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The Director of Politap conducted an evaluation of odd semester learning for the 2020/2021 Academic Year on 3 February 2021 in the Director's meeting room. Present at this meeting were the Vice Director for Academic Affairs, the Head of P4MP, and Study Program Coordinators. In his opening remarks, Endang Kusmana stated that learning evaluation is a quality commitment that must be carried out continuously to improve services.
The presentation of the learning evaluation report was delivered by the Head of P4MP, Sy. Indra Septyansyah. In his presentation, he conveyed that the purpose of this evaluation was to determine student responses to the current learning system and to assess online learning activities.
Based on a survey of 824 Politap students consisting of 46% male students and 54% female students across semester levels—37.9% first-semester students, 32.4% third-semester students, 27.3% fifth-semester students, and 2.4% seventh-semester students across eight study programs—information was gathered that 10.2% of students used Wi-Fi while 89.8% used SIM cards or mobile data quotas. The survey results indicated that 33.6% of Politap lecturers used EdLink, 13.2% used Zoom Meetings, 9.6% used Google Classroom, 3.9% used WhatsApp, and 35.7% used a combination of available media.
Indra presented the results showing that 43.5% stated learning activities were carried out well, 30.9% stated fairly, 18.4% stated poorly, and 7% stated very well. Regarding obstacles faced by students, 56.4% reported poor signal, 30.7% reported a lack of data quota, 5.3% reported frequent power outages, and 7.6% cited other reasons. Regarding the ease of online learning, 54.1% stated it was fair, 28.8% stated it was easy, 13.8% stated it was difficult, and 3.3% stated it was very easy.
Meanwhile, regarding lecturer-student interaction during online learning, 50.2% rated it good, 28.8% fair, 12.9% poor, and 8.1% very good.
Regarding student interest in online learning, 51.5% were moderately interested, 36.9% were less interested, 6.4% were very interested, and 5.2% were not interested at all. Regarding the quality of teaching materials presented in online lectures, 74.4% stated they were of fair quality, 14.9% of poor quality, 9.6% of very good quality, and 1.1% of no quality. Student responses regarding practicum implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that 83.1% was conducted face-to-face with the implementation of health protocols, 13.1% was conducted online, 2.5% stated that practicum was not held, and 1.2% stated that practicum was conducted without adhering to health protocols.
At the end of his presentation, the Head of P4MP recommended that learning could be conducted face-to-face by implementing health protocols, improving the quality of online learning, encouraging lecturers to explain subject matter rather than simply assigning tasks, monitoring student assignment submissions while providing leeway especially regarding signal issues, maintaining lecturer discipline according to scheduled class times, ensuring ongoing interaction with students during online lectures, and conducting practicums with the implementation of health protocols.