevance of AI tools in their academic training and professional development. However, difficulties related to internet connectivity for optimal performance of AI platforms and full utilization of their benefits are highlighted. The study concludes by emphasizing the need for more spaces for the dissemination and socialization of experiences on the potential of AI, with a view to expanding and connecting the university academic community.

Implementasi Digital Payment Di Lingkungan Universitas Labuhanbatu Dan Dampaknya Pada Keputusan Pengguna

The purpose of this research is to be able to provide relevant information to stakeholders related to digital payments. The research design prioritizes collaborative descriptive research with a quantitative approach with primary data collection techniques as the main research data which contains various questions in a questionnaire arranged in a Google form that is distributed to all active students within the Labuhanbatu University campus, with as many as 150 samples. Data analysis techniques in solving problems with the Smart PLS v.4.0 application to predict the model tested in the study. Based on the results of the research hypothesis test, among others, that the consumer motivation variable has not succeeded in becoming one of the factors that determine the occurrence of digital payment user decisions within the Labuhanbatu University academic community, the consumer perception variable becomes the second hypothesis which does not significantly affect digital payment user decisions within the University academic community. Labuhanbatu. This means that of the entire hypothesis, only the third hypothesis, namely the consumer behavior variable, has a strong and significant influence on digital payment user decisions in the academic community at Labuhanbatu University

“RISK COMMUNICATION" EDUCATION AS AN EFFORT FOR CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF COVID-19 WITH THE TARGET OF ACADEMIC CITIZENS

Introduction: Knowledge about COVID-19 in the community which is a new disease (emerging disease) is varied thus, the community must be given education so they can stop the transmission of COVID-19 infection. The activity in the form of education (risk communication) regarding COVID-19 aims as an effort to control and prevent COVID-19 with the target of the academic community. Methods: The form of activity is in the form of online seminars or webinars via the zoom platform which are carried out every week to two weeks with the target of the Universitas Airlangga academic community including students, educational staff, and lecturers. Education about COVID-19 must be carried out for the academic community considering the enormous potential of Airlangga University academics who live in Surabaya and areas in East Java with the hope that the Airlangga University academic community can become agents of change in their environment. Results: The provision of education is carried out in the form of virtual discussions which are packaged in the form of the "Casual Talk to Get to Know COVID-19 Closer" event which has been held since May 2020 with speakers from the academic community with the target audience of the academic community. Conclusion: Educational activities or risk communication that have been carried out to provide knowledge about COVID-19 so that the academic community is expected to contribute to breaking the chain of transmission of COVID-19 by implementing health and prevention behaviors.

Multi-dimensional potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine booster acceptance and hesitancy among university academic community in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional comparative study.

Vaccination is the most powerful public health intervention proven to be safe and effective in the battle against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the potential therapeutic benefits of primer vaccine dosage regimens, public perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose (VBD) acceptance and hesitancy vary among various sub-group populations. This study investigates COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance and compares the multi-dimensional potential factors influencing VBD acceptance and hesitancy among university teachers and the student community in Bangladesh. This web-based cross-sectional study employed an anonymous, validated, and self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire items were adopted from a theoretical analysis of the recent relevant literature. The questionnaire was deployed in an on-line-enabled format (Google form) and conveniently distributed to 685 teachers and 990 students between 15th June, 2022 and 15th August, 2022 which resulted in the participation of 1250 (505 teachers vs.745 students) total respondents (response rate 73.72% vs. 75.25%) from various universities in Bangladesh. A non-parametric analytical tool (binary logistic regression) was applied to rationalize the study objectives and a Chi-squared test was performed to estimate the booster- hesitant risky group. The pooled COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance rates were 84.6% (95% CI 81.5─87.7) and 67.2% (95% CI 63.8─70.6) for teachers and students in the university academic community, respectively. In employing a binary logistic regression, this study revealed that out of twelve (12)multi-dimensional key predictors, "equal safety", "risk-benefit ratio", and "variant control" had a significant positive association with VBD acceptance in both sets (p = 0.000, p = 0.000, and p = 0.005, respectively). Varied effects were found for several predictors; post-vaccination "side effects" had a significant negative association (p = 0.020) and "community protection" had significant positive association (p = 0.034) with vaccine booster dose acceptance in the teachers community while these variables were insignificant in the students cohort. "Trust" had a highly significant positive association (p = 0.000);"communication" and "academic attainment" had significant positive associations (p = 0.033 and 0.024, respectively) with VBD acceptance in the students cohort, while these predictors were insignificant in the teachers community. Women were more likely to receive a third dose of the vaccine (OR = 1.4 vs. 0.9 between teacher and student model); however, no significant association between gender and booster vaccine acceptance was found in a comparative Chi-squared model. Therefore, statistically, the booster vaccine-hesitant risky group was not found to implicate the massive booster vaccine drive among the university academic community. COVID-19 booster vaccine acceptability among the student cohort was slightly lower than pre-roll-out intent. The teacher community was more inclined to get booster vaccinated. Moreover, differences were found between the multi-dimensional potential factors associated with VBD acceptance among teachers and students in university settings. This study explicitly confirmed positive attitudes toward the safety, health benefits, and variants control of the COVID-19 VBD under any circumstances. Post-vaccination side effect concern was found to be a barrier to administering booster shots and a reason for booster skepticism. Tailored communication and health education interventions need to be adopted to improve the public awareness of booster vaccine consequences, and limit booster skepticism.

Strategy for Strengthening Business Incubators in Higher Education Startup Assistance: Case Study of Unesa Business Incubator

This study aims to analyze the problems and constraints of Unesa's business incubator (PIBT) implementation in university startup assistance and to formulate Unesa's business incubator strengthening strategy in university startup assistance. This study uses a quantitative and qualitative approach. Data collection used questionnaires to the university academic community (Unesa) and in-depth interviews with several key persons who understand the development of university startups and business incubators. The study results show that the implementation of assistance for university startups (Unesa) is not optimal because there are still a few in the academic community who have the awareness to make efforts to commercialize their innovative products or conduct research toward product commercialization. For incubators, various reinforcements are needed to assist tenants and implement pre-incubation and incubation. Strengthening agencies in providing higher education startup assistance, such as coaching (BMC, Business Plans and Marketing Strategies) and assisting startups to obtain funding or investor.

Kajian Sebaran Panas Permukaan Daratan Dengan Teknik Penginderaan Jauh Berbasis Cloud

Climate change is constant. The average temperature has risen since the globe was encased in ice millions of years ago. Current climate change is caused by natural events and human behavior in treating and managing the environment. The huge burning of coal, oil, and wood and deforestation caused by economic development has seriously damaged the world's climate. Global climate change may alter peat carbon stored by forest and land fires. Human activities like plantation development, agriculture, and logging have made tropical peatlands more vulnerable to fire. Indonesia has 44 million hectares of tropical peatlands, with 45% and 64% carbon content. This study addresses Palangka Raya's intermittent land surface heating. The Palangka Raya University academic community conducted this research to provide input on climate change and the global environment and to predict a symptom or occurrence that harms society. This project is part of the University of Palangka Raya's Principal Scientific Pattern (PIP): Science and Technology Innovation in Tropical Peat Swamp Areas and River Streams.

Machine Learning Prediction of Anxiety Levels in the Society of Academicians During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Various sectors in Indonesia have been impacted by the COVID-19 incident, such as the trade, health, entertainment, and social sectors. Although several steps have been taken to minimize the coronavirus's impact, problems still occur, especially in the education sector, which must carry out one of the challenges faced in the learning process during the pandemic. However, the environment and learning process that turned into distance learning caused the interaction with friends to decrease, and academics could only move in a limited space, making them overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety. Anxiety must be detected early and managed properly not to cause mental deterioration. Therefore, the researcher aims to predict academic anxiety based on the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), demography, family, lifestyle, and employment using k-means. Furthermore, tested the prediction results obtained with a confusion matrix in accuracy, precision, and recall. The test results found the accuracy rate is 99%, precision is 98% (moderate level), 100% (normal level), and recall is 97% (normal level), 100% (moderate level). These results indicate that the k-means on demographic, family, lifestyle, employment, and SAS aspects provide optimal results for predicting the anxiety level of the BM University academic community.

Pemberdayaan Pembangkit Listrik Mikro Tenaga Surya dan Sosialisasi Resiko Pencurian Arus PLN di Desa Blang Pulo

At this time, electricity has become a primary need for the community, the existence of the State Electricity Company (PLN) is very supportive of all community activities. The high use of electricity can cause negative effects for users, where the higher the use of electricity, the greater the costs incurred. This is what triggers the emergence of things that are not wanted in society. One of them is the emergence of a desire to steal electric current. In general, people do not know what the risks are due to stealing the electric current. In addition, there are other ways to reduce excessive use of electricity, one of which is by assembling a solar micro-power plant, of which not many people know about the use of assembling the power plant. Based on this, service is carried out with the aim of providing explanations and adding knowledge to the community in the safe use of electrical energy; provide explanations and increase knowledge for the public about the risk of theft of electrical energy; increase community participation in using and protecting the environment by using alternative energy; foster a strong bond between the Blang Pulo gampong which is the closest village to the Malikussaleh University Bukit Indah campus and the Malikussaleh University academic community, especially the electric energy-saving extension team. The counseling activity on the risk of theft of PLN flows in the village of Blang Pulo is carried out in the following activity methods: Program introduction, assembly and delivery of various forms of energy, especially solar energy; The submission of a frugal living attitude according to Islamic law is accompanied by showing several verses of the Koran and hadith and conveying the risks due to stealing electric current. The expected results of this service are through the micro-solar electricity empowerment program and energy-saving counseling, It is hoped that the awareness, sensitivity and participation of lecturers and the community of Blang Pulo will grow and develop in the safe and efficient use of electrical energy so that there is an adequate supply of electricity and there will be no longer rotating blackouts caused by the limited supply of electricity from the PLN, and explain the consequences if electrical energy is stolen for personal or group use in order to be able to use electrical energy for free.

Using Open Access Research Discovery Solutions Dimensions & the Open Research Library to Increase Research Outputs & Visibility for Midlands State University Members

TCC Africa, Knowledge Unlatched, and Digital Science held a workshop for the Midlands State University academic community on open acces research discoverability solutions, Dimensions and the Open Research Library.

Pemahaman Mahasiswa Terhadap Kekerasan Seksual di Perguruan Tinggi

Sexual violence on campus has become a hot issue in the community after several cases of harassment by the university academic community were revealed in the public domain. However, unfortunately, the cases that surfaced did not represent all cases of sexual violence on campus. This is because victims or survivors are reluctant to report their experiences of sexual violence. The power relationship between lecturers and students on campus is the main reason for the low reporting of victims. Victims are not aware of this vulnerability so that it cannot be used as a factor for self-defense. Power can make a person feel entitled to hegemony over others who are less capitalized and powerless to benefit from it. Actions based on this kind of thinking allow a person to commit violence against another person. The purpose of this study was to determine the background of the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture regarding sexual violence in universities, and to find out students' understanding of sexual violence in universities. The research method to be carried out is a socio legal research method. The results of this study are the background of the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture regarding sexual violence is an emergency situation of a sexual violence pandemic in the campus environment, sexual violence is difficult to prove but can cause lifelong trauma, legal vacuum in handling sexual violence in universities. Then students' understanding of sexual violence in college is that students know about sexual violence and its regulations, but do not know about the rules on campus and how to handle cases in the event of sexual violence on campus. Keywords: sexual violence, college, understanding

The Experiences of Community College Faculty Using Open Educational Resources versus Publisher Textbooks

ABSTRACT A promising solution for reducing costs for students, especially textbook costs, is Open Educational Resources (OER). We explored community college faculty members’ perceptions of using OER compared with publisher textbooks. In this comparative context, we investigated how OER impacted faculty, their instructional decisions, and their students as well as other aspects of OER faculty considered beneficial. The data is from a larger mixed-methods research study conducted in one large community college with multiple campuses in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). Interviews were conducted with four faculty members who taught both an OER and non-OER section of the same course in the same semester. Three interconnected themes emerged from faculty responses. The first theme was the customizable content and format of OER facilitated access to and for diversity. The second theme was the ease of access with OER supported student engagement with the content and with each other. The third theme was faculty engagement with OER promoted transformative and reflective pedagogies. Findings provide important insight into the contribution of OER materials to equity, diversity, and inclusion beyond the barrier of financial costs. Practitioners should be encouraged by OER’s potential benefits to students and instructors.