Abstract
Extensive studies have been geared to exploring the implementation of blended learning in education domain. However, there is a paucity of research that examines such implementation from teachers’ perspectives. To fill this gap, the present study investigates the lived experiences of EFL teachers in enacting blended learning during COVID-19 pandemic. To capture the teachers’ stories, a narrative inquiry was employed. Data were garnered through narrative frame, narrative box, and interview guide. Findings suggest that the teachers applied different online platforms to teach English in blended learning, then the school centralized to use Google classroom as the main platform in online class. Furthermore, the lesson, scheduling, Internet connection, and students’ self-regulated learning awareness complicated the implementation of blended learning during COVID-19 pandemic. The paper suggests policymakers to enact online pedagogy based on the actual teacher trainings and maximize schooling facility as a learning support.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic that has presented a temporary threat to humanity worldwide
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we can better know the several online platforms that can be used for learning processes such as edmodo, Google classroom, zoom meeting, and even whatsapps can be used as an interactive learning media
Teacher professionalism is needed in implementing this blended learning
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic that has presented a temporary threat to humanity worldwide. The general director of WHO in March 2020 announced COVID-19 as a pandemic after assessing the rapid spread and seriousness of the deadly virus across the globe with the additional announcement of social distancing as a means for restraining the spread of the virus (WHO, 2020). The Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture has published Circular Letter No 15, 2020, regarding the guideline for teaching and learning from home during the pandemic. All educational institutions in Indonesia are required to conduct distance learning, by which it changes traditional teaching system from face to face to be online learning and relies on the use of technology. Online learning is completely dependent on technological devices and Internet connections (Adedoyin & Soykan, 2020).
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