Abstract:The objective of the study was to assess the support provided to lecturers in the implementation of a new curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic to suggest early intervention strategies that address resources and knowledge deficiency gaps that have a negative impact on curriculum implementation. A survey design was used in the study. A representative sample of 30 lecturers was randomly selected from 5 Faculty of Natural Resources Management and Agriculture departments to complete the questionnaire between Jun… Show more
“…COVID-19 hit Indonesia in mid-February 2020 and had an impact on changes in the learning system (Alpian, Syarif Sumantri, Yufiarti, & Sri Wulan, 2022;Yarrow, Masood, & Afkar, 2020). People's perspective on the urgency of technology and information (Nyagadza, Pashapa, Chare, Mazuruse, & Hove, 2022;Rasmitadila et al, 2020 ) as well as learning resources that are used as references in the self-development of lecturers after the COVID-19 pandemic (Mafugu & Abel, 2022;Shum, Motta, & Domingue, 2000). The library building that has the function of providing references and learning resources could not be used during the pandemic as there were conventional procedures in place that required lecturers to come directly to visit during working hours to borrow or access references online in the library room only.…”
This research explores lecturers' perceptions of digital libraries as a learning resource for the industrial era 4.0 that can be used anytime and anywhere to solve the low interest in developing lecturers because of the difficulty of accessing references to conventional libraries, which require lecturers to visit the library building. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 lecturers, and data analysis was performed using thematic analysis. The analysis results found four main themes: benefits, challenges, recommendations, and positive and negative impacts of digital libraries. The research concluded that the existence of a digital library can make it easy for lecturers to browse the references needed quickly, easily, and flexibly just by entering the library's website page. This research contributes to solving the problem of lecturers in Indonesia over the limited learning resources in conventional libraries that are difficult to access online and require particular visiting time because they have to come directly during library operating hours. Therefore, support from the government, university leaders, and the wider community is needed to develop a digital library system to facilitate lecturers in Indonesia having adequate learning resources for the industrial era 4.0.
“…COVID-19 hit Indonesia in mid-February 2020 and had an impact on changes in the learning system (Alpian, Syarif Sumantri, Yufiarti, & Sri Wulan, 2022;Yarrow, Masood, & Afkar, 2020). People's perspective on the urgency of technology and information (Nyagadza, Pashapa, Chare, Mazuruse, & Hove, 2022;Rasmitadila et al, 2020 ) as well as learning resources that are used as references in the self-development of lecturers after the COVID-19 pandemic (Mafugu & Abel, 2022;Shum, Motta, & Domingue, 2000). The library building that has the function of providing references and learning resources could not be used during the pandemic as there were conventional procedures in place that required lecturers to come directly to visit during working hours to borrow or access references online in the library room only.…”
This research explores lecturers' perceptions of digital libraries as a learning resource for the industrial era 4.0 that can be used anytime and anywhere to solve the low interest in developing lecturers because of the difficulty of accessing references to conventional libraries, which require lecturers to visit the library building. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 lecturers, and data analysis was performed using thematic analysis. The analysis results found four main themes: benefits, challenges, recommendations, and positive and negative impacts of digital libraries. The research concluded that the existence of a digital library can make it easy for lecturers to browse the references needed quickly, easily, and flexibly just by entering the library's website page. This research contributes to solving the problem of lecturers in Indonesia over the limited learning resources in conventional libraries that are difficult to access online and require particular visiting time because they have to come directly during library operating hours. Therefore, support from the government, university leaders, and the wider community is needed to develop a digital library system to facilitate lecturers in Indonesia having adequate learning resources for the industrial era 4.0.
“…Curriculum implementation and evaluation is a curriculum development cycle (Dang et al, 2023) both inductive development models such as the Taba model and deductive ones such as the Tyler and Oliva model (Tariq Mehmood Bhuttah et al, 2019). Curriculum implementation is a process where students, through the guidance of a teacher, interact with learning activities so that they can maximize learning which will be seen in students' new behavior/new approaches to a problem (Mafugu & Abel, 2022). Curriculum implementation refers to how teachers deliver instruction and assessment through the use of specific resources provided in the curriculum to achieve a set of goals (Nevenglosky et al, 2019).…”
Objectives: This research aims to analyze the profile of students' critical thinking abilities regarding the implementation of STEAM-oriented science and science learning development in elementary schools. Method: This research is a preliminary study with a data collection technique in the form of a written test by analyzing the data results descriptively and qualitatively. This research was conducted on 7 students consisting of 3 female and 4 male students in elementary school. Results: This research can be concluded that: It was found that the criteria for students' critical thinking abilities were still very low with an average score of 51.76 or a completion percentage of around 36%. In this research, it is hoped that the application of STEAM-oriented learning can improve students' thinking abilities. So, the conclusion is that if students' critical thinking skills are still low, it is necessary to improve students' critical thinking skills, namely by implementing STEAM-oriented learning. Novelty: Development of learning tools oriented to the STEAM approach to improve the science and science critical thinking abilities of elementary school students in the independent curriculum, so that it will improve students' critical thinking skills in line with the demands of the 21st century.
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