Pendidikan tinggi dan matlamat pembangunan mampan (SDG): satu kajian kes tentang peranan khidmat masyarakat maya.
Higher education and the sustainable development goals (SDG): a case study on the role of virtual community service.
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https://doi.org/10.53840/attarbawiy.v9i2.294Keywords:
Community project, community engagement, higher education, virtual community project, online learningAbstract
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Kita mempunyai kurang daripada 10 tahun untuk mencapai Matlamat Pembangunan Lestari (SDG) Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu, dan terdapat kebimbangan bahawa kita mungkin tidak berada pada landasan yang betul untuk mencapainya menjelang tahun 2030. Bagi memastikan inisiatif ke arah pencapaian kesemua matlamat 2030 dapat diteruskan semasa pandemik COVID-19, pendekatan baharu terhadap modul khidmat komuniti tradisional telah diperkenalkan. Justeru itu, projek ini memberi tumpuan kepada usaha meningkatkan kesedaran terhadap SDG dalam kalangan pelajar universiti yang terlibat dalam khidmat komuniti secara maya sebagai sebahagian daripada modul pembelajaran mereka. Analisis kandungan ke atas 62 skrip nota reflektif telah dijalankan untuk menyelidik fenomena ini. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahawa pelajar mempunyai pemahaman yang lebih mendalam terhadap SDG yang mereka fokuskan dalam projek komuniti sepanjang tempoh tujuh minggu, dan majoriti daripada mereka menunjukkan minat untuk terlibat dalam aktiviti berkaitan SDG pada masa hadapan. Kami mengesahkan bahawa pengintegrasian SDG ke dalam projek modul berbentuk amali telah meningkatkan kesedaran pelajar terhadap SDG.
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We have less than 10 years to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and there is a concern that we may not be on track to achieve the goals by 2030. To ensure that initiatives toward achieving all the 2030 goals continued during the COVID-19 pandemic, an evolution of the traditional community service module approach was necessary. Thus, in this project, we focused on raising awareness of the SDGs among university students who participated in virtual community service as part of a module. Content analysis on 62 scripts of reflective notes was conducted to investigate this phenomenon. From our analysis, students showed a better understanding of the SDG that they addressed in their community project in 7 weeks, and the majority were interested in being involved in activities related to SDGs in the future. We reaffirm that the integration of SDGs into the hands-on module project increased students' awareness of SDGs.
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