Readiness toward M-Learning Implementation During Pandemic COVID-19: Secondary High School Teachers and Students Perception in Indonesia

Abstract

Since pandemic covid-19, almost secondary high school in Indonesia offer distance education courses to minimalize face-to-face meeting with advancing technology, particularly through mobile device. However, some Institution of secondary high school do not offer distance learning find several problems when implement it, such as the device readiness and internet capability. The current research aims to explore the readiness of teachers and students in secondary high school toward the mobile devices usage as m-learning implementation during the pandemic. A survey was distributed to secondary high school’s teachers and students in Malang, Indonesia. Total of respondents was 32 teachers and 206 students. The results of this reasearch showed that, almost of teachers (100%) and students (99%) have device readiness. In contrast, almost of teachers (89%) and students (85%) have acquired the basic skills requirement for m-learning. This finding suggests that teachers and students to improve their advanced skills in mobile usage for learning goals.