scholarly journals Main barriers and possible enablers of Google apps for education adoption among university staff members

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 432 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.I. Amadin ◽  
A.C. Obienu ◽  
R.O. Osaseri
Keyword(s):  
University Staff ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Google Apps For Education ◽  
Google Apps

scholarly journals Welcome to the Regular World! Exploring How Female Doctorate Holders in Education Transition from Irregular to Regular Work in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5347
Author(s):  
Hyosun Kim ◽  
Sooyong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Structural Aspect ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Regular Work ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this study was to explore the adaptation process of female Ph.D. holders working in universities who shifted from being irregular employees to regular employees. The study adopted a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews to investigate participants’ experiences and discover any inconsistencies, as well as how they are alleviated. The basic findings of the study indicate that the adaptation process is more feasible when the gap between the personal aspect of job adaptation and the organizational environment and satisfaction with it decreases. The participants in the study joined the labour union to convert to regular jobs. However, after transitioning to full-time positions, the participants did not realize the structural aspect of the contracts they had signed. Although they expected to make their unfair situation more fair through the transition of their job positions, they still faced structural discrimination. As the participants were women with doctoral degrees, their professionalism was considered a cardinal value, and their job satisfaction varied according to the degree of matching between their work and their expertise. Moreover, during the evaluation period, they began to establish themselves as legitimate members of their teams through the employee evaluation procedure of full-time employees, which is conducted mutually rather than unilaterally. Through its in-depth interviews with transitioning university staff, this study makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how female faculty adjust to changes in their life and position in the organization following a change in their status. These findings prove that higher education institutions need focus on career development for female students as well as their faculty and staff members. Such a focus also requires more active actions by university and college members.

scholarly journals Facilitating Research Consultations Using Cloud Services: Experiences, Preferences, and Best Practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Zuege Kuglitsch ◽  
Natalia Tingle ◽  
Alexander Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Google Apps For Education ◽  
Google Apps

The increasing complexity of the information ecosystem means that research consultations are increasingly important to meeting library users' needs. Yet librarians struggle to balance escalating demands on their time. How can we embrace this expanded role and maintain accessibility to users while balancing competing demands on our time? One tool that allows us to better navigate this shifting landscape is Google Appointment Calendar, part of Google Apps for Education. It makes it easier than ever for students to book a consultation with a librarian, while at the same time allowing the librarian to better control their schedule. Our research suggests that both students and librarians felt it was a useful, efficient system.

scholarly journals Students and young university staff development in the context of e-learning and the fourth industrial revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Le Doan Minh Duc ◽  
Nguyen Hoang Tien ◽  
Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
University Staff ◽  
International Affair ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Current State ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
E Learning

This article aims at presenting the current state of students’ capacity for learning and competencies of young staff members in Vietnamese universities. Then, we imply some orientations to improve students’ capacity for learning and young lecturers’ capacity for teaching in the 4th industrial revolution such as: Application of technology in teaching - education management and international affair.

scholarly journals “Fasten your seat belts”: Investigating learners’ perceptions regarding the implementation of tasks in an English online course

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Juliane Regina Trevisol ◽  
Leonardo Da Silva ◽  
Raquel Carolina Ferraz D'Ely
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Task Engagement ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Seat Belts ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Cultural Aspects

Considering the growth of distance education, this qualitative study investigated learners’ perceptions of the implementation of traveling-themed tasks (ELLIS, 2003) in a virtual course of English as a foreign language.  The course was offered to university staff members for a semester. Four participants took part in it. Instruments were a consent form, two questionnaires, and a Skype interview. Results suggest learners perceived the course as motivating, noticing their task engagement from the perspective of “l’education integrale” (LONG, 2015) and “learning by doing”. Furthermore, learning was related to cultural aspects noticed, interesting sites, and the connection with previous traveling experiences.

scholarly journals Effect of marital status, gender and job position in smoking behavior and cessation intent of staff members in a Central American public university

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourdes Arce Espinoza ◽  
Julián Monge Nájera
Keyword(s):  
Secondhand Smoke ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Public University ◽  
Central American ◽  
State University ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Latin Culture

Smoking is one of the leading worldwide causes of cardiovascular disease and cancer development, and it not only affects the consumer but also those who are exposed to secondhand smoke. The economic cost of caring for the sick affects resources needed for education and prevention of addiction to cigarettes. This topic has been extensively studied in industrialized countries, but the information from Latin America is less available and seldom is based on inferential statistics applied to clear hypotheses, both central aspects in this article. To test several hypotheses on consumption and characteristics of patients we did an email survey to the entire staff of a state university in Costa Rica (N=2 850) in 2012. A 20% responded in a period of ten weeks and we applied a multiple regression to their answers. The results are statistically consistent with the hypothesis that being single, occupying high job positions and being male lead to increased consumption of tobacco and to an earlier start. To our knowledge, this is the first study using this methodology for the staff of any university in Central America.KEY WORDSFactors associated with smoking, Latin culture and smoking, use of tobacco by university staff, legal drugs, addiction.

scholarly journals Impact Of Sit-stand Workstation Progressions On Stress, Focus, And Productivity In University Staff Members

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5S) ◽  
pp. 716
Author(s):  
Mark A. Schafer ◽  
K. Jason Crandall ◽  
T. Scott Lyons ◽  
Kolbi Edens ◽  
Lydia Blankenship ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Staff ◽  
Staff Members

scholarly journals Integrasi teknologi dalam pembelajaran: Upaya untuk beradaptasi dengan tantangan era digital dan revolusi industri 4.0

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 449-455
Author(s):  
Afrianto Daud ◽  
Ando Fahda Aulia ◽  
Nita Ramayanti
Keyword(s):  
Video Editing ◽  
Google Apps For Education ◽  
Google Apps

Era Revolusi Industri 4.0 telah membawa tantangan dan peluang baru untuk dunia pendidikan. Salah satu peluang itu adalah semakin terbukanya peluang bagi guru untuk mengintegrasikan teknologi ke dalam proses pembelajaran, sehingga hasil belajar bisa lebih efektif. Masalahnya adalah belum banyak guru yang memiliki kemampuan mengintegrasikan teknologi ke dalam kelas mereka. Terutama guru sekolah swasta dengan fasilitas terbatas. Program Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini berusaha membantu guru memilki kemampuan ini dengan memperkenalkan penggunaan Google Apps For Education, seperti Google Classroom dan Google Hangout (Youtube Live) untuk Pembelajaran. Selain itu, guru juga dilatih dengan kemampuan video editing yang bisa mereka gunakan untuk pembuatan video pembelajaran. Kegiatan dilakukan dalam bentuk workshop kepada para guru di SMP Juara Pekanbaru. Ini adalah sekolah gratis di bawah managemen lembaga zakat Indonesia. Mayoritas siswanya adalah anakanak miskin. Setelah workshop, guru juga dibimbing dalam pelaksanaan/praktek di kelas. Kegiatan pengabdian saat ini pengabdian masih berjalan. Program berjalan relatif efektif. Hal ini terlihat dari perbanding hasi pre-tes dan pos-tes yang diberikan kepada peserta pelatihan. Empat orang (36,4%) dari 11 peserta menyatakan memiliki kemampuan sangat baik dalam menggunakan Google Classroom, dan lima orang (45,4%) dari 11 peserta menyatakan baik. Angka ini jauh berbeda dari hasil pre-tes yang menunjukkan bahwa 10 (90,0%) dari 11 peserta menyatakan belum mengenal dan tidak mampu menggunakan aplikasi Google Classroom.

scholarly journals Adopsi Google Apps For Education di Perguruan Tinggi: Sebuah Kolaborasi Real-Time Dosen Dan Mahasiswa

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Intan Putri Cahyani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
Digital Immigrant ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Google Apps For Education ◽  
Google Apps

Cloud-computing technology present as an impact of the changing cultural environment and competitive ecosystem of Higher Education in the world, including Indonesia. Cloud computing is actually a combination use of computer technology ("computing") and the development of Internet-based ('cloud'). Higher education is considered ideal for the diffusion of innovation because they have a core that can encourage innovation and there are frequently changes in faculty or department’s level, pedagogical and technological. This study pointed out a uniqueness where lecturers (digital immigrant) and students (digital native) could collaborate in realtime by adopting cloud-computing technology, namely Google's Google Apps for Education (GAFE), in the learning system. Diffusion-innovation theory of Rogers will be in depth elaborated to explain the process of adoption of new kind of communication technologies which is currently becoming trendsetter. This type of study is qualitative descriptive with grounded theory method involving several universities in Central Java that are already using GAFE technology during the last three years, i.e. UNNES, UDINUS, and UNISSULA. This study used purposive sampling with total sample of 12 people who are lecturers and students, GAFE active users  in learning system. The results showed lecturers especially junior lecturers have a central role as a facilitator of learning technologies in deciding what to use. Common interest is the main reason behind. Though lecturers and students came from different generation but both of them adopted GAFE Keywords : Difussion Innovation, Cloud Computing Technology, GAFE, Digital Immigrant, Digital Native  ABSTRAK Teknologi komputasi awan atau sering dikenal dengan cloud computing hadir sebagai sebuah dampak perubahan lingkungan budaya dan ekosistem yang kompetitif pada Pendidikan Tinggi di dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Cloud computing ini sejatinya merupakan gabungan pemanfaatan teknologi komputer (‘komputasi’) dan pengembangan berbasis Internet (‘awan’). Pendidikan tinggi dianggap sangat ideal untuk difusi inovasi karena mereka memiliki jantung yang bisa mendorong inovasi dan selalu ada perubahan baik di level fakultas atau jurusan, pedagogis serta teknologi. Studi ini akan mengangkat keunikan dimana dosen (digital immigrant) dan mahasiswa (digital native) dapat berkolaborasi secara realtime dengan mengadopsi teknologi cloud computing milik Google yaitu Google Apps for Education (GAFE) dalam sistem pembelajaran. Teori difusi inovasi milik Rogers akan dielaborasi secara mendalam untuk menjelaskan proses adopsi teknologi komunikasi jenis baru yang sekarang tengah menjadi trendsetter ini. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan metode grounded yang melibatkan beberapa Perguruan Tinggi di Jawa Tengah yang sudah menggunakan teknologi GAFE selama tiga tahun terakhir, yaitu UNNES, UDINUS, dan UNISSULA. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 12 orang yang merupakan dosen dan mahasiswa pengguna aktif GAFE dalam sistem pembelajaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dosen terutama dosen junior memiliki peranan sentra sebagai fasilitator dalam memutuskan teknologi pembelajaran apa yang akan digunakan. Kesamaan kepentinganlah yang menjadi faktor utama mengapa walaupun berbeda generasi, namun dosen dan mahasiswa bisa mengadopsi  GAFE. Kata Kunci:  Difusi Inovasi, Teknologi Cloud Computing, GAFE, Digital Immigrant, Digital Native,

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