ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Influence of Perceived Value and Innovation on the Propensity to Use Sports Tourism Websites among University Students: The Moderating Effects of Age and Education
Author: Rabee, Marwan Taha Abed
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Foreign Countries,Web Sites,Tourism,Athletics,Age Differences,Innovation,Educational Attainment

In this study, the researchers sought to understand the effects perceived value and innovation have on the propensity of university students to use sports tourism websites. This study also examined the moderating roles of age and education on this usage. University students (N = 354; 292 women and 62 men) from a public university in Malaysia were surveyed for this study. The findings revealed that perceived value and innovation significantly influence the propensity to use sports tourism websites among university students. The results also showed that both age and education significantly moderated their purposed associations. The findings of this study offer sports website managers, as well as policymakers in sports organizations, an insight that will aid in the development of effective online strategies to attract young users to engage with sports tourism websites. This study also informs managers and researchers about the importance of age and education when considering the relationship between predictors and the propensity of users to use sports tourism websites.
E-Learning of STEM in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions: Status and Challenges
Author: Sukumaran, Sheiladevi
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,STEM Education,Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Barriers,Online Courses

The 4th Industrial Revolution and COVID-19 pandemic have globally impacted the economy, livelihood and organizations. With digitalization, many programs including STEM-based courses that require hands-on approach have gone online. This research was carried out to analyze the status of STEM Education in Malaysian higher education institutions and to explore challenges of e-learning integration with STEM subjects. A concurrent triangulation mixed-methods design was employed whereby quantitative and qualitative approaches took place simultaneously. The qualitative data were gathered via questionnaire while qualitative approach used semi-structured interviews. Respondents were STEM educators who teach and/or manage STEM programs in HEIs within the Klang Valley. Junior lecturers are found comparatively better using different software programs, exploring websites and handling multimedia tools for e-learning purposes. 83% survey respondents claimed their institution has no STEM e-learning policy, contributing to further challenge in STEM Education development. Respondents agreed sound e-learning implementation of STEM requires lecturers with subject specialization, able to approach application of knowledge, skills and values to problem solving, can collaborate with others and adept at integrating technology. Meanwhile, the HEIs must engage stakeholders to counter resistance plan to change, and to measure the effectiveness of integrating e-learning in meeting the strategic goals in STEM education.
Implementation of LMS-CIDOS in Polytechnic English Language Classroom: Issues and Challenges
Author: Hasnan, Mahanim Binti
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Integrated Learning Systems,English (Second Language),Higher Education,Blended Learning,College Faculty,Language Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Second Language Instruction,Electronic Learning

The wide implementation of the Learning Management System (LMS) in many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia is seen as strong support for eLearning. Many LMS have been developed and adopted based on their features, usability and functionality that can offer benefits for the whole faculty of the institution. In Malaysia's Polytechnic, LMS-CIDOS is a platform used for eLearning. A blended learning platform has become a need for many lecturers. This study investigated the perception of English Language lecturers in utilising the platform to implement eLearning in language classroom teaching. This study explored the issues and challenges in implementing the blended learning concept in Muadzam Shah Polytechnic. The lecturers' perceptions in this study were measured using the Instructors LMS Acceptance Model proposed by Kamla and Hafedh (2010), which was modified from the original Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by Davis (1989). Seven experienced English Language Lecturers were also interviewed using the semi-structured interview approach. Among the themes that emerged through the thematic analysis was the reliability of hardware, software &amp; internet connection, design and content organisation, temporary record-keeping, complex system structure, inadequate time and work management, insufficient training and support from the institution, the need for teaching guide from the expert, lack of skills to encourage active communication using LMS-CIDOS and students' lack of digital literacy skills. The findings of this study offer an expanded understanding of LMS acceptance among higher education instructors and a reference for related areas of study.
Effects of an Interventional Music Program on Learning Skills of Primary-School Students with Dyslexia
Author: Bouloukou, Foteini
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Intervention,Program Effectiveness,Dyslexia,Students with Disabilities,Music Activities,Music Education,Elementary School Students,Grade 4,Reading Skills,Word Recognition,Grammar,Spelling,Visual Perception,Interdisciplinary Approach,Foreign Countries,Comprehension,Speech Communication,Reading Comprehension,Syntax,Vocabulary Development,Short Term Memory

Research has shown that children with dyslexia have difficulties perceiving rhythm, and that musical training can enhance their learning skills. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of an interventional music-training program based on rhythm-perception enhancement, within the curriculum of the music course in Greece. For this purpose, this research was conducted on primary school students over a period of 12 weeks. Thirty-two students of the 4th Elementary class, diagnosed with dyslexia, participated in the study. The LAMDA (Learning Skills and Weakness Detection Software) test, a weighted tool for automated detection of learning difficulties in written and oral language, was used to assess the improvement of children. The assessment showed that the interventional music-training program improved students' performance in areas such as word recognition, grammar spelling, visual sequences and rhythm reproduction. The research findings indicate that the incorporation of an appropriately adapted music program into the primary school curriculum, as well as the use of music as a systematic treatment, may have positive effects on students with dyslexia.
Examining the Use of Wheeler-Model Based Curriculum Development in a Learning Management System for Vocational Study Program
Author: Prihantoro, Constantinus Rudy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Vocational Education,Higher Education,Integrated Learning Systems,Curriculum Development,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,College Faculty,College Students,Online Courses,Electronic Learning,Job Skills,Engineering,Barriers,COVID-19,Pandemics

This research is a survey of vocational higher education curriculum based on Learning Management System (LMS) adapted to government policy of &quot;independent learning -- independent campus&quot; (ILIC). Previous researches have advocated that educational curriculum must conform to any changes in education policy, scientific development, educational models, and labor needs. During the pandemic, Indonesia applied the new policy of online learning and implementing using an LMS. In this context, the objectives of this study were (1) to know the perceptions of lecturers and students towards LMS-based online learning, (2) to ensure conformity of Wheeler-Model based curriculum in producing graduates who meet the needs of workforce, and (3) to ensure conformity of government policies in vocational higher education programs. The sample constituted 16 lecturers and 61 students of Mechanical Engineering Vocational Study Program. The data was obtained using questionnaire instruments over the google form. The findings suggest that LMS is not carried out properly and facing issues of communication, variations in IT, network limitations and control of learning outcomes. An analysis of Wheeler-Model based curriculum development indicators showed that its objectives were fulfilled and the curriculum could still be used to produce graduates with good competencies required to meet the needs of the workforce. It also became evident that ILIC program were significant and relevant. This study recommends implementation of LMS needs to be improved and trained by lecturers and priority should be given to the relevant ILIC programs for vocational higher education (VHE) students in Indonesia.
Creative Thinking Skills Included in the Content of Evaluation Questions in the Curricula of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author: Aldossari, Ali Tared
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,Curriculum Evaluation,Foreign Countries,Creative Thinking,Islam,Religious Schools

The current study aimed to investigate the assessment of creative thinking skills as a part of the evaluation questions set in the well-developed Islamic Education curricula of the first intermediate grade in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the academic year 2020-21. To achieve this goal, an analysis card was prepared for analyzing these questions as a tool in the targeted curricula, namely &quot;Tawhid, Hadith, Tafseer and Fiqh&quot; by ensuring psychometric properties. The analysis card included 29 sub-skills, distributed into four main areas of creative thinking: fluency, flexibility, originality and the use of details and elaboration. The findings of the study showed low inclusion rates of creative thinking skills in the evaluation question content in the targeted curricula. In light of these findings, the study recommends educational decision-makers and those in charge of planning, preparing, evaluating and developing Islamic education curricula to reconsider the assessment questions of lessons and study units in terms of creative thinking skills. It is essential to review the process of designing and preparing more knowledge-based content and set related evaluation questions, subject to accurate and purposeful scientific methodology.
Quality Requirements for Continuous Use of E-Learning Systems at Public vs. Private Universities in Spain
Author: Prodanova, Jana
Date: 2021-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Electronic Learning,Public Colleges,Private Colleges,Educational Quality,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,College Students,College Faculty,Technology Uses in Education,College Role,Intention

During the later years of technological innovation, e-learning systems have demonstrated to be an effective way to improve perceived educational quality and overcome time and place constraints. Virtual communication, instruction and evaluation have become an important part of higher education. However, although e-learning has been implemented extensively, its operation and success might differ between organisations due to institutional capacity and resources. With this in mind, the objective of this research is to distinguish between public and private universities, in the sense of the e-learning system quality and the perceived institutional support, as means to achieve users' intention to continue using e-learning. Analysing the information from 270 Spanish teachers and students in e-learning systems at public and private universities, we concluded that information, service, and perceived educational quality determine continuous e-learning use at public universities, while perceived institutional support acts as a mediator between the information and perceived educational quality and the continued use, in the case of the private universities. Valuable recommendations for higher-education institutions' management suggest that innovative tools for interaction and organisation, cooperation of public and private universities, and investment in technology and human resources are vital for continuity of e-learning systems.
Re-Imagining Digital Technology in Education through Critical and Neo-Materialist Insights
Author: Pischetola, Magda
Date: 2021-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Feminism,Technology Integration,Ethics,Responsibility,Design,Critical Theory,Educational Trends,Technological Advancement,Influence of Technology,Ecology

Technological determinism, techno-solutionism and instrumental perspectives on technologies have populated educational research literature in the last decades, and even more since the pandemic crisis has started. This essay offers a critique about simplistic explanations of technology adoption in pedagogy by using insights from critical philosophy of technology and feminist new materialism. It rejects the assumption of teachers' resistance to change and proposes a frame to expand future imaginaries of education. In this sense, critical studies provide a focus on human activity as interconnected with social and situated knowledges/practices. The emphasis is on &quot;recursive&quot; relations that allow educational researchers and practitioners to take into account the considerable complexity of digital technologies pedagogical adoption. On the other hand, feminist new materialism brings about a new focus on relational ontology, which adds to the critical theoretical framework the &quot;agentic&quot; element. By overcoming a binary way of seeing technologies through utopias and dystopias, new materialist studies focus on ethics and responsibility. We argue that we need both a critical and neo-materialist view, in order to adopt technologies in education in meaningful, productive and creative ways. Building on small narratives and possible utopias can take us to re-design and re-interpret the future of educational technologies.
Academic Procrastination of High School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Review from Self-Regulated Learning and the Intensity of Social Media
Author: Latipah, Eva
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Time Management,COVID-19,Pandemics,Social Media,Religious Education,Islam,Learning Strategies,Foreign Countries

The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on increasing procrastination of study assignments (academic procrastination) in Islamic Religious Education in Senior High Schools. This occurs because students have low self-regulated learning (SRL), and on the other hand, have high social media intensity. This study aims to examine the relationship between SRL and the intensity of social media with academic procrastination. This research is quantitative using the SRL scale, academic procrastination scale, and social media intensity questionnaire for data collection. The sample was determined using the Slovin formula in order to obtain a sample of 118 students. The data analysis technique used regression analysis. The results showed: (1) there was a significant negative relationship between self-regulated learning and academic procrastination with a value of r = -4.125 and a value of p = 0.00 (p &lt;0.05); (2) there is a significant positive relationship between the intensity of social media and academic procrastination with r=5.111 and p=0.00 (p&lt;0.05); (3) there is a significant positive relationship between self-regulated learning and the intensity of social media simultaneously with academic procrastination with a value of F=15.106 and a value of p=0.00 (p&lt;0.05); and (4) the effective contribution (R[subscript 2]) of the two variables is 30.5%. Thus, self-regulated learning and the intensity of social media can be predictors of PAI's academic procrastination.
A Comparative Evaluation of the Lagos and IIUM Models of Islamic Teacher Preparation
Author: Rufai, Saheed Ahmad
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Islam,Religious Colleges,Preservice Teacher Education,Bachelors Degrees,Religious Education,Teacher Education Curriculum,Comparative Education

The Muslim world has witnessed the emergence of several Islamic-based institutes and universities in the last four decades, in keeping with some of the recommendations of the World Conferences on Muslim Education. Yet there has not been a comprehensive study of the system as operated in various contemporary Muslim settings, with a view to assessing the degree of its adequacy and efficacy. The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comparative evaluation of the Bachelor's degree in Islamic Education programmes of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and the University of Lagos in Nigeria. The choice of the two educational settings was informed by the impression that Malaysia offers some of the best practices in Islamic education, which may be used as standards in benchmarking for Islamic education in Nigeria, an African country with the largest Muslim population. The significance of such a study lies in its potentiality to expose the strengths and deficiencies of each of the models, as well as highlight their commonalities and differences with regard to educational aims, curricula, structures, teaching methods, and evaluation procedures. The paper is guided by three research questions seeking to elicit information or generate data about the nature of the two models being evaluated, the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the two models, and ameliorative propositions with potential to enrich or enhance the quality of the two models. The paper employs curriculum criticism and the analytic method in its comparative evaluation. The significance of the paper lies in its ameliorative propositions for curriculum enrichment purposes, aimed at making the two models better and of merit.
The Impact of Outdoor Education Camp Program in Building Resilience among University Students
Author: Samsudin, Shamsulariffin
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Outdoor Education,Camps,Program Effectiveness,Resilience (Psychology),Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Physical Education Teachers,Undergraduate Students

Resilience is gained through life experiences that local university students lack from a classroom environment. This study investigated the effect of outdoor education camp programs on the levels of resilience among Physical Education students from two selected universities in Malaysia. A questionnaire was utilized as the primary research tool in this study to assess the participants' perceptions and knowledge acquisition as well as their level of resilience toward the outdoor education camp programs. A total of 162 undergraduate students were studied using a pre-test and post-test approach and a modified version of the Connor-Davidson in a 25 items self-report scale. Analysis of paired t-test showed differences in factors involved in resilience variables, personal competence, instincts and tolerance of negative behavior, positive acceptance of change, control, and spiritual influence. The findings indicated a positive effect towards resilience upon completion of the 14-day outdoor education camp program. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was carried out to evaluate if participation in the outdoor education program influenced participants' perceived level of resilience. Overall, there were statistically significant increases in resilience levels from the pre-test to the post-test stage. These results lead to the need for in-depth research into the assessment of internal factors in an outdoor camp program to provide valuable information on the effect of the intervention and implications towards enhancing resilience of the participants in low to high-risk activities.
A Critical Study of Al-Farabi Philosophy Implementation at Education Non-Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia
Author: Asmuni, Ahmad
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Philosophy,Islam,Religious Colleges,Higher Education,Educational Objectives,Educational Benefits

The purpose of this study is to conduct a critical study of Alfarabi's philosophy in the implementation of education at Islamic universities in Indonesia. The research method used is a literature study using a philosophical approach. The main data sources are in the form of Alfarabi's work entitled &quot;Risalah fi al-'Aql&quot; and previous research works that reveal the philosophical thoughts of Islamic education put forward by Alfarabi. The findings reveal that the Alfarabi philosophy is implemented in the practice of education at Islamic universities in Indonesia through the scope, objectives, and benefits of education. First, the scope of education taught is about the concept of reason (intelligence). Second, the purpose of education is to prepare students through the transfer of knowledge and practical skills to obtain the perfection of life as human beings. Third, the benefits of the concept of value through morality development, teaching methods, and learning evaluation. The research concludes that Afarabi's philosophy in implementing education in higher education is very important for students and lecturers to improve self-competence. The expected implication is that Islamic Universities not only focus on information and communication technology but also implement the values of Islamic philosophy of life in accordance with the guidelines of the Qur'an and al-Hadith.
Pharmacy Students&apos; Perceptions and Performance from a Microlearning-Based Virtual Practical on the Elucidation of Absolute Configuration of Drugs
Author: Choo, Chee-Yan
Date: 2021-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Pharmaceutical Education,Medical Students,Student Attitudes,Performance,Learning Processes,Distance Education,Pharmacology,Electronic Learning,Time Factors (Learning),Chemistry,Computer Simulation,Spatial Ability,Computer Assisted Testing,Time Management,Computer Assisted Instruction

The COVID-19 Movement Control Order imposed by the government converted the delivery of lessons to online learning in the education sector. Pharmaceutical chemistry is a core subject for pharmacy students and first-year students were taught the elucidation of the absolute configuration of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The objective of this study is to investigate the pharmacy students' perceptions and performance on learning new knowledge related to the concept of absolute configuration on API through micro-learning. Students were introduced and assessed on the stereochemistry of new terminologies through micro-learning activities. Various 3D molecular model capture in video format was uploaded on YouTube(YT) and embedded in the Google Form (GF) online assessment. The students' video navigation was captured with YT video analytics, students learning performance was through GF quiz assessment responses, and the student's attitudes through questionnaire survey. In conclusion, the performance of student pharmacists in learning and applying new knowledge delivered through online distance micro-learning was comparable to face-to-face active learning. Both YT video analytics and GF responses allowed real-time monitoring and interventions. Nonetheless, students required more time to learn new knowledge online compared to face-to-face active learning. In conclusion, the designed virtual micro-learning enabled students to learn bite-sized new knowledge while training their spatial ability through the application of 3D molecular models with reinforcement through quizzes. The virtual micro-learning design is practical and economical without much technological investment or training for both the educator and learner with easy access in an open distance learning environment and post-COVID.