DESAIN APLIKASI MOBILE UNTUK MEMBERIKAN INFORMASI KEPADA SISWA TINGKAT LANJUT DI UGANDA

Pendidikan adalah kunci sukses keberhasilan hidup di dunia. Memberikan informasi yang diperlukan kepada siswa pada tahap pendidikan yang tepat dapat menentukan bergunanya masa depan mereka, tidak hanya bagi siswa tetapi juga untuk para pendidik guna menyederhanakan pekerjaan dan mengurangi tanggung jawab. Sayangnya, cara yang digunakan untuk memberikan informasi kepada siswa Tingkat Lanjut di Uganda tidak modern sehingga informasi penting tidak dapat diakses secara memadai oleh siswa. Oleh sebab itu, kebanyakan siswa akhirnya membuat keputusan yang tidak tepat dan belajar tanpa fokus. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, sebuah purwarupa aplikasi mobile dirancang untuk memungkinkan siswa Tingkat Lanjut dalam mengakses informasi yang diperlukan seperti persyaratan kualifikasi, bahan pelajaran, pilihan mata pelajaran, dll. Metode berbasis aturan juga disertakan untuk membantu siswa memilih mata pelajaran yang sesuai dengan pilihan karir yang mereka inginkan. Evaluasi desain menunjukkan bahwa 95,76% siswa Tingkat Lanjut yang menjadi peserta setuju dengan purwarupa aplikasi yang dirancang. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa Tingkat Lanjut tertarik menggunakan teknologi aplikasi mobile untuk mengakses informasi. Penggunaan teknologi aplikasi mobile akan memudahkan siswa dalam mendapatkan informasi tentang pilihan mata pelajaran, fokus pilihan karir, bahan ajar, dan lain sebagainya. Hal ini juga akan memudahkan pekerjaan para pendidik dan menghemat waktu yang terbuang dalam mendampingi siswa secara fisik untuk menyampaikan semua informasi yang diperlukan

LECTURERS’ STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS' DISCIPLINE IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT DURING ONLINE LEARNING

This study aims to provide an overview of the strategies used by two lecturers at the Catholic University of St. Augustine Hippo in their online classroom management, particularly in disciplining students. The trend of online classes on the St. Augustine Hippo Catholic University campus continues even though the pandemic is over. Online lectures are still being held for several meetings, although not in full. In providing online teaching, lecturers have specific strategies to ensure that the teaching and learning process goes well, one of the criteria is student discipline during the process. The method used to obtain data is in-depth interviews. The results of the in-depth interviews of the two lecturers showed that the challenges in online teaching were bad internet connection, students’ inadequate internet quota, and students’ inactiveness. While the strategies that were used by them in dealing with those problems were giving good example, giving firmness, giving attention, being kind, being affective, and being attentive towards students

Designing a conceptual framework of a smart city for sustainable development in Bangladesh

A smart city is a future solution to better management of the city and people. Recent researches have highlighted the necessity of smart city projects to improve urban lifestyle for the growing population. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Despite being a developing country, Bangladesh still lacks a smart city. A smart city framework is required to ameliorate urban lifestyle. The purpose of this study is to address a conceptual framework for a smart city project focusing on sustainable development in Bangladesh. The research approach follows an exhaustive literature review to collect suitable information to design the new smart city framework. Necessary information to design a smart city framework such as the core smart city dimensions and the sustainability indictors are identified through the thorough literature review. From the extracted information a new smart city framework is developed focusing on sustainable development. The findings of this study offer a clear overview of the smart city core dimensions and factors that influence sustainability in a smart city. The research presents a smart city framework that can be followed in a developing country like Bangladesh

A Fuzzy Logic-based Control System for Microwave Ovens

Conventional microwave ovens rely on users for their cooking time. In other words, the user must set the oven’s cooking time manually. This paper aims to design a fuzzy logicbased controller to resolve the above-mentioned issue by determining the cooking time of the microwave oven automatically. The time determined depends on the quantity and type of food. During the fuzzy logic process, we used the Mamdani fuzzy model. This model involves determining the crisp input, fuzzification, rule evaluation, and defuzzification, to obtain the crisp output result. Input real variables used were the type of food and quantity of food, whereas the output variable used was cooking time. A fuzzy logic toolbox on MATLAB software was used to design and simulate the whole system. Considering the IF-THEN rules and functions, we used the value of food as 50, and the type of food as 50 and we obtained the cooking time as 25 minutes. The result showed that Fuzzy models are good at determining cooking time in Microwave ovens and that their cooking time depends on the inputs. Using fuzzy logic in microwave ovens helps to maintain food quality, saves users’ time, and controls the energy used by the ove