The Role of Information Technology Knowledge and Online Learning on Learning Environmental Changes in Vocational Education

Abstract

This study aims to know the changes that happened in the learning environment caused by the information technology development applied in online learning during the pandemic COVID-19. The rapid changes in information technology have affected many learning strategies and environments, and also improved teacher and student capabilities in information technology. To obtain the solution, this study uses a qualitative descriptive approach as a method. The objects in this research are teachers and students in Aviation Polytechnic of Surabaya, a vocational college that implemented a ruled-boarding school system. The pandemic condition has changed the learning system from face-to-face traditional learning into online learning from their home. The result shows that information technology has successfully shifted the student tendency to do face-to-face learning system. This situation also encourages teachers to be able to choose and use information technology as a learning medium for student learning success. In this study, it was stated that teachers, students, and the Aviation Polytechnic of Surabaya as a vocational school institution need to make some adjustments in learning techniques to accommodate a pandemic learning environment. The learning design allows many models, methods, and media in the online learning system to facilitate the distance learning process to reach certain goals. The implication of this COVID-19 online study-research is a shift in the learning environment caused by the knowledge level of information technology.