Relationship between Computer-mediated Communication Competence and Attitude toward Using Frog VLE among Secondary School Teachers

This study aims at examining the relationship between teacher computer-mediated communication (CMC) competence and teacher attitude toward using Frog VLE a virtual learning platform. This is a non-experimental research using a cross-sectional survey technique through the administration of a set of questionnaire that comprised teacher demographic variables, teacher CMC competence and teacher attitude toward using Frog VLE. The participants in this study are 351 secondary school teachers from Klang district, Selangor. The results indicated that teachers showed medium level of attitude and medium level of CMC competence toward using Frog VLE. Results showed that there is statistically significant direct causal relationship between teacher CMC competence and teacher attitude toward using Frog VLE. CMC motivation and CMC knowledge are the two direct factors of teachers’ affective and behavioural attitude toward using Frog VLE and CMC motivation predict teachers’ cognitive attitudes toward using Frog VLE.

Relationship Between Computer-Mediated Communication Competence and Attitude Toward Using Frog VLE Among Secondary School Teachers

This study aims at examining the relationship between teacher computer-mediated communication (CMC) competence and teacher attitude toward using Frog VLE a virtual learning platform. This is a non-experimental research using a cross-sectional survey technique through the administration of a set of questionnaire that comprised teacher demographic variables, teacher CMC competence and teacher attitude toward using Frog VLE. The participants in this study are 351 secondary school teachers from Klang district, Selangor. The results indicated that teachers showed medium level of attitude and medium level of CMC competence toward using Frog VLE. Results showed that there is statistically significant direct causal relationship between teacher CMC competence and teacher attitude toward using Frog VLE. CMC motivation and CMC knowledge are the two direct factors of teachers’ affective and behavioural attitude toward using Frog VLE and CMC motivation predict teachers’ cognitive attitudes toward using Frog VLE.

Working Together Apart through Embodiment

Computer-mediated collaboration has long been a core research interest in CSCW and HCI. As online social spaces continue to evolve towards more immersive and higher fidelity experiences, more research is still needed to investigate how emerging novel technology may foster and support new and more nuanced forms and experiences of collaboration in virtual environments. Using 30 interviews, this paper focuses on what people may collaborate on and how they collaborate in social Virtual Reality (VR). We broaden current studies on computer-mediated collaboration by highlighting the importance of embodiment for co-presence and communication, replicating offline collaborative activities, and supporting the seamless interplay of work, play, and mundane experiences in everyday lives for experiencing and conceptualizing collaboration in emerging virtual environments. We also propose potential design implications that could further support everyday collaborative activities in social VR

Distance Matters to Weak Ties

Workers tend to make inferences about one another's commitment and dedication to work depending on what cues are available to them, affecting worker relationships and collaboration outcomes. In this work, we investigate how remote work affects workers' perceptions of their colleagues with different levels of social connectivity, commonly referred to as strong ties and weak ties. When working remotely, workers' perceptions of weak ties may suffer due to the lack of in-person interaction. On the other hand, workers' inferences about their strong ties may also be impacted by losing richer communication cues, even though they had more connections with their strong ties than weak ties. This study explores how remote workers make inferences about engagement levels of and willingness to collaborate with weak ties compared to strong ties. We used a mixed-methods approach involving survey data, experience sampling, and in-depth interviews with 20 workers from different companies in Taiwan. Results showed that workers depended on one-on-one synchronous tools to infer the engagement level of strong ties but used group-based communication tools to infer the engagement level of weak ties. Interestingly, the absence of cues in remote workplaces exacerbated prior impressions formed in the physical office. Furthermore, remote work led workers to develop polarized perceptions of their respective ties. We discuss how characteristics of computer-mediated communication tools and interaction types interplay to affect workers' perceptions of remote colleagues and identify design opportunities for helping remote workers maintain awareness of weak ties.

The ICT Sector in Economic Development of the Countries of Eastern Europe: a Comparative Analysis

The purpose of the article is to study the impact of the ICT sector on economic development of countries based on the comparative analysis of this sector development in some Eastern European countries. Within the article, economic development of the outlined countries in 2010-2019 was studied and analyzed. The analysis of the impact of the ICT sector on the GDP formation allowed to single out certain groups of countries under this indicator and to identify the characteristics that are inherent to them. Using the correlation-regression analysis made it possible to analyze the ICT impact on economies development of Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Authors paid a special attention to the study of the influence of various factors on the ICT sector development. Accordingly, an analytical study of the dependence of the ICT sector weight in the GDP of the countries on the following parameters: enterprises that employ ICT specialists; enterprises that provided training to develop/upgrade ICT skills of their personnel; percentage of the ICT personnel in total employment; using Internet for Internet banking, % of individuals; enterprises who have ERP software package to share information between different functional areas; enterprises selling online (at least 1% of turnover), % of enterprises; online purchase in the last 12 months, % of individuals; enterprises having received orders via computer mediated networks, % of enterprises. Within the article, the features of the ICT sector development in the COVID-19 context are examined, and it is analyzed how the pandemic has affected the development of this sector in long and short terms. The study showed that the ICT sector today already plays a key role in the development of the national economies. Countries where the sector is developing faster show better performance and economic development.

Urgensi dan Peran Aplikasi Emoji dan Ejaan Berdasarkan PUEBI dalam Komunikasi Digital untuk Meminimalisir Kesalahpahaman di Kalangan Mahasiswa Universitas Airlangga

Keberadaan CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) telah mempengaruhi pola komunikasi manusia yang awalnya tatap muka menjadi lebih mudah dengan menggunakan perangkat elektronik. Sehingga proses komunikasi dapat dilakukan dengan lebih fleksibel meskipun terpisah oleh jarak. Akan tetapi, komunikasi melalui perangkat elektronik memiliki keterbatasan dalam menyampaikan pesan dan memberikan kesempatan penerima pesan dalam memahami pesan karena CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) tidak mencakup komunikasi nonverbal seperti ekspresi dan perasaan. Oleh karena itu, komunikasi melalui perangkat elektronik berpaku pada penggunaan bahasa saja. Akan tetapi, orang cenderung melakukan kesalahan bahasa dalam komunikasi digital seperti penghilangan atau kesalahan penggunaan tanda baca, kesalahan ejaan dan tidak sesuai PUEBI, kata yang disingkat, dan rangkaian kata yang sulit dipahami. Dua kondisi ini tentu berdampak pada proses komunikasi digital karena orang beresiko mengalami kesalahpahaman dengan persepsi yang berbeda di antara keduanya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan urgensi dan peran emoji dan ejaan yang sesuai PUEBI dalam meminimalisir kesalahpahaman di kalangan mahasiswa Universitas Airlangga. Metode penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif yang mengaplikaskan teknik purposive sampling untuk pengambilan sampel. Kriteria responden adalah mahasiswa S-1 Universitas Airlangga yang memiliki pengalaman komunikasi digital. Pengambilan data dilakukan melalui survei dan studi literatur untuk mendapatkan informasi rinci tentang topik penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan emoji dan ejaan yang baik berperan penting dalam komunikasi digital karena keterbatasan dalam penyampaian komunikasi nonverbal dan kesalahan semantik berpengaruh terhadap kesalahpahaman antara komunikan dan komunikator. Emoji dan ejaan yang sesuai PUEBI dapat memperjelas pesan sehingga maksud dapat tersampaikan dengan baik, mengganti nada atau intonasi bicara, menyalurkan dan mewakilkan ekspresi pengirim, dan memberikan kesan kepada pengirim pesan.

Ausgewählte linguistische Entwicklungen in der Erzählforschung

ZusammenfassungDie linguistische Erzählforschung wendet ihre Aufmerksamkeit drei Kernbereichen zu, die auch als Entwicklungsphasen mit eigenen Interessensschwerpunkten verstanden werden können: a) die schriftliche Erzähltextanalyse unter dem Einfluss des Strukturalismus und zu Teilen der Literaturwissenschaften, b) die mündliche Erzählforschung unter dem Einfluss der pragmatischen Wende und der Gesprächsanalysec) sowie das Erzählen in den Neuen Medien bzw. digitalen Medien insbesondere unter dem Einfluss der Computer-vermittelten-Kommunikation (computer-mediated-communication (CMC)). Durch die spezifischen Interessensschwerpunkte entstanden unterschiedliche Gewichtungen der Perspektiven und Beschreibungsansätze, die zwar zu verschiedenen Forschungsrichtungen mit ihren eigenen Untersuchungsmethoden führen, sich aber durchaus auch gegenseitig ergänzen können.