scholarly journals Students’ Attitude Towards the Sustainable Use of Mobile Technologies in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5923
Author(s):  
Liliana Mâță ◽  
Otilia Clipa ◽  
Venera-Mihaela Cojocariu ◽  
Viorel Robu ◽  
Tatiana Dobrescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Academic Status ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Students Attitudes

Our study aims to identify students’ attitudes towards the use of mobile technologies (MT) during learning activities in higher education. Data were collected using the Mobile Technologies Questionnaire/MTQ, a ten-item brief questionnaire that was designed to determine attitudes towards the use of mobile technologies in the learning process among university students and academic staff. The MTQ was completed by 575 students from a state university in the northeastern region of Romania. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed two latent factors: MT facilities for study resources and communication and MT facilities for learning. Along with general analysis of the statistical indicators regarding the attitude towards the use of MT, the relationships between the use of MT and five socio-demographic variables (gender, age, place of residence, year of study, academic status and study program) were analyzed. Comparative data showed some statistically significant differences but with small or modest effect sizes, depending on age, year of study, place of residence, academic status and the study program in which the students were enrolled. This study provides additional support for the construct validity of a brief tool that was designed to measure students’ attitudes towards the use of MT during learning activities carried out in higher education.

A Comparative Study of Business and Engineering Students' Attitude to Mobile Technologies in Distance Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 29-59
Author(s):  
Andreas Ahrens ◽  
Jeļena Zaščerinska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Research Show

Mobile technologies are widely employed in distance learning in higher education to provide students with an opportunity to learn regardless of time and place in order to obtain a higher education degree. However, little attention has been paid to a comparative study of business and engineering students' attitudes toward mobile technologies. The aim of the chapter is to compare business and engineering students' attitudes toward mobile technologies in distance learning, underpinning elaboration of a hypothesis. The meanings of the key concepts of distance learning, blended learning, and attitude are studied. Moreover, the study demonstrates how the key concepts are related to the idea of mobile technologies and shows how the steps of the process are related: students' attitudes toward mobile technologies in distance learning? empirical study within multicultural environments ? conclusions. The results of the present research show that both business and engineering students' attitudes toward mobile technologies are positive.

scholarly journals How to create and develop writing centres

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Galtung ◽  
Cathinka Dahl Hambro ◽  
Solveig Kavli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Writing Development ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Good Writing ◽  
The Way

This roundtable addresses how three Norwegian writing centres – in different stages of their establishment and settled within different constitutional frames – handle staff policy and aims to facilitate academic writing to their main users; students and PhD candidates. We will structure the discussion around four main themes that we juggle in our daily work:  Using strategic plans to promote academic writing development and student throughput Co-creating learning activities with and for MA students Keeping up with the Library and Faculty Strengthening and further developing academic writing in Higher Education Attendees at the roundtable will be invited to discuss and participate in a dialogue on the way in which writing centres can improve the students’ and PhD candidates’ writing process; why we find teaching and preaching academic writing to be an important skill, and how we can co-create learning activities in libraries and writing centres with academic staff and students. We will also discuss the issue of legitimacy, and  what it takes to move writing centre activities from the periphery to the centre of the institution and its pedagogical mission. The audience will leave with ideas and inspirations on how to facilitate and build good writing centres in collaboration between staff, librarians and experienced students.

scholarly journals Concept analysis of Pancasila student character in the "Merdeka" Student Exchange Program at University of Merdeka Malang

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
Razqyan Mas Bimatyugra Jati ◽  
Nurul Zuriah ◽  
Hari Sunaryo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Student Profile ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Social Contribution ◽  
Student Exchange ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

The Minister of Education and Culture Regulation Number 3 and 20 of 2020, students are given the right to study for a maximum of three semesters of study outside the study program and campus through the Merdeka Learning-Independent Campus or “Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka” (MBKM) Program and the Pancasila student profile as the embodiment of Indonesian students. “Merdeka” Student Exchange Program or “Program Pertukaran Mahasiswa” (PMM) to accommodate the MBKM program and the realization of the Pancasila student profile. In the implementation of PMM, there are learning activities that provide experiences of diversity, inspiration, reflection, and national social contribution through the Nusantara Module (MN). The MN provides an opportunity to implement the concept of Pancasila student character in the implementation of PMM at the University of Merdeka Malang. The purpose of this study was to obtain the concept of the character of Pancasila students in higher education. The research method used descriptive qualitative, with the entire population of the PMM participants in the University of Merdeka Malang. Data were obtained through observation, questionnaires, interviews, and FGDs. The result is the concept of Pancasila character in higher education could be supported by the PMM program with the MN activities.

scholarly journals How to Apply HOTS-based E-learning in Higher Education?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-170
Author(s):  
Edy Herianto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Study Program ◽  
E Learning

This research is qualitative research with the type of case study to describe the implementation of e-learning based on HOTS in higher education. E-learning is a necessity that must be used by lecturers when teaching at universities, especially during the current pandemic. The learning must be based on HOTS as the demands of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0, to produce prospective teachers who can guide their students to have the ability to solve problems in life. The research subjects were 196 people who took the Philosophy of Science course at the PPKN PIPS FKIP Study Program, Mataram University. Data were collected through observation techniques, interview documentation, and tests. After conducting a holistic and specific qualitative analysis, the results show that HOTS-based e-learning is carried out through the stages of preparation for the implementation of learning and evaluation for 16 learning activities. The contents of the activities include discussion of textual material, independent contextual exercises, and completing exams. During the activity, lecturers and students gave positive responses to various supporting factors and existing challenges. This activity has an impact on the acquisition of positive student learning outcomes. As a follow-up suggestion, full vigilance is needed to seek more varied activities to be actively involved in learning activities and successfully pass lectures.

scholarly journals CURRICULUM PREPARATION TRAINING INDEPENDENT CAMPUS, FREEDOM TO LEARN (MBKM) IN STUDY PROGRAMS AS AN EFFORT TO MEET THE MAIN PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Dedi Mulyadi ◽  
Tanti Kirana Utami ◽  
Hilman Nur ◽  
Kuswandi ◽  
Cucu Solihah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Education Performance ◽  
The Impact

The MBKM policy provides opportunities for students to gain more comprehensive learning experiences and new competencies through several learning activities. Service activities are carried out by holding two types of activities, namely the socialization of MBKM policies and workshops on preparing the MBKM curriculum. The target of this activity is the leadership of the study program, lecturers, and education staff; with this activity, the participants become more familiar with preparing the curriculum, starting from making learning outcomes to assessment techniques. Furthermore, the impact of this training realizes the fulfillment of higher education performance indicators.

scholarly journals Motivational Beliefs Specific to Business Studies Subfields: Interrelations, Antecedents, and Change in the Introductory Study Phase

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Julia Gorges
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Motivational Beliefs ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Learning Content

In higher education, self-concepts of ability (SCA) and intrinsic task values (ITV) are key determinants of students’ choice of study program and dropout. Both constructs are multidimensional (i.e., specific to curricular learning content) and hierarchically structured (i.e., aggregate into one or more higher-order factors), which is often neglected in higher education research. Therefore, the present study investigated German business studies students’ (N = 375; age: M (SD) = 21.8 (5.51); 59% female) SCAs and ITVs at the level of subfields. Longitudinal data collected at the transition into higher education (t1) and toward the end of the first semester (t2) gave insight into (changes in) interrelations and antecedents of subfield-specific SCAs and ITVs during the introductory study phase, when students likely had to review their hitherto anticipated motivational beliefs. Results from confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling revealed that interrelations of SCAs and ITVs decrease over time. SCAs correlate increasingly strongly within a mathematical and a verbal domain compared to cross-domain correlations. Accordingly, mathematics, but not German SCA, from high school predicts all subfield-specific SCAs at t1, but only mathematical subfield SCAs at t2. The pattern of results for ITVs is less systematic:  Mathematics ITV consistently predicted both mathematical subfield ITVs, whereas German ITV predicted law ITV only at t1. Curricular and practical implications of the subfield-specific formation of motivational beliefs at the transition into higher education are discussed.

scholarly journals Using PDA for undergraduate student incidental vocabulary testing

ReCALL ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanjie Song ◽  
Robert Fox
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Personal Digital Assistants ◽  
Incidental Vocabulary ◽  
Incidental Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Dictionary Use

AbstractRecent studies have explored English vocabulary learning in environments where students used mobile technologies for prescribed vocabulary learning tasks, or tested designed personalized learning systems to enhance student vocabulary learning for short periods of time in language related courses. Dictionary use via mobile devices has mostly been used for referential purposes. Referential use refers to applications that provide student access to content such as dictionaries, e-books, etc. at places where learning activities occur, taking advantage of the portability and mobility of mobile devices. Research on free student use of mobile devices to foster incidental vocabulary learning in non-English courses remains scant, and no in-depth studies have been carried out to investigate the value of dictionary use on mobile devices for incidental vocabulary learning in higher education. This one-year multiple-case study investigated undergraduate students' dictionary and other uses of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to enhance their incidental vocabulary learning in an English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) university. The research findings show: (a) the students made various uses of the PDA to improve their vocabulary learning, namely, referential, situated, constructive, reflective, explorative and conversing uses, (b) the students adopted integrated uses of the tools on the PDA and the computer for their incidental vocabulary learning, and (c) the integrated use of the PDA and the computer shaped the vocabulary learning activities and vice versa. These research results indicate that PDAs can be used in more flexible, novel and extended ways for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) vocabulary teaching and learning in higher education, taking student needs and contexts into consideration.

scholarly journals EFEKTIVITAS PEMANFAATAN MEDIA E-LEARNING DENGAN MOODLE DALAM MENJAGA MUTU PEMBELAJARAN SAAT BELAJAR DARI RUMAH

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramen Antonov Purba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Time Limit ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Management Study ◽  
Work Pattern ◽  
E Learning

<em>Education is an effort to gain knowledge, expertise and competence. The journey of education cannot stop. The presence of Covid-19 has resulted in transformations in the education sector. Learning activities have to be done at home. The parameters of each component used in learning activities are expected to produce good results. Thus, the use of e-learning with Moodle. The target is for students to gain knowledge and good results. E-learning with Moodle is an option based on its internet-based work pattern. No place limit and no time limit. A vital evaluation step is carried out. Higher education institutions are required to be professionals. Higher education institutions also face evaluation from LLDIKTI. Internal evaluation is mandatory. All existing elements must be committed to carrying out these obligations. Accommodating agreed targets. Making students understand teaching material. Opening students' insights and thoughts. Students can complete it and get maximum results (sound). The research conducted will look at the effectiveness of using e-learning media with Moodle in maintaining the quality of learning when learning from home. The method used to conduct research is an experiment. The subjects of the Politeknik Unggul LP3M Medan students, the Informatics Management study program are 32 students. Found that the functional level and value accumulation using moodle-based e-learning media with the dynamics of learning from home can maintain and maintain quality. All learning activities go well as expected and targeted.</em>

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI METODE WEIGHTED PRODUCT (WP) DALAM SISTEM PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN DOSEN TERBAIK TEKNIK KOMPUTER AKADEMI ILMU KOMPUTER TERNATE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
ILHAM DJUFRI ◽  
Muksin Hi Abdullah ◽  
Seh Turuy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Product Method ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Calculation Analysis ◽  
And Training

ABSTRAKDosen merupakan tenaga akademik yang bertugas merencanakan dan melaksanakan proses pembelajaran, menilai hasil pembelajaran, melakukan pembimbingan dan pelatihan, serta melakukan penelitian dan pengabdian pada masyarakat (Tri Dharma) Perguruan Tinggi. Dalam melaksanankan Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi doesen perlu diberikan apresiasi atau promosi sesuai dengan kinerja akademiknya. Oleh karena itu, peneliti mendesain analisis pengambilan keputusan pemilihan dosen terbaik pada Program Studi Teknik Komputer Akadedemi Ilmu Komputer Ternate. Tujuannya adalah memilih dosen terbaik dengan cara perangkingan. Untuk menentukan dosen terbaik peneliti menggunakan teknik pengambilan data dengan cara penyebaran kuisioner terhadap 16 (enam belas) mahsaiswa Teknik Komputer sebagai penilai terhadap 5 (lima) alternative (dosen) Teknik Komputer dengan menerapkan metode analisis perhitungan metode Weighted Product. Kriteria pemilihan yang digunakan adalah Kemampuan Logika Berpikir, Terampil Melakukan Evaluasi Assessment, Terampil Menyajikan Materi Kuliah dan Kedisiplinan. Data hasil analisis perhitungan mendapatkan Alternatif (dosen) yang memperoleh nilai tertinggi adalah alternative (dosen) ABUR (A4) 0.2328.Kata kunci: SPK, WP, pemilihan, dosen, terbaik ABSTRACTLecturers are academic staff in charge of planning and implementing the learning process, assessing learning outcomes, conducting guidance and training, and conducting research and community service (Three Dharma) for Higher Education. In implementing the Three Dharma of Higher Education, it is necessary to give appreciation or promotion according to its academic performance. Therefore, the researchers designed a decision-making analysis for choosing the best lecturers in the Computer Engineering Study Program, Akademi Ilmu Komputer, Ternate. The goal was to select the best lecturers by ranking. To determine the best lecturer, the researchers used data collection techniques by distributing questionnaires to 16 (sixteen) Computer Engineering students as assessors of 5 (five) alternative (lecturers) Computer Engineering by applying the calculation analysis method of the Weighted Product method. The selection criteria used are Logic Thinking, Synthesis Analysis Ability, Material Delivery Methods and Dress Procedures (Appearance). The data from the calculation analysis indicated that the alternative (lecturer) who got the highest score was the alternative (lecturer) ABUR (A4) 0.2328.Keywords: DSS, WP, election, lecturer, best

scholarly journals Distance learning and external studies in the system of continuous learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-289
Author(s):  
T. Makuseva ◽  
E. Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
General Education ◽  
Continuous Learning ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Study Program

The article deals with extra-institutional forms of getting education: self-education with subsequent external studies in getting general education and distance learning in getting higher education. The objective of the article is to substantiate distance learning as a form of self-education, as a technology which makes education more accessible for different layers of society irrespective of their place of residence and the chosen study program. Different forms of study are compared according to the criteria of their efficiency or quality, accessibility or transparency and affordability.

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