A SHIFT TO BLENDED LEARNING FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION STUDENTS IN INDONESIA’S HIGHER EDUCATION: IDENTIFYING THE TRIGGERS FOR THEIR SATISFACTION

Abstract

Covid pandemic, which started as a one-city pandemic, ended up affecting the entire world, including Indonesia. It affected all sectors, bringing to a halt almost all human movements and services except the most essential ones. In this regard, education becomes one of the most affected sectors and continues to be disrupted. This led to a shift from face-to-face to online learning of most universities, including the department of Engineering Education. Based on this, a study was conducted on Engineering Education Students with the aim to identify the triggers of students’ satisfaction as an immediate measure of the outcome and to determine predictors that impact students’ attendance of Blended Learning courses. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted, with a focus on eight faculties, but with special attention to students of Engineering Education of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. The student samples were selected through systematic random sampling procedures considering 200 students from the Department of Engineering Education out of 1708 students studied. The findings revealed that engineering education students were generally satisfied when taught through the Blended learning courses. It is concluded that adequate practical skills attained by using a Practical Industrial Education Design improved competence of the electrical engineering students, which was attained through the cooperation of the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia and the selected cooperating industries. Keywords: Blended Learning, Online Learning, Vocational Education DOI： https://doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.58.1.75