The Development of an E-Learning-Based Learning Service for MKDP Curriculum and Learning at the Indonesia University of Education

E-learning is a general term used to refer to computer-enhanced learning based that facilitates whoever, wherever, and whenever the person is to be able to learn more fun, easier and cheaper by using Internet. In other words, E-learning is the use of network technologies to create, foster, deliver, and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere. It also means a learning facility that uses electronic devices such as LAN, WAN, or Internet to give lectures, to interact, or to guide and monitor the students. E-learning is naturally suited to distance learning and flexible learning. This learning is an asynchronous or self-directed; self-paced activity that is used in order for the students to obtain learning materials by using electronic computer devices that are designed to help the students to get learning materials needed. Asynchronous consists of learning that is stand-alone. Asynchronous eLearning can be delivered through the web, via an Intranet, or by way of an extranet.The Curriculum and Education Technology Department of Indonesia University of Education is now trying to design and to use this E-learning as a supplement in MKDP curriculum and learning subjects. The department has been trying to develop the research on E-learning by using research method and development. The instrument used comprises questionnaires meanwhile the data analysis used are descriptive data analysis. Based on the result of the research, it shows that e-learning program is able to assist the lecturers of MKDP curriculum and learning subjects to improve their ability in designing and developing learning design based on electronic devices by using models and program software.

maintain the smoothness and the continuity of the program.Therefore, in line with the development of leaning based on e-learning program, the writer is trying to propose a research entitled The Development of an E-Learning Based Learning Service For MKDP Curriculum and Learning at The Indonesia University of Education.

B. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
1. Web Based Learning Web based learning that is popularly known as web-based training (WBT) or web-based education (WBE) refers to the application of web technology in education.In another words, any teaching and learning activities that employ Internet technology that facilitate the learning process of the students can be categorized as WBT or WBE.
This program is used to facilitate whoever, wherever, and whenever the person is to be able to learn more fun, easier and cheaper by using Internet.In another words, E-learning is the use of network technologies to create, foster, deliver, and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere.It overcomes timing, attendance and travel difficulties.The students can access to the learning sources anytime and anywhere, more open, more comfortable, more fun, faster and without any limits.
Many parties have tried to use web technology unwisely.They only use this media to download the materials needed as a reading task or to submit chapter reports or any other assignments via Internet without any further actions.If the technology is only used by this level, of course the learning process will not be optimum.The expected learning process in class via web is quite hard to manage compared to a common regular class.As monitoring the learning process using web involves many aspects such as special instructional designs that are able to invite the students to participate actively and willingly in any learning activities without the existence of his or her lecturers near them.
2. e-Learning Based on Koran Jaya Kumar C. ( 2002) e-learning is the learning activities that use electronic devices such as LAN, WAN, or Internet to give lectures, to interact, or to guide and monitor the students.Some experts say that E-learning is naturally suited to distance learning and flexible learning.Meanwhile Dong (in Kamarga, 2002) defines E-learning as asyncronous learning activity by using electronic devices that facilitate the students to get any source of learning and reading material needed to help them to study better.E-learning is asynchronous or self-directed; self-paced activity that is used in order for the students to obtain learning materials by using electronic computer devices that are designed to help the students to get learning materials needed.Asynchronous consists of learning that is stand-alone.Asynchronous eLearning can be delivered through the web, via an Intranet, or by way of an extranet.
Soekartawi, ( 2003) define E-learning as a generic term for technologically supported learning using an array of teaching and learning tools as phone bridging, audio and videotapes, teleconferencing, satellite transmissions, and the more recognized web-based training or computer aided instruction also commonly referred to as online courses.
The main difference between traditional learning and E-learning lies on the main actor or the main focus in the process of teaching and learning activity.In a common or regular class, the main actor is a teacher or a lecturer meanwhile in E-learning class; the main actor is the student.The learning process of E-learning is asyncronous learning activity that forces the students to stand-alone in self-directed or self-paced activities.

a. The Supporting Technology of E-Learning
In practice the use of E-learning needs technology.There are some terms related to E-learning and technology; computer based learning (CBL) that is a full version of learning using computer devices; and computer assisted learning (CAL) that is the use of computer as the main media in learning process.
The use of technology in education has evolved from time to time.Nowadays, there are two main terms in the use of technology in education: (a) technology based learning and (b) technology based web learning.The use of technology as the source of learning includes the use of audio information technologies (radio, audiotapes, voicemail telephone) and video information technologies (videotape, video text, video messaging).As for technology based web learning includes the use of bulletin board, Internet, e-mail, and tele-collaboration.
In everyday teaching and learning activities, the combination of technology based learning and technology based web learning is commonly used (audio/data, video/data, and audio/video).This type of technology has been used in distance education so that the students and the lecturers are able to solve distant problem by using the benefit of this E-learning technology.
Based on Onno W Purbo (1997), there are five applications of Internet standard that can be used in education among others: e-mail, mailing list (milis), news group, file transfer protocol (FTC), and world wide web (www).Rosenberg ( 2001) categorizes E-learning into three basic categories, that is, first e-learning is web designed program so that it can do a fast self-recovery, store the program or file and review it in another time.
Second, E-learning is sent toward the users through the computer that uses a based internet technology.Third, E-learning focuses on the broad view of learning, learning solution that is more advanced that the traditional one.
There are some alternative paradigm in education based Internet.One of them is 'dot.com.educational system' (Kardiawarman, 2000).This paradigm integrates several systems; those are first virtual teacher resources, second, virtual school system, and third, cyber educational resources system or dot com learning resources system.Web course is the use of internet to support distant education need, for example, the avaibility of learning material, discussion, consulting, giving tasks and assignment, tests, and any other.
Web centric course is naturally suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but can also be used in conjunction with face-to-face conventional teaching.While some programs require students to attend some campus classes or orientations, many are delivered completely online.
Web enhanced course is the use of internet to support the improvement of teaching and learning activity in the conventional classes.This course offers online advising and registration, e-counselling, and any other services to increase the students's proficiency.

C. RESEARCH FINDINGS
The findings of the research show that the development of e-learning service can be done through web course, web centric course, and web enhanced course.The lecturers that use e-learning service can employ selective model (if the computer's availibility is limited only to one unit), sequential model (if there are more than one unit of computer; two to three units), static station model (the computer's availibility is very limited and there is any use of other learning source).
Following are the responses of the lecturers toward the use of e-learning: 1.The development of e-learning should cover: a. the aim or competency of learning that wants to be achieved (89.35%) b. the detail learning material explanation (85.75%) c. tasks and assignments that should be accomplished by the students (78.6 %) d. tests that should be accomplished by the students (57.1 %) e. responses from tasks, assignments and tests (75 %) f. reading sources as the supporting material (71.4 %) g. program, website or sites that can be linked (75 %) 2. the explanation is presented in popular language that is easy to understand (75 %) 3. the language that is used in e-learning is expected to brief and clear (92.9%) 4. the presentation of program is selected based on the aim or learning competency that wants to be achieved (89.3 %) 5. the explanation of the material is designed based on the aim or learning competency that wants to be achieved (89.3 %) 6. the presentation of material given is followed by the activities such as practice, tasks and assignments and tests (71.4 %) 7. the presentation and the activities such as practice, tasks and assignments and tests are carried out at once (71.4 %) 8. the fonts used in the presentation of the material should be simplified and clear (60.7%) 9. Presentation materials should not be written in bright or spotlight colors; the preferred colors are the pastel ones (42.9 %).10. e-learning is presented with pictures and any other elements that motivate and attract the students' curiosity of learning (60.7%) 11. the presentation of headline is simple and clear (60.7%) 12. the signs/symbols/icons should be clear and avoid ambiguity for public's understanding (89.3 %) 13. the use of pictures or illustration should be balance therefore it will not take over the main function of the web as the source of learning (50 %) 14. e-learning is expected to present information about learning target or learning comptency that has been achieved by the students (92.9%) 15. the response is needed to give feed back to the students about the material or lesson given (71.4 %) 16. e-learning is developed by using model that is easy to comprehend (42.9%)The result of the pre-finding has been displayed in table 1, see appendix:

D. DATA ANALYSIS
Based on the theoretical framework it is discovered that there are three models that can be used to develop e-learning, namely: Web course is the use of internet to support distant education need, for example, the avaibility of learning material, discussion, consulting, giving tasks and assignment, tests, and any other.
Web centric course is naturally suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but can also be used in conjunction with face-to-face conventional teaching.While some programs require students to attend some campus classes or orientations, many are delivered completely online.
Web enhanced course is the use of internet to support the improvement of teaching and learning activity in the conventional classes.This course offers online advising and registration, e-counselling, and any other services to increase the students's proficiency.
Those models can be chosen based on the characteristics or learning competencies that want to be achieved.
The respondents (the lecturers) argue that the components presented in e-learning are suitable for developing e-learning based program because they consist of not only the explanation of the material is designed based on the aim or learning competency that wants to be achieved but also the presentation of material given is followed by the activities such as practice, tasks and assignments and tests in one package.This implies that elearning matches the criteria of supporting material or an additional learning source.The existence of e-learning is expected to be able to improve the quality and learning result of the students so that at the end of teaching and learning process, they are able to graduate not only on time but also having good quality.
In line with the previous paragraph, the use of e-learning is also expected to enhance the capacity and quality of supporting infrastuctures used in an E-Learning-Based Learning Service For MKDP Curriculum and Learning at The Indonesia University of Education.

E. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
1.There are three models that can be used to develop e-learning in an E-Learning-Based Learning Service For MKDP Curriculum and Learning at The Indonesia University of Education, namely: Web course, Web centric course and Web enhanced course.Those models can be chosen based on the characteristics or learning competencies that want to be achieved.2. to promote the competencies of UPI lecturers in developing teaching materials, there must be clear objectives or types of competencies that supposed to be accomplished.Moreover the followings are the components that are used in developing e-learning: a. the aim or competency of learning that wants to be achieved b. the explanation of material of learning c. tasks and assignments that should be accomplished by the students d. tests that should be accomplished by the students e. responses from tasks, assignments and tests f. reading sources as the supporting material and program, website or sites that can be linked 3. to promote the competencies of lecturers in designing teaching materials, there must be clear ideas about the type of language programming that will be used, that is, by using front page, moodle, SAS, MySQL or any other softwares.The followings are the criteria and the formats of e-learning: a. the presentation of program is selected based on the aim or learning competency that wants to be achieved b. the language that is used in e-learning is expected to brief and clear c. the format font used in the presentation of the material should be simplified and clear, the color used in the presentation of the material should use cold colors, and the signs/symbols/icons should be clear and avoid ambiguity for public's understanding d. e-learning is presented with pictures and jokes or any other elements that motivate and attract the students' curiosity of learning e. e-learning is expected to present information that can presented by using websites or sites that can be linked or accessed.4. to enhance the capacity and quality of supporting infrastuctures used in an E-Learning-Based Learning Service For MKDP Curriculum and Learning at The Indonesia University of Education, the institution should provide a good and reliable lab computer to support e-learning program. 5. to provide human resources for research and development of e-learning.To achieve that, human resources are needed to be capable of: a. System/information engineering and modelling.b.Software requirements analysis.c.Design.Design processes involve the conversion of needs to characteristic forms that comprehend a software before the writing of the program (coding) begins.d.Coding.Designs should be changed so as to be forms that are understood by the computer.
b.The Development of E-Learning Model Based on Haughey (in Rusman, 2011) there are at least three possibilities of the development of E-learning based education, namely web course, web centric course, and web enhanced course.