Implementation of blended learning in vocational student's to achieve hot skills (V-hots)

Abstract

Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) have already become a hot problem in the world of education, especially in developing country like Indonesia. The problem is that the teachers and the students have not been accustomed to processing and evaluating learning with a model that guarantees the creation of HOTS. This study aims to apply suitable concepts of learning in higher education- vocational. The study was conducted in 2 classes where the students had taken of the Basics of Geomatics. The learning process and evaluation involve the uses of Edmodo media application program, strengthtening to blended learning. The data collection phase was conducted by providing a questionnaire to evaluate the formation of the student’s HOTS. The questionnaire results were analyzed using the paired samples t-test by SPSS program. The decision: There was a difference score between class A using blended learning and class B not using blended learning (p-value= 0.015 < 0.05). The study concluded that the blended learning model can increase student’s HOTS in higher education-vocational (V-HOTS).