The teaching and learning process has a big revolution since Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID19) has spread out to the world. Education is one of the sectors that have a mostly big impact on its condition. COVID 19 changes everything in the education system. The teaching and learning process which do face to face must be changed to an online system. Thus, in this research, the researchers want to identify the teacher’s challenges for doing online teaching and learning. The researchers also describe the strength and weaknesses of online learning based on teachers’ perceptions. This research used a qualitative approach because the researchers describe teacher challenges toward online learning and the easiness and the difficulties of online learning in the pandemic era. The participants of this research were 14 English teachers from a different level of education in South Kalimantan. The instruments used in this study consisted of 12 open-ended questionnaires made online using Google form. The result of the questionnaire that has filled out by the participants recorded in the researcher’s email, then based on this result the researchers describe the findings and related it to the relevant theory. The findings of this research are most of the teachers agree that the challenges to applying online learning are in facilitation such as internet connection, quota, the places of home living, and the process of online learning itself such as the teacher’s less in technology for designing interesting online learning activities, less communicative, lack of interaction, and fostering an effective online learning climate and for the strength and the weakness of online learning activities most of the teachers agree that the strength of online learning is flexible in time and place, thus the teaching and learning can conduct everywhere and anytime, for the weakness the teacher agree that online learning can’t conduct maximal pedagogy process in learning activities. Keywords: teacher, challenges, online learning, pandemic era
Mobile learning powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising vision for transforming education by introducing tutoring systems that can personalize learning. It is being developed to ensure that all learners have the opportunity to be autonomous and to advance collaborative learning. NovoLearning was used in this study to implement mobile learning powered by artificial intelligence (AI). NovoLearning's mobile learning platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) provides a pleasurable experience and practical language learning for English as a Foreign Language students. Each NovoLearning level includes meaningful learning objectives in the areas of vocabulary, grammar syntax, listening, pronunciation, and role-playing. The purpose of this study was to examine the improvement of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) University students at Universitas Lambung Mangkurat in Indonesia who studied the subject of English using artificial intelligence-based mobile learning. This study used a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design, recruiting two groups: one as the control group, which did not use artificial intelligence-based mobile learning, and another as the experimental group, which did. The result indicates that the t critical value (6.373) is greater than the t table, as indicated by the positive values of the lower score (4.4928) and upper score (8.5195). It is less than 0.05 in the Sig (2-tailed) row. Then it can be concluded that the experimental group's English competence was significantly greater than the control group's. Students' positive attitudes toward AI-based mobile learning encompassed two outcomes: (1) increased opportunities for learning for students and (2) NovoLearning areas for improvement during implementation.
Kurangnya pemahaman mengenai penyusunan proposal dan laporan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) di masa pandemi Covid 19 ini membuat pelaksanaan PTK berbeda dengan kondisi sebelum Pandemi. Hal ini dikarenakan proses belajar mengajar biasanya dilakukan secara tatap muka langsung namun adanya situasi pandemi maka pembelajaran dilakukan secara daring. Kondisi ini membuat para guru masih bingung dalam hal pembuatan PTK yang pas di masa Pandemi. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk memberikan pendampingan tentang penulisan proposal PTK di Masa Pandemi Covid 19 untuk guru-guru Bahasa Inggris agar para guru dapat menghasilkan proposal PTK pada saat Pandemi Covid 19. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat dilaksanakan di SMAN 1 Banjarbaru dengan 25 peserta pada tanggal 31 Mei – 4 Juni 2021 selama 5 hari. Adapun hasil yang bisa didapatkan oleh para guru dari pelatihan ini adalah membantu para guru dalam menentukan komponen-komponen yang tepat dalam penelitian, membantu para guru untuk dapat merumuskan masalah yang sesuai dengan situasi dan kondisi di kelas, mensosialisasikan kepada guru beberapa tools untuk membantu dalam penulisan proposal PTK seperti: Mendeley, Turnit-In, Grammar Checker, dan Google Docs, meningkatkan kemampuan para guru untuk membuat referensi penelitian yang bagus dan terbaru serta bagaimana mensitasi referensi terbaru dalam penulisan proposal PTK, membuat para guru memahami pedoman dan format penulisan PTK yang benar sehingga para guru lebih termotivasi dalam menyusun proposal PTK. Pelatihan PTK pada masa pandemi membuat pengetahuan para guru tentang penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) bertambah sehingga para guru lebih berinovasi untuk membuat topik-topik yang menarik untuk penelitian mereka di masing-masing kelas. The lack of information and understanding regarding preparing proposals and Class Action Research reports during the COVID-19 pandemic makes the implementation very different from CAR in face-to-face/offline situations, as usual. This is because the teaching and learning process is usually carried out face-to-face, but learning is done online due to the pandemic situation. In addition, when carrying out CAR, the teachers are still confused in terms of implementation. The purpose of this community service for give accompaniment on how to write CAR proposals in the Covid-19 pandemic to the English teachers; thus, they can write CAR proposals in Covid 19 situation. This community service was conducted in SMAN 1 Banjarbaru with 25 participants for five days from May 31- to June 4, 2021. The results that teachers from this training can obtain are helping teachers in determining the correct components in research, helping teachers to be able to formulate problems that are following the situation and conditions in the classroom, socializing with the teacher's several tools to assist in CAR proposal writing such as Mendeley, Turnit-In, Grammar Checker, and Google Docs, also improving the ability of teachers to make good citations and cite the latest references in CAR proposal writing, In addition, this community service also makes the teachers understand the guidelines and good CAR writing formats so that the teachers more motivated in preparing CAR proposals. This training makes the teachers know more information about how to start classroom action research in Pandemic situations. In addition, the teachers are also more creative and innovative to make exciting research topics in every class.
YouTube offers plenty of authentic material created by people worldwide which is frequently used as learning media. Numerous studies on YouTube have been carried out, some of which examined the effect of YouTube on listening ability, and the use of YouTube as learning media. However, only a few studies talk about the use of YouTube on students’ listening comprehension particularly to monitor self-improvement for getting English listening proficiency. Therefore, anchored in Anderson’s (1995) theory and filling the void of previous studies, this research was conducted to describe the use of watching YouTube videos for acquiring students’ listening comprehension. This research applied a qualitative research approach using a structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview as the instruments to collect the data. The subjects of this research were 4 students of the English Language Education Study Program of Lambung Mangkurat University. Findings showed that the use of YouTube videos by the respondents means they use extensive listening to improve their listening comprehension. The participants portrayed using YouTube as a way of self-improvement. The improvement they felt after watching YouTube videos was that they are able to easily find the main idea and general information while listening. It can be concluded that watching YouTube videos frequently is useful enough to improve students' listening comprehension.
Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah memberikan pelatihan untuk meningkatkan kreativitas guru dalam mengajar mata pelajaran Bahasa inggris di Kabupaten Tabalong. Diharapkan para guru dapat mengenal dan mengaplikasikan teknik mengajar bahasa Inggris yang lebih efektif, menyenangkan, dan modern. Adapun sasaran dari kegiatan ini adalah guru-guru MGMP SMP mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris di Kabupaten Tabalong yang berjumlah 30 orang. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian ini adalah metode kualitatif yang bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran dan mendeskripsikan kegiatan pelatihan tentang teknik mengajar Bahasa Inggris yang modern. Pada kegiatan Pengabdian ini ditemukan sebagian besar guru belum mengetahui teknik terbaru dalam pengajaran Bahasa Inggris. Jadi, pelaksanaan pelatihan dilakukan melalui penyampaian materi, diskusi, dan praktik. Materi yang disampaikan disesuaikan dengan program-program yang sesuai dengan silabus pada tiap sekolah. Materi tersebut berkaitan dengan perancangan dan teknik pengajaran yang diikuti oleh praktik pengajarannya. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan ini menjadi salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan inovasi dan kreativitas para guru dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar Bahasa Inggris di sekolah, khususnya di tingkat SMP. This activity aims to deliver a short training to improve the creativity of junior high school teachers for teaching English in Tabalong District. It is expected that teachers can recognize and apply teaching techniques that are more effective, fun, and modern. The subjects of this activity are 30 junior high school teachers of English MGMP in the district of Tabalong. The method used in this community service is a qualitative method that aims to provide an overview and describe training on modern English teaching techniques. In this community service activity, it was found that most of the teachers did not know the latest techniques in teaching English. As a result, the training was carried out through the delivery of material, discussion, and practice. The material presented was adjusted to the programs which fit the syllabus in each school. The material was related to design and teaching techniques, followed by the teaching practice. It can be concluded that this short training is one way to improve teachers' innovation and creativity in teaching and to learn English, especially in junior high school level.
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