Representation of Socio-historical Context to Support the Authoring and Presentation of Multimodal Narratives: The Mingei Online Platform

In this article, the Mingei Online Platform is presented as an authoring platform for the representation of social and historic context encompassing a focal topic of interest. The proposed representation is employed in the contextualised presentation of a given topic, through documented narratives that support its presentation to diverse audiences. Using the obtained representation, the documentation and digital preservation of social and historical dimensions of Cultural Heritage are demonstrated. The implementation follows the Human-Centred Design approach and has been conducted under an iterative design and evaluation approach involving both usability and domain experts.

Cabaran dan Peluang Penempatan Guru Pendidikan Sejarah : Era Pasca Pandemik Covid-19

Artikel ini membincangkan cabaran dan peluang penempatan guru pendidikan sejarah: era pasca pandemik Covid-19. Kaedah penyelidikan kuantitatif deskriptif digunakan dalam kajian ini. Populasi bagi kajian ini adalah bertumpu kepada pelajar-pelajar Pendidikan Sejarah Fakulti Psikologi dan Pendidikan di sebuah universiti awam di Sabah yang sedang berada pada tahun pertama pengajian iaitu sesi 2020. Hasil kajian menunjukkan faktor dominan kekosongan jawatan dalam mencari penempatan untuk berkhidmat selain sekolah awam adalah mengajar pendidikan atau mata pelajaran Sejarah di sekolah menengah swasta. Walau bagaimanapun, pelajar-pelajar Pendidikan Sejarah tetap merasakan bersyukur jika mereka ditakdirkan untuk mengajar di sekolah bukan kerajaan dan bukan opsyen. Mereka juga bersedia menggalas tanggungjawab di tempat bertugas tanpa banyak rungutan. Memandangkan susah mendapat pekerjaan pada era pasca pandemik Covid-19. Menyedari keperluan mengikut semasa, pelajar-pelajar Pendidikan Sejarah juga bersedia melengkapkan diri dengan kemahiran meneroka pelbagai online atau non-online platform untuk mengembangkan kerjaya guru tanpa mengira opsyen.

A review of the continuous professional development system for pharmacists

Background The Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society (PPS) implemented a system of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for pharmacists in 2004. This system has evolved throughout the years, and currently all active pharmacists in Portugal are required to participate in the CPD program. Each CPD cycle takes 5 years. In each cycle, pharmacists must collect 15 CPD points, through participation in educational activities. The PPS accreditation process is managed via an online platform, where education/training providers, as well as pharmacists themselves, can submit educational activities for accreditation. Pharmacists may access their CPD status and assess their development at any point. The objective of this study was to analyze and review the educational activities submitted by providers over a 11-year period (2009–2019). Methods Data from activities were retrieved from the PPS CPD online platform. All educational activities were labeled according to the area of pharmaceutical professional focus, type of promoter, and activity type. Results During the study 3685 activities were analyzed. Over the last decade, submitted activities for accreditation increased in 52.6%. A significantly high proportion (98.9%) of these activities has been accredited. Promoters of activities were mostly pharmacies sectoral associations (29.6%), consultancy/training companies (19.6%), the PPS (18.5%), pharmaceutical industry (17.7%) and wholesalers’ consortia (9.0%). Academia represented only 2.3% of the total amount of educational activities. The most frequent topics were related to “pharmacology & pharmacotherapy” (9.9%), followed by “counselling” (9.8%) and “management & administration” (7.2%). The most accredited type of activities was face-to-face (68.9%) and e-learning trainings (13.1%). Conclusions This study shows increasing interest in submitting CPD activities for accreditation between 2009 and 2019, but it also demonstrates that Academia could play a more interventive role in the lifelong learning education of Portuguese pharmacists.

The implications of supplier encroachment via an online platform

E-commerce provides suppliers with the flexibility to operate an online arm via a platform in addition to their pre-existing physical stores. Although such supplier encroachment is becoming increasingly prevalent in e-commerce markets, the literature on supplier encroachment traditionally assumes that suppliers sell products to consumers directly and argues that supplier encroachment can mitigate double marginalisation problems that can secure Pareto improvements. This paper narrows this gap by investigating the implications of the supplier encroachment with an online platform under two scenarios (i.e., the platform owner forgoing or retaining its entry options). A central result obtained is that, unlike supplier-owned direct channels and in addition to the ‘win-win’ outcomes for the supplier and the traditional retailer, supplier encroachment with an online platform may also lead to ‘win-lose’ and ‘lose-lose’ outcomes. Furthermore, when the platform owner retains its entry option, such encroachment is always detrimental for the traditional retailer but beneficial for the supplier.

Worker Saturation in Facing Changes in the Work Environment: The Physiological Impact of Online Jobs

This article discuss about worker saturation in facing changes in the work environment in the physiological impact of online jobs. During the Covid-19 epidemic, social segregation was implemented, and employees worked from home (WFH) via online platform. Some workers get saturation in facing the situation. A process that makes individuals feel ill, uneasy, or anxious as a result of their employment, workplace, or work circumstance. The capacity to adapt to and appreciate current circumstances transforms stress from distress to eustress. Effective stress management tactics include regular exercise, setting aside time for relaxation and self-care, balancing work and pleasure, and practicing time management and meditation

Omnichannel Marketing on Integrated Retail Store in Indonesia

Omnichannel marketing should focus on creating an immersive environment in order to create a seamless experience for the customers. In this research, we are looking into the omnichannel marketing applied by PT. Erafone DotCom to integrate their fairly new online platform with their existing physical store and the public perspective toward it. We find out that despite the public being familiar with their physical store, the public is still largely unaware and unfamiliar with the existence of eraspace.com as the online platform of Erafone thus rendering the omnichannel marketing to be less effective. We also look into the public perspective of the idea of omnichannel marketing that has been applied by PT. Erafone DotCom and analyze how to improve the public awareness about eraspace.com and what strategy to improve the omnichannel marketing that has been applied in order to create an immersive environment for the customers to have seamless experience in shopping with Erafone and/or eraspace.com.

The Prevalence of Online Violence Against Female Students at a Private University in Malawi

This chapter presents findings of the study that investigated the prevalence of online violence against female students at the University of Livingstonia in Malawi. The study noted that female students experienced online bullying, online harassment, online defamation, online stalking, sexual exploitation, online hate speech, and revenge pornography. Perpetrators used digital platforms such Facebook, WhatsApp, dating sites, and smartphones to carry out their evil acts. The motivations by perpetrators were driven by revenge, anger, jealousy, and sexual desire, with the intentions to harm the victims socially, psychologically, academically, and physically. The female students confronted and blocked the perpetrator or left the online platform as a coping mechanism. Overall, the study confirmed that the prevalence of online violence against female students is burgeoning in universities in Malawi and urgent strategies are needed to address the vice.

Digital Startup Business Model Compliance

This study is to reveal the challenges of millennials' preferences and criteria in booking a venue via an online platform. The main target users for this study are the millennials ranging in age from 18 – 40. The dependent variable for this study is user acceptance testing on Booktia. The independent variables for this study are content, navigation, multimedia, and usefulness. The result is very interesting. The finding concluded that user acceptance testing shows a positive relation towards the four independent variables with coefficient value for multimedia of 0.066, content of 0.055, navigation of 0.055, and usefulness of 0.060. All independent variables show a significant result between 0.000 to 0.005. Thus, the result shows the millennials are accepting features and usage of Booktia upon testing it. Implications were drawn in the study, such as the benefits this study will bring to the Booktia platform.