The Development of E-Learning Model for College Students in the Industrial Era 4.0

Abstract

In this digital era, learning system in higher education in Indonesia has also shifted to the era of digitizing which is based on e-learning media. By the time, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system in Indonesia, therefore the learning system of Higher Education is performed using online learning model by utilizing information technology. However, the Covid-19 pandemic was able to accelerate the Educational of Industrial Era 4.0 by combining automation technology with cyber technology. This is a trend of automation and data exchange in the technology of manufacturing. Lecturers and students can take advantage of technological developments such as computers, smartphones, internet, and e-learning as supporting media in online learning. One of the applications that can be used for online learning process is e-learning efront. E-learning efront is a Learning Management System that provides more display of interactive menus which can be adjusted for online learning of Indonesian Language courses in Wijaya Putra University. This paper is categorized as development research which aims to produce an online learning media for Indonesian Language course of Wijaya Putra University. Using Research and Development (R&D) method, testing activities in this validation are performed by lecturers and students. The assessment instrument used in this validation process is a questionnaire. This research uses qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data is the responses given by validator (Head of the Major Program) in the form both critics and suggestion about the learning media that being developed. Meanwhile, quantitative data is an assessment of online learning model instrument by respondents (lecturers and students) that is pointed by scale 1 to 5. Research activity plans: 1) Analyzing the needs of lecturers and students, together with RPP (lesson plans) for Indonesian Language courses, 2) Designing storyboards of online learning efront, 3) Preparing the learning materials, exercises, application menus of online learning efront, 4) The use of application in the learning process between lecturers and students, as well as students give assessments and suggestions, and 5) Conducting and revising product trials of online learning media efront with an assessment by lecturers and students.

Keywords: E-learning, Online learning, Efront, Industry 4.0

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-31-09

Publication date: November 30^th 2020