World Of Higher Education Research Articles

Experiential learning: An innovative way to bring success in the future endeavors of transfer students

AbstractThe world of Higher Education has been evolving for some time. From only offering classes in a traditional face‐to‐face format, to correspondence classes, higher education now has the ability to teach fully online courses and programs. However, no matter how classes are taught, the primary goal in Higher Education has always been to educate students. Students have also changed from those of the generation that make up the majority of the current teaching faculty. Current traditional students grew up with technology, and many do not know what life is like without it. For this reason, faculty have to be more intentional with their content. One way to do this and to re‐emphasize the theoretical and conceptual knowledge that they have learned is through High‐Impact Practices. Athens State University developed the Experience|Success initiative which focuses on providing students with Experiential Learning activities using High‐Impact practices.

Supporting a statewide policy consideration: Virtual advancing educational leadership training during COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic was and continues to be a shock and a challenge to the entire world. This health and safety challenge found its way into the world of higher education, even in programs that were already delivered in online environments. In this study, we examined the perceptions of 79 developing principals enrolled in a Master of Education Degree program in Educational Administration at Texas A&M University in the United States as they processed the efficacy of a virtual professional development (VPD) leadership for a state certificate in Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL). The state agency has required AEL as a 3-day state-mandated face-to-face training which is a basic requirement for school leaders who evaluate teachers. In fact, per state policy, AEL was delivered in a face-to-face format since it began in 2015, but was transformed to a VPD format in 2020, for the first time, as a response to safety concerns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas Education Agency indicated that the training would go back to a face-to-face format after Fall 2021; however, recently the Agency determined that virtual training could continue, along with face-to-face. Initially, this study was conducted to add information to the policy consideration as to whether to leave the option open for university principal preparation programs to offer the AEL virtually or face-to-face; however, with the alteration of the policy and with the findings of the study, we now provide empirical support, based on a a concurrent triangulation mixed methods design, for the Agency’s policy action. This study might be the first published in support of this AEL training policy.

IMPLEMENTATION OF ARAS ALGORITHM ON DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE BEST LECTURER

In the world of higher education, lecturers are one of the main components in building quality and quantity. Good quality will give good results as well, to improve the quality of each lecturer, it is necessary to have an award given to lecturers from the campus so that it becomes a motivation for lecturers to improve the quality given to students and the community. Amik Mitra Gama is a private campus located in the Duri Riau area, in this case to improve the quality of education one of the steps taken is to give awards and appreciation to the best lecturers who will be selected every year. To realize this, we need an easy calculation system that is carried out in the form of ranking according to the final value, therefore a decision support system using the ARAS method is chosen because it is very appropriate for the selection process and provides convenience in the calculations which are determined based on ranking. The decision support system using the ARAS method uses 8 criteria that are set as a reference in determining the best lecturers, namely Recent Education, Lecturer Functional Position, Lecturer Certification, Number of Journal Publications, Roles in Research, Journal Publication History, Research Grants, and Community Service. There are 10 lecturers in the field of computers who will be used as alternative data with lecturer codes D01, D02, D03, D04, D05, D06, D07, D08, D09, D10. The results obtained from this study are the lecturer code D04 = 0.0974, D06 = 0.0965, D09 = 0.0932, D07 = 0.0903, D03 = 0.0901 was selected as the best lecturer in 2021/2022. So that the results of this study can help the campus to determine the best lecturers every year fairly and be selected based on rankings.

Implementasi Algoritma ARAS Pada SPK Untuk Menentukan Peringkat Dosen Terbaik

In the world of higher education, lecturers are one of the main components in building quality and quantity. Good quality will give good results as well, to improve the quality of each lecturer, it is necessary to have an award given to lecturers from the campus so that it becomes a motivation for lecturers to improve the quality given to students and the community. Amik Mitra Gama is a private campus located in the Duri Riau area, in this case to improve the quality of education one of the steps taken is to give awards and appreciation to the best lecturers who will be selected every year. To realize this, we need an easy calculation system that is carried out in the form of ranking according to the final value, therefore a decision support system using the ARAS method is chosen because it is very appropriate for the selection process and provides convenience in the calculations which are determined based on ranking. The decision support system using the ARAS method uses 8 criteria that are set as a reference in determining the best lecturers, namely Recent Education, Lecturer Functional Position, Lecturer Certification, Number of Journal Publications, Roles in Research, Journal Publication History, Research Grants, and Community Service. There are 10 lecturers in the field of computers who will be used as alternative data with lecturer codes D01, D02, D03, D04, D05, D06, D07, D08, D09, D10. The results obtained from this study are the lecturer code D04 = 0.0974, D06 = 0.0965, D09 = 0.0932, D07 = 0.0903, D03 = 0.0901 was selected as the best lecturer in 2021/2022. So that the results of this study can help the campus to determine the best lecturers every year fairly and be selected based on rankings.

Vision - A space for digital learning and exploring pedagogies: Virtual world education


 
 
 The Australian and New Zealand Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) was established in 2009. Members of the group have written papers for ASCILITE conferences since 2010. Each paper’s intention is to provide an overview on using virtual worlds in higher education, especially the practical aspects of incorporating 3D worlds to enhance student learning. This VWWG’s paper looks at a virtual world as a space for digital learning and exploratory pedagogy – meaning, that the authors perhaps do not perceive virtual worlds as ordinary. However, they do acknowledge that those who do not regularly engage in virtual worlds may see it as new and innovative, perhaps even untested ground, but still with a degree of unfamiliarity. A survey was sent to the members of the VWWG in which the narratives have provided rich data for in depth understanding. The themes focused in the survey were ‘disruptive thinking’, ‘emerging ideas’ and ‘lateral connections’, from the perspective of the respondents’ experiences in the implementation of virtual worlds in education. They discuss the idea of a virtual world used in education as a new treasure, or perhaps it has been in use for some time and now classified as traditional.
 
 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BASED ON POLITEKNIK NEGERI MEDAN WORK CULTURE

This study aims to describe the implementation of training and development of human resources based on the work culture of the Politeknik Negeri Medan. For the world of higher education itself, training and human resource development are considered very important, because they have human resources who can meet the operational needs of banks and have a high sense of responsibility for the quality of graduates produced in order to create and fill jobs in the future. The type of research in this research is qualitative with descriptive method. Training and development as well as facilities are factors that can improve employee performance. Especially for the Medan State Polytechnic, the facility factor has a more dominant influence. Therefore, it is recommended that the leadership of the Medan State Polytechnic, in addition to conducting training and development, should emphasize increasing the facilities needed by employees. This can be done by prioritizing the procurement program for facilities that can improve employee performance, such as administrative equipment and transportation facilities.

Pelatihan Analisa Data Penelitian Qualitative Menggunakan N-Vivo dalam Upaya Meningkatkan Kapasitas Research dan Literasi Digital Dosen di Era Pandemi Covid19

The pandemic makes many things difficult to do because of the restrictions on community mobilization in interacting. The world of higher education is one of those affected by the pandemic. Education, research, and community service activities have decreased, which has an impact on the quality and quantity of the research results of the lecturers. In order to increase the capacity of educators and researchers and at the same time serve the community, an analytical tool is needed that can make it easier for lecturers to find and determine the results of the analysis of the data that has been collected. This service activity takes the form of a workshop on the use of the N-Vivo application, which is used to increase the capacity of lecturers as researchers as well as to improve literacy, particularly in the creation of scientific works. This workshop was held for two days, Monday and Tuesday, November 8–9, 2021. In addition, this activity was also held in two places. The first is at the Viva Kediri hotel, and the second is at the TIPD hall on the 2nd floor of IAIN Kediri. The workshop was guided by Prof. Dr. Achmad Nurmandi, M.Sc, along with 3 assistants. On the first day, the material given was on the use of the Mendeley application in finding and making journal citations and the use of the Vosviwer application to group data related to the number of journal citations. Meanwhile, on the second day, the speaker focused on the use of the N-Vivo application. Overall, the activity went smoothly. However, several obstacles were found, including an unstable wifi network, especially on the first day. Meanwhile, another obstacle is the need for high-spec laptops, so many participants are constrained from being able to use the N-Vivo application. The enthusiasm of the participants was also high. The level of satisfaction of workshop participants is also high. It is hoped that this activity can be carried out again to increase understanding of using the application.

Innovative Pedagogical Technologies in Education System

The society in which we live is constantly evolving and changing. The modern world educational space is constantly being replenished with new content of knowledge, new qualifications. New spheres of relations are emerging, new specialties that form new disciplines. World higher education is undergoing reform. This led to the search for new forms and technologies of education. Harmonization of higher education in accordance with the requirements of the world space and standards, its development is carried out according to certain principles. This is, first of all, the priority introduction of innovative achievements in education and science. It is known that it is the innovative way of development of society that can ensure the formation of a generation of people who think and work in a new way. As a result, the main attention will be paid to the development of personality, cultural and communicative preparedness, the ability to independently acquire and develop knowledge, to form information and social skills. Considering this, the main purpose of the article is to study the main aspects of innovative pedagogical technologies in education system

Integration of Madrasah diniyah learning systems for strengthening religious moderation in Indonesian universities

<em><span>Madrasah diniyah</span></em><span> is a very special Islamic education system in Indonesia that can be implemented from primary, secondary, and even higher education levels. This study aimed to explain the integration of the madrasah system in Islamic Religious Universities in the framework of strengthening religious moderation. The research method used was qualitative with a symbolic interactionalism approach. The main informants in this study were eleven people from the elements of the chancellor, vice-rector 1, head of <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> (Mudhir), teachers/</span><em><span>ustadz</span></em><span>, and students at State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Tulungagung selected by purposive sampling technique. The research implementation procedure was technically carried out by the stages of data collection, reduction, presentation, and analysis. This study found that the integration of the <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> system into the learning system at IAIN Tulungagung is quite effective in increasing students' religious knowledge. The implementation of <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> needs the support of all stakeholders in higher education. The obstacles faced need to be minimized in terms of infrastructure improvement and participant readiness. The <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> system which is integrated into the learning system in universities is a breakthrough in the world of higher education. With the effective integration of the <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> system into the learning system at Islamic religious universities, the implementation of <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> requires the support of all stakeholders. Therefore, the <em>Madrasah diniyah</em> system integration model is a model that can be developed in other Islamic religious universities.</span>

Implementation of Independent Learning in Independent Campus by Distance Learning at Private Universities in Bogor During the Covid 19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 outbreak has hit the world of higher education, forcing all universities in Bogor to implement a distance learning system. Distance learning means that there is a significant change from face-to-face conventional learning to distance learning from home. However, during this pandemic it is still rare for research to focus on distance learning on student satisfaction, the application of independent learning in independent campuses and the competence of graduates in private universities. This study aims to determine the implementation of independent learning on an independent campus by distance learning at private universities in Bogor during the covid 19 pandemic. The research method used is descriptive and different test. Data analysis includes reduction, presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study can be concluded that (1) distance learning at universities has been carried out well during the covid 19 pandemic with the satisfaction level of PUAS students, (2) in the application of independent learning on an independent campus, subjects with calculations such as statistics are better with conventional learning methods instead of e-learning, it is a subject without a count, such as the environment and Pancasila, on the other hand. Likewise, for courses taken outside the study program, students can take part and get better grades, and (3) the competence of graduates from private universities through distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is good and can work and adapt in their place of work.

Pengukuran Kepuasan Pengguna Website Politeknik ATI Padang Berdasarkan Persepsi Pengguna Internal

Website is an important part of any organization namely in the government, business, health and education sectors. In the world of higher education, website can be used to disseminate information related to campus life as well as a medium for promoting the existence of the campus to the outside world. As a higher education institution, Polytechnic ATI Padang own a website which is used to display various information about campus academic activities. In its management, the level of user satisfaction of the website of Polytechnic ATI Padang has never been measured. The Webqual 4.0 method used in this study aims to measure the satisfaction of internal website users by looking at the dimensions of Usability, Information Quality, Interaction Quality and Customer Satisfaction. Measurements performed by using a questionnaire instrument with Likert scale then calculated with the help of SPSS software. The results obtained that the independent variables, namely Usability, Information Quality, Interaction Quality have an influence on the dependent variable Customer Satisfaction of 70.1% and there are still 29.9% of other independent variables that can affect the dependent variable Customer Satisfaction. Furthermore, based on the results of the calculation of the satisfaction level with Likert scale, it was found that the variables of Usability, Information Quality, Interaction Quality and Customer Satisfaction received a satisfied interpretation, so it can be concluded that the Polytechnic ATI Padang website provides good service to its users.

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND ELEARNING PLATFORMS

The development of the information society and the extensive flow of information technology give rise to new opportunities for learning. At the same time, they face traditional views and practices regarding how teaching and learning should be prepared and carried out. Higher educational institutions have been using the Internet and other digital technologies to create and share education for several years.As information sources have become more readily available, those involved in education have found that a huge number of electronic resources are available from many sources.The education resources are measured as key intellectual property in a higher education world,more and more institutions and persons are creating and sharing electronic learning resources over the Internet openly and without asking price,as open educational resources (OER).

Keterlibatan Variabel Gaya Belajar Dalam Mempengaruhi Hubungan Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Hasil Belajar Mahasiswa

The process of knowledge transfer in the world of higher education, with the existence of an independent campus, where students must be more active, it becomes one of the factors students can maximize all abilities to get the best results, by creating motivation and maximizing learning styles. This study uses three variables, namely the independent variable is learning motivation, the dependent variable is learning outcomes, and the intervening variable is learning. This research uses path technique analysis, in order to influence directly and indirectly. With the object of research are active students. The results show that partially, learning motivation and learning styles have a significant influence on student learning outcomes, and in the direct and indirect effects they have, the results show that the indirect effect is better, in other words, learning motivation influences learning outcomes through intervention. by the learning style variable, gives better results

Pendidik dan upaya manajemen formulasi lembaga pendidikan Islam yang kreatif menghadapi masa pandemi covid-19

AbstracThis research shows several activities carried out in the home, working from home and studying from home. Learning from home is called online (learning with online sites). The design and application of long-distance learning literacy with the topic of Corona Virus 2019 Covid-19 aims to avoid this pandemic which is currently spreading completely and is very deadly. With this pandemic, it has not made the world of education lack sense in developing learning in the world of education at the RA, SD, SMP, SMA and Higher Education levels as well as Ponpes. Especially for students / learners who are still using via online as an intermediary for connecting their knowledge, while still minimizing the obstacles that occur during the online period. Therefore this discussion will be interesting. (1) the obstacles faced by students / learners, (2) the efforts made by the teachers / teachers / lecturers / educators, (3) the solutions made by the students / students and the teachers / teachers / lecturers / educators. This research uses a case study method and the research approach uses a qualitative case study method which is used to obtain information on the online learning process at the level of students who are still active in the world of higher education and Islamic boarding schools. The aim of the research is to find out to what extent, since the existence of Covid-19, all economies in the first world have collapsed as well as the world of education, including universities and boarding schools. The online school system will be implemented starting in the month of 2020. Not only in Indonesia but throughout the world. The correct formulation in this title is based on the formulation and composition in the right form in the form of the impact that occurs on students / students and teachers / teachers / lecturers / educators during the Covid-19 pandemic.Key words: Lecture Formulation, Creative Lectures, Covid Pandemic -19

To be or not to be a technical university: organisational categories as reference points in higher education

Classifications of higher education institutions into categories that are more or less clearly differentiated through prestige and status are legion in the world of higher education. The notion of parallel categories with comparable statuses, such as those of different types of universities, is however much less well understood. This paper investigates how universities navigate between such alternative categories. We examine boundary work and institutional change involving Swedish higher education institutions with significant activity in engineering sciences in order to analyse how actors relate to ideas regarding the category ‘technical university’ as an ideal potentially distinct from that of the broad, comprehensive university. Analysis of two cases in the second half of the twentieth century shows that for engineering faculty, a focused technical university was an attractive alternative to the institutional model of the broad university. In contrast, analysis of two twenty-first-century cases suggests that aspirations to be recognised as a technical university were largely driven by adaption to external stakeholders’ interests. We discuss these findings in light of the emergence of the global hegemonic category ‘research university’. We also suggest that the organisational identity of a HEI may be tied to ideas about an organisational category through imprinting and path dependency. Moreover, we propose that changes over time in how categories are perceived may serve as an impetus to organisational change.

What’s next for real-time COVID-19-era marketing?

COVID-19 took a heavy toll in the world of higher education and higher education marketing. This paper outlines how Northern Virginia Community College and VisionPoint Marketing tackled the issue of declining summer 2020 enrollment head-on as the pandemic hit the United States and turned the problem on its head in the span of just three weeks. The campaign’s remarkable success serves as a guidepost on what to do in times of crisis in the world of higher education.

Roberta J. Park: Paving the Sport History Highway While Saving Physical Education From a House Divided

Internationally acclaimed sport historian Roberta Park was among the Academy of Kinesiology’s leading scholars. Her extensive career at the University of California, Berkeley, was a powerful example of one woman’s agency and success in the hierarchical world of higher education. Systematically opening up the breadth of embodied and gendered practices deemed suitable for examination by sport historians, Park’s pioneering scholarship helped turn a narrow lane into the broad highway of sport history. She demonstrated that it is neither possible nor desirable to study the history of medicine, health, or fitness without accounting for the body, raising provocative questions about the historical origins of training regimens for sport and exercise, and excavating the histories of the biomedical sciences to better understand the antecedents of sports medicine and exercise science. She never abandoned her faith in the importance of the profession of physical education, properly supported by scholarly enquiry, holding up Berkeley’s foundational program as a template to guide physical education’s future and grieving its demise in 1997.

Research on the Quality Evaluation System of First-Class Talents Training based on the Background of “Double First-Class” Construction

The construction of “Double First-Class” is a Chinese strategy in line with the development trend of the world's higher education. In the “Double First-Class” construction plan, the state highlights the core position of talent training and plans to cultivate top-notch first-class talents. The cultivation of first-class talents is inseparable from the construction of talent cultivation quality evaluation system. Therefore, it is of great significance to design a reasonable first-class talent training quality evaluation system for improving the quality of first-class talent training and accelerating the development of “Double First-Class” strategy. Based on the background of “Double First-Class” construction and taking the graduate students of Dalian University as an example, this paper first collects data through questionnaire survey, and constructs a set of first-class graduate training quality evaluation system by factor analysis method. Then, based on the evaluation system, this paper evaluates the first-class graduate training quality of Dalian University by using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, so as to find out the shortcomings of graduate training in Dalian University. Finally, the paper puts forward the countermeasures and suggestions to improve the quality of first-class graduate training in Dalian University, in order to provide reference for other universities.

Komunikasi Dosen dengan Mahasiswa Kelompok Digital-natives di Perguruan Tinggi

The digital native generation is now exist in higher education as university students with their own identity or self-concept that has been formed with technology exposure since they born to the world. Undoubtedly, This condition present a gap between educators and students where each identity is formed according to their respective times. The purpose of this study is to understand the identity of the digital native generation as a basis for communicating with this group in the context of educational communication. It was conducted with library and Journals research approach related to Digital Native since the beginning of the term is used until its development to seek track record from the term of digital native utilization, critic and how they exist in higher education based on identity theory. Identity theory is used in this research by consideration that identity as communication product. The results show that the self-concept of the digital native generation is different from the previous generation, but this needs to be adjusted to the conditions of geographic or regional backgrounds which in fact have different technological exposure. The need for teachers' awareness that there is a new identity that is now present in the world of higher education with its identity. Knowing the digital native generation will help find strategies in appropriate learning communication in the delivery of teaching materials.

A new perspective on university ranking methods worldwide and in the Arab region: facts and suggestions

ABSTRACT This study reviews three university ranking methodologies: Quacquarelli Sysmonds University Rankings, The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. It also aims to suggest two new methodologies, one for World University Ranking and one for Arab University Ranking, and to propose data collecting tools for the new indicators if any. An online survey which elicited quantitative data and two focus-group discussions which produced qualitative data were used. The results of the survey show that the importance of some indicators as ranked by the respondents was similar to those found in the three international ranking systems, while others were not. The focus-groups suggested new weights for the indicators, since ranking systems overlook the differences between the institutions, resulting in unfair assessment of universities in the Arab region. Thus, new sub-indicators were proposed for both ranking systems.