Pengembangan Media Interaktif Berbasis Google Slide Berbantu Aplikasi Pear Deck pada Materi Sistem Pertahanan Tubuh

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh tantangan pembelajaran abad 21 yang menitikberatkan pada penggunaan teknologi. Selain itu, pandemi covid-19 yang belum berakhir hingga saat ini menuntut guru dan siswa untuk menggunakan media yang tepat dalam pembelajaran daring. Media Google Slide berbantu aplikasi Pear Deck merupakan salah satu media yang dapat digunakan dalam pembelajaran daring. Media ini mudah diakses melalui Chrome atau Browser lainnya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan tahapan pengembangan media dan respon siswa terhadap media serta menganalisis kelayakan media. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Research and Development dengan model 3D (Define, Design dan Develop). Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan yaitu lembar observasi, lembar wawancara, angket kebutuhan guru dan siswa, angket validasi ahli media, ahli materi dan guru biologi, angket keterbacaan dan respon siswa. Hasil penelitian diperoleh persentase nilai dari ahli media sebesar 88% (sangat layak), ahli materi sebesar 84% (layak), guru biologi sebesar 77% (layak), uji keterbacaan siswa sebesar 81% (layak) dan respon siswa sebesar 78% (layak). Dapat disimpulkan bahwa media ini layak untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran di sekolah

Integrated environmental modeling:an SDI - based framework for integrated assessment of agricultural information

Urban villages are widespread in many Chinese cities, providing affordable and accessible hous-ing for rural migrants. These urban villages are developed by the indigenous village population base on a self-help approach and in an unauthorized style. Consequently, urban villages are characterized by rapid physical development. This paper uses GIS applications and Municipal building surveys as instruments to examine the development patterns of urban villages in Shenzhen, one of the most dy-namic cities in China. Analyses reveal significant variation in development patterns and trends across urban villages, which can provide informative support for policy making associated with urban vil-lage (re)development

Open Educational Resources:Basic concepts, challenges, and business models

Besides research, education is the raison d’être of each university. Education can help close equity gaps and maintain social cohesion between and within countries. In this context, the digitisation era offers new opportunities, for example, in the form of distance and online learning. However, innovations can also come with challenges, such as employed and unemployed people requiring to adapt to a progressing working environment at ever shorter intervals (life-long learning). Consequently, it is increasingly important to gain free access to up-to-date educational materials about a wide range of subjects and at multiple academic levels. In this document, we introduce the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER). We start with establishing a definition of OER, what is needed to call educational materials OER, and the differences in comparison to related concepts, such as Massive open online courses. We then address the question of who can benefit from OER. It reports on the incentives to publish OER taking into account the perspectives of the involved stakeholders, i.e., the general public, universities and lecturers, and students. Afterwards, we pay attention to the challenges that come with OER. Subsequently, we provide a list of potential business models around OER, their underlying concepts, benefits, limitations, and projects making use of them. We also consider the paradox that OER are not intended to generate revenue but that ignoring income can make OER unsustainable. The document concludes by outlining possible steps to realize OER (e.g., organizing a round table to initiate a discussion about how to realise OER at the faculty level)