Journal of Technology and Humanities

A Roadmap for Domiciling Tablet Industry in Developing Countries: India and Egypt

2023-06-14T02:19:24+00:00

Developing countries are increasingly adopting in-house Tablet manufacturing as a result of the cost-effectiveness and significance of tablets. This paper provides a comparative insight into the Tablet manufacturing industry, focusing on Egypt and India. Tablet manufacturing and use in the educational institutions of both nations are ambitious endeavors. Further resemblances can be observed in terms of population and economic obstacles. Despite the Egyptian and Indian initiatives commencing concurrently, the Indian initiative has accumulated more substantial accomplishments. The research examines the tablet computer industry in Egypt along three technological axes: domestic manufacturing, joint production, and contracting with international manufacturing firms. The industry challenges faced by Egypt are analyzed and provide suggestions for the development of this critical sector, with a specific focus on the education industry.

Sensor Learning Application for Precision Agriculture

2023-08-29T13:02:07+00:00

This paper presents a Sensor Learning Application for Precision Agriculture that will assist students in getting live data (from the temperature, soil moisture, and humidity sensors) for efficient environment monitoring, which will enable them to increase their understanding of the purpose of learning. The Sensor Learning Application for Precision Agriculture is proposed, where the three sensor kits have been developed as a teaching tool to help students gain the optimum knowledge for real-world application. The agriculture site was developed to describe the real situation to students with the aim for students to experience the use of sensors for real application and to ensure students do not learn only theoretically; they can be exposed to the real environment to collect the data. Sensor Learning Application is hybridized with different sensors, which are the Sun Heat Sensor Detector, Soil Moisture Sensor Kit, and Sensor Monitoring Devices integrated with a Wi-Fi module using ESP32 that will yield a live data feed using Blynk software. This project supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that successfully increase the quality of education, provide the sensor trainer kit, and indirectly achieve sustainable energy, economic growth, and social sustainability at the agriculture project site.

Perceived Value of Digital Literacy Skills: Case of Edcrunch Trainees

2023-10-19T04:53:59+00:00

This article explores digital literacy within the context of Spiritual Renaissance and the "Digital Kazakhstan" education initiatives, focusing on the experiences of participants in the EdCrunch Academy Training program. Our study, encompassing the initial cohort of 41 trainees in Kazakhstan, utilizes a mixed-method approach. Qualitative data was gathered through Zoom interviews, while quantitative data was collected using a Google Forms rating scale. Participants enrolled in the EdCrunch program primarily sought both professional development and learning innovative teaching methods, including the integration of educational apps into their lessons. The respondents’ ratings on the "Transferability of pedagogical skills to the classroom" and "Content related to educational technology/apps" yielded satisfaction levels with respective logits of -0.37 and -0.61. However, the platform's structure and content organization received lower ratings, with logits of 0.63 and 0.36, indicating dissatisfaction. Furthermore, trainees continue to apply pedagogical skills gained through EdCrunch, particularly utilizing educational technology tools such as Wordwall, Kahoot, and Quizlet to create interactive tasks, which fosters their students’ engagement and motivation during classes.

What Factors Affect College Students' Learning Satisfaction? - A Research on Online Learning During Covid-19 in Zhumadian Vocational and Technical College

2023-05-26T03:25:50+00:00

During the 2020 epidemic in China, online teaching was promoted, but fewer studies have investigated the learning satisfaction of college students who have been taught online on a large scale for an extended period of time. The factors that affect learning satisfaction mainly include students' basic attributes, learning resources, learning platforms and learning interactions. According to the results of the questionnaire survey, course content, course resources, platform technology, platform design, teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction, and interaction mode are the main factors affecting students' basic attributes. The survey results also showed that course content and interaction mode significantly affect students' learning satisfaction. Based on these findings, teachers should enrich course content to provide students with more practical, rich, and vivid teaching experiences. Additionally, teachers should pay close attention to their communication with students, offer timely guidance to students' learning, and provide feedback to any questions they ask.

Development of Scratch Applications for Virtual Smart Homes in Teaching Electronic Components in Electronic Design for Design and Tech Subjects

2023-12-19T04:21:41+00:00

This study aims to develop teaching aids through the Scratch application for the subtopic of parts found in microcontrollers in the context of electronic components based on ADDIE theory. The Scratch application development method for a virtual smart home as a teaching aid for electronic components in electronic design for the subject of Design and Technology, using the ADDIE model design method and the design of this study is a qualitative study using the interview method. A total of 10 experts in the fields of Design and Technology and Technical and Vocational were involved as respondents to this study. Through interviews with experts, the majority of experts, 9 out of 10 experts, agree that the use of the Scratch application can help students better understand the subtopics of the parts found in microcontrollers and aspects of developing a Scratch application for a virtual smart home that consists of graphics, a total of 8 people experts from 10 satisfied experts. The main implication of the study is that the lack of applications that can be detected gives rise to improvements to strengthen the usability of the Scratch application for these electronic components more effectively as a teaching aid.