An Analysis of Digital Leadership in the Pandemic Covid-19 Era

Abstract

The development of technology globally and spread of Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) around Indonesia has necessitated social distancing measures to minimize the disease dissemination. Along with this deal, it is necessary to have a leader's role in face this problem. This research addressed to identify the process of digital leadership by the leader in order to lead, support and manage the school by the utilizing of technology during pandemic covid19. Accordingly, a qualitative research design using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect the research data. A close-ended questionnaire was administered to the teachers, staff, and students of MA Nurul Falah to identify their opinion about implementing digital leadership and how it's reflected in the new education system during pandemic covid-19. Furthermore, researchers have conducted a semi-structured interview to look deep into the data in this research. This research showed that most of the participants' size up that digital leadership in MA Nurul Falah was lower. In conclusion, based on the questionnaire and interviews, the role of leader and digital leadership implementation significantly affected to the management and learning activities in MA Nurul Falah.