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Identifying The Proficiency Level Of Primary English Language Teachers’ Productive Skills From Kurikulum Merdeka And Cefr, Dimas Pujianto, Ika Lestari Damayanti, Fuad Abdul Hamied, Della Nuridah Kartika Sari

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to identify the language proficiency level of primary English language teachers’ (PELTs) productive skills (speaking and writing) analyzed using the Common European Framework of References (CEFR) and Kurikulum Merdeka. As a foreign language in Indonesia, English language proficiency among PELTs is crucial to determine the success of the learning process in a classroom. Furthermore, PELTs should also possess adequate language proficiency to communicate effectively with students in any situation. However, several local context studies show the low language proficiency level possessed by PELTs. The low proficiency level was mostly gained through general English tests, for example TOEFL, …

Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions Towards The Implementation Of Multimodal Texts In Microteaching Classes, Jullius Christ Addel Haryyadi, Zuliati Rohmah

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

In the digital age, technological advances impact EFL language instruction in Indonesia. After examining the current and future demands of education, prospective educators need to attain the minimum standards to fulfill students' needs in the twenty-first century. Multimodal texts in education are one way to solve today's pedagogical needs. The current study explores pre-service teachers' perceptions of their performance in utilizing multimodal texts in micro­teaching classes. Data were collected from the 6th-semester students from the English Language Education Study Program, the Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. This research applied mixed methods, combining data collection from observation, questionnaires as …

The Creative Process Of Two Indonesian Nft Artists From The Perspective Of Actor-Network Theory, Rendy Pandita Bastari, Idhar Resmadi, Wahyu Lukito

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The development of crypto has resulted in NFT (non-fungible token) derivation. Artists began to explore the NFT market with its potential. NFT artists have different ways to get engagement and establish themselves in the world of NFT, whether in terms of artwork substance or in the social field. This study aims to deconstruct the actors behind NFT artists to elucidate the visual style and the social engagement of artists in the world of NFT. The method used in this study is a qualitative approach with data validation from interviews and NFT artwork samples. The data was subsequently processed using actor-network …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda September 7, 2023, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - April 6, 2023
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business - New baccalaureate programs template and cross/dual listed info for the EPC handbook
• Adjourn: 3:00 pm

Independent- Aug. 30, 2023, Leslie Lozada

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Buku Edukatif Berbasis Ilustrasi Sebagai Referensi Antisipasi Overthink, Anni Paras Wati, Moch. Abdul Rohman, Andreas Syah Pahlevi

Journal of Innovation and Teacher Professionalism

Manusia tidak jauh dari aktivitas berpikir, karena pikiran merupakan anugerah dari yang maha kuasa. Seiring berjalannya waktu, cara berpikir manusia dari generasi ke generasi semakin maju. Ditambah dengan berkembangnya teknologi informasi menjadikan tuntutan tidak langsung kepada manusia untuk dapat menerima dan mengerti berbagai informasi dalam satu waktu. Hal ini menye­babkan menampung terlalu banyak informasi yang dapat menyebabkan kebingungan seperti pikiran berlebihan atau overthink. Overthink adalah istilah lain dari pikiran berlebihan. Overthink dialami oleh semua orang salah satunya mahasiswa DKV dengan pikiran berlebihan dengan konteks dalam DKV. Oleh karena itu perlunya kiat-kiat yang sedikitnya dapat membantu mereka dalam memilah pikiran ketika …

2018 Great Day Program, State University Of New York At Geneseo

GREAT Day Programs

SUNY Geneseo’s Twelfth Annual GREAT Day.

Teaching Professional Accountability In Nursing: A Phenomenological Investigation Of Faculty Experiences, Lorretta C. Krautscheid

Dissertations

Professional nursing organizations and nursing education credentialing agencies describe accountability as an essential attribute underpinning professional practice. Although accountability is foundational to nursing practice, little is known about how nurse educators teach accountability. The purpose of this qualitative research was to understand and describe socially constructed meanings nurse educators attribute to the phenomenon of teaching accountability. This study brought out of concealment the real-world teaching experiences of nurse educators. Participants (n=6) were nurse educators who taught accountability in baccalaureate academic classrooms. Data collection occurred via face-to-face semi-structured interviews. An interpretive phenomenological design was utilized throughout data collection and …

Deaf Communication Awareness, Emily Grace Cruz Amponin

Theses

Whenever a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person or a group of deaf people converse with people who aren’t deaf, they know various communication approaches such as writing notes on paper or phones, basic gestures, talking clearly, or lip reading if they grew up with an oral method. A Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person may have hearing devices: hearing aids or cochlear implants, or they have none of these hearing devices. The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people are trying and willing to communicate with their relatives, employees, customers, classmates, or instructors. However, people do not look at a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person or a …

The Differential Effects Of Virtual Reality (Vr) On The Novice And Experienced Vr Users, Youjung Jun

Asia Marketing Journal

Although research on Virtual Reality (VR) has uncovered numerous technical advantages of VR over traditional media, little is known about how individual VR users with varying prior experience respond to VR differently. This paper examines the effect of users' prior VR experience on their subsequent real-life behavior in the domain of charitable consumption. Specifically, we find that compared to experienced VR users, novice VR users are more likely to support a charitable cause in real life (e.g., ocean conservation) after experiencing this cause in VR. The increased support among novice VR users occurs because they perceive the use of VR …

"We Say No More:" The Role Of Bodily Trauma And Hybrid Spaces In The March For Our Lives Movement, Haeley Van Der Werf

Theses and Dissertations

The youth-led March For Our Lives is founded on the idea of young people forced into advocacy by unthinkable tragedy. The movement exists in a digital age where the lines between the physical and digital have become increasingly blurred. By using the work of scholars such as Manuel Castells and Henry Jenkins as a foundation to analyze this movement, we can gain a deeper understanding of why MFOL has succeeded and failed in the ways that it has. These noted digital activism academics will be used to explore how collective anger is expressed and created through the use of personal …

Generative Artificial Intelligence Program And Service: Imaginex, Mengheng Xu

Theses

The idea to facilitate the creation of personal spaces that afford privacy, comfort, and autonomy to individuals in need seems to be especially significant while availability and affordability of physical spaces are constrained. This project proposes a system called ImagineX which is a generative artificial intelligence program and service that can generate virtual 3D spaces for users. Users can create customized 3D environments tailored to their specific needs and preferences simply by inputting word prompts. By connecting the program from a tablet to a virtual reality (VR) system, users can experience and interact with these virtual spaces in an immersive …

The Language Of League: Making Sense Of Multimodal Meaning In Twitch Live Streams, Dena Elisabeth Arendall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Though there has been a good deal of research on digital discourse and online gaming, there has been relatively little research on 1) the social structure of specific groups within the large online gaming community, 2) the multimodal structure of the online gaming live stream, and 3) the impact that these structures have on the final communicative event. One noteworthy component of the social characteristics of online streams is the streamer gender and size of the stream’s audience. In addition, one difference that sets the live stream apart from other online communications is its intense technological complexity. This study then, …

The Nine Dot Problem: An Immersive Experience Blending The Digital And Physical Worlds, Alances Vargas

Theses

Anamorphic billboards, the incredibly eye-catching social media magnets one sees where a digital shoe seems to be breaking through the walls of a building or a hand is reaching out through the screens of Times Square into the streets of New York, are commonly seen in major urban environments. These displays, often used for marketing purposes selling the next hit video game or popular sneaker, are made by joining 2 angled screens at a 90 degree angle and utilize the concept of forced perspective to create the illusion of space and 3D visuals without the need for special glasses. However, …

Purli: A Better Way To Brush, Aldyn Savage

Theses

Maintaining good oral hygiene is crucial for a healthy life, and properly tooth brushing stands out as a fundamental defense against dental issues. Unfortunately, many people do not brush their teeth properly and there is very limited technology available to assist them in compliance with the standard toothbrushing procedure. In the realm of technological innovation, augmented reality stands out as a powerful tool with boundless possibilities. Leveraging the potential of this transformative technology, we aim to utilize mirrors as a unique medium to design a captivating 3D projected model of teeth. This innovative approach aims to inspire and motivate users …

Glass: The Augmented Reality Glass Blowing Assistant, John Bechtold

Theses

Many people desire to learn a new skill or craft, but having access to a mentor available to provide one on one feedback can be expensive or inaccessible to many. Learning a new skill can bring meaning and added value to a person’s life. Glasses explores bridging the physical and digital world through augmented reality tools that assist in the hand making of products and the learning of a new craft. Though Glasses specifically focuses on glass blowing, the concept could just as easily be applied to any form of craftsmanship such as woodworking, metalsmithing or welding. The product helps …

The Language Of Racism And Education, Megan A. Visser

Masters Projects

Language, and how we use it, affects all people around us, including the students in our schools. This project aims to educate others on the importance of language, show how language is often used to be covertly racist, and begin the process of setting educators on a new path towards language that is inclusive. The aspects of language that this project will break down are colorblind language, diversity language, and microaggressions. Once broken down we will address some ways to rebuild our language in a way that makes our students feel safe in our classrooms.

Older Women’S Stories Of Covid-19 Loss: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making Through Photography, Anne Walker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The diverse array of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic make it difficult to assess the full impact of this global health crisis. More than 300,000 older Americans died, leaving a nation of grieving survivors in their absence. This profound loss of life will undoubtedly inform the field’s understanding of grief and grieving for many years to come. Pre-pandemic, older women in the United States understood grief to be part of their life stage; COVID-19 amplified the grief experience through both cumulative losses and the isolation particular to the novel coronavirus response. However, few qualitative studies explore older women’s grief, …

Visualizing Transaction-Level Modeling Simulations Of Deep Neural Networks, Nataniel Farzan, Emad Arasteh

Engineering Technical Reports

The growing complexity of data-intensive software demands constant innovation in computer hardware design. Performance is a critical factor in rapidly evolving applications such as artificial intelligence (AI). Transaction-level modeling (TLM) is a valuable technique used to represent hardware and software behavior in a simulated environment. However, extracting actionable insights from TLM simulations is not a trivial task. We present Netmemvisual, an interactive, cross-platform visualization tool for exposing memory bottlenecks in TLM simulations. We demonstrate how Netmemvisual helps system designers rapidly analyze complex TLM simulations to find memory contention. We describe the project’s current features, experimental results with two state-of-the-art deep …

Initiating Consistent Bedside Shift Report, Amanda Mclean Listopad Adn, Rn, Jacquelin Campbell Adn, Rn, Bruse Ogilvie Adn, Rn, Stephanie Kunkle Adn, Rn

Vizient/ AACN Nurse Residency Program™ EBP Projects

No abstract provided.

Examining The Perceived Implications Of Eliminating The Stem Career Cluster In Kansas, Trevor Maiseroulle

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Career and technical education (CTE) has been an effort in the United States to help bring quality career preparation programs to secondary schools nationwide, with many career clusters allowing schools to teach various courses. For example, the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career cluster provides interdisciplinary approaches and hands-on activities to help students succeed in postsecondary ventures. One of the integral subjects in STEM education is technology and engineering education (T&EE), which has been synonymous with STEM education for decades. T&EE is a discipline which has been around for over a century, nevertheless it may be confused with CTE. …

Generative And Implicit Methods For 3d Point Cloud Processing, Mohammad Samiul Arshad

Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

3D point clouds are a popular form of data representation with many applications in computer vision, computer graphics, and robotics. As the output of range sensing devices, point clouds have gained popularity with the current interest in self-driving vehicles. More formally, point clouds are an unordered set of irregular points collected from the surface of an object. Each point consists of a Cartesian coordinate, along with additional information such as an RGB color value and surface normal estimate. However, deep learning methods fall short in the processing of 3D point clouds due to the irregular and permutation-invariant nature of the …

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2023 - 2024, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Library News August 2023, Research Medical Library

Library News 2023

• Collaborating with Librarians to Develop Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Next Steps After Grant Rejection
• Risk Factor vs. Cause
• New Resource: Sage Research Methods
• Generating a Manuscript Title Page

A Novel Approach For Defect Detection Of Wind Turbine Blade Using Virtual Reality And Deep Learning, Md Fazle Rabbi

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Wind turbines are subjected to continuous rotational stresses and unusual external forces such as storms, lightning, strikes by flying objects, etc., which may cause defects in turbine blades. Hence, it requires a periodical inspection to ensure proper functionality and avoid catastrophic failure. The task of inspection is challenging due to the remote location and inconvenient reachability by human inspection. Researchers used images with cropped defects from the wind turbine in the literature. They neglected possible background biases, which may hinder real-time and autonomous defect detection using aerial vehicles such as drones or others. To overcome such challenges, in this paper, …

Amulet: Addressing Emotional Abuse, Wentao Sun

Theses

In a world grappling with the scourge of psychological violence, particularly gaslighting, in intimate relationships, the "Amulet" project presents a visionary design solution. Positioned at the intersection of emotional abuse and technology, the project conceptualizes Amulet as a biometric system embodied in a hypothetical skin tattoo and extendable across digital devices. The Amulet project explores the potential role of design in challenging and addressing this insidious form of abuse. The core elements of the project include designing a unique brand identity for Amulet and the creation of a user-friendly interface that offers an intuitive and empowering user experience. The designed …

The Representation Of Garuda Character In A Comic Entitled Garudayana Saga By Is Yuniarto, Dhityana Ayu Bestania, Prapto Yuwono

International Review of Humanities Studies

Garudayana Saga is a comic that tells the story of Garuda. Garudayana Saga has the concept of Garuda, which is also found in Adiparwa. Adiparwa is the first book of the Mahabharata story. The Garuda character in the Adiparwa narrative is illustrated with manga-style drawings in Garudayana Saga. This research aims to explain the representation of the Garuda character seen in the Garuda character image in the Garudayana Saga, based on a quote that contains the character of Garuda in Adiparwa. The research is conducted using Creswell's qualitative method (2014), combined with Damono's transmedia theory (2018) and Peirce's semiotic theory …

Literature Study: Visual Support Design As Assistive Technology For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Muchamad Irvan, Muhammad Nurrohman Jauhari, Andarmadi Jati Abdhi Wasesa, Yandika Fefrian Rosmi

Journal of ICSAR

Providing interventions for children with autism requires various methods and learning media. Visual Support has long been implemented to help train communication skills in children with autism. Recently, many applications have developed as assistive technology to help children with autism in the learning environment. This study aims to elaborate on the visual design integrated into application-based assistive technology for children with autism. The method used in this research is a Systematic Literature Review. Based on the data tracing results, several references have been collected that specifically discuss the design of visual Support. From the data analysis, it can be concluded …

Engaging Mothers And Community Health Workers: An Online Maternal And Children’S Health Education In Kampung Lio, Indonesia, Shafira Aurelia, Dheanita Nissrina Andini, Garry Soloan, Vahira Waladhiyaputri, Dewi Friska

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

To raise awareness and understanding of maternal and children’s health, a team from Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, conducted a program called Tinggi Cerdas. It is a community development program in Kampung Lio, Depok, West Java. This article evaluates the impacts of activity related to the participant’s awareness and knowledge about maternal and children’s health. The program was developed and conducted as an online program due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, from September to December 2021. The program was developed with four different topics through online communication, equipped with an educational booklet for the mothers and a PrimaKu® application …

The Effectiveness Of Drawing As A Study Tool For Success In Human Anatomy And Physiology, Gracie C. Willis

Honors Theses

Human Anatomy and Physiology courses are packed with substantial information to obtain and retain over a semester. Study techniques students integrate into their studies are indispensable in affecting their success or failure in Human Anatomy and Physiology courses. This study aimed to determine if using drawing as a study technique would positively or negatively impact students' success or failure rate in Human Anatomy and Physiology I (A&P I) at the University of Mississippi. Participants were divided into three groups based on the degree of participation. Group A students chose only to release their unidentified test scores. Group B students released …