The students in Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) Grant of Geography Education team made Simo Village, Simo Subdistrict, Boyolali District as a Disaster Reliant Village. In the program held in three months from September to November 2021, the team helped in mapping the spread of Covid-19 in the village. Simo village was selected because it was the first village affected by the second wave of Covid-19 in the Boyolali District between July and August 2021. Since then, the local government has made numerous efforts, including vaccination in collaboration with TNI/Polri, to return their region into the green zone and control the Covid-19 infection level.

Determined not to let the same thing reoccur in the village, Simo Village continuously improving its system with the help from MBKM Grant Team UNS. Various activities were programmed by the 10-members team, including mapping of Covid-19 spread in the previous wave. The mapping includes location plotting with borders of hamlets, public facilities, and demographic data. The team created an administrative map for Simo Village, population density map, Covid-19 spread map, Covid-19 risk map, Covid-19 threat map, Covid-19 capacity map, and Covid-19 vulnerability map, as references for the village government in preventing and handling the current pandemic.

Aida Nur Azqiya, the team coordinator, thanked Simo Village for the collaboration and hoped that the program could continue in the future. The team supervised by Dr. Rita Noviani, S.Si., M.Sc., and Dr. Pipit Wijayanti, S.Si., M.Sc., also established Covid-19 volunteer group with Karang Taruna Desa Simo members through socialization on the mitigation of Covid-19 and counseling on Covid-19 Disaster Resistant Village by inviting the Regional Disaster Mitigation Board of Boyolali District.

The team also conducts training Serambi Tani for the local people to improve people’s economic resilience in facing natural and non-natural disasters. The program that is aimed at housewives and members of Simo Village PKK provides training for polybag planting methods for various plants such as eggplant, chili, and tomato that match Simo Village topography. The participants also learned to make liquid organic fertilizers (POC) from household wastes such as vegetables and fruits wastes, rice water, and microbial liquid. These materials were fermented to produce POC.

Simo Village Chief, Mujiono, S.Sos., shared his delight in the program and hoped that the program could run smoothly till the end. “As Simo Village Chief, I thanked all students for dedicating (your program) to our village. Hopefully, this program could benefit us,” Mujiono stated. Humas UNS

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Three speakers were invited to the webinar: Prof. Richardus Eko Indrajit, Rector of Universitas Pradita, Dr. Paed. Nurma Yunita Indriyanti, the Head of Natural Science Program UNS, and dr. Dian Nugroho, faculty member of Medicine Education Program UNS. Anita Sukarini, S.Pd., as the Vice-School Headmaster for Curriculum SMA Bina Widya Solo, acted as the moderator in the webinar.

Prof. Richardus delivered the first material on the golden generation of 2045. He argued that golden Indonesia is an independent and sovereign country that could fulfill its clothing, food, and shelter needs without help from other countries. According to him, the pandemic is an opportunity to learn and be independent.

“We need to take the ball to learn that we should become an independent learner, without commanded, (we) need to improve our self-quality to get the benefits from the demography bonus,” he stated.

dr. Dian Nugroho argued that people in their productive age need to be diligent in learning to ensure that they would reap something in the future.

“Learn today for the future, not to act for today. Before the pandemic, we experienced the time of technology destruction with a lack of technological development, while the pandemic destruction period, (we) faces double destruction that requires us to do something outside the norms, (because) when it is done following the norms, there are no added values. Move away from the comfort zone,” he stated in the webinar on Saturday (31/10/2021).

He also added that in welcoming golden Indonesia, there are three keys in the education sector: students, teachers, and the learning process. He added that to welcome the change, people need to prepare a strategy or literacy on communication and technology. This includes improving the efficiency of resources.

The last speaker, Dr. paed Nurma Yunita Indriyanti, argued that Golden Indonesia 2045 is a bright, strong, and independent country. In the education sector, university students will be free to learn wherever. “Currently, the education also builds a meta knowledge, not only knowledge. Knowledge could be gained from wherever, meta knowledge, problem-solving, and humanitarian,” Dr. Nurma explained. Humas UNS

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The first day of the program was attended by more than 100 participants consisting of lecturers and students of the Science Education Study Program FKIP UNS. The event started with remarks from the Head of the Science Education Study Program (Kaprodi) FKIP UNS, Dr. paed. Nurma Yunita Indriyanti, M.Sc., M.Sc. Following the welcome remark was the opening speech from the Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FKIP UNS, Prof. Dr. Slamet Subiyantoro, M.Sc., which at the same time opened the event symbolically.

Starting her presentation, Dr. Hobbs delivers material covering STEM in Australia, Why STEM? Framing STEM (What is It?), Approaches to STEM in Schools, STEM Teaching and Learning, Doing STEM, and What Have We Learned So Far about How to Implement STEM Well? Next, Dr. Hobbs also provides activities for students to apply STEM in groups, to design a nature-inspired technology.

On the second day, Dr. Hobbs continued her material on STEM implementation in Indonesia – how does it compare to Australia? Planning for STEM Learning and Assessment, Looking for Construction of New Practices and Beliefs, Key Pillars for Successful and Sustainable, STEM Programs in Schools, and Final Messages about Making STEM Education Work. After the material presentation, the event continued with a question and answer session. Some of the attending lecturers and students are interested in discussing with Dr. Hobbs about STEM and its application in schools. The event led by Bayu Antrakusuma, M.Pd., as moderator, went smoothly to the end of the event.

This Visiting Professor Program is expected to strengthen the Science Education Study Program FKIP UNS academic members’ knowledge of STEM. As a Lecturer of the Science Education Study Program, Bayu hopes that this activity can prepare FKIP students, as prospective teachers, to implement STEM in their schools.

“Hopefully, this activity will help FKIP students as prospective teachers to get ready to implement STEM in their future schools,” Bayu wishes. Humas UNS

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The team members consisted of faculty members and students of the Biology Education Program, Early Childhood Education Program (PG PAUD), and Fine Art Education Program. The involvement of diverse education backgrounds aims to provide an appropriate education for parents in teaching science to their children.

The webinar was implemented in four series; science education for early childhood, skills in science process and preparing simple science activities at home, arts and science, and sharing of science activities at-home experiences. This program was initiated due to the inappropriate perception of science for early childhood and aims to educate parents on how to deliver the concept of science and assist children in studying at home.

“Because the perception of science is a complicated knowledge and is not appropriate for early childhood,” Vera Sholeha, the first speaker in the webinar, explained the misperception of science for early childhood.

To counter the misperception, she provided examples of science that are close to children’s daily life, such as children playing with sands and filtering the grains of sand as an application of physics, seeing a rainbow, the sound of frog, making tea, and ball pitching play. “The concept of science could be understood by children when explained using simple language,” she added.

Kristiana Elok Mumpuni, S.Pd., M.Pd., shared material on preparing simple science activities at home. She stated that science comprehension could be achieved through observation and practice on science. Parents need to consider their children’s age, the theme of science program, learning method, tools and equipment, and parents’ ability.

“Science does not have to be learned in the laboratory with advanced tools, but could be learned at home with surrounding tools and materials,” she added.

The third speaker, Endri Sintiana Murni, S.Pd., M.Pd., shared the relationship between arts and science and how to use arts to introduce science to children. She explained that children could express themselves freely, connecting what is in their thoughts into artworks, and even science reports can be provided in the form of artworks and examples.

“For example, the sound created from taps on glass that could form musical arrangement. This is a combination of physics and arts,” she said.

The last series was concluded with sharing of experiences on science activities at home with children. Humas UNS

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The event was opened with an opening remark from the Chairman of HMP Pendidikan Fisika, Muhammad Khairul Annam Najahy, who mentioned that this event is important because the publication of the event during the pandemic requires a graphic design to attract more participants. The event was followed by a material presentation from Muhammad Fathurridlo, who shared materials on design as campaign media. Therefore, designers need to understand many types of media.

“We need to understand the types of design for campaign media or publication of an event. There are banners, posters, flyers, and others. Match the design with the need of your event,” Fathur stated.

Fathur also explained the components of campaign media, especially posters. “In general, the components of a poster are the host, name of the event, sub-theme of the event, names of speakers, place, time, platform, link, contact person, the benefits of the event, and sponsors if any,” Fathur said.

He added materials on tips in designing campaign media for publication, such as determining the grand theme, consistency, matching the target audiences, and measurable. Designers need to ensure that the contents are correct because it will affect the composition of the design. Designers also need to match their design with their audiences and the event, for example, the use of bright and colorful parts for an exciting event.

Fathur added a simulation of design making using Figma in his materials. He explained that Figma could be used for many things; it also provides teamwork use, offers diverse features, and is free to use. The event was concluded with a question-and-answer session, discussion, and group picture. Humas UNS

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The welcoming ceremony was opened by Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FKIP UNS, Prof. Slamet Subiyantoro, who hoped that the program could provide a source of improvements for universities in the future. “This program is expected not only to develop partnership but also improvements for universities in the future,” Prof. Slamet stated. The ceremony was then officially opened by the Dean of FKIP UNS, Dr. Mardiyana, M.Si., who thanked the three visiting universities for coming to FKIP UNS. “It is a great pleasure for us that you could come to learn together, especially Unram and UBT that are still in one FKIP forum,” he stated.

The visit was divided into three different forums according to the topic of the visit by each visiting university. UBT discussed the implementation of Pre-school Environment (PLP), Unram discussed the collaboration in establishing Doctoral Program in Natural Science education, and UM discussed the benchmark between UNS and UM. The program was opened with sharing of FKIP UNS profile, organizational structure, the target of Key Performance Indicators (IKU) 2021-2024, faculty accreditation, programs certification plan, and FKIP contribution in the National Science Week (Pimnas) 2021 by Dr. Mardiyana. In this sharing, Dr. Mardiyana also shared his wish that all programs in FKIP UNS will have a professional assessment scheme so that all graduates will have a bachelor certificate, bachelor certificate supplement (SKPI), and professional certification.

Following the sharing from the Dean of FKIP UNS, UBT stated in the discussion forum that their visit aims to perform a comparative study in PLP implementation. The team was led by Winarno, S.Pd., M.Pd., and Ni Made Diah Padmi, S.Pd., M.Pd, and Riska Febriani, S.E., as members then participated in the Workshop in Evaluation on the Implementation of School Environment Introduction (PLP) held by UP2KT FKIP UNS in Building F FKIP UNS 3^rd floor Hall that was attended by partners school headmasters.

The Head of Doctoral Program in Natural Science Education UNS, Prof. Sulistyo Saputro, M.Si, Ph.D., continued the discussion on the opening of a similar program in Unram and collaboration between Unram and FKIP UNS with Prof. Agus Ramdani from Unram. In the discussion, Prof. Sulis shared the management of his Doctoral Program starting from the profile, faculty members, alumni, development plans, research track record, and the steps to achieve its vision to be an excellent program at the international level by 2024. These steps include inviting guest lecturers, conducting an international conference, and inviting visiting professors from other countries and Indonesia.

“Alhamdulillah, working towards 2024, some programs to achieve the vision to excel at the international level have been implemented well. This is proved by applicants in the Doctoral Program in Natural Science Education from abroad. Yesterday, I was contacted by International Office that there are applicants from abroad. It is a pride that UNS internationalization could increase the interest towards our program,” Prof. Sulis stated.

Responding to the sharing from Prof. Sulis, Prof. Agus as a representative from Unram shared his progress in the development of their new Doctoral Program. Unram had conducted an assessment on 16 November and had received a permit to open the program.

“After the assessment, there is a big homework regarding the facilities and infrastructure that need to be completed in the next two weeks. Frankly, we do not know that independent study facilities are the main requirement in the opening of this new program. Because UNS had received an operational permit earlier, we visit UNS to learn about the matter,” he explained.

The program was closed with a signing of collaboration agreement between FKIP UNS and Unram and the exchange of tokens of appreciation. Humas UNS

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In his remark, Dr. Mardiyana, M.Si., as the Dean of FKIP UNS, stated that PLP evaluation needs to be conducted to improve the program quality. The evaluation also identifies challenges and issues during its implementation, so that appropriate measures can be proposed. The Dean also explains that the PLP program has gone through a planning process that involves the UP2KT team, school headmasters, head of programs, and supervisors. Therefore, evaluation is necessary to determine if the plan was implemented appropriately. “If there is deviation, control is needed to find an improvement,” Dr. Mardiyana stated.

At the end of his remark, Dr. Mardiyana hoped that the PLP evaluation could solve the weakness and shortcomings in the future period to improve the quality of the next teachers. He emphasized that quality improvements of teachers are not merely a responsibility of the university but also headmasters, teachers, and the community. Suggestions from diverse stakeholders could improve the weaknesses, mistakes, and shortcomings.

The workshop was held under a discussion forum. Headmasters of target schools had the opportunity to ask, provide suggestions, and critics on the implementation of PLP FKIP UNS 2021. Questions, suggestions, and critics were answered by UP2KT FKIP UNS Team represented by Prof. Leo. All questions, suggestions, and critics were used as an evaluation for next year’s PLP.

At the end of the discussion session, Prof. Leo thanked the collaboration from all involved parties in the implementation of PLP 2021. He also thanked all the questions, suggestions, and critics from workshop participants and hoped that the evaluation would improve the planning for the next PLP.

“Thank you to all parties involved in PLP FKIP UNS 2021. Thank you to all workshop participants for evaluating the implementation of PLP this year. In the future, we will use these evaluations as a source of planning so that the following PLP will be better,” Prof. Leo concluded. Humas UNS

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The visit on Wednesday (27/10/2021) was led by Vice-Dean I FS Universitas Negeri Malang, Dr. Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati, M.Pd., and participated by 20 people, including Vice-Dean II, the head and secretary of programs, and representatives of FS Universitas Negeri Malang faculty members. Through this benchmarking visit, both institutions were expected to exchange information, including the best practice in quality assurance.

The program was opened with an FKIP UNS profile introduction from Prof. Slamet Subiyantoro, who explained that his Faculty has 23 programs, 21 programs with A level accreditation, and two programs with B accreditation. The quality assurance process in FKIP UNS is implemented by UPM with three fields, Internal Quality Assurance System (SPMI), External Quality Assurance System (SPME), and Monitoring and Evaluation (Monev). Prof. Slamet Subiyantoro also mentioned UNS achievement that is ranked I in accomplishing the Key Performance Indicators (IKU) in 2021.

Dr. Primardiana took the next session and shared the profile of FS Universitas Negeri Malang. Dr. Primardiana stated that the Faculty has 21 undergraduate programs and some of the programs are in the process of achieving international accreditation and certification. The program was then followed by the exchange of tokens of appreciation between the institutions and a special discussion on quality assurance.

In his presentation, the Chief of UPM FKIP UNS, Dr. Suharno, stated that quality assurance is implemented under the planning, implementation, evaluation, control, and improvement (PPEPP) cycle of quality standards. In the evaluation stage, FKIP UNS has two levels Internal Quality Audit (AMI). AMI level I is an evaluation for all programs in FKIP, and AMI level II is an evaluation for Faculty.

Dr. Baskoro Adi Prayitno, M.Pd., as the Coordinator for Monitoring and Evaluation (Monev) FKIP UNS, added that all auditors in AMI level I are chief and secretary of Quality Assurance Cluster (GKM) of programs that have passed auditor training using instruments provided by Institute of Educational Quality Assurance and Development (LPPMP) UNS. Dr. Bowo Sugiharto, M.Pd., as the coordinator for SPMI, added that in implementing the quality assurance culture, FKIP UNS uses four levels of documents, SPMI Policy, SPMI Manual, SPMI Standard, and SPMI Form. After AMI, Faculty and University will hold Management Review Meeting (RTM) as a commitment to follow-up AMI findings. Humas UNS

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Fiska stated that she was just trying to participate in the competition. The last-years student prepared her poster between her supervision time for undergraduate thesis writing. The student from Gemolong stated that she did not expect to win 2^nd place.

“Alhamdulillah, grateful because I am a last-year student while waiting for undergraduate thesis revision from my supervisor. I tried to participate and did not expect to win,” Fiska stated.

The poster competition she participated in was an individual competition for university students in Indonesia. At the early stage, Fiska sent her poster to the committee, which then was selected to participate in the Best 9 posters before being re-assessed and was announced as the 2^nd winner.

This achievement has a special meaning for Fiska because she has won twice in two competitions held by ITK. “In 2020, I won 2^nd place for business plan competition in ITK and now 2^nd place poster (competition in ITK),” she said.

Since joining UNS, Fiska has won several competitions. In 2017, she won funding for her cake business, Bronislur, which has significant growth and brought Fiska as the finalist of the Indonesian Student Entrepreneurship (KMI) Award X held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology in 2019. Fiska also won 1^st place in the national MSME Competition held by Institut Pertanian Bogor in 2020. Currently, she is working on her undergraduate thesis while managing her Bronislur business. Humas UNS

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Alvianita explained that she was interested in participating in the competition because of the competition theme in education, and she wanted to hone her writing skill.

“(I) wanted to participate in the competition because (I am) interested with the theme in education, and (to) hone (my) writing skill,” Alvianita said to uns.ac.id team.

The competition was held fully online, and Alvianita was required to complete administrative requirements besides her work that were submitted through the Google Form platform. In the competition, Alvianita submitted a study on distanced learning at elementary school and junior high school to offer a fun learning model and problem-based learning as solutions for the discussed issue.

“The idea was developed from a KPAI survey that indicated distanced learning issues in 54 cities in 20 provinces in Indonesia,” Alvianita explained. Her inspirations also came from her teachers in educational courses, such as Drs. Djoko Subandriyo, M.Pd., Dr. Drs. Sugiyanto, M.Si., M.Si., and Singgih Prihadi, M.Pd. Concluding the interview, Alvianita mentioned that she hoped that her ideas could benefit the community and herself if the committee published her work. Humas UNS

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