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The PKBM program answers the reality of difficulties that often arise in non-formal institutions, especially the challenges of institutional operations during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to preliminary research, institutional operational costs, as well as other factors, are often mentioned by PKBM administrators, then the government's concern for the world of non-formal education and the delay in learning programs during this pandemic. This study is based on an analysis of community needs. This study aims to describe the PKBM program planning in the management of community education programs. The researcher uses descriptive research with qualitative methods to present data and information, meaning that it describes the breadth of data and information based on the study design and research objectives, namely how to plan a needs-based training program, namely there are several stages, namely the needs analysis stage, planning the training design then establish the objectives and benefits of the training program, and evaluate the training program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hot EF is a set of neurocognitive functions that contribute to children's ability to adapt and survive in emotionally challenging situations. Healthy children will be easily adjusted to new challenges to avoid behavioral and emotional problems during the pandemic. Unfortunately, research shows that no intervention can be used to develop early childhood hot EF. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of online hot EF-based interventions on increasing hot EF and early childhood adjustment. A Between Subject Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design was applied in this study. This study was followed by 62 children who were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received five individual online sessions for three weeks. Hot EF during pretest and posttest was measured using the Gift Delay Test, while adjustment was measured using Children Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scales (CAPES). The result showed that the experimental group significantly increased hot EF and adjustment compared to the control group. It suggests that this online hot EF-based intervention could promote hot EF and adjustment in early childhood children and be utilized by parents or educators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID 19 pandemic has affected all aspects of life including Nonformal Education field. This outbreak gives impacts on the change of services and learning patterns in nonformal education unit, almost in all parts of the world. Indonesia and Japan are no exceptions. The differences in condition and culture in these countries are unique and interesting to study and compare with in relation to the pattern of change occurred during the COVID 19. The aim of this study is to find out learning condition in nonformal education unit in Indonesia and Japan during COVID 19 pandemic period. The study used mixed method of Sequential Explanatory Design, by collecting them through document and questionnaire in Community Learning Center (PKBM) and Japanese Community Learning Center (Kominkan) in Japan. The data were collected for three months, involving each researcher in each country. The results showed that condition of nonformal education service in Indonesia and Japan changed from the offline model to the online one, long distance learning through zoom, social media, and other applications supporting education services for society. Innovation in nonformal education services in Indonesia is in the form of online services through LMS, Video Conference, Social Media and other media, whereas, in Japan, the innovation service has created two types of Kominkan, "formal", learning through Zoom, bulletin and social media, and "informal", learning by referring to discussion activities and communication building. Some challenging factors experienced by these two countries with regard to the services are the management program in the future and the use of technology in the learning process. In Indonesia, the limitation of Educators and Education staffs and learners has become one obstacle, while in Japan, apart from most learners are elderly, making it difficult to handle, the internet safety becomes another issue. Factor supporting the service in Indonesia is that PKBM has a quick response to the change of learning pattern and COVID 19 pandemic, although it still needs service management betterment. Meanwhile, in Japan, the supporting factor includes social education services that can give different kinds of activities by making use of various platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid-19 is a disease is caused by a virus that infects the respiratory system. One of the symptoms in patients exposed to Covid-19 is shortness of breath which is influenced by oxygen levels in the blood. The purpose of this study was to produce an application for determining the category of oxygen levels in the blood independently for Covid-19 patients during self-isolation. This application is a pulse oximeter supporting application that provides information about oxygen levels in the patient's blood. The method begins with the flowchart design stage and application interface which functions to design applications in terms of program flow and application interfaces to be built. Based on this design, the application is built using macromedia flash. The last method is application testing using the white-box technique and black-box technique. The results show that the steps in the method can produce desktop-based applications by utilizing macromedia flash. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the application for determining the category of blood oxygen levels is ready to be used by the community as a pulse oximeter support application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]