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In our study, The Role of the Didactic Methods in teaching Religion, Traditionally and Online, we wish to emphasize the importance and the impact that these didactic instruments have in the process of teaching, learning and assessment of Religion. The didactic means focus on the development of the educational process on a psychological and pedagogical level, so that the information transmitted and assimilated to become enriched with the help of the material forms, which are in agreement with the pedagogical function of the element, to connect the theory with the reality, to give life to the word on an imaginative level and to help the cognitive process on an intuitive and deductive level. This aspect impresses to the manner of use several operational features which refer to the level of efficiency and value given to teaching, which means that the didactic methods are not used only to be written in a didactic plan, to enrich the class environment or to just fill the surface of the dais. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this reflective paper, the authors discuss their experiences of developing e-learning courses to teach and learn to create an engaged pedagogy in various semesters at Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal, that involves their (PGD, Master, MPhil, and Ph.D.) students of the 2020-2022 batches for ensuring higher learning outcomes. This paper describes the ongoing learning from research done in the context of the authors' planning, delivering, and receiving feedback from the students during the pedagogical practices through e-learning. The authors give examples of some of their PGD, Master, MPhil, and Ph.D. e-learning practices that they delivered to students in the 2020-2022 batches. We attempt to share e-learning practices that we were practicing for on-campus, online, and distance learning to ensure higher learning outcomes in higher education in Nepal and worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the development of online rapport between customers and service employees. Topics include the Online Rapport Framework (ORF), which identifies rapport-building behaviors initiated by both parties. Key findings include new online-specific behaviors like 'emojional contagion' and 'capturing the moment.'

Electric bicycles continue to develop and grow with new designs and technologies to attract customers. With the growth of the electric bicycle business as green products, the development of online marketplaces selling electric bicycles has also increased in Indonesia. People can buy electric bicycle products easily. The purpose of this study is to find out the reasons for the customer in the process of buying an electric bicycle. This study focuses on the interests and reasons for buying or not buying an electric bicycle on the online marketplace. This study involved 200 people from various cities in Indonesia and the respondents involved were from various backgrounds. This study uses a qualitative approach, using open-ended questions through an online survey. Data processing uses coding techniques, then qualitative data is quantified for cross-case analysis. The results of the study indicate that most respondents have an interest in electric bicycles. Environmentally friendly, practical, and low prices are the main reasons for customers to buy electric bicycles. Meanwhile, those who do not want to buy an electric bicycle have reasons such as aspects of convenience, electric power and price. This research is useful for developing theories related to marketing and the characteristics of electric bicycles. This research can also be useful for manufacturers and sellers of electric bicycles to understand market conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of internet users in Indonesia has increased in recent years. The rapidly increasing internet users support e-commerce businesses and online shopping. Online shopping is a shopping activity carried out by consumers through media or intermediaries namely social networks that have been provided by sellers, both products in the form of goods and services. This study uses the Systematic Literature Review method. The study aims to find out there are differences in consumer decisions and consumer satisfaction in doing online and offline shopping. Consumer decisions in choosing online and offline shopping have no difference because they both have balanced advantages and disadvantages. This certainly comes back to consumer preferences in choosing online shopping or offline shopping. the level of consumer satisfaction in doing offline shopping is higher compared to online shopping. This is also based on the results of previous research as a literature review for our research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, face-to-face interactions are prohibited by the government, pushing various institutions to shift from the traditional to the online style of teaching. However, the question is whether online learning is as effective as a traditional learning mode. This research explores the learning experience and current issues within engineering education. It compares the Learning Experience between traditional learning and the enriched virtual mode of learning in Introduction to Engineering. The researchers conducted the study at the University of Santo Tomas, wherein they identified two groups of students. The controlled group consists of students from the traditional learning method, and the experimental group consists of students from the enriched virtual mode. The researchers used the Mann-Whitney-U test to see if there is a significant difference between groups under the factors chosen by the researchers that affect the learning experience. The main findings of the research state that there is no significant difference between the controlled and experimental groups in learning effectiveness, student performance, and student confidence. Researchers found a significant difference between the two groups in the two dependent variables, student satisfaction and faculty interaction. The study concluded that online learning is significant as traditional learning methods and is even superior to the traditional method in some factors used in the study. Lastly, the researchers recognize that online learning can be adapted as the learning tool used in delivering Introduction to Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Santo Tomas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this paper is to investigate the relationship between students' attitude toward the subject of mathematics (ATM) and their achievement in mathematics (AIM) in the context of online schooling. Further, this project seeks to compare the AIM-ATM relationship of students who take a math course online with that of students who take math in a physical classroom setting. While previous studies have explored the AIM-ATM relationship, the results have been inconsistent, and none have been performed in the age of digital learning. In this project, the data were collected from 144 high school respondents through a Google Form that was shared on social media and several forums. Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient (SRCC) tests were conducted on the AIM and ATM data provided by respondents, and further testing was done on the demographic characteristics of the respondents in order to control for confounding variables. The results suggest that there is a positive, monotonic relationship between AIM and ATM for students taking math online, but there is no AIM-ATM relationship for students taking math in-person. No demographic characteristics appeared to influence AIM except for sex. These findings have the potential to affect future pedagogical methods for mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Student learning methods have changed to online lectures during the pandemic. Of course, this is a new challenge for students to adapt to new learning methods. During the adaptation process, problems arise that give uncertainty. The researcher wrote that this study aims to determine strategies for reducing student uncertainty regarding the information conveyed by lecturers during online lectures. This study uses a quantitative approach with descriptive research type. Researchers collected data using survey methods and carried out sampling techniques using the entire number of samples. According to uncertainty reduction theory, uncertainty can be reduced by communication. The problems experienced by students during online lectures are boredom, technical problems, and difficulty understanding the material. Uncertainty will cause feelings of discomfort therefore humans will tend to be encouraged to reduce uncertainty. Reduction with 3 strategies, namely passive, active, and interactive. The passive strategy is carried out by students observing someone when communicating with others, the active strategy is done by looking for information on their own or asking friends, and the interactive strategy is done by asking directly to the lecturer concerned. Despite facing challenges during online lectures, students managed to find strategies to reduce them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Covid-19 pandemic, which has unprecedented proportions, has not only adversely affected the economies of all countries in the world, but has also led to a dramatic decline in the psychological well-being of most individuals, with experts particularly concerned about the level of stress manifested by children and young people. More and more studies in psychology and pedagogy are sounding the alarm about the decline in mental health that may occur in future generations and are looking for different solutions to reduce the stress that can make you sick or even deadly. Psychological well-being is generated by a series of factors, among which we mention: the fulfillment of basic needs, genetic factors, personality, age, income, but especially by the support relationships that a person has. We believe that these supportive relationships can also be created and strengthened during the online language classes taught. This paper aims to highlight a number of ways to increase the psychological well-being of students during online English classes, a well-being that has many benefits for both the student and society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) aiming at creativity and transdisciplinary problem-solving skills of future entrepreneurs and employees by bringing arts into traditional STEM education. STEAM education is getting more popular, but still lacks conceptual clarity in pedagogy and empirical research. This paper focuses on STEAM approach in innovation and entrepreneurship education, and especially explains how to integrate the arts into innovation management traditional and online classes. Using action research approach three workshops were examined: music, theatre, and visual arts. The results show how university teachers of innovation management with no professional arts background can do STEAM teaching and adopt lessons depending on the teaching mode. They also point out the design principles based on pedagogical, technological, and content knowledge based on the principles of TPACK model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The debate concerning e-Commerce adoption is an evolving one that in the context of the current COVID-19 Pandemic has come centre stage. Although the shift towards e-Commerce platforms has been an increasing trend in recent years, Curtin (2020) states the current pandemic has accelerated consumers' shifts toward e-Commerce by five years. As store closures and new enforcements became a reality, it forced many companies to pivot their online strategies overnight (Shadler et al, 2020). Since its inception in the late 90's, e-Commerce adoption and research has championed the rise and the significant benefits of e-Commerce. Industries as diverse as financial, retail, manufacturing, and hospitality (Josanov, 2011; Kremez et al, 2019; Helper and MacDuffie, 2000; Hua, 2016) have embraced e-Commerce. By contrast, research into the use and level of adoption by Agri-food businesses indicates that this sector has not kept pace with this digital revolution. This is surprising given the importance of this sector worldwide. Indeed, it is one of the most important indigenous industries in Ireland in terms of employment, economic output, and export performance. However, there is scarce research found in the case for Irish Agri-food e-Commerce development, with limited industry reports available. Previous research elsewhere called for government support to encourage the move to online territory (Sparkes and Thomas, 2001; Sturiale and Scuderi, 2016), and the onset of COVID-19 furthered this. Numerous support agencies expanded on their current offerings in relation to digital support, although little is known around Agri-food businesses adoption of these. For this reason, this paper intends to add to the limited studies surrounding this important indigenous industry in Ireland within the widely dynamic topic of e-Commerce platforms. The focus of this paper is directed toward the adoption and integration of these online platforms during COVID-19, the benefits and challenges faced, the role of support agencies and further support suggested by SMEs through survey data. This study has both an academic and industry focus and hence aims to improve our understanding of online activity and digital support within this sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several of online and conventional public transportation policies in Indonesia are regulated in various ministerial transportation regulations after undergoing several changes. This study aims to analyze online and conventional transportation policies with a focus on the South Tangerang City area of Indonesia. The research uses qualitative methods with data collection techniques through interviews and studies of various documents. The results show that existing transportation policies have encouraged the development of online transportation in terms of quantity and service because there are no specific regulations at the city level. On the other hand, based on existing transportation policies, conventional transportation is increasingly ineffective and inefficient because of the administrative burden that must be followed by both public transport companies and their drivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several of online and conventional public transportation policies in Indonesia are managed through various ministerial transportation regulations after undergoing several changes. This study aims to analyze online and conventional transportation policies with a focus on the South Tangerang City area of Indonesia. The research uses qualitative methods with data collection techniques through interviews and studies of various documents. The results show that existing transportation policies have encouraged the development of online transportation in terms of quantity and service because there are no specific regulations at the city level. On the other hand, based on existing transportation policies, conventional transportation is increasingly ineffective and inefficient because of the administrative burden that must be followed by both public transport companies and their drivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The implementation of online education has roughly the same beginnings as the Internet. Without being new, therefore, education in the online system - adopted selectively and optionally, depending on the needs and possibilities of different geographical areas of the world - has become, as a result of the medical context generated by COVID-19, part of the educational reality of any student and teaching staff respectively. An extreme situation that required the adaptation and instant reconfiguration of methods of knowledge transmission and evaluation within the institutionalized training process. Beyond the component of replacing the physical space of the class/course with a domestic environment, (a variable of great psychological impact on the subjects) there is the problem of adjustment, respectively reception and reproduction (through evaluation) of informational contents in an exclusively non-interactive manner proved to be the real challenge. One that everyone involved in the didactic process had to face, this time the "selective" and "optional" criteria becoming imperative. Even though before the start of the period in question, the e-learning system was an integral part of the educational process, it operated in a hybrid manner, with participants having the possibility of direct collaboration. The new reality, translated by cancelling these possibilities, brought with it profound transformations, especially at the cognitive, behavioural, and relational level. How the students understood to report this new reality from the perspective of ethical behaviour objectifies this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research deals with creative audio-visual approaches applied in online and hybrid formats to support learning and inquiry in higher education. The objective of this study is to describe, explore and evaluate an educational design in which the students are introduced to creative approaches, to design and to the use of video activities, through visual facilitation, sketching, personal narratives and collaborative video production. The educational design is centred around inquiry processes and project- and problem-based learning. The empirical data consists of teaching observations, students' video productions and students' reflection entries in the Learning Management System during the course and written evaluations after completing the course. The analysis outlines the development of the educational design based on previous online teaching sessions and feedback from students. The findings show that while some students were initially challenged by the unusual teaching format, most appreciated the creative audio-visual approaches and high degree of experimentation. They responded positively to the use of various tools and collaborative activities and expressed that they have applied or plan to apply elements from the educational design to their own practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in Higher Education Establishments across the world moving a large proportion of their teaching online. This has required a rapid upskilling of academic staff who were required to learn how to use online learning environments and in particular synchronous delivery tools for the delivery of online lessons. In the process of upskilling to meet the demands of delivering lessons online, traditional teaching paradigms needed to be altered in order to fit with online delivery approaches. In order to deliver rapid online learning compromises had to be made as the online tools were used to implement traditional teaching paradigms. Concurrently new approaches for online lesson delivery were being developed which strived to make use of synchronous tools to support students in their learning. Moving forwards, it looks like online learning will constitute a significant part of future learning for many students in Higher Education. Traditional Face to Face delivery uses Peer reviewing as a means of supporting staff in the delivery of lessons across a range of interaction modes. This paper seeks to identify how supportive peer reviewing can be used to support and develop academic staff as they continue to deliver lessons online. The paper will draw on the work of Lambie and Law (2018), Law and Lambie (2020) which sought to identify best practice in running online synchronous learning events and will identify selfassessment criteria and a supportive peer review framework which will help academics assess their online synchronous delivery. The paper will discuss an evaluation approach based on a Likert type scale for evaluating the delivery of an online tutorial session and will discuss how this pro-forma could be used in the peer review process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Students majoring in business rarely get the Business Case Analysis learning method. Many Business students never know the real case of domestic and global companies. On the one hand, students' presentation and communication skills in online classes are far from expectations. This research is an experimental study conducted in the Special Class Business Strategy and Policies course with a total of 57 students. The purpose of this class experimental research is to identify can the implementation of the Business Case learning method increase student participation in formulating Business Strategies and Policies. The purpose of this study is also to identify the implementation of the Case learning method combined with Table Topics and Prepared Speech to improve the experience of delivering analysis results related to Business Strategy and Policy. This research was conducted experimentally for 5 months with 14 meetings with students in online classes. as well as pre-test and post-test. The students who participated in the experiment were students majoring in Business Administration at Telkom University, Indonesia. Based on the results this research can concluded that overall, the method using the Case Analysis method and coupled with adopting the Toastmasters presentation learning style, is effective for the Strategy and Business Policy because it can increase students' critical thinking skills by 43.6% compared to before the lecture and this method was applied. In addition, students are also more confident and able to present ideas and solutions provided with an increase in ability of 40.5% compared to before the implementation of this Toastmasters case analysis and presentation method. Meanwhile, the individual's ability to deliver impromptu was 38.8% compared to the previous one without any impromptu speech session. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cultural change is the word that most deserves to be pinned in 2020 until now. It is not only happening in the world. It also happens in Indonesia. The work culture that usually works from the office is now changing to working from home. This cultural change has a positive impact and has a negative impact, both physically and mentally, due to behavior during online meetings. The survey results on office work, both in the world of education and other general office jobs, show that 90% of workers use laptops/computers and smartphones in conducting online meetings. The purpose of this study is to identify the behavior of workers when attending online meetings. In this study, the authors measure the level of physical muscle complaints (MSD and visual fatigue), mental (stress) and provide recommendations to minimize the negative impacts that occur. Data collection is done by conducting an online survey of workers who work as office workers, teachers, and lecturers spread from several workplaces throughout Indonesia, totaling 124 people with a composition of 48 women and 76 men. As many as 80% of people spend more time working at home than working in the office. Measurement MSD was measured using the Nordic Body Map method, while visual fatigue was evaluated referring to the symptoms presented in previous studies. The survey results showed that most MSD complaints occurred in the upper neck (72.58%) and waist (68.55%). A total of 63.2% of workers experienced visual fatigue, with the majority of the symptoms being dry eyes (54.03%) and itchy eyes (53.23%). In addition, employees also experienced mental complaints, with moderate stress levels of 66.1% and 9.7% for high stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In any sport, competition is the quintessence of activity, the objective way to capitalize on the performance capacity of the practitioners, by comparison with themselves or others. The pandemic generated by Covid 19 deprived the dance sport of everything that meant a specific competitive context: zonal, national, international competitions, the joy of all categories of participants, from children to seniors, to meet on the dance floor, the emotion in the stands of parents and supporters of the competitors and, especially, the special show that almost no other sport offers during sporting events. It was obvious to everyone involved in Romanian dance sports (and not only) that all the restrictions imposed by the pandemic will limit the specific activity for an indefinite period, so a group of IT specialists, specialists in managing the organization of dance sports competitions sought and they found solutions to survive of the phenomenon called dance sports. Thus, by involving the abovementioned categories, an online platform was born that allows the organization of evaluation seminars, dance festivals, sports competitions, examinations and promotion congresses. In this way, the motivation to practice dance sports can be maintained for athletes, specialists and adjudicators during this period. In this paper, we want to present a platform that aims to revive the competitive activity and, moreover, to bring a stain of normalcy in this strange and difficult period for everyone involved in dance sports. The online platform consists of several modules (competition administration, filming operator, arbitration, streaming show). The final product is a festival/competition that is broadcast live either on the YouTube channel or on the organizer's website. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The case we describe concerns one of the main Italian airport which, following the pandemic severe crisis, is rethinking its business model, strengthening its commitment to sustainability and its ties with the territory. The project aims to innovate diversity and inclusion mindset and practices to promote well-being and free self-expression for people within the organisation and to make all passengers feel welcome and at home. We know from experience that many culture initiatives remain unimplemented. That’s why we used the FORTH methodology that combines business thinking with design thinking and creates the conditions for the implementation of innovative solutions and we adapted it to the context in order to be effective and connected to the organization. We will describe how we experimented the hybrid mode, combining the advantages of online and presence and enabling people to use digital tools during face-to-face meetings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-Learning portals are large data warehouses that allow the interconnection of various types of activities in order to automate and streamline of the decision-making process. Distributed learning allows the realization of an educational process of the best quality, based on a modern education and a very high perspective, customized according to the increasingly demanding and complex individual needs. In the paper we studied the possibility of using the Odoo ERP program, implemented in the Cloud environment for the development of an e-learning platform. For a company that offers paid qualification courses, we have implemented the whole e-learning process, starting from the moment a student enrolls in a certain course and until the issuance of the participation certificate. All activities are carried out automatically, via email. The payment of the courses can be done with the card or bank transfer and is automatically registered in the accounting, the invoice being issued automatically, reaching to the recipient by email. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The challenge the world facing at the moment regarding this global pandemic is not only people's health but also many aspects that will have many implications that might last well into the decade. This situation is rapidly changing the industries of all shapes and sizes. The economic turn-around does having noticeable impact on consumers buying behavior, from travel & tourism, to dining and recreation, and whether for business or pleasure. This study examines the change of buying behavior in Millennials during Pandemic Covid 19. Quantitative Research Method using Self-Administered Questionnaire was applied to non-probability convenience samples of 396 students in Faculty of Economics Universitas Pakuan, Bogor. The data collection has been processed and analyzed with SEM Lisrel and concluded that among three variables; Marketing Stimuli, Social and Psychological factors, Marketing is found to be the most influence factor for Buying Decision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper outlines some of the implications of delivery and participation within e-Learning courses and explores whether awareness of these implications may affect the behavior of participants in these courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper reviews some of the authors' observations and preoccupations for quality management in the higher education system under the specific conditions posed by the online education. The internal quality management is a major component of the public responsibility of Romanian universities, as stated by the legal framework, and the internal quality assurance is an important process of the quality management. There are specific considerations to be set, monitored and reviewed with corrective actions, if necessary, according to the plan-do-check-act cycle, when online education is involved. In this paper, the authors propose some dimensions, and several indicators, that can be approached by the strategy and policies of the university in the aim to provide a proper quality in the online educational activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new industrial revolution is slowly affecting our social, political, economic, and cultural lives. A fusion of technologies and research is emerging within several fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, genetics, and biology. Our current education system runs behind these complex interactions and needs students to be aware and skilled to cope with fast and disruptive changes. Universities need to find new strategies that enable them to play an active role within the global society, delivering relevant education for students to be ready for their future work-life. Adaptation and redesign of the conventional education model with AV-IT technologies are now opportune; physical and online practices are bridged through the hybrid domain. However, the primary goal must be pedagogy, focusing on student-active learning, communication and collaboration, and other 21st -century skills. The largest technical universities in the Netherlands and Norway, respectively Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are continuously optimizing their campus facilities, teaching practices, and technological infrastructure. Although their prerequisites and approaches differ (2), they still experience the same challenges, especially after COVID-19. The Pandemic has rapidly pushed the universities into a scattered digital landscape, exposing sedimented university structures, vulnerabilities, shortcomings, and the need to transform attitudes, pedagogy, spaces, and technology. It has been clear that taking shortcuts from existing onsite practices with technology and digital solutions is not the solution for permanent implementation within the hybrid domain. Experiences need to be consolidated to get a clearer picture of the challenges that come forward when entering the hybrid domain. How can we find common factors and the proper affordances to act as guidelines for a new technological and pedagogical framework that merges the continuum from the physical over the hybrid up to the virtual spaces? This paper describes the ways of work of NTNU and TU Delft. It introduces an Education Spaces Framework with definitions for three levels of increasing interactive or collaborative education practices on the vertical axis and the three onsite, hybrid, and online domains on the horizontal axis. It examines the design of technological-pedagogical prerequisites and barriers when moving or even transforming a practice from one into the other. The combined experiences and related discussion propose the Education Spaces Framework for further study and structure the future initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study was designed to examine the online learning strategies that included motivation, self-monitoring, internet literacy, internet anxiety, and concentration, of Thai EFL undergraduate students. The sample of the study consisted of 138 Thai students majoring in English who voluntarily completed a survey of Tsai's Online Learning Strategies Scale (OLSS). The results indicated the level of internet anxiety was high, while the level of motivation, degree of self-monitoring, level of internet literacy, and level of concentration could be at an average level when engaged in online learning. In addition, there was significant difference between gender with the internet anxiety, whereas there was no significant difference regarding students' learning achievement in all online learning strategies. At the end of the study some recommendations are made for foreign language teachers and teacher educators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Covid-19 pandemic has major negative consequences for health and economy. At the same time, the crisis paves the way for innovation. In the university sector, societal measures implemented to curb the spread of Covid- 19 have made all teaching activities 100% digital, in effect creating the online university overnight. In this paper, we present an empirical account of this extreme situation. Based on an explorative case study of how it was possible for the social science faculty at a Danish university to undergo accelerated digital transformation, we identify three salient themes that capture the immediate organizational response: (1) leveraging existing resources, (2) intensified communication and (3) re-organizing core activities. We contribute with preliminary empirical insights into the practicalities of accelerating digital transformation, especially the importance of mobilizing the organization's existing resources and knowledge as well as the organizational actors' helpfulness and willingness to share, learn, innovate and self-organize. Theoretically, we propose and substantiate the concept of accelerated digital transformation and present a model that summarizes the identified themes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To examine the appropriate information disclosure method of noise as the final goal, we firstly set the goal to grasp the degree of understanding of the dB values of the sound sources among people other than acoustic experts. In this paper, first, in order to measure the degree of understanding of the dB in university students without expert knowledge, we developed a loudness chart kit and evaluated the understanding of loudness in the classes. As a result, they commonly regarded the sound volumes of the rocket and the take-off of the airplanes as first or second loudest, but the subjective ranks of other sound sources were completely different among them. Some of the students who seem to have no knowledge at all about the sound source answered unreality values entirely. Furthermore, since the university class was brought online due to the influence of the new coronavirus, we developed an online version of this teaching material. In the future, we will measure the changes in the evaluated dBs after learning the dB values. Then, we also accumulate more data about the differences of the understanding degree in dB values among the individual characteristics including their university, nationality, and whether they are environmental officials, to discuss the diagnostic criteria of the volume of the sound. Moreover, we will discuss how to learn a sense of loudness and dB. This reports on the online version of the teaching materials developed as university class are now online due to the impact of the novel coronavirus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technology holds great educational potentials for language learning (Thorne et al., 2009; Zhao & Lai, 2007) and constitutes an important learning space in the ecology of learning. As smartphones have become more affordable, educators and learners have explored the potential of these devices to extend language learning opportunities beyond the classroom. This paper investigates the use of smartphones for online vocabulary learning assignment given to 105 Japanese university students. Data were collected from self-report closed-ended and open-ended questionnaires. The results suggest that most of the students showed a positive attitude towards online vocabulary learning and receiving feedback from the instructor. Furthermore, Information Technology was found to act as powerful tool for students' engagement in foreign language learning. Finally, the paper discusses implications learning and teaching in the Japanese context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The organization of events was very affected by the extraordinary situation and affected their course or existence throughout 2020. This paper deals with the organization of events during the pandemic, a separate part consists of events organized at the Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM in Trnava. The author of the article reflects the situation in Slovakia during 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic and the beginning of the second wave. She provides an overview of current measures concerning the organization of mass events in the months of March to November 2020. Based on personal experience with the organization of events at the Faculty of Mass Media Communication, University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, the author will describe the way of organizing events in the online environment, mainly through social networks. The Faculty of Mass Media Communication involves in the organization of events mainly students who gain real experience in this area of marketing. Working in an online environment has been a new experience for many students and educators, reflecting the reality of today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faced with a pandemic situation which is developing every day full of insecurity and social distancing where some industries are being affected more than others as well as consumer behaviours regarding their spending are focusing on some companies and product categories which are growing. The purpose of this paper is to study and analyze the impact of the COVID-19 hence the influential effects of the pandemic on consumer behavior during online shopping in the Pristine region in the Republic of Kosovo. We are aware that research on this topic remains relatively new, so the research is based on primary data. According to the results, the biggest beneficiaries in terms of companies are definitely online businesses. The impact of this virus has accelerated the online shopping process while the most widespread categories according to shopping trends are: food, hygiene products, home appliances, entertainment products and physical activity and others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Washington State University's Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) online master's degree teaches indepth courses in Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean, and Six Sigma system improvement methodologies. However proponents of using only one methodology can express devotion to their respective discipline as though the three are mutually exclusive. In reality, the three methodologies work together synergistically, and there is a need for business leaders to learn how to integrate them. Thus, the ETM program has completely revised a course to teach industry leaders how to integrate the methodologies with a management approach that promotes employee engagement for long-term improvements. This paper describes how to integrate the TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma system improvement approaches for global optimization. The method of instruction uses active collaborative learning techniques and is divided into three learning modules (Theory, Application, and Management) with a management approach that focuses on creating an environment for fully engaged employees that can be summarized with the statement, "Take care of your people, and they will take care of everything else". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Teaching foreign languages with online resources is a great source of creativity and innovation. That is why, the Internet use in teaching has become a motivating factor among students. Teaching language competences - listening, reading, writing and speaking – is enriched with the help of online resources used as valuable input for language lessons. The use of internet resources to teach English for Professional Communication offers students the possibility of becoming exposed to realia, that is, to valuable real situations and contexts of interaction. It is one thing to teach students tips about effective interviews, which can be passive and boring to a certain point, and another thing to show them good and bad examples of these. In this way, students become motivated and involved in a dynamic process of thoughtful decisions and understanding. This article shows the importance of teaching English for Professional Communication with online resources as a motivating factor which promotes understanding and learning by discovery. In the main body of this article we are providing a lesson scenario based on internet resources and the motivation for our choices. The lesson covers various aspects of the job interview context intended to make students aware of their own performance in a similar situation. As regards the content of a job interview, students will experience typical questions and answers comparing their theoretical knowledge of how an interview should be with real life performances that are very often far from the ideal. In this way, students can evaluate the interviewees and learn from their good and bad “moves”. As far as the framework of a job interview is concerned, students are also exposed to non verbal communication, rules of behavior, register, dress code, aspects which are highly influential in determining the outcome of a job interview. Therefore, such an e-lesson may be considered a useful and pleasant experience that prepares students for the complexity of a real life job interview situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A modern feature of websites' creation aside from the PHP scripting language is the use of a database. It is acknowledged that PHP offers the possibility of an advantageous structure for the source code, yet its real capacity is highlighted when the programming language works together with a database. Among these databases one can enumerate MySQL, Oracle or PostgreSQL and the list can be easily extended. The PHP language has predefined functions and native connectivity with the abovementioned databases. The current paper focuses on the databases created with MySQL taking into account the popularity, the support and its free-of-charge character. Currently on the web there are loads of sites not developed other than HTML therefore there is no database to stock and provide the information when requested. The mainstream today indicates a movement of these websites towards a database due to the numerous advantages provided. The case when a database was designed to be implemented the data are easier to edit or add and the articles that can be translated into new pages without the intervention of the user to the source code, either in HTML, CSS or PHP. Regarding the disadvantages, these are linked to the implementation costs for database solutions, the time consumed by the transformation of the static content into dynamic pages, these ones requiring integration with instruments for data management. Aspects related to the integration of a MySQL database in a website construction using the PHP language are detailed and analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the volume of online shopping has increased, the number of complaints associated with online transactions has also risen. However, in business-to-consumer online shopping, there remains limited understanding of how the type of complaint procedures adopted by merchants influences consumers' decisions to shop online. This study focuses on the influence of complaint-handling procedures on consumer decisions to shop online from both the consumer and merchant perspectives. The authors found that complaint-handling procedures have a significant influence on consumer confidence and trust, and therefore indirectly on their decision to shop online, especially in relation to the accessibility and responsiveness of such procedures. The results of this study are important insofar as they can assist online merchants to better incorporate customer experiences into their business strategies in the online environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The world is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Indonesia is one of the affected countries. This led to a shift in doing our daily activities from the physical into digital in various industries, including education industries. The digital (online) activity must be done using gadget in teaching and learning process. Teachers and students used Zoom, Gmeet, Whatsapp, and other online platforms to interact with the students. However, students tend to lose their focus easily with this learning method. They have a habit of opening social media ang games while studying. These apps are apps which consume student's limited package data. Therefore, not only are they distracted by opening these applications, the student's quota is also used ineffectively. FOQUS application is an application to block students from opening irrelevant applications during class. This application was made to reduce student's data package consumption and help students in retaining their focus during online class. The implementation method starts from meetings and introductions to establish partnership with students, teachers, and authors in Yayasan Pembangun Didikan Islam (YPDI), application design and development, socialization to teachers and students, and application implementation in teaching and learning activities. Evaluation was carried out periodically during the implementation process. Application design and development activities were carried out for 2 months, socialization was carried out to 6A and 6B grade students and accompanying teachers, then the implementation was carried out 2 times, namely before and after using the FOQUS application. During implementation, it was found that many students wanted to open other applications while studying but could not successfully open them because they were already using the FOQUS application. At the end of each session, a post-test was conducted to students from each class. This study found that students who used the application saved 2,32% data package compared with students who don't. The students score from each class increased. Class 6A average score increased from 61,2 to 64,4. Class 6B average score increased dramatically from 44,1 to 62,7. This result supports FOQUS application use might have an effect in supporting student's retention on the lesson being taught. However, external factor (classroom condition) and internal factor (individual intelligence, habits) might also have an influence in the student's class performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developments technology of information and communications over the past decade had led to fundamental changes in educational practice, leading to the introduction of modern teaching and learning methods. Educational practice has changed from a closed pedagogical approach, closely taught by the teacher, to an open, transparent, integrated society, involving parents and the community, supporting the student's initiative, facilitating collaboration, personal skills and lifelong learning, and the online environment on it various types of effects: social, exposure or portraiture, different attitude, etc. The study proposes an impact analysis on how Gheorghe Asachi Technical University Iasi students perceive the importance from using e-learning, m-learning, but also the knowledge which they have about new learning methods. Identifying and analyzing: the current framework in which e-learning and m-learning are used in the teaching programs of the university, the type of technologies used by the students in the training phase they are going through, respectively the undergraduate, master or doctoral programs, the main advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and m-learning and if students find relevant to such courses, how respondents have knowledge of e-learning or m-learning learning systems, and whether in the training programs they participated had disciplines to which they are used, learning styles and their importance to students are the objectives of this article. Measuring the link between students' perception of the essential elements of e-learning and m-learning methods and those defined by specialists in the field, and if they considers relevant from university should adapt its programs and introduce some online courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the last year much has been speculated about the role of onlinemisinformation for the success of populist parties capitalizing on the "anger of the people", fostering perceived political inefficiency, and eroding trust in societal institutions. Based on a large survey with N = 5000 Germans we examined (a) the exposure to online-misinformation in the three months leading up to the general election in Germany 2017; (b) whether political anger and inefficiency mediated the effect of misinformation on trust in societal institutions or alternative online-sources; and (c) the explanatory power of these variables for predicting the intention to vote a German right-wing Populist Party. The results showed small effects of misinformation (a) increasing anger and inefficiency and therewith decreasing trust in societal institutions; (b) increasing trust in alternative sources. Voting intentions were predicted by anger, trust in alternative sources, and a decreased societal trust but not by misinformation or inefficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Online professional development (PD) can be a powerful way to make meaningful connections among English language teachers from around the world while providing instruction on effective teaching practices. This paper reports the preliminary results of a study conducted in the first year of a global online PD program for English language teachers worldwide. It is based on surveys developed around the community of inquiry (Col) framework by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) and adapted for this study based on the international participants who were all non-native speakers of English. These surveys were completed by participants in seven sections of a fully online distance TESOL professional development course with participants from over 50 countries. They measured participant perception of teaching presence (TP), social presence (SP), and cognitive presence (CP). Initial results show the effectiveness of the online PD course design to build an international network of English teaching professionals who benefited greatly from the global interactions with instructors and fellow participants. Consistent results across sections with different participants from diverse contexts and different instructors with varying degrees of experience and expertise in the course content suggest that aspects of the course design were instrumental in the development of high levels of TP, SP, and CP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Online education has become a widespread phenomenon, the dynamic development of which contributes to global educated community formation. The paper reviews changes in educational paradigm that took place in the last decades. These changes concern role of online learning in the present-day society and technologies used for its implementation. Online language learning requires special methodological and technological solutions. The concept of online learning for the Arabic language is fundamentally different from the analogues, since it has features relating primarily to graphics and phonetics. The paper reviews issues dedicated to peculiarities of the development and implementation of the Arabic language online course from one side and modern tendencies in education worldwide - from the other. Besides that, content analysis of Coursera (that has 33 million registered and offers more than 2,800 online courses) allows to define the proportion of language courses contained on this platform. Despite the thousands of courses hosted on the platform, oriental language online courses still need additional development, as far as we found only one course, dedicated to Arabic. Probably this fact maybe explained by difficulties in the oriental languages formalization as well as by the methodological issues. The online course on the Arabic language, developed by the authors and opened in February 2018 (https://openedu.ru/course/spbu/ARBLNG/), allowed to draw conclusions concerning the peculiarities of the implementation of this training format in comparison with traditional classroom instruction. The course enrolled more than 13,000 thousand listeners. This fact allows to give an objective assessment of the effectiveness of this kind of language learning and to formulate key methodological aspects that should be taken into account when developing language online courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Worldwide, online learning has reached a significant degree of development. Unfortunately, in Romania this modern way of training is at the beginning, despite the fact that we have a top IT industry, high internet speed and a significant percentage of internet users. In the last few years, several steps have been taken to develop online learning by creating several more important platforms, including www.academika.ro. Even if it is not very used, the platform can compete with any global platform due to its potential and architecture. The mission of the online learning platform Academika is to bring together teachers, students, trainers, experts, self-governments and other categories of beneficiaries in a virtual space where everyone involved can win. The main sections for the user are: profile, diplomas, groups, learning, teaching, messages and wallet. Courses are structured into categories, namely: Academics; Business; Design; Development; Health & Fitness; IT & Software; Language; Lifestyle; Marketing; Music; Office productivity; Personal development; Photography. Some of the courses are offered free of charge, others are paid or certain discounts. Courses are for both beginners and advanced learners, namely: rookie, beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite. The courses are in Romanian, English and Spanish, with the possibility of adding other languages. The big advantage of the Academika platform is that the team of programmers has also built an online learning platform, being one of the most successful platforms in the world. This helps to avoid some functionality issues. As a development strategy, all the universities in the country will be approached, where platform presentations will be realized and collaboration protocols will be concluded. Teachers will be able to offer a modern way of teaching, posting their courses or books. It is very interesting that the platform offers the possibility of interaction between the teacher and the student in real time through live streaming. After loading the platform with materials, the platform will be promoted among both students and other users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contemporary literature has emphasized the importance of the interactions between government and citizens to improve the quality of life of citizens. However, most of these studies have assessed this role at the national level leaving out the crucial role of local governments. The main goal of this study is to compare the level of development of e-government services at the municipal level in Chile using an evalue index designed for this research. This research analyzed 190 municipality websites in Chile. An evalue index was calculated, and a regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the level of e-government services provided and other municipal variables. Results indicate that the level of egovernment services is distributed unevenly among municipalities in Chile and population size, household income and internet connectivity of a municipality are directly related to the level of egovernment services development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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