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In order to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19, the chancellor of Surabaya State University (UNESA) has the policy to carry out all courses in the online form. However, the implementation of online courses depends on both lecturers' and students' ability and capacity, which naturally influences learning achievement effectiveness. This study aimed to map online course implementation's effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic in the cluster of physiology courses (Plant Physiology, Animal Physiology, Phytohormones, Plant Diseases, Biochemistry, Oncology, Anatomy, and Human Physiology, and Nutrition-Psychotropic) in the Biology Department. The criteria to be used to decide online courses' effectiveness was the course's learning outcomes achievement. This descriptive study used a qualitative approach with the research subjects being lecturers and students in the physiology cluster courses. Data were obtained by using questionnaire instruments and data of student learning outcomes. The results showed that the effectiveness of online course implementation in the physiology cluster in terms of student achievement was excellent because it was supported by lecturers' various efforts to surpass using various online learning modes. In addition, detailed recommendations related to the implementation of online courses for the physiology cluster so that these courses' learning outcomes could be carried out effectively. © 2023 Author(s).
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The mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic did not stop the public from expressing their opinions. Since they could not go on demonstrations, they moved democracy to the digital sphere, such as on Twitter. Previous research has shown that Twitter users in Indonesia use the platform to express political views and opinions on governmental issues. The issue of the Nationalism Knowledge Test (TWK) at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was a trending topic on Twitter for a while. The issue spurred discussions on Twitter when 75 employees did not pass the KPK-TWK on May 2021. The discussion then stopped for a moment before picking up again during the official dismissal of the employees on 30 September 2021. This article focuses on the social network analysis of the public's responses to this issue on Twitter. Social network data were collected using Drone Emprit from May to October 2021 and analyzed using Gephi to generate graphical representations of the social networks. The results reveal the structure of the movement was centralized and dynamic. Regarding the dissemination of information, the most central was news media and anti-corruption activists' accounts. These accounts mobilized the community on Twitter to make a critical social movement. This means that the digital sphere can be an evolution of democracy form and activism, especially in the anti-corruption movement. © 2022 Rev. Archai. All rights reserved.
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This article supposes to elaborate and examine the effect of online learning technology on the learning effectiveness. The qualitative study was conducted by using Google Form as the online questionnaires for collecting data. The study successfully involved participation of 250 students at Bina Nusantara University as the respondents. Collected data was analyzed by using IBM SPSS. The results found that there is a strongly relationship and influence between online learning technology and learning effectiveness. During COVID-19, dramatic changes in learning approach does not make effectiveness of learning declined or disrupted. Online learning technology what is provided by institution support student learning effectively as well as on-site learning. This article contributes to empirical facts in Human-Machine Interaction (HCI) which strengthen the argument that technology becomes an antecedent of learning effectiveness. © 2021 IEEE.