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Robotic systems are increasingly seen as possible technical aids against the background of demographic change and the associated pressures on care systems, with increasing numbers of care recipients and a decreasing number of trained caregivers. In human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work, different design paradigms are currently being pursued to explore which features and appearances are favorable for meaningful interactions of humans with robotic systems. One such approach, labeled as "otherware", proposes to conceptualize robots beyond a naive anthropomorphism or zoomorphism, rather developing the idea of a figure that goes beyond the dichotomy between "being alive" and "being a technical artefact". We present an ethnographic study on the perceptions, attitudes, and practices of care attendants and nursing-home residents in their experimenting with off-the-shelf robotic cats and dogs. The three-week study shows specific appropriation practices of the robotic pets, and how the care attendants - partly together with the residents - define their experiences of the robotic pets, i.e., in which situations the robotic pets are considered either as living beings or as technology toys. The study provides practice-based insights into how possible uses of robotic pets could be meaningfully integrated into care practices, but also which ethical reflections were discussed during their use. Finally, this ethnographic study functioned as a collaborative learning process between researchers, care attendants, and residents, and thus also points out possible aspects that arose with regard to future learning spaces of professional and organizational development for dealing with innovative technologies in residential care contexts.

The multiple mediating effects of Korean workers’ perception of the fourth industrial revolution, career attitudes and future learning intent

Purpose This study aims at analyzing the impact of perceptions of the fourth industrial revolution (crisis and opportunity) in the relationship between workers’ career attitudes and future learning intentions. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzed the multiple mediating effect of the perception of the fourth industrial revolution in the relationship between career attitudes and future learning intention using data of 305 Korean workers. As career attitude variables, boundaryless and protean career orientation variables were used, and perception of the fourth industrial revolution was analyzed (opportunity and crisis perception). Findings Both workers’ boundaryless career orientation and protean career orientation influenced future learning intention through the perception of opportunity for the fourth industrial revolution. This result suggested that flexible career attitudes positively recognized the changes of the fourth industrial revolution and had an effect on promoting attitude toward future learning. Research limitations/implications The study confirmed that workers’ flexible career attitudes could promote perception of opportunity rather than crisis in changing situation and strengthen their intention to prepare for the future by mediating this perception. These results suggest that lifelong learning and competency development can be reinforced by facilitating perception of an opportunities for external change for individual career development. Originality/value Insights for personal career development were provided by analyzing the relationship between flexible career attitudes, which are increasing in importance in the modern society, and perceptions of changes in external environment.

Knowledge in Sight: Toddlers Plan Efficient Epistemic Actions by Anticipating Learning Gains

Anticipating the learning consequences of actions is crucial to plan efficient information-seeking. Such a capacity is needed for learners to determine which actions are most likely to result in learning. Here, we tested the early ontogeny of the human capacity to anticipate the amount of learning gained from seeing. In Study 1, we tested infants’ capacity to anticipate the availability of sight. Fourteen-month-old infants (N = 72) were invited to search for a toy hidden inside a container. The participants were faster to attempt at opening a shutter when this action allowed them to see inside the container. Moreover, this effect was specifically observed when seeing inside the container was potentially useful to the participants’ goals. Thus, infants anticipated the availability of sight, and they calibrated their information-seeking behaviors accordingly. In Studies 2-3, we tested toddlers’ capacity to anticipate whether data would be cognitively useful for their goals. Two-and-a-half-year-olds (N = 72) had to locate a target character hidden among distractors. The participants flipped the characters more often, and were comparatively faster to initiate this action when it yielded access to visual data allowing them to locate the target. Thus, toddlers planned their information-seeking behaviors by anticipating the cognitive utility of sight. In contrast, toddlers did not calibrate their behaviors to the cognitive usefulness of auditory data. These results suggest that cognitive models of learning guide toddlers’ search for information. The early developmental onset of the capacity to anticipate future learning gains is crucial for active learning.

John Senior and Éva Gyarmathy: AI and Developing Human Intelligence, Future Learning and Educational Innovation

AI is a branch of computer science that emphasises the development of intelligent machines that think and work like humans. Examples of AI applications are speech recognition, natural language processing, image recognition etc. The term ML represents the application of AI to enable systems’ ability to learn and improve based on experience, without the explicit need for programming, using various problem-solving algorithms. For example, in machine learning, computers learn based on the data they process, not program instructions

You won’t guess that: On the limited benefits of guessing when learning a foreign language

Guessing the meaning of a foreign word before being presented with the right answer benefits recognition performance for the translation compared to reading the full translation outright. However, guessing does not increase memory for the foreign-word-to-translation associations, which is crucial for language acquisition. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether this disadvantage of guessing for performance in cued-recall tests would be eliminated if a restudy phase was added. In Experiments 1–3, we consistently demonstrated that guessing resulted in lower cued-recall performance compared to reading, both before and after restudy. Even for items for which participants successfully recalled their initial guesses on the cued-recall test, accuracy levels did not exceed those from the reading condition. In Experiment 4, we aimed to generalize our findings concerning restudy to a different set of materials – weakly associated word pairs. Even though this time guessing led to better performance than reading, consistent with previous studies, this guessing benefit was not moderated by adding a restudy phase. Our results thus underscore the importance of the initial learning phase for future learning and retention, while undermining the usefulness of the learning-through-guessing strategy for acquiring foreign language vocabulary.

Back to what? What STEM and Health teaching academics learnt from COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about an era of innovation in higher education that was extraordinary both in its scale and suddenness. Our study, carried out in STEM and Health disciplines of a multicampus Victorian university, asked the teaching academics in the eye of this storm to reflect on what they had learnt from this experience. In particular, we asked what had worked, what had not worked, what they planned to retain in their teaching post-COVID-19, and what they would be relieved to discard. Above all, we found the experience of COVID-19 learning and teaching to be highly variegated. Academics reported some online activities which were predominantly successful, others which were predominantly unsuccessful, and still others for which the experience was quite different, depending on the context. Our data suggest that future learning and teaching policy should allow for discipline and cohort nuances and cannot be one-size-fits-all.

Optimalisasi Kemampuan Guru Melalui Pelatihan Kuis Interaktif Secara Daring Berbasis Teknologi Informasi

The use of technology is very important in learning in the pandemic era. Various efforts were made to equip teachers to optimize the use of learning media. One of these efforts is to organize training on making interactive quizzes based on information technology which is held at SMP Negeri 1 Jaten. This training aims to provide insight related to learning media so that teachers are able to improve their abilities in making interactive quizzes and have a good impact on the future learning process. The method used in this training consists of three stages, namely preparation, implementation and evaluation.This training was conducted on May 6 – May 7, 2021 and was attended by 32 teachers for grades VII, VIII and IX consisting of subject teachers. The result of this training activity is that the teacher understands the training material well so that all the information obtained can be directly put into practice. Teachers get material that is very relevant to the needs in the classroom and can support learning activities. In addition, teachers get new insights related to learning media that can be applied in preparing interactive quizzes creatively and innovatively.

SOSIALISASI PPH UMKM BAGI ANAK REMAJA DI JAKARTA BARAT

Developments in the era of globalization rely on the economic sector as a measure of success by the government. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are currently starting to develop well and are able to generate profits. Therefore, it is appropriate for MSMEs to participate in increasing state revenues through the payment of Income Tax. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika High School as a PKM partner requires enriching students' insights related to MSME Income Tax and how to use e-commerce to start a MSME business so that based on the Statement Letter from the Principal, Mr. Edi Fredi S Ag on August 9, 2021. With this PKM, the expected target is to provide a true understanding of the MSME Income Tax. This PKM activity is planned to be carried out by filling out a study schedule and can be followed by teachers as well. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika High School is located at Jl. KH.Moh.Mansyur No.222 A, RT.10/RW.5, Tanah Cereal, Kec. Tambora. In the training, the MSME PPh Module will be distributed as the output of this PKM so that it can be taken home and read by the high school students for future learning materials. The method of implementing this training will be done with tutorials and discussions as well as questions and answers which will all be held via zoom. In the PKM training, it can be seen that the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika High School students are enthusiastic in asking and answering the material given. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika High School students also listened and understood the theories discussed and answered all the questions asked correctly. Therefore, it can be said that this training was carried out well.Perkembangan dalam dunia globalisasi sangatlah bergantung pada sektor ekonomi sebagai ukuran keberhasilan yang dilakukan pemerintah. Pada saat ini, Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM) telah berkembang dengan baik dan menghasilkan laba yang besar. Oleh karena itu, UMKM juga turut berpartisipasi dalam menambah penerimaan negara melalui pebayaran Pajak Penghasilan. SMA Bhinneka Tunggal Ika sebagai mitra PKM ini membutuhkan pengayaan wawasan siswa-siswi nya terkait dengan PPh UMKM serta cara menggunakan e-commerce untuk memulai bisnis UMKM sehingga berdasarkan Surat Pernyataan dari Kepala Sekolah Bpk. Edi Fredi S Ag pada tanggal 9 Agustus 2021. kami melaksanakan kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini. Dengan PKM ini, target yang diharapkan dapat memberi pemahaman yang benar terkait Pajak Penghasilan UMKM. Kegiatan PKM ini direncanakan dilaksanakan dengan mengisi jadwal belajar dan dapat diikuti oleh guru-guru juga. SMA Bhinneka Tunggal Ika beralamat di Jl. KH.Moh.Mansyur No.222 A, RT.10/RW.5, Tanah Sereal, Kec. Tambora. Dalam pelatihan akan dibagikan Modul PPh UMKM sebagai luaran PKM ini sehingga dapat dibawa pulang dan dibaca oleh siswa-siswi SMA tersebut untuk bahan pembelajaran pada masa mendatang. Metode pelaksanaan pelatihan ini akan dilakukan dengan tutorial dan diskusi serta tanya jawab yang seluruhnya akan diselenggarakan via zoom. Pada pelatihan PKM dapat dilihat antusias siswa-siswi SMA Bhinneka Tunggal ika dalam bertanya dan menjawab materi yang diberikan. Siswa-siswi SMA Bhinneka Tunggal ika juga telah mendengarkan dan mengerti tentang teori yang dibahas dan menjawab seluruh pertanyaan yang diajukan dengan tepat. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan ini sudah terlaksana dengan baik.

Predictors of employees’ self-reported future learning ability and disengagement at work

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between job characteristics that foster learning (experience with and demand for continuous learning at work, skills variety and autonomy) as potential predictors of self-reported outcomes, such as future learning ability and employee disengagement at work for a cohort of employees with no or very limited job change experience. Further consideration was given to employees’ experiences at work (meaningfulness and recognition at work) as potential mediators in this relationship between job characteristics and employee outcomes. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional design was applied. Participants (N = 284) were recruited from Northern Germany and asked to complete a paper-and-pencil survey. The results were subsequently analyzed using path models to examine direct and indirect effects associated with mediation. Findings Path model analysis indicated that job characteristics promoting learning at work are positive predictors of self-reported future learning ability and negative predictors of disengagement. Both meaningfulness and recognition predict future learning ability as well. However, these variables only operated as significant mediators in the relationship between job characteristics and employee disengagement (but not self-reported future learning ability). Originality/value The study outlines the importance of job characteristics and employee experience to understand employees’ beliefs about their learning ability and engagement at work. The findings highlight the importance of meaningfulness and recognition for employees, as well as the role of learning-supportive job characteristics.

Analisis Kebutuhan Pengembangan Materi Biologi Umum Multimedia Interaktif Berbasis Web dan Android

The many sources of general biology material on the internet that are difficult to distinguish between authenticity and validity cause students to be confused. Students are confused about which source to use and which one to start with, so this case causes big problems for the learning process and student learning outcomes. The purpose of the study was to determine student responses to the development of general biology materials interactive multimedia based on web and android. The research method is descriptive quantitative through survey techniques with a sample of 100 students from IKIP Budi Utomo, Universitas PGRI Madiun, and Nusantara Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri. The research instrument was an electronic questionnaire consisting of eleven questions and was given to students. The research data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that students had difficulty finding valid and accountable general biology materials on the internet (40.2%), students agree if the lecturer prepares general biology material that meets the valid criteria (94.1%), students agree that general biology material is in the form of interactive multimedia based on web and android for present and future learning (79.4%), and students agree that general biology material interactive multimedia based on web and android can help students understand general biology material anywhere and anytime (70.6%). The conclusion of this study is that students need general biology materials interactive multimedia based on the web and android for present and future learning.