Use Of IT Research Articles

Management of Training Outcomes for Paud Teachers through Online Learning to Improve Skills Using Learning Media

This research is motivated by the problem of mastering the use of IT as a learning medium. Skill is a skill that is learned by training, in line with regulation Number 74 of 2008. Changing times, the development of science is coupled with the Covid-19 world outbreak, so that it requires teachers to be skilled at using IT media as an effective and efficient learning tool. This study aims to find out the description and description of planning, skills, implementation, barriers, evaluation, from the results of basic level training for PAUD teachers through online learning to improve skills in using learning media. The method used is descriptive method with a qualitative approach and data collection techniques through interviews, observations, and documentation. Grand theory of George Tery. The object of research in two schools, namely KB Rumah Bintang and Melati Kota Bandung. Based on the research findings, it was obtained that a) the planning carried out included online media learning training teachers because there were already many online learning media b) teacher skills continued to be improved to create interactive learning with online learning processes c) the implementation of training was very helpful according to relevant needs d) the obstacles in each school are different, the biggest factors are cost and opportunity e) evaluation of efforts to maintain competence and improve teacher performance f) the findings of the training have a very significant impact in terms of knowledge, skills and the application of the online learning process. The conclusion is that the management of PAUD teacher basic level training through online learning to improve the skills of using learning media has a positive and significant contribution.

Studying the Drivers of Consumer Behavioural Engagement With Social Media Brand-Related Content

The actual behavioural engagement of consumers with social media brand-related content is measured by three activities; consumption, contribution and creation. This type of engagement is considered the true practical indicator of the success of brand presence on social media. The study aims to uncover the drivers of consumer behavioural engagement identified by the key characteristics of social media context. Accordingly, quality dimensions and perceived usefulness of the brand hosting media channel are adopted from the IT use and acceptance models. Data is collected using self-administrated questionnaire from a sample of 366 respondents in the UK. Structural Equation Modeling-V.26 was used to analyse the data. The results support the significant role of cognitive absorption in explaining how perceptions of social media quality dimensions are shaped to motivate consumer engagement behaviour. The findings enrich the extant literature of consumer engagement; additionally, several practical insights can be drawn related to the design of social media marketing strategy.

Benchmarking diagnostic laboratory performance: Survey results for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Background and aimsThe need for patient safety through consistent diagnostic performance has increasingly been brought into focus during the last two decades. Around the globe operational efficiency of diagnostic laboratories plays a key role in satisfying this need, which has impressively been shown during the recent months of the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic. On a global level, however, there has been a lack to collate and benchmark data for diagnostic laboratories. The goals of this study were to design and pilot a questionnaire addressing key aspects of diagnostic laboratory management.MethodsThe questionnaire was designed using an iterative process and taking into consideration information that could be extracted from the literature, author experience and feedback from informal focus groups of laboratory professionals. The resulting tool consisted of 50 items, either relating to general information or more specifically addressing the topics of “operational performance”, “integrated clinical care performance”, and “financial sustainability”. A limited number of laboratories were surveyed to be able to further improve the newly developed tool and motivate the global laboratory community to participate in further benchmarking activity.Results and conclusionAltogether, 65 laboratories participated in the survey, 42 were hospital laboratories and 23 were commercial laboratories. Potential for further improvement and standardization became apparent across the board, e.g. use of IT for order management, auto-validation, or turn-around time (TAT) monitoring. Notably, a gap was identified regarding services provided to physicians, in particular “reflexive test suggestions”, “proactive consultation on complex cases”, and “diagnostic pathways guidance”, which were only provided by about two thirds of laboratories. Concordantly, within-laboratory TAT (Lab TAT) was monitored by about 80% of respondents, while sample-to-result TAT, which is arguably the TAT most relevant to clinicians, was only monitored by 32% of respondents. Altogether, the need for stronger integration of the laboratory into the clinical care process became apparent and should be a main trajectory of future laboratory management.Supplementary InformationThe online version of this article (10.1007/s00508-021-01962-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

The Critical Role of Health Information Technology in the Safe Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care to Improve Patient Care.

Integrated behavioral health and primary care is a set of related approaches to enhance care delivery, safety, and quality through closer collaboration and coordination among clinicians and care organizations in these two fields. Technology (e.g., electronic health records (EHR), telehealth, clinical decision support, and standards-based interoperability) can enable integration and improve delivery of care. Reinforcing these opportunities, virtual care and telehealth have dramatically changed care availability and delivery, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are different levels of integration, ranging from minimal to full collaboration. The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety and the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) formed a workgroup to examine using information technology to facilitate integration. Taking a three-pronged approach focused on (1) screening for behavioral health issues, (2) clinician documentation, and (3) sharing data among clinicians, patients, and authorized parties, the workgroup developed action-oriented recommendations and strategies for safe use of health IT for stakeholders and policymakers seeking to advance efforts to integrate behavioral health with primary care.

Investigate the situation using information technology in elementary physical education teachers

Now day’s education is very important & more changes cause more attention to the training. These days training is the one of human body’s unavoidable needs. Training & increasing skills is a good way to encounter with the problems of today’s complex & changeable world. Education & especially training that train the new generation is the former need of a civilized society. The purpose of this research was Investigate the situation using information technology in elementary PE teachers of Babol city. The research type was descriptive, applicative and natural dispositional that was done by the field way. Statistical society included all the male & female employed elementary school’s PE teachers of Babol city. Statistical sample included 85 teachers that answered the questionnaire. The measuring tools were the Kalateahani (2009) (α=0.79). The used statistical way included the t-test & Pierson correlation coefficient. The research’s founding’s showed the teacher’s attitude about the IT was positive & there is a meaning relation among the skill, quantity of useag of them. About the use of IT & also there is not a meaningful difference among teacher’s attitudes about the use of IT in research & education task & quantity of need to education of them in difference sexuality & there is a meaningful difference among the skill & quantity of use of IT in research & education tasks in different education degrees.

ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALISTS IN DANISH UNIVERSITIES

The author reveals the peculiarities of the organization of professional training of physical therapy specialists in Danish universities. The strategic goals of teaching Danish education institutions for physiotherapists on the example of the Copenhagen University of Applied Sciences (increasing the number of teachers involved in research; strengthening integration of practice into teaching; stimulation and motivation for continuous learning, practice and study of not only professional literature; taking into account the level of stronger students to continuously increase training requirements; round-the-clock access to knowledge (24/7) within the HEI to provide students with the best resources when it comes to the use of IT and digital solutions in education) are considered. It is clarified that the main competences of a physiotherapist should be management, planning, implementation, evaluation, development and dissemination of physiotherapy practices, as well as coordination of patients and staff of health care facilities in a common creative, innovative and holistic sense of human autonomy and dignity. Key words: professional training, physical therapy, specialists in physical therapy, universities, Denmark.

Управление персоналом в условиях развития цифровой экономики

The problems of adaptation of the state, citizens, organizations to the realities of the digital economy of Russia and the world reveal a number of tasks that require study and search for solutions. The results of the digital economy, depending on its subject, can be different: for the state, it is the improvement of legislation and control over its implementation; for citizens – the availability, reliability of information, as well as the availability of goods and services of appropriate quality; for businesses – strengthening competitive advantages with the use of IT; for innovators promoting the ideas of the digital economy – the implementation of IT solutions in practice, etc. Process management implemented in organizations also requires rethinking in order to digitalize business processes and “embed” enterprises into the digital economic environment of the state and the world. The digitalization of the personnel management sphere requires a revision of the functions of the personnel management system in order to develop and apply new tools in the HR industry, which will make it possible to implement the digitalization of the personnel management system. In the context of the digitalization of society, digital skills and digital competencies have become in demand, the basis of which is information literacy: the ability to work effectively in search engines, knowledge of search operators, the skill to quickly find the necessary information in authoritative sources; the skill of collecting relevant data and conducting research based on large amounts of digital data. The presentation of the skills of a modern employee in the form of such categories as Hard-skills, Soft-skills, Digital-skills, Power-skills is the basis for the implementation of the competence-based approach at the stages of human resource development in an organization that implements the functions of personnel management in the context of the development of the digital economy.

Studies in the Basidiodendron caesiocinereum complex (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)

Taxonomy of Basidiodendron caesiocinereum complex is revised based on morphological and molecular methods (with the use of nc LSU rDNA, ITS and TEF1 regions). The basidiospore ornamentation is justified as a key morphological character for the species recognition in the group. As redefined here, B. caesiocinereum is an angiosperm-dwelling species with smooth basidiospores. Bourdotia cinerella and B. cinerella var. trachyspora are proved to represent separate species with warted basidiospores; they are reintroduced as Basidiodendron cinerellum and B. trachysporum. Additionally, eight new species related to B. caesiocinereum are described based on material from Eurasia, North America and Africa, and identity of B. spinosum from Oceania is discussed.

Electronic Attendance with Android-Based QR Code at STMIK Pringsewu to Improve Student and Lecturer Discipline in Lectures

Technology can be used in various fields. One of them is in the field of Education. In this case, it can be done to process databases, and process academic information data, for example: lecture systems, assessment systems, curriculum information, education management or learning materials. It can also implement the system gradually starting from a smaller scope to expanding, making it easier to manage the use of IT in the process of providing education. Electronic Attendance with an Android-based QR code is an application which is able to read the QR code from each user or student scanned by the lecturer in the attendance list process for a course. The development of the Electronic Attendance system with QR code based on Android uses the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) system and is described by the Data Flow Diagram (DFD), Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) and Flowchart models followed by web design using Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) programming, and My Structured Query Language (MySQL), Javascript, and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) which produces responsive websites and is converted with android studio into applications

Sports Training during COVID-19 First Lockdown—A Romanian Coaches’ Experience

COVID-19 restrictions impacted sports training and its human resources. The purpose of this study was to highlight the difficulties faced by Romanian coaches while carrying out online training during the first lockdown. It was assumed that the training coordinates were significantly influenced by distance coaching and that the coaches’ self-perceived efficacy was related to their digital skills. The study involved 407 coaches (62.16% men, 37.84% women), with a mean age of 41.7 ± 10.01 years, who completed an online questionnaire with 16 items. The statistics analysis was both quantitative and qualitative, with a significance level of 95%. T test was used for the training duration and for the differences between the coaches’ seniority. Chi-squared test was applied between sports branches and Anova for the non-parametric data. Correlations and regression model were performed to estimate the relationship between variables. It was revealed that 87.22% of the coaches adjusted their initial objectives and that the IT tools were provided through coaches’ own financial resources for 83.05% of them. Overall, 51.84% of the coaches failed to engage all athletes in online training; for the rest of them, an association with their professional experience and sports branches was demonstrated (χ2(8) = 34.688, p = 0.001). ANOVA confirmed that the ability to use IT tools influenced online training efficiency at p < 0.005. The results emphasized that Romanian coaches encountered difficulties related to training programming, IT use, with consequences on their professional self-efficacy.

Strategic role of IT and IT governance mechanisms for the context of small and medium enterprises

The role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the economy is indisputable. However, these companies face great challenges to continue operating. Among them is the use of IT resources and the return on investments made. Using agency theory as a theoretical lens, this article aims to assess the relationship between the strategic use of IT in small and medium-sized companies and the IT governance mechanisms used in the context. From a survey of 68 companies in the service sector, it was possible to identify that relational IT governance mechanisms are more present in the context than structural or procedural mechanisms. It was also possible to identify that information technology, in the context, has a more operational use. Finally, using the Spearman coefficient and the Logistic Regression analyses, it was found that higher strategic levels of IT use led to greater use of governance mechanisms in the three dimensions, structural, procedural, and relational, which corroborates the view that governance is achieved from a mix of formal and informal elements.

Prospects for the use of IT for the selection and assessment of suppliers of materials and components

The purpose of this work is to use information technology to help management decisions. The crux of the problem is the choice of suppliers of materials and components for mechanical engineering companies. Periodically, in the procurement process, suppliers should be assessed on a number of criteria. The importance of rating is due to the fact that in today's market there are a large number of suppliers of the same material resources. Purchase is made from the most competitive suppliers, constantly confirming their status as a reliable business partner. The company developed a method of evaluating suppliers based on the system of management of the bases of the bath Microsoft Office Access. MS Access works in the Windows operating environment and allows users to organize a local database (DB). The local Access database has its own tables, forms, reports and other DB facilities of the organization with a relatively small amount of data. With the help of the scoring method, suppliers are ranked by their level of reliability. The relationship is terminated with a supplier that does not meet the required level of reliability. In this way, management solutions for logistics of supply receive a tool to hang the efficiency and get good results of the enterprise, to achieve its market stability.

Human contact: do we need it in medical practice?

Have rapid advances in IT, and the necessary coronavirus restrictions, rendered traditional face-to-face medical consultations largely redundant? Here are the views of three doctors: one younger, publicly on television; two older, more privately. In the third week of April 2020, already deep into our long COVID-19 maelstrom, a young female GP, Dr YW, was briefly interviewed for BBC2’s Newsnight . She was fresh, direct, and warmly personable, and was introduced as, also, a newspaper journalist and thus (presumably) a part-time, ‘portfolio’ GP — a new and increasing breed of doctor better able to survive the otherwise unsustainable burdens of contemporary primary care. Portfolios may be rich in opportunities; they rarely commit, longer-term, to any community. Dr YW was asked how, in her experience, was general practice coping with the current crisis? Her response was remarkably positive and optimistic: in her neck of the woods, she said, there was no crisis, in fact — paradoxically — the current challenges had improved many essential services in primary care. How could this be so? Dr YW readily fired off her upbeat explanations: GPs had rapidly learned to increase their use of digital and IT devices to almost entirely replace the need for personal or physical contact with either patients or staff: ‘In a couple of weeks we have learned, changed and thus advanced more than in the previous decade.’ Almost all traditional face-to-face appointments could be replaced by emails, texts, and audio-visual phone calls. Consequently, at a stroke, much of the infrastructure and adjunctive services could be drastically reduced, if not eliminated: the large, costly premises with waiting areas, the numerous consulting rooms, and the reception staff. This unencumbered service has consequently become more manoeuvrable and (virtually) accessible. Teleworking professional staff can opt in to staggered work rotas providing vastly increased (virtual) consultation …

IT GOVERNANCE OF SENAYAN LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SLIMS) LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT OF EAST KALIMANTAN PROVINCE USING COBIT 5.0

The existence of an information system in the Library and Archives Department of East Kalimantan needs to be properly maintained and supervised so that the organizational system is in line with the agency's goals. One way to ensure this is to conduct an information system performance analysis. This study uses the Control Objective for Information and related Technology (COBIT) version 5.0, which is a best practice that provides activities managed by the IT organizational structure within a framework in the form of a product, to focus on execution and control that has been made from experts from the field of technology governance Information. This practice can maximize IT investment, to assess if there are errors in providing measurements made and delivering services. Therefore, in order to achieve the target, this research was carried out using the COBIT 5.0 framework in order to be able to analyze an information system performance at the Library and Archives Department of East Kalimantan. The results of this study indicate that MEA01 is at level 5 (Optimizing Process), MEA02 is at level 3 (Established Process), MEA03 is at level 2 (Managed Process). In this case the Regional Library and Archives Office of East Kalimantan to be more efficient in the use of IT requires handling of the factors that influence it so that it is maximal, the use of IT for all employees in the operation of the Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) and also the person in charge of IT to keep pace with developments technology.

GEOGRAPHY LEARNING MEDIA BASED ON CHARACTER EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION ERA

The world is facing the era of industrial revolution 4.0, where everything is connected to machines. In realizing human resources that are ready for the era of the industrial revolution 4.0, the government makes several efforts through education. Character is one of the cornerstones of the progress of a nation. Character is not inherited from birth but needs to be nurtured to grow into the nation's character. The character can be formed through school education in geography subjects. Learning geography will introduce students to the area where they are located. Thus, geography can develop religious, nationalist, independent, cooperative, and integrity characters who love the homeland. This study aims to determine the character of students in the development of character-based learning media. This research was conducted at the Geography MGMP of SMA in Langsa City and East Aceh Regency, totaling 27 teachers. Data collection techniques are interviews and information on the types of learning media on geography material in high School and the characters needed to study geography. The research results are (1) Teachers choose 83% of high school geography materials that require video as a learning medium. Videos are considered capable of providing explanations in the form of images with movement and sound. Thus, videos can help students understand geography material; (2) Interactive multimedia is a suitable medium to foster independent character in students. This media is interactive where the media will present material or information according to what students want; therefore, teachers must develop interactive multimedia for their students; (3) Teachers have the same difficulty in developing geography learning media. The difficulty is the lack of skills in the use of IT technology.Keywords: Learning Media, Character Education, Geography Education, Digital Revolution

Industry 4.0: Challenges of Mechanical Engineering for Society and Industry

Today, in the industry 4.0 era, the boundaries of scientific disciplines are blurred, everything seems to be interrelated and shows the ability to be combined. Intelligent sensors combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) have demonstrated their ability to influence processes, design, and maintenance in manufacturing systems. Mechanical engineering tasked with solving complex engineering problems must be able to adapt to this transformation, especially in the use of digital and IT to combine the principles of physics and engineering mathematics with materials science to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. On the other hand, mechanical engineering must also contribute to a better future life. Therefore, one of the keys to consistently playing a role is to think about sustainability, in order to provide benefits for society and industry, in any industrial era.

The Effect Of Information Technology on Employee Performance in Universities During The New Normal Era Of Covid-19

Covid has had an impact on the lives of employees generally including university employees. Social restrictions have posed a serious problem with regard to employee performance. In order to maximize employee performance, it is necessary to use information technology in the new normal life. The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of the use of information technology (X) on employee performance (Y). The subject of the research was employees of Sabang College of Economics in Banda Aceh and the Indonesian College of Informatics management in Banda Aceh. The type of the research used was explanatory research with a quantitative approach. The samples were 46 respondents at Sabang College of Economics in Banda Aceh and Indonesian College of Informatics management in Banda Aceh. The data analyses are descriptive analysis, inferential analysis, and multiple linear regression. The sampling technique used is saturation sampling. The results concluded that the independent variables have a significant influence on employee performance simultaneously and partially. Thus, of the two independent variables, efficacy has the most dominant influence on employee performance. The use of IT has the largest beta coefficient and t count. The results of multiple linear regression concluded that the independent variable has a significant influence on the dependent variable, namely employee performance, which is 64.7%. The remaining 35.3% is another variable that can affect employee performance. Other variables that can influence employee performance include employee motivation and ability. Information Technology has had some bearing on employee performance in universities during this the new normal life of Covid-19 period.

Innovating in Circles

Innovations do not emerge in isolation but are at least to some extent recombinations of previously existing building blocks. In this paper, we will build on the recombination processes feature set broadening and deepening to show how individuals innovate with IT. In our understanding, the out-comes of innovative use can be performative (improving existing task performance) or creative (leading to new deliverables). We build on a longitudinal case of stresstracking initially designed to improve meditation, but ultimately increasing work productivity by using the meditation tool in an innovative way. Using a theoretically grounded analysis framework, we were able to derive eight propositions on the attainment of performative and creative outcome of innovative IT use. We postulate that innovation only occurs through repeating cycles of recombination processes. Particularly, we propose that it is instrumental to run through a phase that does not benefit any task-related outcomes to trigger true creative outcomes.

PROBLEMATIKA PEMBELAJARAN DARING DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

The purpose of this research is to find out the problems of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research method uses literature study or library research by taking reading sources from secondary data collected through textbooks, scientific journals, e-books and other sources relevant to the research problem. This type of research was analyzed qualitatively with an interactive model consisting of data collection, data reduction, drawing conclusions and verification. The results of this study indicate that online learning is one solution so that the learning process continues during the Covid-19 pandemic. But in this learning there are various problems experienced by various parties, namely educational institutions, educators (teachers and lecturers), students and parents of students. The problems that exist in educational institutions are the lack of availability of telecommunication technology infrastructure, multimedia, information and platforms that support the process of teaching and learning activities online, from educators in the form of limitations in the use of IT, as well as the difficulty of forming student personality characteristics and applying learning media so that students can understand the material presented, from students, namely most students are not familiar with online learning and due to limited internet facilities, from parents the lack of time available to accompany their children during online learning because not all parents can divide their time between work and mentoring children in House.

Tindak Pidana Informasi Elektronik Dalam Kerangka Hukum Positif

Act No. 11 of 2008 on Information and Electronic Transactions is the first Act in the field of information technology and electronic transactions as a product of much-needed legislation and has become the spearhead that lays the groundwork for regulation in the field of technology utilization, although now during the implementation of the ITE Act experienced some problems regarding legal certainty about criminal provisions after the decision Constitutional Court, protection personal data and criminal investigation. Method in this study is normative juridical with a statutory and conceptual approach. Government supports the development of IT through its legal infrastructure and arrangements so that the use of IT is carried out safely to prevent its misuse by paying attention to the religious and socio-cultural values of Indonesian people. Side of protection and legal certainty in the use of information technology, media, and communication in order to develop optimally. Protection of personal data in conducting activities in cyberspace can be the right to enjoy a private life and free from all kinds of interference, right to be able to communicate with others without the act of spying and right to supervise access to information about one's personal life and data.