Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Smart Online Learning through Podcast Content Development

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the globe has affected many fields of human life, including educational services. They have been closed for months to eradicate the transmission of the virus. Educational institutions, as well as podcasts, have developed several online learning media. This study investigated the students’ attitudes and perceptions towards creating content for online learning materials/content by utilising podcasts in innovative learning. An online survey was conducted involving 84 students as the research sample by Educational Technology study programme, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. It applied data summarisation for the perception aspect through a 5-point continuum scale on frequency and percentage on data analysis. Furthermore, the attitudes and perceptions consensus were calculated by using the formula from Tastle and Wierman for each statement. The study’s results showed that most respondents (80%) stated that they were about to be enthusiastic, welcoming a new pattern of the instructional process by applying podcasts to develop subject content. The findings show that the respondents’ attitudes and perceptions towards podcast content development for smart learning are very positive with efficiency (80%), accessibility (90%), interactivity (90%) and quality (82%). They preferred to access online learning materials by maximising the use of smartphones as its effective and efficient reason for brief and meaningful content by considering the size and broadband.