Design of an application for international students' participation in university development
Basak, Debasish (2020)
2020
Degree Programme in Information Technology, MSc (Tech)
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2020-04-22
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202004193373
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202004193373
Tiivistelmä
International students are the part and parcel of a University. Their participation for the develop-ment of a university is urgently required. Normally university provide different facilities to the stu-dents. How this facility can be improved is the main objective of this thesis. Youth plays a great role for the development of a country and a society. Now young people are more interested to give their recommendation in digital service rather than manual system. For this purpose, a soft-ware has been designed and it has been evaluated by the students as well.
For the thesis, literature on “youth participation in digital environment” was reviewed. The review revealed that young people are more interested to participate in online media than the traditional media. Young people not only participate in digital media but also the policy maker or the agenda setter in digital participation. In addition, an environment has been created by the digital world where young people can enjoy autonomy to learn and shape their life. The influence of digital media in all aspect of the society is also increasing and youth’s participation can make a change of the society. Although, international students’ participation depends on background, region, type of institution but they prefer to participate in internet based system. There may be some conflicts or problems in digital participation but this can be solved by engaging the policy maker of the society. Young people can also learn civic education by participating online media which can help to grow a civilized society. Although the learning material for civic education needs to be improved and in this regard policy maker of a society can play a role. The definition of good citizen can also be changed because outside formal education people can also learn from digital media as well. However, some young people also misuse the online media and waste their time but if they are guided in a proper way then it can be solved. Social media also has an impact on young genera-tion and with the help of this they can solve different social problems.
The research in this thesis try to make a connection with all the youth projects and also increase the connection in young people and their communities. Firstly, the study of related work gives an idea of youth participation in University development. Secondly, Interview was conducted to the international students. After that data has been analysed and a web service prototype has been designed. Then this prototype has been evaluated by the international students. After getting feedback from the users the research of this thesis can be considered as a successful attempt for the international students to participate in university development. The university authority will get an idea how they can improve the facility for the international students.
For the thesis, literature on “youth participation in digital environment” was reviewed. The review revealed that young people are more interested to participate in online media than the traditional media. Young people not only participate in digital media but also the policy maker or the agenda setter in digital participation. In addition, an environment has been created by the digital world where young people can enjoy autonomy to learn and shape their life. The influence of digital media in all aspect of the society is also increasing and youth’s participation can make a change of the society. Although, international students’ participation depends on background, region, type of institution but they prefer to participate in internet based system. There may be some conflicts or problems in digital participation but this can be solved by engaging the policy maker of the society. Young people can also learn civic education by participating online media which can help to grow a civilized society. Although the learning material for civic education needs to be improved and in this regard policy maker of a society can play a role. The definition of good citizen can also be changed because outside formal education people can also learn from digital media as well. However, some young people also misuse the online media and waste their time but if they are guided in a proper way then it can be solved. Social media also has an impact on young genera-tion and with the help of this they can solve different social problems.
The research in this thesis try to make a connection with all the youth projects and also increase the connection in young people and their communities. Firstly, the study of related work gives an idea of youth participation in University development. Secondly, Interview was conducted to the international students. After that data has been analysed and a web service prototype has been designed. Then this prototype has been evaluated by the international students. After getting feedback from the users the research of this thesis can be considered as a successful attempt for the international students to participate in university development. The university authority will get an idea how they can improve the facility for the international students.