Evaluation of “Kampus Mengajar”: an effort to increase participation at the University of Merdeka Malang

Abstract

“Kampus Mengajar” aimed to assist the process of teaching and learning at the elementary-junior high school level through technology adaptation, teaching numeracy and literacy, and administrative procedures. The deployment of students during the COVID-19 pandemic, which required learning to be conducted online, will significantly help the school, especially related to technology adaptation. However, this program was less attractive to students and lecturers at the University of Merdeka Malang; this was evident from the relatively small participation of students and lecturers at batch 1. In the initial observation, the “Kampus Mengajar” was less attractive because it did not follow the existing scientific competencies at the University of Merdeka Malang; thus, it was difficult to conduct a credit conversion process. This low participation affects the IKU ranking, where the University of Malang is in cluster 3 with 75.21. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the “Kampus Mengajar” as an effort to increase the participation of the University of Merdeka Malang academic community. This research was conducted using an exploratory survey research method. Data were obtained through questionnaires and FGDs. The results showed that the implementation of the Kampus Mengajar at the University of Merdeka Malang had been running through socialization at the central level to the study programs. There was an increase in participation in each batch, both lecturers and students.

A Solution with Its Own Problems : Analysing the Problems Encountered by the “Kampus Mengajar” Program

“…After reviewing nearly all existing literature on Kampus Mengajar, the researchers found that most of the published literature focused primarily on how the program is run on Java Island. The most predominant province in reporting the impact of their program is East Java (Anwar, 2021;Ashari et al, 2022;Bali et al, 2022;Rachman et al, 2021;Rosita & Damayanti, 2021;Salsabila et al, 2022;Setyadi et al, 2021;Tsamroh et al, 2021), closely followed by West Java (Khairunnisa & Kurniawan, 2021;Mulyati et al, 2021;Safaringga et al, 2022;Usral et al, 2022;Utami, 2021). Research also covers the program in Central Java (Prasandha & Utomo, 2022;Pristya et al, 2022;Santoso et al, 2022;Widiyono et al, 2021;Widjanarko et al, 2021), Jakarta (Anugrah, 2021;Fatonah et al, 2021;Lestari et al, 2023;Rahmadani et al, 2022), Bengkulu (Nurhasanah & Nopianti, 2021), West Nusa Tenggara (Hikmawati et al, 2022), West Sumatra (Rahim & Suryani, 2022), North Sumatra (Martina et al, 2022) and South Sumatra (Hendrowati & Sunanto, 2021;Khotimah et al, 2021).…”

Analisis Implementasi Program Kampus Mengajar Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka

“…Program tersebut sesuai dengan Permendikbud Nomor 3 Tahun 2020 yang merupakan regulasi hukum dalam meningkatkan mutu pembelajaran dan lulusan perguruan tinggi (Jenderal & Tinggi, n.d., 2023). Merdeka belajar ini mendorong guru dan siswa untuk secara leluasa mengembangkan pengetahuan, keterampilan, sikap yang dimiliki (Meilia & Erlangga, 2022;Tsamroh et al, 2021). Tuntutan ini akan mendorong siswa untuk mengembangkan keterampilan beradaptasi dengan lingkungan sesuai dengan kebutuhan abad 21.…”

“…Berbagai penelitian telah dilakukan terkait dengan kampus mengajar (Fauzi et al, 2021;Hamzah, 2021;Syamsuddin et al, 2021;Tsamroh et al, 2021). Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Tsamroh et al (2021), memberikan dampak analisis kampus mengajar terhadap kebijakan di Universitas Merdeka Malang.…”

“…Berbagai penelitian telah dilakukan terkait dengan kampus mengajar (Fauzi et al, 2021;Hamzah, 2021;Syamsuddin et al, 2021;Tsamroh et al, 2021). Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Tsamroh et al (2021), memberikan dampak analisis kampus mengajar terhadap kebijakan di Universitas Merdeka Malang. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian terdahulu, belum ada penelitian yang dilakukan untuk mengevaluasi pelaksanaan "kampus mengajar" sebagai upaya meningkatkan keterlibatan komunitas perguruan tinggi.…”

Impact Analysis of Student's Role in the Teaching Campus Program

“…Studies that discuss MBKM have been widely published in journal and papers in proceedings, such as studies on the concept of independent learning (5); ((6); ((7), (8), (9). (10) (11).…”