Abstract
This study explores the community learning centers' effort in improving the community's information literacy to prevent cybercrime during the pandemic era through an empirical examination of the phenomenon of pandemic COVID 19 social impacts in the specific context of Indonesia. The study used a simple research design approach with the case study method. The subject of this study consisted of five Community Learning Center’s managers from Cimahi District (CLC Nurul Islam Al Husna), Garut District (CLC Ngejah), East Jakarta District (CLC Faradika), and Karawang District (CLC Ash Sholahiyah and CLC Sanggar Juang), and two community education experts from Indonesia. Data were analyzed using triangulation, including extensive interviews from five community learning center's managers, interviews with community education experts, as well as secondary data. The study found that community learning center's efforts consist of conducting virtual socialization and also mentoring the community on information literacy, revitalizing parenting education on guiding children during their screen time, activating community reading center to create a lively discussion, and fostering community's critical thinking and information assessment. The contribution of this study to the literature on community education consists of presenting empirical evidence on the real contribution of Community Learning Center in improving the community's information literacy level while preventing the wide spreading of cyber-crime during the pandemic COVID 19 era.
Highlights
Corona Virus Disease or COVID was initially found in the Southern Chinese market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 is an illness that causes pneumonia or respiratory outbreaks (Cennimo, 2020; Huang et al, 2020)
The subject of this study consisted of five Community Learning Center‘s managers from Cimahi District (CLC Nurul Islam Al Husna), Garut District (CLC Ngejah), East Jakarta District (CLC Faradika), and Karawang District (CLC Ash Sholahiyah and CLC Sanggar Juang), and community education experts
Information literacy education emphasizes critical thinking, metacognitive and knowledge used to search for information in specific areas emphasized recognizing message quality, authenticity, and credibilityindonesians consume a lot of news and information about c0v1d-i9
Summary
Corona Virus Disease or COVID was initially found in the Southern Chinese market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 is an illness that causes pneumonia or respiratory outbreaks (Cennimo, 2020; Huang et al, 2020). COVID-19 is a pandemic in many countries around the world, including Indonesia. Some agencies/groups/ academic organizations like community learning centers begin different online programs, including webinars, zooms, FDPs, workshops, competitions, and training sessions. Researchers, teachers and librarians, and others, through their participation in a pandemic COVID-19 program, took action to make effective use of time. The community has undergone drastic changes in every aspect of its life, including economic, political, education, technology, religious information, mindset, and social behavior as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (Aduloju, 2020; Elavarasan & Pugazhendhi, 2020). Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 30(1), 71–90. The Role of Community Learning Center (CLC) in Providing Nonformal Education Services Based on Entrepreneurship.
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