Indonesia Open University (UT: Universitas Terbuka) is a large, open university delivering distance education to students throughout Indonesia. An important aspect of its mission is to provide opportunities for Indonesian teachers to improve their education in-service. This includes two courses on classroom action research. In order to assess the effectiveness of these courses and, if necessary, improve them, a team of lecturers from UT conducted an investigation of the challenges teachers were facing in learning to conduct classroom action research through the UT modules. The team found that the modules did not adequately reflect an understanding of the actual characteristics of the teachers they were serving and were thus less effective than they might be in teaching teachers to conduct classroom action research. Changes in both the content and scheduling of the modules are recommended in order to more effectively promote classroom action research in Indonesian schools. AbstrakUniversitas Terbuka atau UT merupakan universitas besar yang menyelenggarakan pendidikan jarak jauh untuk mahasiswa di berbagai penjuru Indonesia. Aspek terpenting dari misi UT adalah menyediakan kesempatan kepada para guru Indonesia untuk meningkatkan kualitas pengabdian mereka di dunia pendidikan. Materi yang ditawarkan UT termasuk dua mata kuliah tentang penelitian tindakan kelas. Dalam rangka mengevaluasi efektifitas kelas ini, dan memperbaikinya jika perlu, tim dosen dari UT meneliti kendala yang dihadapi para guru dalam belajar melakukan penelitian tindakan kelas melalui modul UT. Tim menyimpulkan, modul kelas ini tidak merefleksikan pemahaman yang cukup tentang karakterisktik riil para guru yang diajar, dan karena itu, kurang efektif untuk dijadikan acuan mengajar penelitian tindakan kelas. Tim menyarankan beberapa perubahan pada isi dan penjadwalan modul, guna lebih mengefektifkan kampanye penelitian tindakan kelas di sekolah-sekolah di Indonesia.

Facebook clearly provides a social outlet for college students, a fact backed by the large membership among this peer group. Socializing, however its unintended outcomes, is part and parcel of education of the whole person. Facebook has its place in that sense, but there seems to be a lack of any compelling reason to significantly integrate it into distance education. Students could use it as a secondary information exchange outlet in a cooperative learning mode with classmates that they have invited in their space, to complete group projects, for example. The services offered through Facebook (e.g. chatting, meeting new classmates, arranging for social/academic meetings) can well be attained using the current technologies in CMSs without the risk of security breaches and other legal matters pervasive in social networking websites. The potential use of facebook for distance learning is greatest. There was a strong feeling from distance learning students that they wanted a safe, private space to communicate. They were happy for tutors to be involved because they saw this space as having a specific course purpose. The advantage over the Virtual Learning Environment is that it seems to encourage that important social interaction as well as the course based interaction. This paper discusses distance learning education and the usage of facebook, as well as the possible implementation of facebook in distance learning education courses. The traditional way of accessing and using content from the Internet is shifting to a more collaborative environment whereby individuals, especially teenagers and young adults, are using various social networking software technologies not only to create information, but in sharing it as well. Perhaps by implementing facebook in distance education courses, it may allow instructors to get to know their students better, as well as to allow for more student-to-student interactions. This paper also discusses the usage of facebook in order to extend teacher and student collaborations in creating online learning environments.

Facebook (FB) dan WhatsApp (WA) telah menjadi "portal komunikasi" untuk jaringan sosial, yang telah dengan cepat mengubah cara orang berkomunikasi dan tetap terhubung. Dari perspektif pendidikan, situs jejaring sosial telah menerima ulasan ambigu. Beberapa penelitian telah menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan FB menjadi lebih luas dalam pembelajaran bahasa dan dapat menjadi alat yang efektif. FB tidak hanya mudah digunakan, tetapi juga membantu mendorong belajar mandiri dalam lingkungan sosial bagi siswa dan menempatkan kontrol untuk belajar ke tangan siswa. Artikel ini berfokus pada situs jejaring sosial FB, dan aplikasi WA dalam konteks UT. Ia mencoba untuk menjelaskan kegiatan berbagi informasi dilakukan melalui diskusi online menggunakan FB dan kelompok WA dan melibatkan siswa pembelajaran jarak jauh. Penelitian ini meneliti partisipasi siswa dalam diskusi online dan umpan balik mereka pada penggunaan FB dan forum WA sebagai platform untuk activity. FB dan WA diadopsi untuk mendukung tutorial online di Universitas Terbuka Indonesia dengan tujuan untuk meningkatkan guru-murid dan partisipasi rekan-berbasis, dan meningkatkan pengiriman pedagogis dan pembelajaran inklusif di ruang formal dan informal. Temuan menunjukkan FB dan WA berubah pedagogi dengan meningkatkan lingkungan sosial konstruktif untuk guru-siswa dan rekan-berbasis co-konstruksi pengetahuan. Peran guru berubah dari instruktur untuk fasilitator dan mentor memberikan bimbingan pada permintaan. Peran mahasiswa juga berubah dari penerima informasi ke generator informasi, kolaborator, organizer informasi / pencari / pemberi, pemikir kritis dan pemimpin kelompok. Namun tantangan menggunakan Facebook dan WhatsApp termasuk guru 'kebencian penggabungan akademik dan keluarga hidup disebabkan oleh konsultasi WhatsApp setelah jam.   Facebook (FB) and WhatsApp (WA) have become the communication portal for social networking, which has rapidly transformed the way people communicate and stay connected. From an educational perspective, social networking sites have received ambiguous reviews. Some studies have shown that the use of FB is becoming more widespread in language learning and it can be an effective tool. FB is not only easy to use, but it also helps encourage autonomous learning within a social environment for students and puts control for learning into the students hands. This article focuses on the social networking site, FB, and WA application within the context of UT. It attempts to shed light on an information-sharing activity conducted via online discussion using FB and WA groups and involving distance learning students. This study investigated students participation in the online discussion and their feedback on the use of FBs and WAs forums as the platform for the activity.FB and WA were adopted for supporting an online tutorial at the Open University of Indonesia with a view to heighten tutorstudent and peer-based participation, and enhance pedagogical delivery and inclusive learning in formal and informal spaces. The findings suggest FB and WA transformed pedagogy by fostering social constructivist environments for tutorstudent and peer-based co-construction of knowledge. The teachers role was transformed from an instructor to a facilitator and mentor providing guidance on demand. Student roles were also transformed from information receivers to information generators, collaborators, information organizer/seekers/givers, critical thinkers and group leaders. However, the challenges of using Facebook and WhatsApp included tutor resentment of the merging of academic and family life occasioned by WhatsApp consultations after hours.

Tutors' and students' intentions to use emerging technologies (ETs) in e-learning systems in higher education institutions are a central concern of researchers, academicians, and practitioners. However, tutors' and students' intentions to use ETs in e-learning systems in distance learning are relatively low. The goal of the study, developed in Universitas Terbuka, was to investigate the factors that may affect tutors' and students' intentions to use ETs in online tutorials. A Web-based survey was designed to empirically assess the effect of the aforementioned constructs on tutors' and students' intentions to use ETs in online tutorials. The statistical analysis results showed that the theoretical model was able to predict instructors' and students' intention to use ETs in online tutorials. However, not all three independent variables showed significant relationships with the dependent variable. Results of MLR analysis was consistent on technology competencies (TC) as having the greatest weight on predicting instructors' and students' intentions to use ETs.

Undang-Undang 35 tahun 2014 Tentang Perlindungan anak pada Pasal 1 ayat (1) menyebutkan Anak adalah seorang yang belum berusia 18 (delapan belas) tahun, termasuk anak yang masih dalam kandungan, adalah sebagai manusia seutuhnya anak memiliki harkat dan martabat,oleh karena itu anak memilki hak asasi yang diakui. Masa usia dini adalah masa peka dimana anak memiliki kemampuan penyerapan informasi yang luar biasa, serta rasa ingin tahu yang begitu tinggi tentang berbagai hal,. Pada usia ini anak membutuhkan penanganan dan respon yang tepat dari lingkungan terdekatnya.Undang-undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 tentang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional Pasal 1 angka 14 menyatakan bahwa Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD) adalah suatau upaya pembinaan yang ditunjukkan kepada anak sejak lahir sampai enam tahun yang dilakukan melalui pemberian rangsangan pendidikan untuk membantu pertumbuhan dan perkembangan jasmani dan rohani agar anak memiliki kesiapan dalam memasuki pendidikan lanjut Dewasa ini terdapat berbagai fenomena perilaku negatif pada anak dalam kehidupan sehari hari. Jika kita lihat sekarang ini baik melalui surat kabar,televisi, radio atau kejadian disekiling kita, kekerasan terhadap anak makin marak terjadi, bahkan pelakunya berasal dari keluarganya sendiri. Hal ini menyebabkan anak-anak tersebut menjadi terlantar dan terisolasi dari kehidupan sosialnya. Sedangkan Menurut Undang-undang Perlindungan Anak Nomor 35 Tahun 2014 perlindungan anak adalah segala kegiatan untuk menjamin dan melindungi anak dan hakhaknya agar tetap hidup, tumbuh, berkembang, dan berpartisipasi secara optimal sesuai dengan harkat dan martabat kemanusiaan, serta mendapat perlindungan dari kekerasan dan diskriminasi Obyek dalam penelitian ini sesuai dengan judul Pencegahan Kekerasan Terhadap Anak Usia Dini di TK IT Bintang Kecil Kota Semarang ini adalah anak usia dini yang mengikuti pendidikan di TK IT Bintang Kecil Kota Semarang dilakukan dengan bentuk mengenali dan mencegah kejadian kekerasan pada anak. Selanjutnya sebagai pengetahuan masyarakat dan pemerintah agar mengetahui pentingnya Perlindungan Anak khususnya sebagai usaha preventif agar angka kekerasan tidak semakin bertambah.

Technology business competition leads to the order of social life to solve challenges through a combination of innovations from various elements found in the industrial revolution 4.0 towards Society 5.0. One form of Intellectual Property Rights is Copyright, which has the widest scope of protected objects since it includes science, art, literature, and computer programs where artificial intelligence will transform millions of data collected via the internet into increasingly complex wisdom to consider a technology that can bring benefits but is also a "threat and challenge" towards the gate of Society 5.0. This research aims to determine the protection of copyright law towards the gate of society 5.0. The research method used is normative juridical. Literary law research is legal research conducted by examining library materials or secondary data based on the principles, theories, doctrines, prevailing laws, and regulations. The study results found that the Copyright Law has not accommodated Society 5.0, especially economic rights for its creators. Article 6 is only to protect moral rights through Copyright management information and electronic information on Copyright. There is a need for the state's role, which functions as a regulator, provider, and counterweight, to adjust the rules to follow technological developments towards the gate of society 5.0, which does not mean changing all current legal products but is adaptive to existing legal instruments as legal protection measures to face a new chapter of intellectual property rights.

The implementation of credit transfer at Universitas Terbuka refers to the Rector's Regulation Number 119, 2018. This credit transfer could only be carried out once when students registered themselves at very first time. Recognition of credit transfer is accepted whn accomplishment of courses have been obtained from their previous universities. Through the provision of credit transfer recognition services, students are expected to be able to finish their study faster. Students can apply for credit transfer through the Faculty which would then be proceed by Study Program. Students are required to collect documents such as diplomas, transcripts, descriptions of courses at their previous university, and the submissions for courses intended to be transferred for credit. The documents which are in form of print out would later be processed in their respective Study Programs. During the process, the Study Program compiled the documents manually by recording and determining the courses approved for credit transfer. However, the study Program hasn’t used a special application. Due to this limitation, several problems occurred in the process, such as the absence of filing the credit transfer application documents, the ineffectiveness of storing the credit transfer master block in the Study Program, and the large number of credit transfer applications. These problems often result in delays in the credit transfer process, thus disrupting academic services for students. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a credit transfer application that can assist in the implementation of credit transfer in the Faculty of Science and Technology. The methodology used to develop this credit transfer application is the waterfall model. For design modeling using UML (Unified Modeling Language), while software testing uses Black Box Testing and usability and acceptance tests applied the PSSUQ (Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire) method. From the results of the tests, it showed that Black Box Testing got test results of 100%, while the usability and acceptance tests using the PSSUQ method got 68% of respondents. The conclusion of this study showed that the application is ready to use and the users Agree/Good/Like on the development of a web-based credit transfer application at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universitas Terbuka (case study of Information Systems Study Program). Kata kunci: Credit transfer, Web, Waterfall, , Black Box Testing, PSSUQ.

Dewasa ini narkoba telah menjadi momok bagi masyarakat dan pemerintah sebagai sesuatu yang sangat membahayakan. Penyalahgunaan dan peredaran gelap narkotika, psikotropika dan bahan berbahaya lainnya (narkoba) dengan berbagai implikasi dan dampak negatifnya merupakan suatu masalah global yang mengancam kehidupan masyarakat, bangsa dan negara. Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut pembinaan hukum dan penyuluhan hukum di kalangan remaja perlu dilakukan agar remaja dapat lebih mengerti dan memiliki daya tangkal terhadap narkoba. Metode pendekatan yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarkat ini dalam bentuk penyuluhan hukum tentang pencegahan penyalahgunaan narkotika dan pendekatan partisipatif artinya para peserta dituntut aktif dalam mengikuti selama kegiatan berlangsung. Kompetensi yang akan dibentuk ditandai dengan indikator peningkatan pengetahuan peserta tentang pencegahan penyalahgunaan narkotika dan perubahan sikap dalam berpartisipasi dalam pencegahan penyalahgunaan narkotika. Lokasi kegiatan penyuluhan hukum tentang bahaya narkoba dilaksanakan di Kelurahan Karang rejoKata Kunci: Hukum, Penyuluhan narkoba, RemajaPENDAHULUAN