Teachers' perceptions of their use of SPADA Brightspace: A professional education for in-service teacher context

Abstract

The Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs developed a program named professional education for in-service teachers. This program applies a hybrid learning model. The adoption of the hybrid learning model is considered appropriate in the industrial revolution 4.0 era. The teacher professional development program is no longer just a face-to-face course but also can be held in the online form. The online course has been performed using SPADA Brightspace, an e-learning system. This study aims to analyze teachers' perceptions of using the SPADA Brightspace for online learning. A questionnaire survey technique was used for collecting data. The study results showed that the teachers have positive acceptance towards SPADA Brightspace. The teachers perceived the usefulness of SPADA Brightspace to support their online learning process in the in-service teacher professional development program (PPG DALJAB). The use of SPADA Brightspace increases the productivity of teachers because they can manage their time and control their own learning pace. The teachers are also easier to do knowledge sharing by active participation in online discussion forums.