Virtualization of Teacher Training on Improving of Online Teaching Competence for the Students of Riau Island University in Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of virtual training to improve the student's online teaching competence. The subjects of this study were students of the faculty of teaching and education about 16 students. To achieve the objectives of this research, mix method with the exploratory sequential was adopted. This research consists of qualitative and quantitative with the pre-experimental design. The qualitative data were analyzed by data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion. While the quantitative data were analyzed by using the application of Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 21. The qualitative finding showed that the students online teaching competence was very low both of competence in designing lesson plans and online teaching practice before they followed the virtual training. The quantitative finding showed that the virtual training has a significant effect to improve the students where the significant designing lesson plan value (2-tailed) is 0.00 < 0.5 and online teaching competence value (2-tailed) is 0.00 < 0.05. Thus, virtual training can improve the students online teaching competence in the English education study program at the University of Riau Island Indonesia.