English digital material development of information communication technology ICT in higher vocational education

Abstract

The advancement of technology in the global era has driven PNB to collaborate with ASEAN country members for globalized teaching practice which is aligned with PNB’s vision and mission. The digital-English course has been one of the fundamental courses in Tourism Department of Politeknik Negeri Bali (PNB). It serves the market demand nationally and globally where the skills of teaching and skills of Information Technology IT need to be obtained. However, the potentials of employing digital teaching materials in the course have not been optimized. This paper examines the effectiveness of digital-learning materials through learning management system (LMS) of English Discoveries (ED) towards the students’ achievement in English. By applying quantitative and qualitative analysis, the students’ English improvements were identified after giving treatments. Results of the analysis revealed that students who were given treatments had higher scores than those taught using a conventional method, which means that the digital-learning materials was proved effective in improving students’ English proficiency. Additionally, they were highly motivated in learning English when the lecturer gave them digital materials. Therefore, it is suggested that the lecturer requires being creative in facilitating the teaching-learning process through providing online source of learning.