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Leadership and cooperation in Google Docs based group work
Authors: Olesen Mogens
Published: August 2024

This paper examines how Google Docs is used and affects group work in the classroom. Methodologically, the study applies video ethnography and focus group interviews with pupils in two first year classes at a Danish upper secondary school. Google Docs is a widely used digital tool at Danish upper secondary schools and has been associated with “considerable potential […] to serve as a platform for collaborative work” (Chu & Kennedy, 2011). However, contrary to these assumptions this case revealed that actual written collaboration on Google Docs was minimal. Instead, in all the examined groups, a leader was identified that dominated the groups' work and writing. Theoretically, the paper take inspiration from Networked Learning and its critical approach towards usage of digital technologies in education. This includes acknowledging that, increasingly, learning combines digital and non-digital forms, and that, generally, technology play an active role in learning (Hodgson & McConnell, 2019; Fawns, 2018). Also, perspectives on affordances (Gibson, 1979; boyd, 2014), socio-material interactions (Sørensen, 2009), and leadership (Goffman, 1981) provide insights into the group work analysis. Video ethnographic method enables a detailed analysis of the group members’ oral as well as written interactions in Google Docs, thus paying “attention to the whole ecology“ of the group work settings (Bhatt, de Roock & Adams, 2015). The aim is to analyse the socio-material interactions in the groups, specifically the interactions between the pupils and Google Docs. This includes 1) how the pupils use Google Docs in relation to their group work, including how they combine oral and written communication, 2) how different leadership roles emerge, and 3) how the hybrid learning spaces (Ellis & Goodyear, 2016) afforded by the material surroundings in the group work settings seem to promote or inhibit collaboration within the groups. In specific, the case discusses how Google Docs configures space in a way that seems to afford cooperation (i.e. divided work among the group members with each person responsible for solving a different portion of the problem) rather than collaboration (i.e. coordinated, synchronous work activity on a shared problem). The final part of the paper will touch upon some didactical implications of the findings in the study.
Nurturing creative confidence and learner empathy
Authors: Gachago Daniela , Van Zyl Izak , Morkel Jolanda , Ivala Eunice
Published: August 2024

As a contemporary and boundary spanning approach, design thinking is gaining traction in higher education, but it has not yet been established in academic staff development. The aim of this study is to reflect on a recent staff development intervention on blended learning course design, aimed at promoting a ‘design thinking mindset’ among university lecturers. By analysing empirical data gathered through participant interactions, we discuss the implications and potential of design thinking for academic staff development. Data analysis shows an increased awareness of the complex and diverse student body, a recognition for interdisciplinary collaboration, mentoring and reflective thinking. Additionally, it is highlighted that adopting design thinking is not without challenges, which include the need for continued practice, securing departmental buy-in and upscaling initiatives. The findings emphasise the importance of creating a ‘safe’ space to experiment, modelling a designing-on-the-go approach, focusing on the iterative processes of (re)design, providing scaffolding for learning, making design thinking processes explicit, building a community of practice, regular feedback and maintaining the balance between playfulness and reflection. Success of such an intervention will rely on balancing the development of design thinking skills, a design thinking mindset and creative confidence.
Place-responsive principles of sustainable networked learning
Authors: Boyd Sharon
Published: August 2024

This work builds on the work of Hodgson and McConnell by extending the principles of networked learning to incorporate aspects of place-responsive pedagogy and sustainable education. Place[1]responsive education is traditionally situated within the outdoor education field, and invites a deeper recognition of the interwoven nature of learning. It aligns with a postdigital perspective of networked learning, embracing the complex entanglement of learners, environment, technology and everything else. Sustainable education focuses on the creative, participative and reflexive processes which underpin transformative pedagogies, recognising the importance of collaboration and time. The goal is learning to live sustainably as part of the ecosystem. This extension of the principles was undertaken in order to strengthen the recognition of place and place-knowledge as part of the postdigital network, to find a way to give voice to the non-human participants in the learning environment. It will also demonstrate how networked learning is a sustainable educational approach. I will start by outlining the place-responsive framework that will guide the review of the principles. This will be followed by an overview of sustainable education, explaining what role this plays in networked learning and the importance in developing future-proof skills. Next, the eight principles will be extended, building on the framework. Finally, a case example will illustrate how this can be applied in practice.
No Size Fits All: Design Considerations for Networked Professional Development in Higher Education
Authors: Gachago Daniela , Pallitt Nicola , Bali Maha
Published: August 2024

This paper develops a framework for design considerations that can be used to analyse or design networked professional development (NPD) in higher education (HE) contexts. The model was developed after reflecting on three professional development (PD) courses, each with facilitators who are academic developers across the African continent. Using a collaborative autoethnographic methodology (Bali, Crawford, Jessen, Signorelli, Zamora, 2015), the three authors reflect on design considerations for different forms of blended and online PD courses, based on their experiences of designing and/or facilitating these interventions and with PD more broadly. We argue that design considerations, such as context, have become more complex and that understanding the dynamics between them are important. We suggest that course designs can be positioned along a range of dimensions, namely: open/closed, structured/unstructured, facilitated/unfacilitated, certified/uncertified, with/without date commitments, homogenous versus autonomous learning path, content vs process centric, serious vs playful and individual vs collaborative. Our design considerations framework is not meant to judge courses or provide a formula for how best to design them, but rather to highlight how courses can be understood on each of the dimensions we identify, and how design decisions place a course in particular positions along the spectrum, depending on context. We noted some relationships among dimensions and links to learning theories. We also identified various tensions that arise in the design of NPD, such as between academic developers' pedagogical advocacy vs. usefulness, the need to maintain volunteerism without exploitation of affective labour, and the struggle to create spaces for agency within institutional rules.
Phenomenology and Networked Learning
Authors: Johnson Mike
Published: August 2024

This paper arises from doctoral studies which adopted a multi-methods design which aimed to disclose being healthcare students using a mobile phone for academic work: the student and mobile phone, i.e. mobilage, was the unit of analysis. This paper picks up on a long-term but sparse conversation about the use of phenomenology to investigate networked learning. Reasons for the paucity of work in this area are explored, including the nature of questions that phenomenology seeks to engage: to unveil and convey pre-reflective human consciousness. I seek to supplement this gap, as I see it, in the literature by contrasting two arms of my thesis project: one relied on ten in-person encounters with informants and another an online focus group designed to gather information from within the informant's lifeworld. These two methods frame a discussion of the merits, weaknesses and fidelity of my approach to gathering data pursuant to hermeneutic phenomenology, i.e. considering the difference between methods where the researcher is or is not in the informant's immediate co-presence. Gadamer's horizon fusion metaphor is arguably easier to conceive of with informant and researcher co-located, where the setting and conversation is informal, perhaps typical of everyday mobile phone use. Ten such encounters were undertaken and analysed through repeated listening to audio recordings and phenomenological writing. In contrast, the online focus group lasted for three months with seven informants who never met physically. Informed by experience sampling methods, weekly trigger messages were posted for the group to respond to, ideally in situ. Acknowledging that all data is mediated in need of interpretation, the paper reflects on the possible effects of data gathering at varying levels of temporal and interpretive proximity, or 'hermeneutic shades', between the researcher and the phenomena carried within data gathered, helping to condition what weight to afford information from different media. Van Manen's analytical method and goal of writing vocative anecdotes to convey aspects of the essence of a lived experience is considered against examples of direct accounts from the online focus group, one of which, it is argued, fulfils his criteria for phenomenological anecdotes. It is proposed that this demonstrates the potential worth of an online medium to not only supply data for phenomenological writing but arguably even represent phenomena without passing through the hermeneutic/analytical writing process.
Global learning through the lens of criminal justice
Authors: Ramson Amy
Published: August 2024

My research involves piloting a networked learning pedagogy, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), in an introductory criminal justice course at an urban U.S. community college. COIL involves the collaboration of professors from universities in different countries in creating assignments and projects, which their students collaboratively undertake. The networked learning values that are manifest in COIL are collaboration, group work, discussion, student ownership of learning, and navigating difference. I am partnering with a professor teaching an international criminal justice course at a university in The Hague. Through three assignments, we aim to develop student global learning competencies and increase student awareness of the existence of different criminal justice systems in the world. We are exploring certain aspects of global learning, including global self-awareness, perspective-taking and understanding cultural diversity. The students use "WhatsApp" and Skype technology to collaborate and the technology used to showcase the student work is Padlet, an online virtual bulletin board designed for students and teachers to collaborate and reflect and share videos, photographs, and written material. I will conduct assessment of my students’ development of global knowledge and cognizance of diverse criminal justice systems using a qualitative methodology, administering pre and post-COIL reflective surveys. Data collected in the pre-COIL survey will be compared with the post-COIL survey and analysed using the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ Value Rubric for Global Learning. The pre-COIL questions are designed to explore student expectations of the COIL assignments and collaboration with peers in a university class outside of the United States; and student awareness of differences in how criminal matters are handled and judges in other countries. Student responses will establish the foundation upon which to assess growth and transformation over the course of the semester for the students themselves and the professor. The post-COIL questions are designed to facilitate reflection of discoveries that students make about themselves and about the students abroad and the influence of cultural background on their interaction. Additional questions aim to explore differences and similarities in how students in the U.S. and abroad define justice and how it is applied in different jurisdictions.
Supporting knowledge transformation with Teams-mediated networked learning
Authors: Dohn Nina Bonderup , Nielsen Maja Louise , Børsen Hansen Stig
Published: August 2024

Transfer between school and education - and more generally between persons' life practices - is a recurring issue within educational research. On the one hand, very generally speaking, the possibility of transfer is a prime rationale of the educational system - students are supposed to learn within education "something" which they can then use later in other contexts. On the other hand, theoretical and empirical research combine to question transfer both as a concept and as an empirically occurring phenomenon. This short paper reports on an ongoing Design-Based Research project with educators at The Business School. The outset for the project is the combination of a practice problem, experienced at The Business School, and the present authors' research interest in developing theoretically sound, operationalizable design principles to support students in learning to perform transfer and knowledge transformation. The practice problem at The Business School concerned the limited degree to which students (in their educators' experience) make use of their learning at school in their internship practice. The Design-Based Research project concerns the development and evaluation of design principles focusing on networked learning in mediator activities to facilitate students in performing transfer between school and internship. Microsoft Teams has been chosen by The Business School as the ICT platform to support the networked learning activities. We are inspired by a moderate situated learning approach to transfer which emphasizes the role of framing, the sense-making of the individual, the significance of anchorage of activities in primary contexts and of developed patterns of participation, as well as the thesis that context-dependency is itself context-dependent. Informed by this approach in combination with insights from networked learning research, we have formulated three design principles together with the educators at The Business School. The design principles address the practice problem identified by The Business School educators and take into account the aims of the educators as well as results from a pilot study. Through the Design-Based Research study the following research question and sub-questions are investigated: How can Teams-mediated networked learning support students at The Business School in transfer and transforming knowledge between school and internship? What are design principles for Teams-mediated networked learning to support knowledge transformation? What knowledge transfers and how does it transform in Teams-mediated networked learning for The Business School students traversing between school and internship?
Learning in the Wild: Exploring the Practice of Learning in Open, Online Forums
Authors: Haythornthwaite Caroline , Gruzd Anatoliy
Published: August 2024

The Internet provides many opportunities for learning from static resources to conversational spaces for questions, answers, commentary and exploration of topics of interest to participants, whether organized as Q&A sites such as Reddit, hashtag communities on Twitter, or knowledge-sharing sites such as Stack Overflow. Yet, there is limited research on how learning is happening in these spaces. This paper reviews literature and studies about learning in open, online forums to begin to synthesize what is known so far, and to set a research agenda addressing the question: How do people learn in open, online forums? The review builds on work by the author and colleagues, exploring what we refer to as ‘learning in the wild’ (in recognition of Hutchins’ “Cognition in the Wild”, and to reflect the ‘wilds’ of online forums such as Reddit). The increasing use and reach of these sites raises questions not only about what is being learned and what motivates participation in such sites, but also what kind of organization and learning practices are emerging. While it may be thought that such learning, taking place outside the bounds of institutional settings, is informal learning, the research suggests a more complicated picture, dependent on conversation, networks, membership in communities, and community practices, needing to be addressed by drawing on multiple disciplinary perspectives.
Scaling engagement in MOOCs 4D
Authors: Cleveland-Innes Matha , Ostashewski Nathaniel , Wilton Dan
Published: August 2024

This short paper and presentation reviews a design implementation for scaled inquiry-based learning. A MOOC design resting on the community of inquiry (CoI) theoretical framework and the historical work of Bloom and Wahlberg was tested in a large, open, online course. Over multiple implementations, results indicate higher engagement and completion rates beyond what normally occurs in MOOCs. These results may be attributed to enhanced opportunities for engagement. Beyond a test of MOOC design, this design is in reference to the needs of education broadly. The iron triangle of education requires the adequate combination of cost-effectiveness or affordability, accessibility, and quality. Difficult to offer in combination, this is particularly challenging when learning opportunities are scaled to networks of learners. As one example of networked learning, this MOOC design offers suggestions for high engagement in technology-enabled learning for large groups of learners.
A more-than-human approach to researching AI at work
Authors: Thompson Terrie Lynn , Graham Bruce
Published: August 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly manifest in everyday work, learning, and living. Reports attempting to gauge public perception suggest that amidst exaggerated expectations and fears about AI, citizens are sceptical and lack understanding of what AI is and does (Archer et al., 2018). Professional workers practice at the intersection of such public perceptions, the AI industry, and regulatory frameworks. Yet, there is limited understanding of the day-to-day interactions and predicaments between workers, AI systems, and the publics they serve. This includes how these interactions and predicaments generate opportunities for learning and highlight new digital fluencies needed. We bring social and computing science perspectives to begin to examine the prevailing AI narratives in professional work and learning practices. Some AIs (such as deep machine learning systems) are so sophisticated that a human-understandable explanation of how it works may not be possible. This raises questions about what professional practitioners are able to know about the AI systems they use: their new digital co-workers. We argue that a co-constitutive human-AI perspective could provide useful insights on questions such as: (1) How is professional expertise and judgment re-distributed as workers negotiate and learn with AI systems? (2) What trust and confidence in new AI-infused work practices is needed or possible and how is this mediated? (3) What are the implications for professional learning: both learning within work and the workplace and more formal curriculum? Given the early stages of this field of inquiry, our aim is to evoke discussion of alternative human-AI narratives suited for the messy—and often unseen—realities of everyday practices.
Methodological considerations for research on networked learning
Authors: Lindberg J Ola , Lundin Johan
Published: August 2024

In one of the earliest collective writings on networked learning, Goodyear et al (2004) introduces networked learning as an area of both practical and theoretical importance which is said to offer a site for advancing research in the learning sciences. This has indeed proved to be an introduction that has come to be a fact. Over the years the collective writings in the area has increased substantially, and today the Research in Networked Learning series of Springer is a key publication in the area.
Exploring Behaviorism: A Networked (Re)integration
Authors: Gunnars Fabian
Published: August 2024

Skinner claimed when outlining his behaviorist philosophy, that concepts exist in the world before anyone identifies them, yet that they are inherently linked to social and cultural descriptions and predictions. The perspective has been dismissed by many researchers in the learning sciences as an important but obsolete relic in origin narratives introducing perspectives. In such a narrative, behaviorism is portrayed ontologically as incompatible with complex domains related to agency, emotion and engagement. However, researchers have started to consider its relevancy to clearly specify sequential learning tasks on a materialistic level integral to a networked sociocultural perspective.
Following the recent trend of defending behaviorism, the presented paper creatively explores the valuable and useful functions of behaviorist philosophy that are integral to research associated with design, teacher professional development, and digital ubiquitous technology. The paper aims to provide a philosophical foundation for further discussion of a scientific methodology by relating basic conceptual underpinnings of behaviorism to different domains and levels of analysis integral to the networked sociocultural perspective.
The networked sociocultural perspective concerns the organization of knowledge. This organization functions to link different practices, perspectives and theories without reducing one to another. This organization of knowledge is very similar to the way individuals are conceptualized in a behavioral analysis, constituted and reinforced by different processes of successful behavior, allowing individuals to integrate the successes of a particular organized domain into other knowledge domains and instances of emotion. Following this logic, organizations and professions linked to them depend on an integration of multiple domains, forming complex networked learning amplified at a rapid rate by technological developments since the beginning of the 21st century.
Linking practices, settings, perspectives and theories by an established alignment constitutes scientific rigor and a valid methodology. The behavioristic methodology assumes value to prediction and systematic, creative explorations of complex domains at the level of observable material events. From a networked sociocultural perspective, behaviorism may guide researchers to take the necessary and required steps to provide a clear analysis of sequential learning task outcomes at the level of observable material events. Further, these predictions should be formulated in such a way that as a great amount of networked practices, perspectives and theories can integrate as possible, without reducing one to another
An Indigenous Strategy of Inquiry supporting Networked Learning
Authors: Koskinen Katarina Parfa
Published: August 2024

This paper answers two questions: What philosophical ideas in an Indigenous research paradigm serve as relational 'spaces' for a boundary-crossing Strategy of Inquiry? How do these underpinnings align with Wenger's expanded theory of Communities of Practice, a common theory within Networked Learning? Finding easily available guidance into theoretical frameworks and methods working from Indigenous philosophical underpinnings has proven to be a challenge. However, in Networked Learning there are several theories aligning well with Indigenous philosophy of which Wenger's expanded theory on Communities of Practice serves as one example highlighted in this paper. In finding relational 'spaces', ontological, epistemological and axiological underpinnings in an Indigenous research paradigm has been identified through Indigenous researchers' writings, relating those to Wenger's ideas. The findings in this paper are to be considered as a starting point for further discussions and investigations. They are not aimed at offering a complete picture, rather as something that can be widened as the boundaries between different paradigms are crossed. The readings show that an Indigenous research paradigm is called for when conducting research within an Indigenous context, especially as an Indigenous researcher, but can also inform other research paradigms, offering a boundary-crossing paradigm proliferation. Several relational 'spaces' are identified and accounted for. By looking for relational 'spaces' between an Indigenous research paradigm and Networked Learning, this paper serves as a boundary-crossing object between different paradigms, providing an outline of an Indigenous Strategy of Inquiry for a research study on remote, 1-9, Sami language education where networked learning is promoted.
Building UX design for “cognitive democracy”
Authors: Goetz Greta
Published: August 2024

We benefit so much from technology but technoscientific infrastructure can also be seen to threaten the complexity of mutual relations, interactions, etc. that are features of democratic society. It is common today to speak of the “tragedy of the commons”, the “unusable” internet – even finding a battery charger on Amazon requires a degree in investigative journalism (Gross), machines that compromise our ability to function without them or that replace us (ML, RBA), epistemic bubbles and echo chambers (Nguyen). Is our technoscientific information age a poison or a cure? It is up to us.
Developing an Institutional open educational practices (OEP) Self Assessment Instrument
Authors: Morgan Tannis , Childs Elizabeth , DeVries Irwin , Harrison Michelle , Hendricks Christina
Published: August 2024

As institutions move to considering the implementation of open education environments, it is critical to understand the characteristics and potential success factors for institutional open educational practices. Higher education institutions are changing to meet the needs of contemporary learners, and as a result, there is a need to discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing open education practices in these spaces (Paskevicius, 2017). While there are currently limited institutional case studies on openness to build upon (Morgan, 2018; Childs, Axe, Veletsianos & Webster, 2019), there is potential for the lessons learned from the rich research on blended learning (Lim & Wang, 2017; Graham et. al., 2013) and institutional transformation research (Kezar & Eckel, 2002) to lend insight to potential practices for institutional OEP initiatives. By adopting both an appreciative and critical approach, a draft OEP self-assessment instrument for institutions was created with the intention of examining the similarities and differences between institutional approaches and their evolution.
This workshop will provide an overview of the theoretical underpinnings and description of the OEP self-assessment instrument and its component parts. Through small group activities, participants will examine and discuss propositional categories and components of the OEP self-assessment instrument. Participants will complete the online OEP self-assessment instrument and discuss their experience with a focus on expanding their understanding of what others are doing in institutions globally, and improving the OEP instrument for global use. Participants will also identify initiatives and/or approaches that could help expand OEP at their own institutions.
GELO and GreX: A framework and dashboard to investigate technology competency and culture
Authors: Van Oostveen Roland , Barber Wendy , Childs Elizabeth
Published: August 2024

Participation in 4th Industrial Revolution society is increasingly dependent upon competencies related to the use of digital technologies for a wide variety of purposes. A person’s competence in the use of digital technologies has implications for a wide variety of contexts and situations, including learning in physical as well as virtual spaces, career choices and employability, digital citizenship, cultural orientations and values, and even democracy (Erstad, 2010). This workshop will provide an overview of the Global Educational Learning Observatory (GELO) project and invite participants to experience a variety of self-assessment tools accessed through the customizable dashboard, the Global Readiness Explorer (GREx). The GELO project attempts to provide a framework for an international network of institutions utilizing data-driven evidence to inform evolving best practices for online and mobile learning.
To achieve this, the project (i) assembles a nucleus of formal educational institutions, (ii) constructs the necessary tools to extend research on formal learning models, and (iii) reaches into the workplace as well as other more public spaces to integrate with informal learning settings. The primary source of data derives from a customizable dashboard, the Global Readiness Explorer (GREx), and the tools that can be implemented within it. These tools are designed to give individuals, organizations, and institutions the means to construct complex profiles that can be used to identify gaps in competency attainment and development. Through small group activities, participants will examine and discuss the various tool suites in the GREx including the digital learning competency profiler (DCP); the fully online learning community survey instrument (FOLCS); the Personal Cultural Orientation Scale (PCOS) and others. In this workshop, participants will choose a self-assessment instrument to participate in and then discuss their experience with a focus on improving the GREx tool suite for global use. In addition, participants will examine the GREx for use with their students as a component of determining readiness for moving into fully online learning environments. The workshop will conclude with an explanation of the global educational learning observatory (GELO), and participants will be invited to join this global research network.
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Proximal Humerus Greater and Lesser Tuberosity Avulsion Fractures
Authors: Niu Emily , Nowell Jared A.
Published: August 2024

Proximal humerus fractures account for 2% of fractures in skeletally immature patients. Avulsion fractures of the lesser and greater tuberosity are a rare subset of these injuries. Lack of awareness of these fracture types and subtle radiographic findings can result in delayed diagnosis and treatment. Case reports provide most of the current literature, and thus common injury mechanisms, clinical presentation, and ideal treatment time frame and modality are still undetermined. There are limited data directly comparing outcomes with nonsurgical or surgical management leading to unclear treatment guidelines. Presently, techniques for management of these injuries continue to evolve. Although these injuries represent a subset of pediatric proximal humerus injuries, they must be considered when evaluating a child with atraumatic and traumatic shoulder pain.
Características do orçamento em uma empresa de autopeças
Authors: Siqueira Martins Vitor Hugo , Francisco de Almeida Fehr Lara Cristina , Orestes da Silva Júlio , Da Silva Lima Daiane
Published: August 2024

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar quais são as características do orçamento utilizado em uma empresa do segmento de autopeças. Optou-se pelo desenvolvimento de um estudo de caso em uma empresa de grande porte do ramo de autopeças. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizadas a entrevista semiestruturada, a análise documental e a observação participante. Os resultados encontrados revelaram que a empresa adota uma estrutura formal para o planejamento de curto e longo prazo, um modelo de elaboração do orçamento, que se assemelha ao Orçamento Base Zero, pois foi construído a partir de um saldo zero, com justificativas para os valores incluídos e desprezando-se informações históricas, em uma estrutura intermediária entre top-down e bottom-up. Na construção do orçamento, a empresa foi dividida por pacotes (áreas), em que um é para as receitas, outro para os investimentos (capex) e outros onze pacotes para custos e despesas. Os achados evidenciaram, ainda, um cuidado dos gestores na elaboração do orçamento, utilizando premissas e indicadores específicos para cada pacote, traduzindo uma expectativa mais próxima da realidade, visto que o propósito (ênfase) do orçamento é a avaliação de desempenho. Com exceção do orçamento de vendas, que é acompanhado e controlado diariamente, a empresa acompanha os resultados do orçamento mensalmente e estuda ações corretivas para grandes desvios. Constatou-se que o orçamento é o guia da empresa e todos os incentivos estão vinculados ao atingimento da meta orçamentária. Conclui-se, portanto, que a principal característica do orçamento na empresa estudada é a sua utilização para avaliação de desempenho.
Pengembangan Game Edukasi Eng-Joy Menggunakan Construct2 pada Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris Kelas X
Authors: Rahmi Latifa , Amilia Winanda , Zen Zelhendri , Anugrah Septriyan
Published: August 2024

This research is motivated by the results found in the field that there are students who still have difficulty in understanding the sentences in the narrative text, especially when there are commands to connect or replace simple past and simple present tense verbs. Then during the teaching and learning process, the teacher still uses media that is not varied. So it takes media that can make students interested in participating in learning in class and one of them uses educational games. This study aims to produce educational games in English Class X subjects that are valid and practical using the type of Research and Development (R&D) research, the 4D development model consisting of define, design, development, and disseminate. At the validity test stage, it was carried out with 2 stages of validation, namely material validity, and media validity, while at the product trial stage it was carried out on 34 class X students at MAN 1 Padang City with the aim of knowing the practicality of the product developed. The results of the research conducted explained that the product developed was “Very Valid”, then the results of material validation were declared “Very Feasible”. While the results of practicality from students were declared “Very Practical”, thus this Eng-Joy educational game is practical and feasible to use in the learning process in Grade X English Subjects
Effectiveness of Intramuscular Ketamine as an Adjunct to Standard Care for Reducing Emergence Agitation in Nasal Surgery Patients
Authors: Tariq Amina , Javaid Kashmala , Khan Balaj , Khan Waseem , Nizam Saira , Raza Ali
Published: August 2024

As patients awaken from general anesthesia, they experience restlessness and bewilderment known as emergence agitation. Contributory factors for Emergence agitation include smoking, inhalational anesthetic usage, particular surgical procedures, being young, and being a member of the male population. Objective: To examine the frequency and severity of anxiety attacks in patients having nasal surgery and to assess how well intraoperative ketamine and placebo reduced the incidence of EA. Methods: This study was conducted at Bacha Khan Medical Complex in Swabi. Seventy patients undergoing nasal surgery were divided into two groups in a double-blind trial. One group received intramuscular ketamine, while the other group received saline. A standardized agitation scale measured the incidence and severity of postoperative agitation. The statistical software SPSS for Windows (version 28.0; IBM Corporation) was used to conduct the analysis. Results: Just 5% of patients in the ketamine group experienced EA, compared to 56.3% in the saline group (p ≤ 0.001). The risk of getting EA was 96.7% lower in those on ketamine. Also had much less discomfort following surgery (p < 0.001). Additionally, they reported much less discomfort following surgery (p <0.001). There were no significant differences in postoperative nausea and vomiting across the groups. Conclusions: After nasal operations, intramuscular ketamine administered after the procedure was quite successful in avoiding EA. Although total prevention of EA is difficult, risk factors can greatly lower the incidence of EA. Longer procedures, OSRP surgeries, and ASA II physical condition were the primary risk elements for EA.
Mental Health of House Officers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
Authors: Siew Lim Yee , Nowajish Siddique Abu , Amin Zobaidul , Anbarasan Umajeyam , Pinto John
Published: August 2024

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic most certainly impacted the mental health of healthcare professionals in Malaysia. Aim: The aim of our research is to assess the mental health of house officers in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic and to compare this with the pre-pandemic times. Method: 122 house officers from 28 hospitals in Malaysia were recruited into the study and completed an online questionnaire of their demographics, including the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 items (DASS-21), Satisfaction with Life Scale and Brief Resilience Scale. Results: Results showed that depression (36.1%), anxiety (33.7%) and stress (23.8%) were all prevalent among house officers with depression being the most prevalent among the three. Majority of the house officers were slightly satisfied with life (30.3%) and most of them had normal resilience (71.3%). Discussion: We compared our study with 5 other studies from 2010 to 2017 and found similar prevalence in depression, anxiety and stress except for the study in 2017 which showed overall prevalence in depression, anxiety and stress. 8.2% of our subjects recorded extremely severe depression, which is almost twice as much as the two studies we have for comparison. Conclusion: Housemanship training in Malaysia is indeed a stressful period for junior doctors especially in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. More support systems should be made. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 23 (4): April 2022:1-12.
Nghiên cứu chế tạo bê bông rỗng
Authors: Lộc Lê Văn , Cường Nguyễn Huy , Hảo Huỳnh Phú , Mom Trần Văn , An Trương Văn , Bình Trần Văn , Hải Cao Hồng , Giang Trần Lý Trường , Pha Hồ Văn , Lộc Tăng Phước , Đĩnh Lê Ngọc , Tính Hồ Trung
Published: August 2024

Bê tông rỗng (PC) được chế tạo từ hỗn hợp vật liệu đá mi, cát nghiền, xi măng, nước và phụ gia SP. Sử dụng phương pháp thể tích tuyệt đối và phương pháp kết khối, với tỷ lệ nước trên chất kết dính là 0.28 và độ sụt được khống chế trong khoảng 0 ¸ 1 cm, nghiên cứu thiết kế các cấp phối với các độ rỗng khác nhau nhằm mục đích đánh giá ảnh hưởng của độ rỗng đến trọng lượng riêng, cường độ chịu nén và tốc độ thoát nước của PC. Từ đó đề xuất cấp phối tối PC ưu để chế tạo, ứng dụng cho các các công trình công cộng, điển hình là các công trình công viên, đường đi trên bờ kè,…
PENGARUH BESARNYA PEMBIAYAAN MUDHARABAH TERHADAP PENDAPATAN USAHA ANGGOTA DI KOPERASI SYARI’AH LAKSANAMEKAR KECAMATAN PADALARANG KABUPATEN BANDUNG BARAT PERIODE TAHUN 2015 SAMPAI DENGAN TAHUN 2019
Authors: Rusdiani Meri
Published: August 2024

Koperasi Syariah Laksanamekar Kecamatan Padalarang Kabupaten Bandung Barat merupakan salah satu Koperasi Syariah yang menjadi salah satu alternative tempat atau lembaga peminjaman dan pembiayaan bagi para pedagang dan masyarakat sekitar. Salah satu bentuk pembiayaan yang mendominasi adalah pembiayaan mudharabah. Melalui pembiayaan mudharabah diharapkan mampu mempunyai efek yang sangat kuat dalam menjalankan misinya dan dapat mengurangi ketergantungan pengusaha kecil dari lembaga-lembaga keuangan informal yang bunganya relatif terlalu tinggi. Sebelum melakukan transaksi pembiayaan antara pihak Koperasi Syariah dengan nasabah, untuk menentukan bagi hasil maka akan ada kesepakatan yang harus disetujui oleh kedua belah pihak, dan kesepakatan tersebut tertuang dalam sebuah akad pembiayaan. Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif, penulis berusaha untuk memecahkan masalah yang dihadapi pada masa sekarang. Deskripsi sebagai gambaran dari desain penelitian yang mana untuk mengetahui  perspektif  atau  suatu  kerangka acuan dan  memandang sesuatu teori yang diajukan dalam penelitian melalui pendugaan pengujian hipotesis dan untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya pengaruh antara variabel  pembiayaan (variable bebas X) terhadap pendapatan usaha anggota koperasi (variable terikat Y). Secara operasional variabel ini bertujuan agar tidak terjadi kesalah pahaman dalam interpretasi, serta untuk mendapatkan pengertian yang sama terhadap istilah yang digunakan pada judul penelitian.
HUBUNGAN ANTARA KEBUTUHAN AFILIASI DENGAN KESEPIAN PADA PENGGUNA APLIKASI DATING ONLINE
Authors: Monika Clara Vebiyolla  , Zahro Varisna Rohmadani
Published: August 2024

Penelitian ini menyelidiki tingkat kebutuhan afiliasi dan kesepian pada pengguna aplikasi dating online di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar responden memiliki tingkat kebutuhan afiliasi yang masuk pada kategori sedang (61,7%), tinggi (36,4%), dan sejumlah kecil pada kategori rendah (0,6%). Sementara itu, mayoritas responden memiliki tingkat kesepian rendah (77,3%) dan sebagian kecil memiliki tingkat kesepian sedang (22,7%). Analisis menunjukkan adanya hubungan negatif signifikan antara tingkat kesepian dan kebutuhan afiliasi pada pengguna aplikasi dating online di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Lebih lanjut, hasil regresi menunjukkan bahwa kebutuhan afiliasi dapat mempengaruhi tingkat kesepian sebesar 53,9%. Temuan ini memberikan pemahaman yang lebih dalam tentang dinamika psikologis pengguna aplikasi dating online dan implikasinya terhadap kebutuhan sosial dan kesepian.
KAJIAN HUKUM ISLAM TERHADAP PENGGUNAAN BITCOIN SEBAGAI ALAT TRANSAKSI ELEKTRONIK
Authors: Maulana Pensi Ega Saputra  , Nabilla Dwi Kusanta  , Rika Fitriany  , Ruth Agitha Leviana Ginting  , Akhmad Muslih  , Kiki Amaliah
Published: August 2024

Bitcoin merupakan mata uang digital yang telah menjadi fenomena global dalam transaksi elektronik. Berbagai negara telah mengeluarkan regulasi terkait penggunaan Bitcoin, namun belum ada kajian komprehensif dari perspektif hukum Islam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji status hukum penggunaan Bitcoin sebagai alat transaksi elektronik menurut prinsip-prinsip syariah. Dengan menggunakan metode kajian kepustakaan dan analisis fiqih muamalah, penelitian ini mengeksplorasi konsep uang dalam Islam, karakteristik Bitcoin, dan implikasinya terhadap keabsahan transaksi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan Bitcoin sebagai alat transaksi elektronik mengandung beberapa kesamaran dan ketidakpastian yang bertentangan dengan prinsip-prinsip syariah, seperti ketidakjelasan sumber dan nilai intrinsik, serta potensi spekulasi dan penipuan. Namun, Bitcoin dapat dipertimbangkan sebagai alat tukar yang sah jika memenuhi syarat-syarat tertentu, seperti adanya pengawasan dan regulasi yang ketat, serta upaya untuk meminimalisir risiko dan ketidakpastian. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi penting dalam diskursus hukum Islam terkait transaksi elektronik dan mata uang digital.
IMPLEMENTASI PAJAK KARBON SEBAGAI INSTRUMEN PENGENDALIAN EMISI
Authors: Daffin Mandala Putra
Published: August 2024

Pajak karbon adalah instrumen ekonomi yang dikenakan pada emisi karbon dioksida (CO2) dengan tujuan mengurangi emisi gas rumah kaca. Artikel ini membahas pengertian pajak karbon, asal mula terbentuknya pajak karbon, jenis-jenis pajak karbon, pengaruh iklim terhadap pajak karbon, serta contoh nyata penerapan pajak karbon di Indonesia. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah studi kepustakaan kualitatif dengan menganalisis literatur yang relevan dan data sekunder. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pajak karbon dapat menjadi instrumen efektif dalam mengurangi emisi gas rumah kaca dan mendukung upaya mitigasi perubahan iklim. Implementasi di Indonesia menunjukkan potensi besar, meskipun masih menghadapi beberapa tantangan.
STRATEGI BIRO ADMINISTRASI PIMPINAN SETDA PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT DALAM MENGELOLA MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM @HUMAS.SUMBAR
Authors: Dzikra Khaira Ansury  , Amalia Djuwita
Published: August 2024

Pemerintah memiliki tanggung jawab dalam mengkomunikasikan program pemerintahan. Penyampaian informasi di media sosial saat ini merupakan pemanfaatan fungsi manajemen  humas pemerintahan. Dalam menjalankan fungsi manajemen tentunya humas pemerintah memerlukan strategi. Riset penelitian ini membahas mengenai Strategi Biro Administrasi Pimpinan dalam mengelola akun media sosial Instagram @humas.Sumbar. Tujuan dari riset penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana Strategi Biro Administrasi Pimpinan Setda Provinsi Sumatera Barat dalam mengelola media sosial Instagram @humas.sumbar. Riset penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif, pengumpulan hasil data riset ini diperoleh melalui wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Riset penelitian ini menggunakan teori strategi humas dalam pengelolaan media sosial oleh  Regina Luttrell yaitu The Circular Model of SoMe, terdapat empat aspek tahapan-tahapan yang terdiri dari Share (berbagi), Optimize (Optimalisasi), Manage (Mengelola) dan Engage (Melibatkan). Hasil Penelitian menyatakan bahwa Biro Administrasi Pimpinan Setda Provinsi Sumatera Barat sudah menerapkan strategi pengelolaan media sosial dan mengimplementasikan  dengan menggunakan teori The Circular Model of SoMe yang dilakukan terdiri dari empat tahap, yakni (1) share dengan membagikan informasi melalui media sosial Instagram @humas.sumbar; (2) Optimize mengoptimalkan dalam perencanaan konten; (3) Manage mengeolola Instagram melalui monitoring; (4) Engage melibatkan audiens.
KINERJA TENAGA ADMINISTRASI DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN (SMK) SJAKHYAKIRTI PALEMBANG
Authors: Tarisa Tarisa , Siti Waliah  , Rendy Sueztra Canaldhy  , Yuliana Yuliana
Published: August 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tentang Kinerja Tenaga Administrasi di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Sjakhyakirti Palembang. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori Robbins (2016) dalam indikator kinerja, dapat di lihat dari beberapa variabel yaitu kualitas kerja, kuantitas, ketepatan waktu, efektivitas, kemandirian. Untuk mengukur faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja menggunakan teori Kaswan (2012) dapat dilihat dari beberapa variabel yaitu faktor kemampuan, faktor motivasi, faktor lingkungan kerja, dan faktor sistem penghargaan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif dengan jenis data primer dan sekunder diperoleh melalui wawancara dengan narasumber, dan melalui observasi dan dokumentasi. Dalam teknik analisis data peneliti menggunakan teori Miles and Hubberman yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Informan dalam penelitian ini ada 5 orang informan yang terdiri dari Wakil kurikulum SMK Sjakhyakirti Palembang, dan 4 staf tenaga administrasi SMK Sjakhyakirti Palembang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Kinerja Tenaga Administrasi di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Sjkhyakirti Palembang sudah cukup baik, dalam kualitas kinerja denagan menguasai teknologi informasi, serta sistem manajemen informasi sekolah, dan komunikasi antar staf administrasi. Sebaiknya ditingkatkan lagi dalam kepastian diri, ketepatan waktu dengan mengikuti seminar dan pelatihan baik di sekoah maupuan di luar sekolah, agar dapat meningkatkan kinerja Tenaga Administrasi Sekolah yang efektif dan efisien.