Webinar Learning Strategies: Efforts to Increase Student’s Activeness and Learning Achievements in the New Normal Period in Public Policy Course

Endang Susilawati ,Imamul Khaira

doi:10.11594/nstp.2021.1108

Abstract

Because to improve student activities and learning outcomes in this pan-demic mass is the teachers main task. To develop these competencies, one option is to use a seminar website or webinar as a learning strategy that can be applied to students. However, little is known about the process of improving student activity and learning outcomes through webinars. The purpose of this study was to increase student activity and learning outcomes during the pandemic in public policy courses through webinar learning strategies. This study uses classroom action research methods which were carried out at the Islamic University of North Sumatra with the participation of 10 students. The instruments used in this study were observation sheets, student assessments, and interview sheets. The results showed that there was an increase in student learning activities, especially in refuting activities or accepting other friends ideas. The results of this classroom action research show that there is an increase in the activeness and learning achievements of students during the New Normal period in the public policy course using the webinar strategy.

Highlights

The implementation of physical distancing during the New Normal period is still being carried out because the spread of Covid-19 has not ended
The results showed that using the webinar learning strategy could improve student learning activities in public policy, especially on the indicator refute or agree with other students' ideas, this shows that there was an increase in student learning activeness in taking Public Policy courses through a webinar learning strategy The findings of this study are in line with the research findings put forward by Mayorga et al (2018) which are very effective in online learning because they can invite students to collaborate online and can motivate students to learn and provide students with critical thinking skills
Based on the results of classroom action research, it can be concluded that webinar learning strategies can increase activeness and learning achievement in Public Policy courses

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Introduction

The implementation of physical distancing during the New Normal period is still being carried out because the spread of Covid-19 has not ended. Due to COVID-19, the local government does not impose a continuous lockdown because it affects education and the economy in Indonesia, so the implementation of the new normal. New normal is a renewal in normalizing activities during a pandemic with limitations, either physical distancing or social distancing to avoid or reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The community must be able to adapt to carrying out new changes in behavior patterns. These changes must be implemented globally by implementing health protocols to prevent the COVID-19

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