ACEID2023 Pre-Recorded Virtual Presentations

Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning

68167 | Working from Home and Distance Learning Trends, Its Impact on Employee’s Performance: Evidence from Indonesian Postgraduate Students

Vivi Viyati Yudha Hadijaya, Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia

Sari Wahyuni, Universitas Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia

The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world since March 2020 has had a tremendous impact on most aspects of people's lives. Work from home (WFH) and distance learning (DL) or study from home are global phenomena that have emerged due to the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic and have become an alternative strategy for many organizations to maintain their business activities. For many employees who are working while studying, especially in higher education levels such as postgraduate programs, the implementation of the WFH and DL policies is perceived to be an advantage for them in managing both activities, working and studying. This study aims to examine the impact of WFH and DL trends on the performance of working employees who also take a postgraduate program and explore the mediating role of work-life balance and job satisfaction on the relationship between WFH and DL trends toward employee performance. Using a quantitative approach and path analysis to test hypotheses, data in this study was gathered from survey questionnaires to 300 employees who are taking the postgraduate program in Jakarta, Indonesia. The results of the study showed that the WFH and DL trends have positively impacted the work-life balance, work motivation, and job satisfaction as well as positively impact employee performance.

Assessment Theories & Methodologies

69379 | Research Skill Level of Grade 12 Students of Penablanca National High School and Their Learning Needs in Practical Research 2

Mary Jane Villarin, Penablanca National High School, Philippines

This study primarily aimed to assess the research skill level of the Grade 12 students of Penablanca National High School. It further identified the respondents’ learning needs and formulated an intervention plan for their least mastered competency in Practical Research 2. Descriptive evaluation design was utilized in this study. This study included 200 respondents who are from the Grade 12 Academic tracks of Senior High School -STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), HUMSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) and GAS (General Academic Strand). Their research outputs were evaluated by teachers teaching English, Statistics and Research subjects. A teacher-made evaluation sheet was constructed in the assessment of the outputs and an equally teacher-made questionnaire was also formulated in the determination of their learning needs. The study showed that respondent’s research skill in constructing research titles, problem statement and questionnaires are considerably low. However, their output showed a significantly better result in sampling selection, reviewing related literature and studies and data analysis. As manifested in the findings of the study, the researcher developed an intervention plan to address the respondents’ low performance on the cited least mastered competencies.

68281 | Research Assessment: Finding Consensus With Marking Approaches

Ziningi Jaya, Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa

Assessment is important in any teaching and learning activity as it helps both the students and instructors identify their strengths and weaknesses. Despite this, reliability and validity of thereof is a topic of contention among the education community. There is an underlying unavoidable element of subjectivity which is inherent in assessments, that impacts on their reliability and validity. Examination of research reports in higher education is not exempt from such. Trained educators are responsible for teaching and learning duties in basic education. However, academics in higher education present a unique case of consisting of pure academics and former industry professionals that lack training as educators, perform teaching and learning duties. Since research is an integral academic activity academics are involved either in the teaching and learning component, supervision thereof, and or examining research reports. There is a vagueness and mystery associated with process of examining research reports. Considering the lack of education training of academics and the fact novice academics are unsure of the boundaries of criteria to measure the quality of research reports regarding whether is it very good or poor this is concerning. In spite of this, assessment of dissertations is seldom interrogated from the perspective of the examiner. The current paper is a reflective discussion of a novice examiner’s experience with examining research dissertations. The main aim of the reflection is to share thoughts and experience as a research examiner in order to improve future practice.

Challenging & Preserving: Culture, Inter/Multiculturalism & Language

68899 | Top-bottom Deconstruction: A Global Space for Art Education in Rural Society

Joni Agung Sudarmanto, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia aceid.iafor.org/aceid2023-virtual-presentations

Let us look at globalization as a trigger for the current creative arts education movement. Not only in big cities but the stretching development of arts education can also be seen in small towns and rural communities. Interestingly, globalization is not seen as an essential foothold in developing art education. Therefore, this research wants to conduct a discourse on how the global space of art education in rural communities is created, termed "top-down deconstruction". This research has the nuances of a narrative literature review by taking Derrida's deconstruction concept as a basis for discussing the context of "global space", which has only been seen from one side so far. The study results show that globalization creates an attitude of adaptation and resilience in rural communities to technology as one of the elements of modern education. Globalization also constructs art in public spaces as a democratic alternative for rural communities. Furthermore, the development of art education in rural communities is also accommodated by rural art, which artists and collectives are now loving as their creative space in collaboration with the community. Thus, the global space created can become the central axis, which forms the cultural identity of the local community and creates an alternative space for modern art education.