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Christian Religious Education (PAK) in the digital era faces great challenges as well as opportunities to develop through learning innovation. With a theological foundation such as Ephesians 2:10, this education does not only aim to develop cognitive aspects, but also to shape character oriented towards personal and spiritual transformation. PAK teachers are required to be inspirers who integrate faith values with innovative learning approaches, such as the utilisation of digital technology, the development of student-based learning models, and the application of creative methods, such as gamification and blended learning.However, this digital transformation is not without obstacles. In Palu City, geographical challenges, technological limitations, and diverse student backgrounds are important issues that need to be addressed. By implementing strategies such as teacher training, collaboration with churches, and contextualised curriculum development, PAK can adapt and be relevant to the times. This research uses a literature review to explore the concept and implementation of innovations in PAK, including improving teachers' skills in technology, learning management, and communication. The results show that a constructivism-based approach, which emphasises hands-on experience and active learning, can improve learning effectiveness. The synergy between technology, faith and local context is the key to the success of Christian education that is able to produce a generation with character and competence to face the digital era..    

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of interactive learning approaches in developing explanation skills in early childhood. Explanation skills are an important aspect in children's language, cognitive, and communication development, which supports critical thinking skills and effective social relationships. Although important, these skills are still relatively low in early childhood in Indonesia, largely due to less supportive learning methods. Interactive learning approaches involving games, stories, and discussions have been identified as a solution to improve these skills. This study used a quasi-experimental design with two groups of subjects, namely the experimental group given interactive learning interventions and the control group using conventional methods. Data were analyzed using a t-test to compare the pretest and posttest results between the two groups. The results showed that the interactive learning approach significantly improved early childhood skills. This study suggests the need for ongoing training for teachers and collaboration between schools and families to support the implementation of more effective and relevant learning. These findings are expected to contribute to the development of innovative learning strategies in early childhood education.

ABSTRACT In the digital era, technological advancements have transformed the coaching landscape, requiring coaches to develop more adaptive and innovative skills. This research discusses various innovative approaches that can be used to enhance coaches' competencies, particularly through the utilization of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and e-learning platforms. The focus of this research is on how technology can enhance training effectiveness, program personalization, and better communication between coaches and athletes. Although technology offers many benefits, this research also highlights the challenges faced, including issues of digital literacy and the balance between personal interaction and the use of digital tools. With the wise adoption of technology, coaches can enhance training quality and optimize athlete performance amidst the increasingly complex changes in the sports environment. ABSTRAK Di era digital, perkembangan teknologi telah mengubah lanskap kepelatihan, menuntut pelatih untuk mengembangkan keterampilan yang lebih adaptif dan inovatif. Penelitian ini membahas berbagai pendekatan inovatif yang dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kompetensi pelatih, terutama melalui pemanfaatan teknologi seperti kecerdasan buatan (AI), big data, dan platform e-learning. Fokus penelitian ini adalah bagaimana teknologi dapat meningkatkan efektivitas pelatihan, personalisasi program, serta komunikasi yang lebih baik antara pelatih dan atlet. Meskipun teknologi menawarkan banyak manfaat, penelitian ini juga menyoroti tantangan yang dihadapi, termasuk masalah literasi digital dan keseimbangan antara interaksi personal dengan penggunaan alat digital. Dengan adopsi teknologi yang bijaksana, pelatih dapat meningkatkan kualitas pelatihan dan mengoptimalkan performa atlet di tengah perubahan lingkungan olahraga yang semakin kompleks.

UNY Tax Volunteer service activity aims to accompany teaching staff and employees in reporting tax returns and as a forum for improving effective communication skills for students. Apart from that, SPT reporting assistance activities are also needed to help UNY teaching staff and employees who have difficulty or do not understand the reporting process. This tax assistance activity involves students who register as Tax Volunteers. Activities carried out by UNY Tax Volunteers include material provision, Tax Roadshow, and Tax Clinic. With the presence of Tax Volunteers, teaching staff and employees feel helped in reporting SPT. The results of the UNY Tax Volunteer program show an increase in effective communication skills in students. This activity is not only beneficial for students, but has also been proven to help UNY teaching staff and employees in all faculties at UNY to be able to report tax returns on time and in accordance with applicable regulations.

The rapid advancement of information and communication technology has opened new opportunities in education, particularly in digital-based learning. This study focuses on designing and developing an e-learning platform for Informatics subjects at SMP Negeri 1 Rao Selatan using Google Sites as a medium for online learning. The research employs the Research and Development (R&D) method with a 4D model: Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate. The Define stage includes a needs analysis to identify requirements for online learning. The Design stage organizes e-learning content based on curriculum and standards. The Develop stage involves creating and testing the platform, while the Disseminate stage includes trials and evaluations of its effectiveness. Results show that the Google Sites-based e-learning platform enables flexible and interactive access to Informatics learning materials and assignments. It also provides an efficient tool for teachers to manage materials without requiring advanced technical skills. Positive feedback from trials highlights the platform's ease of access, interactivity, and support in enhancing material comprehension. Validity, practicality, and effectiveness tests scored 0.90, 0.95, and 0.80, respectively, indicating high reliability. These findings offer a reference for developing e-learning in other subjects and present a practical solution for distance learning in the digital era.

Technology, especially gadgets, has evolved rapidly and become an integral part of our everyday life. The widespread use of gadgets, especially among children, brings significant positive and negative impacts. This research aims to socialize the impact of gadget use on children in the Timbang Lawan Village, Langkat Regency. This socialization program is designed toprovide information to the community about the effects of gadget use, both positive and negative, as well as ways to overcome these negative impacts. both positive and negative, as well as ways to overcome these negative impacts. Methods The research method used was descriptive observational, which involved data collection, classification, analysis, and report generation. Results socialization showed that excessive use of gadgets can result in negative impacts such as addiction, decreased social skills,as well as interference in learning. Conversely, positive impacts include ease of communication, increased creativity, and faster access to information. faster access to information. Through this socialization program, it is hoped that the community, especially parents, can better understand and manage the use of gadgets in children.parents, can better understand and manage the use of gadgets in their children their children. Recommendations include time restrictions on gadget use and stricter supervision to prevent negative impacts and utilize the positive benefits of this technology the positive benefits of this technology.

This study aims to determine the role of communication patterns in student human relations on the emergence and dynamics of toxic relationships. Communication patterns, both verbal and nonverbal, are important elements in interactions between individuals that affect the quality of interpersonal relationships. In the context of university students, communication patterns are often influenced by the level of emotional maturity, cultural background, and social environment. Unhealthy communication patterns, such as domination, manipulation, or a tendency to avoid conflict, can be the main trigger of toxic relationships. Conversely, healthy communication with openness, empathy, and respect can prevent toxic relationships and improve problematic relationship dynamics. This research uses a type of qualitative research using the literature study method sourced from books, journals regarding the research discussed by examining the Role of Communication Patterns in Student Human Relations Against Toxic Relationship. Communication patterns have a significant role in shaping the dynamics of student relationships, including toxic relationships. Healthy communication patterns, including openness, empathy, and respect can prevent toxic relationships, while unhealthy communication patterns such as domination, manipulation, or closure, are often the main triggers. Students who lack interpersonal communication skills are vulnerable to getting trapped in toxic relationships, which can have a negative impact on their mental health and academic performance. Increased self-awareness, use of assertive communication, boundary setting, and external support are key steps to prevent or overcome toxic relationships. With positive communication patterns, students can build healthy relationships, support personal development, and create a harmonious social environment.

This study aims to analyze the role of interpersonal communication in conflict resolution between employees in corporate organizations. The results of the study indicate that conflict is often caused by unclear instructions, misunderstandings in conveying messages, and emotional factors such as frustration and personal tension. However, effective interpersonal communication, such as active listening, expressing feelings without blaming, and an open attitude, have been shown to help resolve conflicts constructively. In addition, organizational culture plays an important role in influencing conflict resolution styles. In organizations with an open and collaborative communication culture, approaches such as negotiation and compromise are more often applied, resulting in mutually beneficial solutions. In contrast, more hierarchical organizations tend to avoid conflict or use coercion, which often results in dissatisfaction. This study emphasizes the importance of developing interpersonal communication skills and an organizational culture that supports openness to create a harmonious and productive work environment.

Language literacy is essential for effective communication, especially in text-based interactions where nonverbal cues are absent. This study aims to explore the mediating role of feedback in clarifying ambiguity in text messages among students. While there is already research on feedback and language literacy, there is a gap regarding how feedback can specifically address ambiguity in digital communication. Using a descriptive survey method, data was collected from 30 students at Medan State University through a questionnaire distributed via WhatsApp. The analysis results show that syntactic ambiguity is the most prevalent type, followed by semantic and referential ambiguity. The findings showed that feedback strategies such as repetition, reformulation, and explicit clarification significantly improved understanding and reduced miscommunication. Students reported that these strategies helped clarify ambiguous messages and encouraged clearer interactions with the lecturer. In conclusion, effective feedback mechanisms are essential for improving communication clarity in text messages, especially in academic contexts. This study underscores the importance of developing feedback literacy among university students to effectively navigate ambiguity, thereby improving their language literacy and overall communication skills. Further research can extend these findings by exploring different contexts and demographics to generalize the results.

Speech delays are a developmental challenge often experienced by young children, which can affect their communication skills and social aspects. This research aims to explore the effectiveness of applying visual and audio media in improving the language skills of young children who experience speech delays. The visual media used are picture flashcards, interactive videos and picture story books, while the audio media is children's music, voice recordings and regional songs. This research was conducted at a language therapy center in Indonesia with a case study approach on 10 children aged 3–5 years. The research results show that the combination of visual and audio media can significantly increase children's attention, vocabulary understanding and speaking abilities. The use of local culture-based media such as regional songs also has a positive impact by creating a sense of relevance and emotional closeness. In addition, active involvement of parents in this process increases the success of the intervention. This research recommends consistent application of visual and audio media as part of local context-based therapy to support the language development of children with speech delays. 

This study examines how the implementation of Bahasa Indonesia as a general course (MKU) has a strategic role in supporting the development of student competencies, especially in the field of nutrition science. This study uses a qualitative-descriptive method to investigate how effective the Bahasa Indonesia MKU is in improving academic communication skills, scientific literacy, and the delivery of information about nutrition science. The results of the study show that the Bahasa Indonesia MKU contributes greatly to the mastery of scientific writing skills, the creation of data-based nutrition reports, and the dissemination of persuasive information to the public. Students also showed improvements in critical and analytical thinking, which helped them make nutritional decisions. Therefore, the Bahasa Indonesia MKU functions as a course that is not only mandatory, but also as an important foundation for building the professionalism of nutrition students. This study emphasizes that the Bahasa Indonesia course must be integrated with the specific needs of the study program to produce graduates who are proficient and ready to contribute to society.  

This research aims to discuss compassion as the spirituality of discipleship of God and readiness to serve disaster victims. In this modern world, humans live with sophisticated technology and communication tools, as well as internet access which is increasingly easy for anyone to do. Humans have contributed many things based on their knowledge and skills obtained from the development and progress of the times, but sometimes humans actually act arrogant, selfish, indifferent and jealous of other people's happiness. This fact shows that humans are experiencing a crisis in all aspects of life and are no longer merciful. This research uses qualitative methods with library research to collect reference materials in the form of books, Church documents and articles related to the title of this thesis. Many people think that compassion is only for those who need it. Even though compassion is more than sentimental attitudes and feelings. For this reason, the aim of writing this thesis is to offer the meaning and significance of compassion in human life. Compassion is an attitude of deeply feeling the suffering of others, namely sympathy, empathy, pity, care, generosity, simplicity of heart, humility and building a culture of compassion. The principle of mercy is to love God and fellow human beings as oneself.

This research is based on the results of an initial survey which proves that communication skills are lacking in class IX students at SMPN 5 Bukittinggi, this can be seen from when the teacher points to students to come forward, students refuse and prefer to point to their friends, students who remain silent when the teacher asks, and when forming discussion groups, only certain students are able to express their opinions, while muhadharah activities are activities that can train students' communication skills because in muhadharah activities students are always trained to stand in front of an audience to convey an idea, this is the attraction of researchers in this research so that The research objectives can be formulated as follows: (1) To determine the effect of muhadharah on the communication skills of class IX students at SMPN 5 Bukittinggi. (2) To find out what obstacles students face in muhadharah at SMPN 5 Bukittinggi. This research is located at SMPN 5 Bukittinggi. This data was collected using observation techniques. This research uses a Quasi experimental design type of research. This research design uses a pretest only design, namely an experimental design in the field of research that involves separating the experimental group and the control group. This design involves two classes, namely the experimental class. Before any treatment is carried out in the experimental group, initial observations need to be made which are called initial observations. After treatment, the experimental group needs to be re-observed with the aim of finding out what changes have occurred in the two groups after treatment. The results of this research show that. First, the implementation of muhadharah activities at SMPN 5 Bukittinggi, namely students giving speeches in front of their friends using free materials, guided by the presenter, opened with the reading of the holy verses of the Koran and sholawatan, followed by speeches and finally filled with remarks and prayers. by the teacher. Second, before the muhadharah activity was held, students' communication skills were low. After the muhadharah activity was held and the exercises given by the teacher, the students' communication skills and courage increased. Based on the muhadharah extracurricular activities table, there is a significant influence, namely sig. 0.000 < 0.05 then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. It can be concluded that extracurricular muhadharah has an influence on students' communication skills.      

This study aims to analyze the role of human relations in developing effective communication in the workplace. Effective communication is one of the most important factors in an organization's success, which depends not only on technical skills, but also on the quality of interpersonal relationships between team members and managers. Healthy human relations, which involve respectful interactions, building trust, and open communication, can support the achievement of organizational goals by creating a more productive and harmonious environment. This research method uses a qualitative approach with literature analysis and literature review techniques to identify relevant theories and previous research results regarding the relationship between individuals in the workplace and their impact on organizational communication. Data sources are taken from various scientific articles, books, and journals that discuss topics about organizational communication, human relations, and work psychology. The results of this study show that positive interpersonal relationships in the workplace play a crucial role in creating effective communication. Employees who feel valued and supported by their colleagues and employers tend to be more open to communicating information, providing constructive feedback, and collaborating efficiently. Conversely, interpersonal tension or poor communication can lead to miscommunication, conflict, and decreased productivity. The research also highlights the importance of communication training and interpersonal relationship management as part of organizational development to create a better work environment and support long-term success.

In the digital era, food literacy—an essential competency for making informed dietary choices—has gained significance in enhancing not only individual health but also communication skills. This study investigates the role of the Google Fit application in improving food literacy and its subsequent impact on positive communication among university students. Utilizing a qualitative case study approach, we explored how the use of Google Fit influenced the understanding of food literacy and fostered supportive, constructive interactions among 20 English Literature students at UNIMED. Findings reveal that Google Fit’s features, such as calorie tracking and activity monitoring, significantly enhance students' awareness of nutrition and healthy eating behaviors. Furthermore, improved food literacy encouraged participants to engage in data-driven, empathetic dialogues, thus fostering positive communication. The results highlight the potential of mobile applications to serve as effective educational tools, not only for promoting health literacy but also for cultivating essential interpersonal skills. These findings underscore the importance of integrating digital tools into academic practices to bridge the gap between personal health education and broader social competencies.

To create interactive and meaningful learning, educators must possess effective communication skills. The purpose of this article is to improve the communication skills of teachers at one of the high schools in Bandung Regency. This community service activity uses a training and mentoring method based on practice along with qualitative evaluation. The results of the activity show that teachers have gained a better understanding of effective communication techniques and how to use them in classroom management. In addition, students showed a positive response to the changes made by the teacher. In addition, this article discusses the role of activities in improving the quality of education at the upper secondary level.

This study aims to explore the role of entrepreneurship-based social studies learning in building the independent character of 5th grade elementary school students. Using a qualitative approach, this study examines the impact of implementing entrepreneurial learning in the context of social studies on the development of students' independent attitudes, social skills, and ability to innovate. Data were obtained through literature review and content analysis of various relevant literatures, as well as observation of entrepreneurship learning practices in elementary schools. The results show that entrepreneurship-based social studies learning significantly contributes to improving students' independent character, including the ability to make decisions, manage resources, and innovate in solving problems. In addition, this learning also strengthens students' social skills, such as cooperation, communication and leadership. This research suggests that entrepreneurship-based social studies learning should be further expanded at the primary school level to support better development of students' independent character and prepare them to face future social and economic challenges.  

This study aims to analyze language errors in President Jokowi's speech at the Gerindra Party Cadre Assembly. Using a qualitative descriptive method, the research examines language use from phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic aspects. The data source is a speech video uploaded by the Metro TV YouTube account. Data collection used observation methods with note-taking techniques. The research findings reveal various language errors, including phoneme errors, use of non-standard words, pronunciation mistakes, morphological errors in prefix, suffix, and confix usage, as well as syntactic and semantic errors. Nevertheless, the speech remains comprehensible, demonstrating relatively good communication skills.

This study aims to analyze the implementation of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) model in enhancing the critical thinking abilities of 4th-grade students. The research employs a descriptive qualitative approach with data collection techniques such as observation, interviews with mentor teachers, and documentation. The results of the study indicate that the implementation of PBL has a positive impact on developing students' critical thinking skills. Students are accustomed to facing real-world problems, analyzing situations, and seeking relevant and rational solutions. Furthermore, this learning model also enhances students' communication and collaboration skills as they engage in group discussions to solve problems collectively. However, challenges in its implementation lie in time management and ensuring the active participation of all students in the learning process. Overall, this study demonstrates that PBL is effective in developing students' critical thinking abilities, as well as improving their social and communication skills, which are essential in daily life.

Collaborative learning is an effective approach in enhancing student learning outcomes, particularly in developing cognitive, social, and emotional skills. Through interactions among students within groups, this learning model allows them to share knowledge, discuss, and solve problems together, leading to a deeper understanding of the material. Furthermore, collaborative learning fosters critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills, which are essential for addressing the challenges of the 21st century. Despite its numerous benefits, the implementation of collaborative learning faces several challenges, such as unequal participation among group members and the need for effective group dynamics management. Therefore, the role of the teacher is crucial in managing the collaboration process to ensure optimal contribution from each student. Overall, collaborative learning has a positive impact on improving student learning outcomes and supports the development of skills relevant to future life.