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Stakeholders' Opinion on the Desired Characteristics of Nursing School Graduates and Factors Concerning Nursing Curriculum Development in Thailand

  • Kittiboonthawal, Prapai;Siriwanij, Wareewan;Ubolwan, Kanyarat;Maneechot, Munthana
    • Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.319-345
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    • 2018
  • Effective higher educational management in undergraduate nursing programs is an important issue from the viewpoint of stakeholders. This qualitative research aimed to examine the characteristics of nursing students and curriculum development of undergraduate nursing education from the opinions of Boromarajonani College of Nursing Saraburi, Thailand stakeholders. The population included 4 groups: 1) the alumni who have graduated within the past 5 years and currently work in primary, secondary, and tertiary care units, 2) the supervisors and colleagues of the alumni, 3) nursing lecturers, and 4) the current nursing students. The respondents who are the alumni, nursing lecturers, and current nursing student were selected using a purposive sampling, for the supervisors and colleagues were selected using snowball techniques. Semi-structured interview questions were used for data collection. Group discussions were conducted until saturation on 55 key informants. The qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. Results showed the viewpoints of stakeholders on the characteristics of future nurse graduates were comprised of four elements: knowledge that meets standards; essential skills for self-development and lifelong learning process; good morals and professional ethics in providing nursing care; and nurse competencies in teamwork, communication, language, research, management, IT, life skills, and global literacy. The viewpoints on the development of the nursing curriculum focus on four elements: the learner, teaching and learning, course content, and instructor tasks. For learners, the admission criteria should include a minimum not only of knowledge, but also positive attitude, science, and art skills, since the nursing profession is both a science and the art of caring. Teaching and learning elements should be authentic, including exposure to real situations, an integrated network, and activities that improve nursing care. Course content was comprised of an updated curriculum, humanized nursing care, student center, theory and practice with moral integration, case-based study, critical thinking, multidisciplinary work, and love for the nursing profession. Instructor tasks are to elicit student ideas, provide opportunities to learn, support infrastructure, support technology use, and extra-curricular activities to develop the competencies of nursing students. Recommendations were that the curriculum administration should review the selection process of student candidates and instructional management to achieve expected outcomes of nursing characteristics in the future. The nurse lecturer should provide authentic and integrated instruction, decrease lecturing, cultivate a lifelong learning process, and sustain the nursing characteristics.

Knowledge Sharing Among Accounting Students: An Exploratory Study

  • BAGAIS, Omer Ali;ALJAAIDI, Khaled Salmen;AL-MOATAZ, Ehsan Saleh
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.11
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    • pp.557-561
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    • 2020
  • This paper explores the attitudes of accounting students toward knowledge sharing at Umm Al-Gura University for the academic year 2013-2014. The study explored knowledge sharing among 202 accounting students at Umm Al-Gura University in session during the 2013-2014 academic year. Primary data came from a 3-item questionnaire collected from students; secondary data were source from scholarly publication. Descriptive statistics was used. The findings of this study revealed that the students had a medium to high degree of positive attitude toward knowledge sharing. The students had a positive perception of the use of knowledge sharing in supporting their education. The findings are essential for several stakeholders, such as university policymakers, lecturers, and the students, to provide a deeper understanding of knowledge sharing at the university education level. The findings may encourage policymakers at the university and the classroom levels to organize activities that promote knowledge sharing such as seminars, symposiums, or knowledge sharing exercises during the classroom hours to raise the students' knowledge sharing behavior and enhance education. The results of this study should be useful to policy makers at the university level and the classroom level as there is a positive attitude in disseminating knowledge in the higher educational setting.

Islamic Work Ethics and Employee Performance: The Role of Islamic Motivation, Affective Commitment, and Job Satisfaction

  • AFLAH, Kuntarno Noor;SUHARNOMO, Suharnomo;MAS'UD, Fuad;MURSID, Ali
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.997-1007
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to redesign and find out the role of Islamic work ethics in influencing Islamic motivation, affective commitment, job satisfaction, and employee performance. Respondents in this study are populations of various cross-sectoral and cross-profession employees, such as government and private workers, soldiers, educators (teachers and lecturers) in various offices in Central Java. 220 questionnaires were distributed to all respondents, but the number of the returned questionnaires was 200. Thus, totally, this study analyzed 200 questionnaires. Data are analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results show that the eight hypotheses are accepted: there is a positive and significant influence of Islamic work ethics on Islamic motivation; there is a positive and significant effect of Islamic work ethics on job satisfaction; there is a positive and significant effect of Islamic work on affective commitment; there is a positive and significant influence of Islamic motivation on affective commitment; there is a positive and significant influence of Islamic motivation on job satisfaction; there is a positive and significant effect of job satisfaction on employee performance; there is a positive and significant effect of affective commitment on employee performance; there is a positive and significant influence of Islamic motivation on employee performance.

Development of an authoring tool for multimedia animation lectures (멀티미디어 동영상 강의 저작 도구 개발)

  • Ha, Yan;Jeong, Seon-Ho;Lee, Seung-Gun
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.513-520
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    • 2004
  • The proposed authoring tool with user's friendly interface provides to author multimedia animation lectures which can support the efficient environments of cyber educations. Coping with difficulties of merging and editing of each multimedia data provided to convert from multimedia generation properties to SMIL(Synchronized Multimedia Language) files. The tool also helps lecturers to author the animation lectures easily. Futhermore, it can be easily transferred from multimedia contents to web page.

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Analysis of E-learning Acceptance in Vietnam-Korea Friendship Information Technology College (베트남-한국 우호 정보기술대학 이러닝 수용성 분석)

  • Van, Hung Trong;Ko, JinSeok;Rheem, JaeYeol
    • The Journal of Korean Institute for Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2013
  • To improve the e-learning education quality in VietHanIT College (Vietnam-Korea Friendship Information Technology College), e-learning acceptance was evaluated based on the well-known Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Quantitative data of the questionnaire survey were gathered from 158 lecturers and staffs of VietHanIT College and analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). While designing the questionnaire various previous studies were considered and hypotheses and models of the study were set up accordingly. As the results, success model of e-learning system was built up and important factors were identified. And most of lectures and staffs in VietHanIT College were aware of the benefits of e-learning system and they were ready to apply e-learning method for their training and teaching.

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Preferences and flexibility in decision-making among dental clinicians regarding the treatment of multirooted teeth: an interactive communication device-based survey at two academic conferences

  • Lee, Jung-Seok;Lim, Hyun-Chang;Kim, Min-Soo;Choi, Seong-Ho;Jung, Ui-Won
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.166-175
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: Decision-making by dental and medical experts can be influenced by their biases, interests, and experiences, and academic arguments about controversial issues may additionally be considered indirect experiences capable of affecting decision-making. This study reports on the use of interactive communication devices to evaluate preferences and flexibility in decision-making among dental care providers who attended two distinct academic conferences. Methods: Two debates were presented by a team of two lecturers at two academic conferences (focusing on periodontology and implant dentistry, respectively) and the audience members of each session were surveyed. Before each lecture, two case modules about the diagnosis and treatment of multirooted molar lesions were provided, and interactive communication devices were used to collect responses about decision-making preferences in treatment planning immediately before and after a debate about treatment strategies. Results: In total, 81 and 84 completed answers from both conferences were obtained for the first and second case modules, respectively. The preferred treatment plan differed significantly according to the focus of the conference, and a tendency emerged for the clinicians participating in each conference to express uniform preferences. However, attending the debates resulted in significant changes in decision-making preferences regardless of the conference focus or the characteristics of the participants. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that providing continuing education via debates on controversial issues may be effective in widening conceptual knowledge and reducing biases among experts in the dental and medical fields.

Exploratory Investigation for Some Universities' E-Learning Systems during Covid-19 Pandemic

  • Fatima Rayan Awad, Ahmed;Thowiba E., Ahmed;Rashid A., Saeed;Elmustafa Sayed, Ali;Ghada Elnour Elterafi, Abdelrhman;Somia Yousif Ahmed, Abutiraima
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.160-170
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    • 2022
  • COVID pandemic has reshaped the world as it has been known to us and the education system is one of the most affected by it. Due to social distancing, quarantines and isolations have made it impossible for the knowledge transition to the masses using conventional methods. For cope with pandemic, the only other way available for some of the fortunate countries is the use of E-learning having somewhat the same traditional teaching method. This paper is concerned with the study of the preparedness of the learning system in some Sudanese universities due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical analysis has been performed to evaluate the current developing scenario, usage of the facilities available in open-source platforms, and the interaction of the universities folks with e-learning systems. The impact of such measures has been thoroughly investigated in this paper for Sudan which is already deprived of a proper education system. The investigation shows that the interact of the staff and the students with the system was acceptable where more than 85% of those enrolled to the system were interact properly and efficiently. The lecturers conducted through the platform were attended with more than 75% of the students. We also found that most of the lecturer were avoid to exam students by utilize the platform; where only 45% of the uploaded courses were conducted exams over Moodle platform. As Moodle is an open source and still need to be improved to be used for high examination credibility.

e-Learning System Design and Implementation for Small Sized Cyber Lecturing (소형 사이버강좌를 위한 e-Learning시스템 설계 및 구현 사례)

  • Seo, Chang-Gab;Park, Sung-Kyou
    • Information Systems Review
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.161-179
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest practical experience to develop small sized e-Learning system. The system is designed to help lecturers can arrange interface, organize contents, submit examinations and assess learner's score with no professional computing skills. The system has three advantages. First, it reduced implementation period through the use of GUI. Second, it is ordered to be personalized to construct format of the whole interface. Third, it has operational convenience which can be implemented on PC based system. These personalized features are enabling Learning on Demand. Also, there is comparatively low cost and high effectiveness on e-Learning implementation which facilitating quick adoption of e-Learning in its lectures.

The Role of Intrinsic Motivation in the Relationship Between Psychological Capital and Innovative Performance: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

  • TRAN, Phong T.;NGUYEN, Thu D.T.;PHAM, Luan M.;PHAN, Phuong T.T.;DO, Phuong T.
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.1067-1078
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    • 2021
  • This research examines the mediation of intrinsic motivation (IP) in the relationship between psychological capital (Psycap) and innovative performance (IP) in the educational environment of the transitioning economy. A test was based on a convenient sample of 440 University lecturers participating in a hardcopy survey was collected from ten universities and colleges in Southern Vietnam, from April 2020 to December 2020, while social isolation is strictly enforced by the government (Covid-19). The hypotheses are then proposed and conducted using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the structural equation modeling technique (SEM). The testing structural model results reveal that all the hypotheses are satisfied at the 5% significance level. Intrinsic motivation is a partial mediator in the linkage between psychological capital and innovative performance. These findings suggest that the importance of Psychological Capital (PsyCap) of workers promotes job performance in general, especially in individuals' creativity in a transitioning market, Vietnam. In addition, Based on the research results, several solutions are also proposed to promote innovative performance in the conditions of education in Vietnam. Besides, the author also gave a few comments on the findings as well as the limitations that this study encountered, especially how the survey samples were collected.

Workplace Learning as a Broadcasting Job Training for the College Students (방송 실무교육으로서의 일터학습 사례 연구)

  • Oh, Meeyoung
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.823-833
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    • 2012
  • Workplace learning is actually vastly underutilized as of yet even though it is necessary preparation course for the skilled broadcasting people. This paper pays attentions to the workplace learning that carried out by the college students as a class activity to find the way to get a desirable result for the job training. Data obtained from the focus group discussion comprised of 14 college students majoring broadcasting. Based on the results of the discussion, it finds that students faced detailed broadcasting environments let them adjust to and realize the position and role of contents providers who are struggling to survive competitive period. The students experienced informal learning reached to the tacit knowledge - including interview skill, camera and editing details, news framing, and interpersonal relationships - through a various routes such as mistakes, feedbacks, competitions and imitations while they practiced in the workplace. From these findings, this paper can conclude that the lecturers who are leading job training courses need to be concerned and utilize workplace learning actively.