Web Seminars Research Articles

Online Training or Face-to-Face Training from the Perspective of Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgeons?

PurposeTo determine the preferences of Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) and Head-Neck Surgery (HNS) specalists and residents undergoing training for online or face-to-face training and the factors affecting the preference. MethodsAn 16-item questionnaire was created using Google Forms and was administered to residents undergoing training in ENT departments and to specialists working in the same field. The questionnaires were distributed online and requested to be completed between August and October 2020. The study participants were analyzed in two groups according to the preference for online training or face-to-face training. ResultsEvaluation was made of a total of 173 participants, as 68 (39.3%) in online training, and 105 (60.7%) in face-to-face training. Online training comprised 47 (69.1%) females and 21 (30.9%) males with a mean age of 38.9 ±8 years and face-to-face training comprised 68 (64.8%) females and 37 (35.2%) males with a mean age of 37.9 ±7.5 years (gender: p=0.55, age: p=0.10). Of the total sample, 39 (22.5%) subjects were single and 134 (77.5%) were married. Face -to-face training was preferred by 61.2% of the married respondents and by 59% of those who were single. While 43.4% stated that visuals and documents were similar in both forms of training, those who stated that documentation was better in face-to-face training constituted 90.2% of the group that preferred face-to-face training (p=0.0001). Of the total participants, 65.4% stated that concentration was easier in face-to-face training (p=0.0001). When the groups were compared according to areas of interest, more of those involved in rhinology and head-neck surgery were in face-to-face training, and those with an interest in otology were seen to be in online training (p=0.002). A wish to continue online training after the pandemic was expressed by 80.9% of the whole sample, and 68.6% wished to continue with face-to-face training (p=0.0001). Hybrid meetings were determined to have been selected by 86.1% (p=0.0001). ConclusionOnline web seminars have an important role as a teaching and learning tool. There is a need for further research to evaluate how these clinically focused seminars can be presented at high quality and how they can provide benefit in training.

Socially sustainable housing and built environments to support the health and social inclusion of older adults: protocol for a scoping review and stakeholder consultation

IntroductionHousing and the ageing population are issues that pose challenges for social, health and economic policies. Therefore, there is a need for more knowledge on how to design housing and...

Enhancing Investment Acumen through Web-Based Capital Market Seminars: A Case Study in Probolinggo

This study aimed to enhance the understanding of stock investment principles, specifically technical and fundamental analysis, among beginners in the capital market. Using a web seminar format, the research incorporated socialization methods, engaging investment managers as speakers and a diverse audience of students and lecturers from Probolinggo. An interactive question-answer session was employed to gauge the participants' comprehension. The learning outcomes were evaluated via pre- and post-tests, revealing significant improvements in participants' understanding of technical and fundamental analysis for stock investment. The study underscores the effectiveness of web seminars in fostering informed decision-making in the capital market, thereby minimizing the selection of risky stocks. Consequently, this approach could serve as a valuable tool in global financial education and investment literacy efforts.Highlights:
 
 The web seminar effectively fostered investment literacy, highlighting the importance of digital platforms in financial education.
 Participants showed significant improvement in understanding technical and fundamental analysis, underscoring the seminar's impact on investment decision-making skills.
 The study's results imply a minimized selection of risky stocks, hinting at the potential of such educational efforts in enhancing global financial stability.
 
 Keywords: Web Seminar, Stock Investment, Capital Market, Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis.
 

Expanding on the professional role of dental hygienists as key managers of medical-dental and hospital-dental clinic collaboration in a local Japanese hospital without a dentistry department: From a questionnaire survey after a web seminar.

Perioperative oral management (POM) was introduced into the Japanese universal health insurance system in 2012. Collaboration with dental clinics is important for hospitals without a dentistry department. A dental hygienist newly assigned as a member of the patient flow management centre led a seminar to promote collaboration via the web. This study represents the first step to explore the possible role of the hospital-based dental hygienist in the field of regional medical-dental cooperation of POM by assessing their willingness to participate in providing this type of care by a survey. The rate of attendees' satisfaction and the current problems of the collaboration for POM were evaluated through a questionnaire survey after the web seminar. All respondents reported satisfaction with the web seminar although it was the first experience of an online seminar for half of the respondents. All hospital dentists, but only 47.8% of dentists working at clinics, had participated in POM. Dental hygienist tended to show greater desire to participate in POM than dentists. All respondents appreciated the role played by the dental hygienist as a key manager of medical-dental collaboration between the hospital and local clinics. The hospital-based dental hygienist can play a role in planning and management of web seminars for POM, to raise awareness and promote regional medical-dental cooperation of POM.

The content and consequence of the first data release from the James Webb Space Telescope

<p indent="0mm">The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the biggest and the most expensive space telescope project led by NASA. The observation band of <sc>0.7–29 μm</sc> with various image cameras, spectrographs, and coronagraphic instruments enables us to explore the universe from planets to high-redshift galaxies. On 11 and 12 July 2022, NASA released the early release observation (ERO) data of the JWST, including not only beautiful pictures but also scientific data. The impressive data reveal extraordinary details of the HII region, compact galaxy group, planetary nebular, exoplanet atmosphere, and galaxy clusters, demonstrating the power of the JWST. In this paper, we briefly introduce the first release of the ERO data, and discuss the impact of the JWST on the astronomy. The five datasets released by the JWST ERO are: (1) Carina Nebula, which is a star formation region in the Galaxy including several O type stars, diffuse gas and dust. (2) Stephan’s Quintet, one of the most famous nearby galaxy groups that consist of four interacting galaxies and one foreground galaxy. The ERO data includes the NIRCam and MIRI images and the integral field unit (IFU) spectra data that enable us to study various topics such as the galaxy dynamics, shockwave, metallicity, black hole accretion, and so on. (3) Southern Ring Nebula, which is a nebular ejected by the center star during the late evolution stage. The new data reveal the center old star blocked by the dust. (4) WASP-96 b, which is an exoplanet discovered in 2004. The released data of WASP-96 b are the atmosphere spectrum, in which we can see clear water feature. (5) SMACS 0723, which is a galaxy cluster at redshift 0.4. The released data include the NIRCam, MIRI image, as well as the spectra from NIRSS and NIRSpec. The release of the ERO includes the raw and science-ready data reduced by the default JWST pipeline. Besides the data release, the JWST team also provides the document website to introduce the telescope instruments, the data reduction pipeline, and post-pipeline reduction suggestions, and organizes web seminars since 2021 to help users understand the telescope and data. The open-access of the ERO data has been stimulating astronomers all over the world to explore the universe through this new window. In the first month after the JWST data release, there are about 2–4 new papers submitted from competing groups to preprint website astro-ph. The active studies based on the JWST data would also help the improvement of the pipeline and the configuration of the instrument for the next proposal cycle. In general, with unrivaled data quality, the JWST is opening a new window for astronomers, and helping astronomers explore the new edge of the universe.

Strengthening the biogas sector of Ethiopia through international collaboration: the case of the Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo)

Even though biogas technology was introduced in Ethiopia in 1957, the technology is still in its infancy stage with more than 98 % of biogas plants installed in Ethiopia at a small- scale level and used for cooking and lighting applications. The Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) project facilitates collaboration between European biogas industries and stakeholders from emerging and developing markets through the development and application of innovative digital and non-digital support tools, knowledge transfer and capacity building. The Digital Global Biogas Cooperation helped the Ethiopian biogas sector through capacity building trainings, creating a digital biogas and gasification matchmaking platform to link companies with local biogas actors in the country, and assisting demo case projects up to prefeasibility study stage. Furthermore, it provided practical exposure through virtual and in person biogas plant tour in several countries, and generating several documents related to the Ethiopian biogas sector including an assessment on biogas potential, financial options and a legal frame work to assist the sector. Based on this collaboration, more than 30 stakeholders participated in 11 web seminars, 2 capacity-building trainings, 3 days business model development training in Biogas and more than 10 virtual study tours. One demo case and three- follower cases prefeasibility studies were supported. Thus, the Digital Global Biogas Cooperation is providing much needed support to the biogas sector of Ethiopia.

Web Seminar From Zero to Hero Marketing Sosial Media

The rise of social media users is a positive opportunity for business/SME owners to take advantage of these communication facilities as a means of introducing their products. Social media is a place where consumers are more receptive to product messages. Consumers are more receptive to marketing messages on social media because social media makes it possible to interact more and market brands from different angles. Students of Bumigora University and Saraswati University are also expected to have the opportunity to have a business, so that the mindset of students is not only graduating from campus to find work but also to create jobs, starting with entrepreneurship. The role of social media as a piece of marketing advice is to give a better marketing performance. Web seminars are held to provide development for students and provide a forum for students to increase their knowledge and skills in utilizing social marketing media. Some students are already doing marketing with social media to get started, but with the existing issues and current conditions, of course, there will be many questions that need to be supported so that they can maximize the use of social media as a marketing platform

Peningkatan Kemampuan Penyusunan Laporan Keuangan Sesuai Standar Akuntansi bagi Pelaku UMKM di Provinsi Banten

Abstract Purpose: Community service activity by Lecturers of Accounting Study Program of Universitas Terbuka (UT) aims to provide training for the community of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in making financial reports in accordance with accounting standards for MSMEs. This is conducted to solve the problems faced by MSMEs who still have a lot of difficulties in recording and reporting financial statements, which ultimately has an impact on the difficulty of obtaining credit from financial institutions. Method: This activity was attended by MSMEs from Banten Province and consisted of several stages, namely (1) planning, through discussions with MSMEs, (2) presentation from speakers, answering questions and discussions through web seminars in the Zoom application as well as live streaming in UT's youtube channel and (3) mentoring the making of financial reports to five participants who answered the quiz. Result: The results of community service activities show that MSMEs are able to enable the preparation of SAK ETAP MSME financial statements in the form of general journals, adjustment journals, ledgers, balance sheets, working papers, income statements of MSME actors ready to develop and successfully get capital assistance from financial institutions. Conclusion: This exercise is highly valuable for participants and stimulates them, according to the comments received from them. And it is believed that with the help of financial statements, banks, and non-bank financial institutions would be able to give loans to MSMEs.

Empirical Study of E-Learning on Financial Literacy and Lifestyle: A Millenial Urban Generations Cased Study

Technological developments have an influence on education, one of which is the development of online learning or more commonly known as e-learning. Technological developments in e-learning have long developed but significant developments occurred during the current Covid-19 pandemic where the education sector carried out online learning. This causes the existence of e-learning in both formal and non-formal education to be an important factor in the success of educational attainment. People in this era of globalization still have inconsistent attitudes in financial management individually, this causes the financial literacy of each individual to be different. This difference in financial literacy is one of the factors caused by different lifestyles. This study aims to see patterns of financial literacy in the development of e-learning where access to financial literacy learning is more developed in online channels. In addition to assumptions in financial literacy that are currently starting to develop online, this study also aims to determine the extent to which lifestyle will affect financial literacy. This study uses primary data and quantitative research methods approach using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The results show that in e-learning, financial literacy is currently running and lifestyle has a significant effect on financial literacy. One of these lifestyle changes is the existence of E-Learning which shifts the lifestyle pattern of face-to-face learning to online learning. This can provide novelty in educational technology in the application of E-learning, especially in the case of financial literacy. In addition, e-learning can still support the achievement of education in financial literacy. Repair and improvement of e-learning facilities as the main learning media must be carried out. It is hoped that with this research, e-learning can be used in financial literacy learning, both through formal and non-formal education in the community and public web seminars during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Senior Lecturers’ Learning Mechanisms During Emergency Remote Teaching at Binus University

The research aimed to identify senior lecturers’ experiences with online teaching during ERT (Emergency Remote Teaching). The ominous Covid-19 forced tertiary education institutions in Indonesia to employ ERT, both synchronous and asynchronous online teaching, from March 2020. Not all existing lecturers were professionally ready for this change, specifically senior lecturers who had been teaching for more than 25 years. These senior lecturers entered into unfamiliar territory as they had been experiencing the drastic transition to ERT. This transition could be viewed as a learning process as they went through certain learning mechanisms. The qualitative method was used to examine the learning mechanisms of senior lecturers who have been teaching during this ERT. This method was appropriate, as it allowed an understanding of lecturers’ experience in their professional growth. This case study examined five senior lecturers who have been teaching English as a Foreign Language at the university level for more than 25 years. Data analysis followed the procedures developed by Braun and Clarke. The research finds that each lecturer experiences learning mechanisms, including identification, coordination, reflection, and transformation. During the identification, they learn to understand the needs to adapt, adopt, and change. They also experience different kinds of unfamiliar events that have to be faced. They adapt to the unfamiliar situation during the phase of coordination through reading, joining webinars (web seminars), and mentoring during the coordination. Each of them reflects on the process of shifting boundaries of their competencies or knowledge from previously teaching offline to online. The last learning mechanism is the transformation that leads to profound changes after experiencing disruptions in the current workflow. Those multiple disruptions shape them in facing ERT.

The more you know, the less you fear: Reflexive social work practices in times of COVID-19

In this article, we present the results of a strategy to disseminate best social work practices during periods of social lockdown in Spain, in a climate characterised by post-truth, misinformation and fake news. Social work is challenged with the task of delivering reliable and quality information aimed at building a better society. At the time of writing, Spain was one of the countries most affected by COVID-19, with one of the highest numbers of deaths per million inhabitants in the world. With the population in lockdown, our strategy was to design a series of innovative web seminars on both the subject and the procedures involved in social work, with the aim of sharing information and best practices to counter disinformation campaigns on social media. The results show the growing demand – both by citizens in general and students and professionals in particular – for reliable information in the field of professional practice. One of the priorities of digital social work must be to disseminate its results in the digital environment.

Tecnologias de informação e comunicação para formação profissional em Odontologia: uma proposta do Telessaúde/ES

O Telessaúde/ES, com o auxílio de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC), promove a ampliação da Educação Permanente à Saúde (EPS) aos profissionais atuantes nas equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) do estado do Espírito Santo. O presente estudo objetivou apresentar uma proposta de um ambiente virtual em Odontologia, no âmbito do Telessaúde/ES, proporcionando um espaço exclusivo de compartilhamento de informações às Equipes de Saúde Bucal (ESB). Trata-se de uma pesquisa-ação, método adequado para propor soluções para a melhoria do acesso e utilização das ferramentas do Telessaúde/ES pelas ESB mediante às necessidades identificadas. Em 2017, o Telessaúde Bucal iniciou suas atividades no Telessaúde/ES, disponibilizando os serviços de webpalestras, teleconsultorias assíncronas e síncronas e materiais oficiais da área, ofertados na última sexta-feira de cada mês. O ambiente virtual de Telessaúde Bucal apresentado estará incluso no espaço de “Programas Especiais”, permitindo o acesso a qualquer serviço. O Telessaúde Bucal é um serviço que poderá promover conhecimento e troca de experiências para a efetivação da EPS, estimulando maior participação dos profissionais da Odontologia.

Socialization Through (Online) Design: Moving into Online Critical Spaces of Learning

This research investigates the social and socialization practices within an online professional development web seminar. The aim of this study was to identify the kinds of social and community building practices that occur in online professional development webinars by exploring how communication tools such as chat are used for community building and socializing purposes. Data was comprised of all electronically generated web seminar (webinar), written chat comment transcripts that were automatically generated during this series of webinars. Data were analyzed inductively and recursively using the constant comparative method. Findings revealed that the Online Web Seminars in Literacy project (oWSL) built community through moderators and participants greeting, assisting, and offering one another support. Moreover, social practices found within and across seminars included social talk, thoughtful debate, and the formation of nested affinity groups. This research revealed that this online professional development webinar provided a space where social practices like creating a sense of community through mutual support and engaging in productive disagreement among participants can stimulate informative critical dialogue that webinar organizers can draw upon to form dynamic and productive online professional development communities.Keywords: Online communities of practice; socialization; web seminars (webinars); professional development; critical literacy

From Affinity and Beyond

Digital technologies make possible new avenues for sharing and accessing literacy research and practices worldwide. Among the myriad of options available, web seminars have become popular online learning venues. The current investigation is part of Global Conversations in Literacy Research (GCLR), a longitudinal and qualitative study now in its fifth year. As a critical literacy project, GCLR investigates how a web seminar project uses developing technologies to disseminate innovative literacy research and present professional development that critically shapes literacy practices. With this in mind, the current study seeks to understand the following: (a) What kinds of knowledge sharing interactions (KSIs) occurred in GCLR web seminars focused on critical literacy? and (b) What types of community and social practices occur in web seminars? Data included synchronous chat transcripts from across seven web seminars, interviews with participants and speakers, and website analytics. Data analysis followed the constant comparative method and R, an open-access software that analyzes both qualitative and quantitative data. The study resulted in two findings: Three types of KSIs emerged: whole group, between individual, and smaller, nested affinity groups; and GCLR emerged as a distinct online community with unique social practices. KSIs generated and supported collaborative opportunities to exchange ideas, co-construct knowledge, offer practical classroom applications, and gain insight about important critical literacy issues. As an online networked space that brings together participants interested in critical literacy issues, GCLR represents an innovative type of situated practice with an aim to develop what we call online Networked Spaces of Praxis (oNSP).

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Questions of Matter

AbstractHow professional development is delivered in today's networked world has shifted greatly, and research into online spaces of learning is growing. Numerous questions, however, remain regarding how online spaces can be leveraged to foster meaningful conversations that address current critical educational issues. This qualitative study examines the complex nature of questions and discussions that emerge in and across a critical literacy Web seminar project, Global Conversations in Literacy Research (GCLR), a series of open‐access Web seminars that engage global audiences in discussions around literacy theory, research, and practice. This article addresses the following research questions: (1) When initial questions are posed, how are the discussion questions taken up by participants and speakers in this critical literacy Web seminar project? (2) What learning occurs in online professional development spaces grounded in critical literacy?

GCLR Web Seminars as a Venue for Transformative Educational Policy

AbstractThis article features a discussion about the significance of global perspectives in shaping critical literacy through a web seminar project, Global Conversations in Literacy Research (GCLR). Ubiquitous media and worldwide communication via Internet change the perceptions about literacy and language, urging critical discussions around literacy among educators with global and local connections. In this column, we demonstrate how chat discussions at GCLR web seminars initiate critical questions and thoughts among teachers, scholars and researchers from diverse background. Finally, we offer how these critical topics such as curriculum and issues of assessment inform the transformative agenda of educational policy.

PP20 Improved Identification of Chronic Kidney Disease Cases in Primary Care

BackgroundUndiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to a high cost and care burden in secondary care. Current stage 3–5 prevalence is estimated at 6.35%, but recorded prevalence in primary care...

Collaborative system for web seminars, distance learning sessions and virtual labs in biomedicine

In recent years, there has been a growing interest about new techniques for information exchange in medical context. Academic communities need a collaborative portal with a certain degree of interactivity between speaker and audience to provide new learning opportunities. The objective of the test program is to provide a modular and user-friendly web portal that allows the exchange of scientific information and takes into account only the centrality of four essential elements: teachers, learners, the learning process and the learning content. This collaborative system also contains 3D learning objects to simulate highly interactive virtual laboratories. More than 300 biomedical students were enrolled to carry out the assessment of the platform. Students who completed the web-based module left positive feedback and demonstrated good overall satisfaction with the assessment. The collaborative portal revealed an acceptable teaching alternative to integrate face-to-face instruction with thematic webinars.

Challenges in Food Scientist Training in a global setting

Education and training were an integral part of the MoniQA Network of Excellence. Embedded in the "Spreading of excellence programme", Work Package 9 (Joint education programmes and training tools) was responsible for establishing a joint training programme for food safety and quality within and beyond the network. So-called `MoniQA Food Scientist Training' (MoniQA FST) was offered to provide technical knowledge on different levels and research management skills as well. Training needs for different regions as well as for different target groups (scientists, industry personnel, authorities) had to be considered as well as developing strong collaboration links between network partners and related projects. Beside face-to-face workshops e-learning modules have been developed and web seminars were organized. In order to achieve high quality training, a quality assurance concept has been implemented. It turned out that these types of training are of high value in terms of bringing together scientists from different regions and cultures of the globe, involving highly qualified trainers as basis for a sustainable network in the future.