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Politap Holds Evaluation Meeting for Even Semester of AY 2019/2020

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Vice Director for Academic Affairs Adha Panca Wardanu led an evaluation meeting on learning in the Even Semester of Academic Year 2019/2020 on Wednesday, 12 August 2020, in the Director's meeting room. The evaluation meeting was attended by Heads of Departments, Study Program Coordinators, and the Head of the Center for Learning Development and Educational Quality Assurance (P4MP) of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic). In his opening remarks, the Vice Director for Academic Affairs presented the results of the learning evaluation, particularly regarding the implementation of online learning. The evaluation aimed to 1) determine Politap students' responses to the online teaching and learning process, 2) identify internet data needs in online learning, and 3) assess the effectiveness of online learning according to Politap students.

Based on the evaluation results from a sample of 477 student respondents across 8 study programs conducted from 27 July 2020 to 10 August 2020 using Google Forms questionnaires—with the number of respondents per study program being 81 students from Informatics Engineering, 75 from Electrical Engineering, 60 from Agroindustry, 59 from Road and Bridge Maintenance, 50 from Plantation Crop Cultivation, 50 from TPHP, 47 from Mining Engineering, and 47 from Machine Maintenance and Repair—the findings show:

  1. Online learning facilities: 7% used Wi-Fi and 93% used SIM cards (data package)
  2. Data package consumed by students in one day of learning: >1GB (67.1%), 500MB – 1 GB (23.7%), 100-500MB (7.5%), and <100MB (1.7%)
  3. Applications used by lecturers in online learning: 35.4% used Google Classroom, 33.8% used Edlink, 16.7% WhatsApp, 7.2% Zoom Meeting, and 7% others.
  4. Students' level of understanding in online learning: strongly understand (7%), understand (14.6%), moderately understand (52.4%), do not understand (26.5%), and strongly do not understand (3%)
  5. Level of effectiveness and efficiency of online learning: very effective and efficient (1.5%), effective and efficient (9.5%), moderately effective and efficient (30.1%), less effective and efficient (53.1%), and very ineffective and inefficient (5.9%)
  6. Online learning can be conducted anytime and anywhere: strongly agree (9.9%), agree (42.7%), somewhat agree (37.1%), disagree (8.2%), and strongly disagree (2.1%)
  7. Online learning makes the learning process more organized: strongly agree (2.8%), agree (26.8%), somewhat agree (56.5%), disagree (12.1%), and strongly disagree (1.9%).
  8. Rate of students interacting more frequently in online learning compared to face-to-face learning: Yes (19.6%), No (55.7%), and Maybe (24.7%)
  9. Lecturers delivering course materials clearly: Yes (39.9%), No (20.9%), and Maybe (39.2%)

The questionnaire also gathered information on challenges faced by students during online learning: 1) Inadequate internet connection, 2) Limited data quota, 3) High cost of data packages, 4) Difficulty understanding materials, and 5) Lecturers giving excessive assignments. The research findings also revealed how students manage their time between online classes, coursework, and household chores: 1) Focusing on lecture schedules set by lecturers, 2) Studying during spare time, 3) Immediately doing assignments upon receipt, 4) Making schedules and short notes, and 5) Completing household chores first before doing coursework.

Student feedback and suggestions regarding the teaching and learning process during the COVID-19 pandemic included: 1) Requesting internet quota assistance for students; 2) Course material delivery during online lectures being difficult to understand; 3) Assignment submission not strictly enforcing punctuality, providing extensions when deadlines pass since not all students have good internet access; 4) Reducing assignment workloads to prevent tasks from piling up; and 5) Hoping that face-to-face classes will resume soon with proper health protocols in the new normal era.

During this meeting, the academic calendar for the 2020/2021 Academic Year was also agreed upon, which will soon be submitted to the Academic Senate for consideration, with odd semester lectures for AY 2020/2021 scheduled to begin on 7 September 2020.

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