Creating an environment that encourages both extensive and intense threaded dialogue The growth of discussion threads and the size of the class

The purpose of this research is to investigate the beginning and development of asynchronous discussion threads in various class sizes over the course of 25 graduate-level courses and 22 interviews. The paper also aims to create some recommendations for promoting threaded discourse during the initiation, advancement, summary, and evaluation phases of a discussion thread from pedagogical, technological, and theoretical viewpoints. The statistical analysis revealed that class size did influence the number of threads and the length of threads created by students and instructors, which showed the importance of certain themes in the conversation. The majority of participants said that it was difficult to follow threaded conversations in order to establish meaningful cooperation in huge classrooms. Instructors and graduate students each expressed a preference as to whether they should begin or follow a conversation. Some pedagogical tactics were used by the instructors to facilitate the commencement and growth of discussion threads. This research may have consequences for both practitioners and academics in terms of developing new software features and designing efficient educational tactics in order to produce more successful comprehensive and intense knowledge-building discourse in the classroom.

Opportunities and Challenges of Cybersecurity for Undergraduate Information Systems Programs

This article investigates the opportunities and challenges of cybersecurity for information systems (IS) programs and proposes a curriculum structure of cybersecurity track for IS programs. The study has collected data from eighty-two course websites of thirteen institutions at the graduate level and sixteen institutions at the undergraduate level as well as twenty descriptions of cybersecurity jobs posted on the internet. The collected qualitative data has been analyzed from the from the perspective of IS education. The findings indicate that the topics of cybersecurity management and essential cybersecurity technology are relevant to the IS discipline. The article suggests that these topics can be the components of two cybersecurity courses offered by IS programs to meet the demands and challenges of cybersecurity.

Gambaran Karakteristik Dan Tingkat Kecemasan Pada Perawat Dalam Merawat Pasien Covid-19: Literature Review

Anxiety is an emotion that arises because of a threat of danger that cannot be avoided or prevented. This can weaken the immune system. Therefor, it can reduce productivity at work. This study aimed to describe the characteristic of the anxiety level of nurses in treating covid-19 patients in literature review. This research was a literature review research. The search results for articles from online databases, namely ProQuest and Scient Direct, obtained 5 articles that matched the research inclusion criteria. The analysis was critically analyzed using the Hawker instrument. Five articles were obtained with Zung’s Self-Rating Anxiety Scale or Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) questionnaire with the results of several characteristics being found. Most respondent were female (92.81% or 7.175), aged with a mean value of 33.15 and 30-40 years old (43.25% or 2.422 respondent), married (69.47% or 5.370 respondent), years of service 10 years (55.09% or 3.086 respondent), graduate-level education (55.46% or 4.287 respondent). While the level of anxiety, 4 articles with 4 levels of anxiety, the most is Normal (69.05% or 5.377 respondent) and 1 article with 5 levels of anxiety, the most was Mild (46% or 92 respondent). The nurses had a good attitude in controlling the perceived anxiety with evidence of the Normal value in measuring anxiety (69,05% or 5.337 respondent), and the Mild value (46% or 92 respondent). It means that nurses are still quite good at controlling anxiety.Key words : Anxiety; Nurses; Self –rating anxiety scale AbstrakKecemasan adalah emosi yang timbul karena suatu ancaman bahaya yang tidak dapat dihindari atau dicegah. Hal ini dapat melemahkan sistem imun, sehingga dapat menurunkan produktifitas dalam bekerja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran karakteristik tingkat kecemasan pada perawat dalam merawat pasien covid-19 secara literature review. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian literature review. Hasil pencarian artikel dari database online yaitu ProQuest dan ScienceDirect yang didapatkan 5 artikel yang sesuai dengan kriteria inklusi penelitian. Analisa telaah kritis menggunakan instrumen Hawker. Diperoleh 5 artikel dengan kuesioner Zung’s Self-Rating Anxiety Scale atau Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) dengan hasil dari beberapa karakteristik terbanyak yaitu perempuan 7.175 (92,81%), usia dengan nilai mean 33,15 dan 30-40th 2.422 (43,25%), sudah menikah 5.370 (69,47%), lama kerja ≤ 10 th 3.086 (55,09%), pendidikan tingkat graduate 4.287 (55,46%). Sedangkan tingkat kecemasan, 4 artikel dengan 4 tingkatan kecemasan, terbanyak yaitu Normal 5.337 (69,05%) dan 1 artikel dengan 5 tingkatan kecemasan, terbanyak pada Mild 92 (46%). Para perawat memiliki sikap yang baik dalam pengendalian kecemasan yang dirasakan dengan bukti nilai Normal dalam pengukuran kecemasan sebanyak 5.337 (69,05%), dan nilai Mild sebanyak 92 (46%) yang artinya perawat dalam pengendalian kecemasan masih cukup baik.Kata Kunci: Covid-19; Kecemasan; Perawat; Self-rating anxiety scale

Odds & Edge: on the edge

Case overview Odds & Edge, a micro venture based in Ahmedabad, India, has created a niche for itself in the affordable designer wear segment. Covid-19 induced lockdown pushed Odds & Edge to the brink of collapse. And because of the severe cash crunch partners need to take a call regarding the continuation or closure of the venture. The case is intended to be discussed in an entrepreneurship class for post-graduate level participants. The case setting is inside Odds & Edge and it was May 01, 2020, when Ms Jheel Jain - a partner & the protagonist, needed to decide the future of the venture. Participants will have a brief understanding of entrepreneurial traits and will also learn about the Ansoff Model of expansion in case of continuation and the different exit choices for an entrepreneur. As Odds & Edge operates in the fashion industry, students will be able to understand the concepts such as Ecopreneurship, Circular Economy, and Trashion. The case follows through the background of Ms Jain, the ideation stage, and the players in the Trashion Industry. It then moves on to the operation of Odds & Edge narrating the process, products, and partners of the venture. The case ends with the decision dilemma for Ms Jain i.e. should she continue? If yes then how could Odds and Edge expand & grow? Or Should Jheel surrender and exit? If yes then what are the probable exit choices for her? Learning objectives 1. to understand the concept of Ecopreneurship, Circular Economy and Trashion; 2. to identify and discuss common entrepreneurial traits; 3. to analyze the Ansoff Matrix for exploration of various expansion/growth strategies; and 4. to understand different exit strategies available to an entrepreneur. Complexity academic level The case is intended to be discussed in an entrepreneurship class for post-graduate level participants. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CCS 3: Entrepreneurship.

Education Differences in Older Adults' Performance on Online Assessments of Inductive Reasoning and Verbal Memory

Paper-and-pencil measures of inductive reasoning and verbal memory administered in-person are well-established methods for measuring cognitive ability in adults. However, given recent increases in the use of online surveys, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person research with older adults became difficult, we investigated whether these cognitive measures could be administered effectively online and whether older adults’ performance on these measures of inductive reasoning and verbal memory might differ by education level. Data were collected online between mid-May and mid-June of 2020 from 292 individuals aged 66-90 years (M=69.1, SD=3.3). The sample was primarily White (91%) and had more women (62%) than men; 83 participants had a graduate-level education (master’s/doctoral degree), 101 had an associate’s or bachelor’s degree, and 108 had less than an associate’s degree. Three measures of inductive reasoning (Number Series, Letter Sets, and Word Series) and two measures of verbal memory (Immediate Recall and Delayed Recall of a list of 20 words) were completed by participants on an online platform. One-way MANOVA found a significant main effect for education group on the inductive reasoning measures (Wilks’ lambda=.93, p=.001). However, follow-up univariate ANOVAs indicated significant differences by education group only for Number Series, with Tukey post hoc tests showing that the graduate-level and college-degree groups performed significantly better than the group with less than an associate’s degree. Factorial repeated-measures ANOVA found a significant decline between immediate and delayed recall (p<.001) and that this difference varied by education group (p=.003). Implications of these findings will be discussed.

Think-Pair-Share as a Springboard for Study Buddies in a Virtual Environment

Many powerful teaching techniques have not yet fully transitioned from face-to-face use to the new remote instructional paradigm forced on teacher educators and teacher candidates during the pandemic. Experiences by candidates and by instructors in this new environment need to be compiled and shared as we head forward into structures and situations. This article describes how one such technique, Think-Pair-Share (Lyman, 1981) inspired assigning Study Buddies in a co-taught graduate level teacher education course, Managing Culturally Responsive Classrooms, in the summer of 2020. Two teacher candidates, two professors and Dr. Frank Lyman, offer insight and suggestions about this practice, its possibilities and its limitations as the course moved from a traditional implementation to a virtual setting.

Intertwining Concerns of Libraries and Writing Centers

Through 2020, Asbury Theological Seminary largely built an introductory course for those preparing for graduate-level study in seminary disciplines. Through that work and the collaborative efforts between our research librarian, Writing Center, and instructional designer, we have discovered shared concerns, knowledge, and new insights into how to help our students. Great synergy was found in terms of information literacy, citations, using information well, and a desire to see students/patrons succeed. Points of divergence were found in terms of organizational structures (siloes) and a potential conflict between a “do for” rather than “teach how” staff focus. Recommendations also are given at the close regarding having writing resources available for patrons in contexts where there is not a writing center.