Balance Bike from Hemp Fiber for Children to Learn Balance

Five Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta(UNY) students have developed an innovative balance bike made from jute fiber. The bike serves to train cycling balance for early childhood.

The five students who made the balance bike include Rokhmad Syarifuddin (Mechanical Engineering Education), Alvy Zalyaputra Hermawan (Manufacturing Engineering), Dani Nurdiansyah (Manufacturing Engineering), Priesca Rahmanita (Management) and Desinta Auliya Arsa (Management). During the development process, the student team received guidance from Dr. Mujiono from the Faculty of Engineering UNY.

Collaboration between UNY EngineerTech Team and Pertamina to Create a Hybrid Powered Water Hyacinth Dryer

The EngineerTech UNY team had the opportunity to collaborate and obtain research funding from PT Pertamina Patra Niaga TBBM Cikampek. The collaboration and research funding program focuses on the manufacturing and utilization of a hybrid-powered Water Hyacinth Dryer for community empowerment in the Walahar village area, Karawang Regency, West Java Province.

Tackling miscommunication in learning for deaf students through the development of UNY DiSign
international-office Fri, 08/04/2023 - 16:52

Many people think that deafness is less severe than blindness. This opinion is a wrong perception for deaf people. Sign language is one of the languages used by deaf people to communicate. UNY lecturer Dr. Hermanto conveyed this point in a workshop on the development of UNY DiSign on Friday (4/8). He says the deaf community uses sign language due to hearing limitations and accessibility. "Besides that, language development and technology limitations exist," he said.

UNY provides opportunities for 900 students to take part in the MBKM program

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta sent 900 students to join the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology's Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program on Friday (4/8). "Through this program, we can see the growth rate in terms of participants, which has increased from last year. This program is a form of commitment to move quickly to build civilization. As the spearhead to convey the message of education carried out at UNY, students need to promote the identity of UNY to be implemented in their respective environments," said Prof.

Case Method Instruction Workshop to Strengthen Computational Thinking of Students with Disabilities

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta(UNY) is aware of the importance of providing insight to lecturers on how to handle students with disabilities, so in line with this, the INOBEL UNY team consisting of several lecturers of Special Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology held an activity with the theme "Workshop on Case Method Instruction for Strengthening Computational Thinking of Students with Disabilities" on Thursday, July 3, 2023, at the Porta Hotel.

Labdagati UNY Optimizes Creative Economy based MSMEs in Sendangarum

"As the leader of the Faculty of Social, Law and Political Sciences, I am proud and will always support the Capacity Building Program for UNY Student Organizations implemented by the UNY Labdagati Team to be the best. In the future, I hope this program will become a driver of sustainable economy," said Dr. Supardi, M.Pd, Vice Dean for Academic, Student and Alumni Affairs of the Faculty of Social, Law and Political Sciences UNY on Monday (31/7).

Calmy Application for Helping People with Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety disorder is a mental disorder that causes excessive anxiety and fear. Anxiety disorder inhibits the learning process, resulting in decreased academic performance. However, this disease is not widely understood by the public. Therefore, students of the Informatics Engineering Education study program at the Faculty of Engineering UNY developed a platform that can educate students about anxiety disorder and mental health disorders. The Calmy platform was developed with a superior feature: a Voice Chatbot integrated with Artificial Intelligence as a user story friend and talk therapy.

Improving the ability to develop Instructional Design for Science Teachers in Sleman Regency

21st-century education encourages students to master valuable skills for being more responsive to change. Teachers, as facilitators, must stay updated with the times. Supporting this, a team of lecturers from the Department of Science Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta organized a Context-based Instructional Design Workshop which was attended by 30 representatives of science teachers in the Sleman Regency Science Teacher Consultation (MGMP) forum on Saturday (29/7/2023) at SMP Negeri 1 Kalasan.

Firda Setia Nanda wins silver medal at WSC-ASEAN 2023
international-office Tue, 08/01/2023 - 13:32

The World Skill Competition-ASEAN (WSC-ASEAN) competition is a prestigious event at the ASEAN region level that brings together the best participants from various countries to compete in various fields of expertise and industry. In this event, Firda Setia Nanda, a UNY Fashion Engineering Education study program student, represented Indonesia in the Textile Design discipline competition.