From offline to online learning: various efforts to secure the learning process during covid-19 outbreaks

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease (Covid) 19 outbreaks occurred in many countries led to the emergence of policy changes in the field of education for the implementation of learning at home in order to avoid the spread of the disease. Educational instructors must be responsive to adapt to changes in learning that was originally offline to be online to secure the learning process. This study aims to describe the various efforts of lecturers in carrying out online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was in March-April 2020 with 32 respondents (lecturers in the one of Universitas at Surabaya-Indonesia). Rapid survey with Google form by asking the facilities used in the implementation of online learning, the implementation of online learning, and the lecturers’ response to online learning. Data were analyzed using quantitative-descriptive manner. The results showed various lecturers’ efforts to secure the learning process during Pandemic Covid-19 Condition. They tried to use various platforms and applications to manage online learning, even in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and social media applications. The most widely used application was WhatsApp (84.4%) and in LMS was Google classroom (56.3%). In implementing online learning, lecturers had good design in teaching materials, preparation, implementation, evaluation of learning. In addition, 72% of lecturers responded positively to online implementation because they had benefited in increased digital literacy. The conclusion of this study were most lecturers responded positively by adapting to changes from offline to online learning; online learning has been well implemented.