Relationship Between The Role of The Lecturer and Distance Learning Effectiveness Through The Application of Ms. Teams: Correlational Study with Descriptive Survey Method

Abstract

This study aims to see how far the progress of technology in education, especially within the scope of the Universitas Terbuka (UT) Mataram. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, conditions have required all institutions, especially in education, to build a digital ecosystem. As an educational institution that implements distance learning with various communication technologies, the UT uses Ms.Teams as a distance learning tool. Ms.Teams is a digital learning system that helps students and teaching staff during brave learning. This study uses a correlational descriptive survey method to determine the relationship between variables in a comprehensive and detailed manner. This research was conducted in Study Groups (PokJar) in Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara Province. The population was taken from UT Mataram student registration data obtained based on a pre-research survey for the 2023.1 period, as many as 367 people. The sample will be selected using a simple random method. The problem that was found during the research was that there was still a lack of knowledge about the latest learning technologies, given the large number of students from various technological backgrounds, and we could find a solution to this problem in the form of effective socialization by PokJar and increasing student participation more actively in the process. Distance learning using Ms.Teams with the help of lecturers in utilizing the e-campus email as the first step in its operation.