ONLINE AND OFFLINE EDUCATION, BLESSING OR DISASTER?

 

Education is the most important basis for facing the era of society 5.0 

which is a formidable challenge if human resources are not well prepared and 

mature for the golden generation as the successor of the nation's progress. 

Education are the keys to success in producing quality and golden generation at 

the age of 100 years of Indonesian independence. Realizing these expectations, 

every element of the educator must have the ability to design learning to be 

meaningful and useful.

As the pandemic spreads caused by the Coronavirus in various worlds, all 

sectors in various countries have decided to modify old habits wording limit, and 

stop the spread of the coronavirus. WHO instructions that activities that could 

potentially cause a crowd to be stopped. Indonesia's attitude in dealing with the 

corona outbreak is by implementing the big-scale social restrictions (PSBB), 

getting used to living clean and healthy, and optimizing activities on a home basis.

Education is one sector that has received more attention from the Indonesian 

government. The Ministry of Education and Culture gives instructions to 

universities to organize distance learning and advises students to study from their 

homes. The instruction was conveyed through a circular letter from the Ministry 

of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) of the Directorate of Higher Education 

1

st number of 2020 concerning the prevention of the spread of Corona Virus 

Disease (Covid-19) in universities.

Distance education for real is nothing new. The extent of the 

implementation of online learning apart from referring to the Ministry of 

Education and Culture's circular letter, the other legal basis is the higher education 

law 12th number of 2012, PERMENDIKBUD 24th number of 2012, and 

PERMENDIKBUD 119th number of 2014 which describes distance education.

Distance education has several advantages. Some of these advantages including

are1

:

1. Teachers and students do not need to meet face to face, the most important 

thing is the availability of supporting facilities such as computers or 

smartphones and the internet.

2. Not limited by time, learners can determine at any time the time to study so 

that they can adjust to the availability of time according to the agreement.

Distance education is not new in the world of education. Seeing some of 

these benefits, distance education can still achieve educational goals. However, 

not all levels of education are familiar with and ready for distance education. The 

sudden transformation for some levels of education will make the challenges feel 

tough. Success in achieving educational goals will depend on all parties, be it 

teaching staff, students, media and learning techniques, and families. Weaknesses 

are things that will always be found in a system that is evaluated. That distance 

learning also has disadvantages including are2

:

1. The high likelihood of learning disorders is that the role of learning 

motivation is very important wording achieve learning objectives.

2. There is no physical meeting so that the explanation is not maximal given by 

the teacher.

3. The possibility of misperception of teaching materials.

The phenomenon of online learning has now become a new chapter in the 

world of education. Neither party can avoid online education, learning online in 

the context of a pandemic is the only option most likely to be applied in the 

education sector. Every level of education in different countries does the same 

thing. More than 8 month of learning by way of long, but the obstacles still 

landed. 

The article in Suara.com revealed that the National Commision for Child 

Protection (KPAI) encountered at least 5 obstacles during the online learning

process. These obstacles are3

:

1. Psychological conditions

KPAI sees the psychological unpreparedness of students in doing online 

learning continuously.

2. The role of parents and students

Changing the role of parents who are required to be able to become 

tutors in children's learning at home has quite a lot of confusion for parents. 

Moreover, not all people come from educated circles.

3. Gaps in supporting facilities

Even though it is now a digital era, according to KPAI data, 50 percent 

of children outside Java are not served online to online learning. So, they 

cannot access lessons online for various reasons.

4. Socialization regarding online learning that is not yet optimal

The various efforts made by the Ministry of Education and Culture 

(Kemdikbud) should be appreciated. However, KPAI found 42 regions in 

Indonesia, felt that socialization regarding online learning had not been 

maximally carried out.

5. The emergency curriculum has not been implemented in schools

KPAI's efforts in determining the effectiveness of online learning have 

resulted in only a few schools implementing an emergency curriculum, 

namely the 2013 curriculum which was simplified and adapted to the 

pandemic. However, out of 42 areas visited by KPAI, only 2 schools 

implemented them because they had received clear instructions from the 

education office and 6 schools implemented them without instructions.

These constraints are illustrated by real phenomena in the field. Without us 

knowing it, the online learning takes its toll. KPAI found at least 3 cases of 

students who died because of alleged psychological unpreparedness in dealing 

with online learning4

. This incident arises as a result of the number of tasks and 

obstacles that arise during the long term which makes students feel stressed and 

even leads to depression.

Offline Learning Again, Are You Ready?

Time after time has passed with the online learning process. Seeing several 

incidents of student deaths due to academic burdens, the educational revolution to 

welcome the new normal is a must. How ready are students back for offline 

learning activities? Meanwhile, learning from home in the context of elementary￾high school students is like a vacation. Not all students can increase independence 

in learning. Different knowledge and understanding of each individual will be a 

new challenge for teaching staff in completing learning targets.

The ability of teaching staff and school support in implementing the 

Kemendikbud program in the form of “Merdeka Belajar” will determine how 

much opportunity can be used to synergize online learning outcomes with the 

design of learning activities to be carried out offline so that learning objectives 

can be achieved.

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Kanine, E. 2010. Analisis Pembelajaran System Jarak Jauh Dan Implikasinya 

Terhadap Pendidikan Tinggi Keperawatan. Skripsi. Jakarta: Universitas 

Indonesia

Rossa, V., & Rachmawati, D., 2020. “KPAI Ungkap Berbagai Tantangan PJJ di 

Masa Pandemi, Apa Saja?”. diakses dari https://banten.suara.com/read/

2020/11/07/090500/kpai-ungkapberbagaitantangan-pjj-di-masa-pandemi￾apa-saja?page=all. pada tanggal 28 November 2020 pukul 11.06 WIB.

Wicaksono, A. 2020. “KPAI Sebut Siswa Bunuh Diri Diduga Banyak Tugas 

Selama PJJ”. diakses dari https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/

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JUARA 1 | ESSAY BIG COMPETITION OF EASA

By: Iqbal Hidayat (IAIN Purwokerto)