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A qualitative study on the perception of undergraduate nursing students on online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic at a public university in Malaysia / Muhammad Hibatullah Romli
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order have restricted learning
activities in traditional face-to-face classrooms. Subsequently, these learning activities
have shifted to full online learning, and these activities are conducted in the student’s own
environment namely dorm room and home. The present researcher conducted a meta-synthesis, and the result shows that full online learning is receiving resistance, however,
it begin to gain better reception. Past studies show that online learning is a potential
approach in allowing active and dynamic learning experience especially on the
acquisition of theoretical knowledge, despite having limitations to developing technical
skills. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the perception of undergraduate
nursing students on online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A qualitative study involving focus group discussions and in-depth interviews was
conducted. Nursing students from one Malaysian public institution were recruited. Ethical
approval was obtained, and the participants were recruited via social media platform (i.e.,
WhatsApp, email). A total of twenty-one participated in four group and three individual
interviews. The sessions were conducted online via Zoom or Google Meet applications,
and these were recorded. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis with assistance
of QDA Miner Lite software. Trustworthiness on the findings were done via credibility
(giving the findings summary to the participants for feedback a.k.a. member-checking),
confirmability (discussion with researchers and note-takers) and transferability
(comprehensive representation to the targeted population).
Three themes with a total of ten sub-themes were generated: (i) Full online
learning has ramification on life (it’s about life; blurred division on education life and
personal life; non-conducive environment for learning; health and well-being; human is
an adaptable being while transition takes time), (ii) full online learning is a medium of
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teaching and learning delivery but with several concerns (the silver living of full online
learning; challenges associated with full online learning; coping strategy in handling full
online learning), and (iii) Foundation in teaching and learning is the key (role of the
educator; teaching and learning approaches; motivation and regulation).
Full online learning during this pandemic is a life event and a transition process
from conventional to digital learning. However, the importance of teaching concepts such
as educators’ quality, teaching and learning approaches, and supportive learning
environment remains intact and relevant; hence modification required to suits with online
learning needs. Based on the lessons learnt in dealing with full online learning during the
COVID-19 pandemic, these lessons learnt may also essential for both learners and
educators to be equipped with technology skills in embracing the national aspiration for
Industrial Revolution 4.0 and National Education Policy. A practice framework is
successfully developed from the present study. Further investigation such as replication
of the study to other populations may enhance the generalizability of the findings, while
experimental research of single-subject research design is suggested to assess the efficacy
of the practice framework
The experience of Malaysian occupational therapists in conducting home assessments and home visits with older clients
No full textIntroduction: Home visits are complex processes for clients and occupational therapists. Despite the benefits of home
visits, the numbers of home visits being conducted are decreasing in international settings due to service constraints
or client reluctance. Published international studies may not be applicable to Malaysia due to cultural and geodemographic
differences relating to the home context. This study aimed to explore the experience of occupational
therapists in Malaysia in conducting home visits. Materials and Methods: A focus group discussion was conducted
with seven occupational therapists in one teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The group session was audio-recorded,
transcribed, summarised and analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Themes developed were: i) client factors
inhibiting effective service provision, ii) uninformed policies and guidelines, and iii) professional identity and
growth. Conclusions: Our study has revealed major challenges for Malaysian occupational therapists with regards
to conducting home visits. Future studies should now evaluate factors underlying reluctance to participate in home
visits and effective strategies to overcome these difficulties
Corrigendum to “A Systematic Review on Clinimetric Properties of Play Instruments for Occupational Therapy Practice”
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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