STUDI ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN TERHADAP PENGEMBANGAN MODEL BLENDED LEARNING PADA SISTEM PENDIDIKAN JARAK JAUH UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KOMPETENSI LULUSAN

Abstract

Open University in Indonesia as the higher education institution is using DE modes. All course content are delivered through printed learning modules, and 25 percent of course materials are multimedia packages. Learning support is provided via face-to-face, online, and broadcast modes. Radio tutorials are broadcast by the government-owned National Radio Station Network. Online courses use a learning management system. All online support services can be accessed by students through the UT-Online portal, which contains online tutorials and exercises, Web-based learning materials, streamed TV programs, a digital library with journals and transcripts, academic counseling, and ther online education facilities. This study aimed to analyze the need of the development model of blended learning for action research course which increasing the competence of primary school teacher students. The research was conducted in UPPJJ UT Bandung, one of UT's regional office in west java. Research subject was students, tutors and administrator classroom. By the study, specific goals can be outlined as follows: (i) to study the existing condition of the learning process that occurs at present in S1 PGSD UPBJJ UT Bandung; (ii) to develop form of a blended learning model can improve the competency of graduates; (iii) to study the perceptions of students and faculty on the application of blended learning model on distance learning System; (iv) to study the effectiveness of blended learning model on distance learning systems at UPBJJ S1 PGSD Bandung Indonesia.