Which song brings your memory back to Yogyakarta

Most Indonesian people will say: Yogyakarta, by KLa Project....an Indonesian famous musician.

YOGYAKARTA
Song and Lyric by KLa Project
link to video clip in You Tube

Coming home to your town,
I am caught by the stir of my longing,
Still the same as before,
Every corner is a friendly greeting,
Fully satiated with meaning

Lost in the sensation of nostalgia,
Of the moments when we were spending time,
And enjoying Jogja’s ambience together

At the intersection my steps stand still,
Bustling portable food stands
Peddling various delectable cuisines,
People sit cross-legged

And street musicians begin to play,
In rhythm with my sorrow of losing you,
Alone in my moans,
Engulfed by your city’s roar

Although now you’re no longer here,
And will never come back,
Please allow me to always return,
If the heart embarks on loneliness with no comfort

Other songs which related to Yogyakarta are Yogyakarta, Never Ending Love and Tidurlah Tidur (Little Angel of Mine). Both are created and sung by Katon Bagaskara, who by coincident, is the vocalist of KLa Project. Although the first song may not as popular as Yogyakarta, as it is created mostly for the purpose of tourism promotion, but we can see from the lyrics and the video, some places which are memorable for and mentioned by people.

For the second song, it is the music arrangement and how they visualize the video clip which may remind people of Yogyakarta. The arrangement includes the pentatonic scale commonly known as the basic of traditional Javanese gamelan. The video clip was located in Kaliurang, which is one of the famous places visited by tourists.

What do people remember of Yogyakarta

Based on comments from Jogja fans in http://www.facebook.com, you can see the graphs as below:

Notes from discussion with my colleague:

• Malioboro is well known by the citizens of Yogyakarta (even by the newcomers such as students, visitors, and tourists). Therefore the society must have collective memories of Malioboro which hopefully it will be easier to be revealed/expressed.
• In Urban Architecture Design and History of Cities courses, students are given a low score when their analysis is weak, and not very sharp. The assignments usually have to do with analysis on the existing condition based on theories they are familiar with/well known. Weak analysis results in less design proposal.
• What are the roles of collective memories in the process of learning? Are they as supportive factors to help students in understanding that specific environment?
• Collective memories can enrich images in the virtual city, which might have already, or have been or even will be captured/formed by learner/observer. Does it mean that the atmosphere of the virtual city can be changed/flexible in order to stimulate students' sensory experiences of that specific environment? If yes, then how to change from one memory to another so that it can be recalled by their own experiences?
• In my colleague’s imagination, as a learner, physically he/she has already known Malioboro. But the depth of knowledge about Malioboro is different from other people’s knowledge. With the collective memory embedded into Virtual Malioboro, it will present Malioboro in more completed aspects so that learner will understand better of the real image of Malioboro. But the questions are how am I going to get/collect the memory from different people and how to present it? Will it be presented coincidently or can it be changed over?..because the perceptual effect will be different...for example one learner want a supportive effect from the colours, or from the crowds, or from the informal sectors, or even from other aspects. Whether it can be presented in order or randomly depends on learner/observer’s memory or depends on the needs of information.

E-Learning resources and effectiveness-1

E-learning is defined as individualised instruction delivered over public (internet)or private (intranet) computer networks. E-learning is also referred to as online learning, web-based learning (WBL), and virtual classroom (Manochehr, 2006).

E-learning resources classification in related to stages of learning (Mayes & Fooler, 1999; Mayes, 2001)
1. Conceptualisation - coming into contact with new concepts - primary courseware which
present information
2. Construction - building and testing one's knowledge by performing meaningful tasks -
secondary courseware that enable interaction and structuring of material
3. Integration - externalising, performing, and putting into prcatice what has been learnt -
tertiary courseware that enable dialogue and discussion

Laurillard's conversational model (2002) offers 5 ways in which learning resources may be used: narrative (can be downloaded), communicative (can be used for discussion), interactive (can be searched/scanned for bibliographic entries), adaptive (can be edited), and productive (can be used as a basis for re-conceptualisation)

Effectiveness means producing outputs that are relevant to the needs and demand of its client. E-learning effectiveness can be measured from several factors such as:
learning achievements in terms of exams and score, knowledge retention, time on task, learner's satisfaction, recommendation of the program to other learners, anxiety, development cost, operational cost, self-efficacy (one's judgement on his/her ability to perform a task)

The effectiveness is influenced by some factors such as technology, learner (maturity, motivation, previous experiences, computer anxiety), teacher/instructor (teaching style, availability), course content (conceptual, procedural, factual knowledge), student characteristics