HOTS AND E-LEARNING OF DIPLOMA AND UNDERGRADUATE: ILMIZI MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER MITIGATION EDUCATION DURING NEW NORMAL COVID-19

Abstract

Innovation in learning is a necessity for environmental learning in 21st century especially during the new normal era of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). One of important skills to address disaster mitigation issue is Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) that can be trained using the Innovation Learning Model for Natural Science and Environmental Learning (ILMIZI) model regarding e-learning. This research aims to measure HOTS and descriptively analyse the e-learning and ILMIZI model. The research method is descriptive with survey as the data collection technique. The total sample size of this research were 176 students divided into 105 diploma students and 71 undergraduate students. The results show a very low HOTS score of students at the diploma (30.98) and undergraduate (32.02) level regarding disaster mitigation concepts. This study also considered the dominant use of Power Point file (41.38%), distractions in e-learning related to phone signals (44.83%), and the study discovered that majority of students feel more independent in learning (62.07%). The descriptive analysis indicates that the ILMIZI model is compatible for use in environmental learning concerning disaster mitigation. It is the finding of this research that student’s HOTS scores are still low;the implementation of e-learning programmes faces some obstacles;and the ILMIZI model is suitable for environmental learning as a means of disaster mitigation. © 2021, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management. All Rights Reserved.