ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Collaborative Governance on the Smart City-Based Regional Development of Balikpapan
Author: Noor, Muhammad
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Cooperative Planning,Participative Decision Making,Governance,Information Technology,Urban Areas,Urban Planning,City Government,Public Policy,Strategic Planning,Government Role

There are three challenges in building a &quot;smart city&quot;: technology, human resources, and government. A collaborative climate must be created to meet these challenges. The policy direction and the application of collaborative governance in developing a &quot;smart city&quot; in Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, are described here. This study used the &quot;collaborative governance&quot; approach to dissect this research. This type of research is qualitative, and descriptive methods are used. Information is obtained based on the &quot;smart city policy plan&quot; adjusted to the regional Medium-Term Development Plan and the draft document for the &quot;smart city master plan for the&quot; city of Balikpapan. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with several parties from the local government involved in the &quot;smart city implementation council.&quot; Meanwhile, research supporting data was conducted based on searching various information from online sources, scientific articles, research journals, and several literary sources. The focus of the development of the &quot;smart city of&quot; Balikpapan City is directed at developing a livable city based on a sustainable environment. &quot;Collaboration with Pentahelix,&quot; which is interdependent, is a prerequisite for the successful development of a &quot;smart city&quot; in which the vision of the mission of the City of Balikpapan is supported.
Digital Literature and Independent Learning in COVID-19 Pandemic: A Correlation Study
Author: Karmini, Ni Wayan
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Digital Literacy,Independent Study,COVID-19,Pandemics,Foreign Countries,College Students,Predictor Variables

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between digital literacy and self-regulated learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Hindu Indonesia University Denpasar students. The study used correlational quantitative method as the research method. The population of the study consists of all active students at the Hindu Indonesia University Denpasar. The study sample was selected employing probability sampling method. The proportional method of layered random sampling was used to select the study sample. A questionnaire method was used to collect the study data. The data analysis of this research used a correlation test and a simple regression test. The study findings revealed a significant positive relationship between digital literacy and independent learning during the pandemic. This is evidenced by: (1) the results of a simple correlation test show (rcount = 0, 478 &gt; rtable = 0.1603), and the significance value is less than 0.05 (0.000 &lt; 0.05). (2) the equation model Y= 22.414 + 0.425X is statistically significant with tcount = 6.582 &gt; ttable = 1.976, and the significance value = 0.000 &lt;0.05. (3) the coefficient of determination (R2) is 22.9%, meaning that digital literacy variables affect 22.9% of self-regulated learning variables during the COVID-19 pandemic for students at the Hindu Indonesia University Denpasar.
Minority Education during the Pandemic: The Case of the Slovene Minority in Italy
Author: Doz, Daniel
Date: 2023-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,High School Teachers,High School Students,Minority Group Students,Ethnic Groups,COVID-19,Pandemics,Second Language Instruction,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Preferences,In Person Learning,Interaction,Internet,Barriers,Access to Computers,Health,Psychological Patterns,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers,Peer Influence,Peer Relationship,Social Media,Communication Skills,Distance Education,Electronic Learning,Emergency Programs

Much research has been done on the first quarantine period in 2020, however little is known for what it concerns remote emergency teaching and learning in Italian schools with Slovene as language of instruction. No extensive research explored teachers' and students' perceptions of this remote learning period, nor analyzed their opinion about positive and negative aspects of online learning, especially those related to the teaching material in Slovene language, which should address the Italian program. The present article presents the analysis of online semi-structured interviews that involved 15 high school teachers and 15 students who teach or attend Italian high schools with Slovene as teaching language, and it aims to answer these questions. We found that teachers and students preferred face-to-face classes, since they faced several issues connected with remote learning, such as a lack of interaction during remote learning, technology and connection problem, health issues and psychological distress. High school teachers and students faced less problems than those reported by primary schools' pupils and teachers, since they are older and more independent than primary school pupils. High school students also communicated through several social applications and peers might have helped them to overcome the language obstacles.
Obstacles to Distance Education for Students with Learning Disabilities and Ways to Face Them: From the Point of View of Female Teachers
Author: Alnaim, Nisrin
Date: 2023-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Distance Education,Barriers,Students with Disabilities,Learning Disabilities,Teacher Attitudes,Females,Women Faculty,Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers,Educational Attainment,Teacher Education,Teaching Experience,Student Needs,Family Involvement,Faculty Development,Training

Distance education for students with learning disabilities (LDs) has been used as an official practice in Saudi Arabia since COVID-19's outbreak. This study's aim was to explore the obstacles to distance education (DE) for these students and ways to face them based on teachers' opinions. In Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, 111 female LDs teachers working in public elementary schools were randomly selected. The researchers collected data by sending online surveys via email and analyzed the data with the SPSS program version 24. The teachers rated obstacles to DE related to (1) students with LDs, (2) teachers, and (3) DE system infrastructure. There were no statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the teachers' views based on educational level or number of DE training courses attended, but there were statistically significant differences between the views of teachers with more than 10 years of experience and those of other teachers. However, there were no statistically significant differences in the average scores of teachers' views on ways to face DE obstacles associated with any of the studied variables. The teachers provided recommendations to support students with LDs, enhance family engagement in making instructional decisions, and provide DE training to students with LDs and their teachers.
Digital Storybook to Transform Character Education of Local Wisdom Figures for Elementary School Students
Author: Pratiwi, Veronika Unun
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Values Education,Elementary School Students,COVID-19,Pandemics,Story Reading,Student Needs,Puppetry,Picture Books,Electronic Publishing,Videoconferencing,Teaching Methods,School Closing,Grade 4,Elementary School Teachers,Indonesian,Writing Skills,Writing Instruction,Writing Improvement,Foreign Countries,Textbooks,Reading Comprehension,Indigenous Knowledge,Philosophy

This study addresses teachers' and students' needs for digital picture storybooks based on &quot;Punokawan&quot; puppet characters in elementary schools in Sukoharjo Regency. The Wayang &quot;Punokawan&quot; storybook media was developed based on a needs analysis in Sukoharjo Regency elementary schools implementing the 2013 Curriculum. This qualitative study indicated Sukoharjo elementary schools' needs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, learning occurred online via Google Meet and with strict health protocols offline. Field study data were obtained through interviews and observations at several elementary schools in Sukoharjo Regency. Fourth graders and their teachers were studied. Technical and data triangulation were used to validate data, and data reduction, presentation, and conclusion drawing were used to analyze it. The results showed that the initial condition of storybooks at elementary schools in Sukoharjo Regency was good, but it was inadequate to satisfy all parties, including students and class teachers teaching Indonesian language subjects. The textbooks also lacked local material. Teachers and students need digital picture books to improve their writing skills because they will enrich students' knowledge and boost their writing skills.
Eliciting Complex Thinking through Open Educational Resource Projects
Author: Suárez-Brito, Paloma
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,Open Educational Resources,Higher Education,Educational Innovation,Electronic Learning,Transfer of Training,Competence,Sustainable Development,Foreign Countries,Critical Thinking

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) has increased due to its advantages for academic activities and educational quality. Hence, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have sought to develop strategies to promote curricular and extracurricular activities that favor developing disciplinary and transversal competencies such as complex thinking and its meta-competencies: critical, systemic, scientific, and innovative thinking, oriented to favor problem-solving among students and the academic community. The main objective of this study was to analyze how using OERs in virtual education can promote the development of complex thinking as a transversal competency in higher education. We analyzed the content of 65 educational projects in a webinar aimed at promoting the adoption of OERs in the professional practice of the educational community. Each project had to comply with specific requirements, from the project's identification and description to measuring and evaluating the results and its impact and added value. Once all the projects were reviewed, the responses were classified into defined categories for better presentation; the sub-competency of complex thinking promoted by each project element was identified qualitatively. The results highlight how an OER can, through concrete activities, elicit complex thinking and its sub-competencies in higher education. The present study adds new evidence to the literature regarding boosting OERs as a tool to develop competencies aligned with UNESCO recommendations and contribute to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals in education.
Facility and Infrastructure Management at the International Class Program of the State Islamic University in Indonesia
Author: Famularsih, Sari
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Islam,Religious Colleges,Educational Administration,International Education,Deans,College Administration,Administrator Education,Department Heads,Educational Facilities Planning,Educational Facilities,Strategic Planning,Foreign Countries,Universities,Administrator Attitudes

This study investigated the development and management of existing facilities and infrastructure at the International Class Program (ICP) of the State Institute for Islamic Studies (SIUS), Indonesia. The researchers adopted a descriptive qualitative approach involving nine informants in the professional capacities of chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, deputy dean, head of the program, director of ICP, and the heads of division and related departments. The researchers utilized observation, interview, and documentation to collect the data. The data were analyzed using content analysis, thematic analysis and Miles &amp; Huberman model that involve data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that management of facilities and infrastructures in the ICP fulfills requirements of a place, amenity, or piece of equipment for a particular purpose and the basic physical space required for the operation of the ICP. The facility and infrastructure development and management in the ICP of SIUS account for long-term needs in accordance with the master plan that has been prepared. Furthermore, to obtain optimal development results with timely and appropriate indications, SIUS has compiled a Grand Design of Facilities and Infrastructure for 2020-2024.
Demographic and Systemic Factors Affecting Student Voter Turnout in Africa&apos;s Largest Distance Higher Education Institution
Author: Mogaladi, Tshegofatso
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Voting,College Students,Distance Education,Student Government,Predictor Variables,Marketing,Student Characteristics,Participation,Foreign Countries,Regression (Statistics)

Public higher education institutions in South Africa conduct Student Representative Council (SRC) elections yearly. However, there is a paucity of studies to determine factors that affect voter turnout in these elections. This descriptive quantitative study conducted an empirical analysis of factors influencing students' voter participation at Africa's largest Open Distance eLearning institution. An electronic survey instrument was distributed among the sampled students and yielded a final response count of 6,851. A joint descriptive statistical analysis and binary logistic regression model were applied to analyse the data. Regression analysis revealed that there was a significant relationship between students having encountered one or more of a number of marketing initiatives employed in relation to the elections and voter participation. This positions marketing as a significant predictor of student voting given that respondents who encountered SRC election marketing initiatives were seven times more likely to vote, as shown by the odds ratio (OR=7.9 [95% CI:6.6-9.3], p=0.001). The second-highest predictor of voting in this study was the impact of the closing date for voting. Student respondents who indicated that the voting period was long enough were two times more likely to vote compared with those who did not believe it was long enough (OR=2.2 [95% CI: 1.9-2.7], p-value &lt;0.001). Other significant predictors of SRC voting included gender, employment status and level of qualification. Whereas the study revealed a fair balance between the influence of demographic and systemic factors on SRC electoral process, institutions need to pay close attention to systemic factors, which have great potential to constrain voter participation.
Implementation of Teaching Character Education, Particularly in Environmental Care Value, in Labschool Jakarta
Author: Husen, Achmad
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Values Education,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Program Evaluation,Moral Values,Secondary School Students,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Principals,Assistant Principals,Moral Development,Rural Areas,Laboratory Schools,Elementary School Students,Administrator Attitudes,Educational Environment

Character education is considered important as it will cause moral degradation when it is not appropriately taught to the students in school. This study aims to investigate the character education program in Indonesia, particularly at the secondary school level. This study utilized a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. To obtain the data, 20 people participated in this study, including teachers, students, vice school principals, and the school principals from Labschool Jakarta. To get valuable data, an in-depth interview, and focus group discussion (FGD), were used. The data was analyzed using Cresswell method, which consists of transcribing, coding, triangulation, and data display. The study results show that, firstly, the schools have a wide variety of programs that can help to shape students' characters. For example, there was a trip observation for the newly enrolled students in the school. This character education program helps students understand environmental care values from people living in the countryside, so that they can learn local values that can focus on assisting students character foundation. Secondly, Labschool Jakarta also provide some international events that can help students to have a deep understanding of their worldwide, particularly about how the country manages their cleanliness. Finally, the characteristic that is applied in Labschool is focused on the environmental care value. This research implies other teachers and schools that can learn how to teach character education to students. This research recommends all teachers and educators educate character for their students in primary school.
Demystifying the Work of South African Academic Advisors: An Exploration of Students&apos; Structural and Material Constraints
Author: de Klerk, Danie
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Academic Advising,Faculty Advisers,Higher Education,College Faculty,Context Effect,Academic Achievement,Barriers,Economic Factors,Social Influences

The structural and material factors affecting the lived realities and prospects of tertiary success for South African students are complex and manifold. Inexorably, these lived realities impact the work of academic advisors who guide and support students throughout their higher education journeys. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the growing body of literature about academic advising in and for South African higher education contexts, and in particular the daily work of academic advisors in the country. This is achieved by first drawing on literature to elucidate the various structural and material constraints affecting the lives of many South African students, before reconciling what emerges from the literature with quantitative data collected by an academic advisor working at a South African university about his engagements with students over a three-year period. This phenomenological study is underpinned by social realist principles as proposed by Margaret Archer and draws in particular on the notion of structure to advance its argument. Additionally, the work of Boughey and McKenna on the decontextualized learner is incorporated to demonstrate why students in this country cannot be decontextualized from their lived realities. The article concludes by highlighting how the complex structural and material constraints that influence students' higher education experiences manifest in the day-to-day work of academic advisors. The authors propose that these insights be used to enhance responsiveness to student needs, while informing how the sector makes meaning of advising for the South African higher education context.
Acculturation and Social Media: How Do International Students Engage with Facebook While Abroad?
Author: Omori, Kikuko
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,Study Abroad,Social Media,Acculturation,Communication Strategies,Identification (Psychology),Cultural Background

This study investigates the relationship between Facebook use and acculturation using Berry's acculturation orientations and Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) as theoretical frameworks. The researchers followed 15 international students' Facebook walls during their first and second semester in the U.S. by creating a fake Facebook page to be added as the international students' social network. The major findings of this study include (a) the pattern of Facebook postings was the same during the semester, (b) international students used convergence communication strategies to better communicate with people in their network, and (c) some participants' Facebook postings indicate a strong identification with their home culture.
Impact of Vocabulary Teaching Approach in Turkish Curriculum on Turkish Textbooks and Use of Technology in Vocabulary Teaching
Author: Mete, Filiz
Date: 2023-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Vocabulary Development,Turkish,Textbooks,Language Skills,Secondary Education,Educational Technology,Web 2.0 Technologies,Grade 5,Grade 6,Grade 7,Grade 8,Curriculum,Listening Skills,Speech Skills,Reading Skills,Writing Skills,Technological Literacy,Semantics,Cultural Influences,Dictionaries,Teaching Methods

Knowing a word means knowing its pronunciation, spelling, concept area, and meaning layers. Vocabulary is never an area that can be learned completely by individuals; rather it is a field that expands and deepens throughout life. Vocabulary teaching requires much more than just looking up words in a dictionary or using them in a sentence. Vocabulary is formed either by coincidence through indirect exposure to words or by deliberate and planned acquisition of certain words with vocabulary learning strategies. In this respect, the materials and lesson plans for teaching vocabulary should be prepared to enable the individual to comprehend words with multiple meanings and to use them effectively. Because the vocabulary of an individual will directly have an impact on effective use of four basic skills of the language (listening, reading, speaking, and writing). In this study, the approach of the Turkish curriculum and Turkish textbooks to vocabulary teaching is examined and the areas of utilisation of web 2.0 tools in vocabulary teaching are exemplified within the scope of technological development. This research is a qualitative study using the data which were collected through document analysis. Data collection sources are Turkish course curricula and secondary school Turkish textbooks. Results of the study show that, there is a conflict between the curriculum and the textbook in terms of vocabulary teaching; the vocabulary teaching activities are monotonous and are predominantly associated with the reading skill which is just one of the four basic language skills; Turkish textbooks lack addressing to related technological tools. Moreover, the planning of vocabulary teaching in the Turkish curriculum is not clear enough. In this context, the present study introduces various web 2.0 tools for the interest of curriculum developers, textbook authors, and Turkish teachers to effectively teach vocabulary.
Foreign Donations in the Higher Education Sector of the United States and the United Kingdom: Pathways for Reputation Laundering
Author: Cooley, Alexander
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Educational Finance,Cross Cultural Studies,Foreign Countries,Reputation,Universities,Institutional Characteristics,Donors,Selective Admission,College Admission,Compliance (Legal),Financial Support,Naming,Academic Degrees,Awards,Fund Raising,School Personnel,Governing Boards,College Administration,International Relations,Foreign Nationals

We explore how the influx of foreign funding into the higher education sectors of the United States and United Kingdom has raised the challenge of &quot;reputation laundering&quot;--when foreign donors and individuals use donations to prestigious universities to boost their international public image and offset negative images or reported controversies back in their home country. We outline four pathways for reputation laundering--donations for academic programs/schools, naming rights, honorary degrees and board seats; and the offer of favorable admissions decisions--and examine the variety of policies, practices and safeguards that have been adopted by U.K. and U.S. universities in response. We present evidence, drawn from a survey of U.K. development officers, that university diligence procedures, which usually focus on compliance with the law, often are inadequate for filtering or deterring most types of reputation laundering.