E-learning in 21st Century Era: Junior High School Readiness in Social Studies

Abstract

This study aims to reveal E-learning implementation readiness in junior high schools. This study was a quantitative study employing questionnaire as the main instrument. This study utilized six ELR (E-learning Readiness) factors, namely (1) students' readiness, (2) teachers' readiness, (3) infrastructure, (4) management support, (5) school culture, and (6) face-to-face learning tendency. These six factors were transformed into 34 statements in the questionnaire. The respondents were 59 teachers who were the members of Teacher Communication Forum or Forum Komunikasi Guru (FKG) in Indonesia. The result indicated that junior high schools in Indonesia in general were ready to use E-learning but required an improvement with an overall ELR score of 3.78. Five of the six factors proposed indicated schools' readiness. The five factors were teachers' readiness with ELR score of 3.97, students' readiness with ELR score of 3.92, infrastructure with ELR score of 3.82, management support with ELR score of 3.82, and school culture with ELR score of 3.76. The sixth factor was face-to-face learning tendency which had an ELR score of 3.39 or smaller than 3.4. Therefore, it was categorized as not ready and required improvement to be able to implement E-learning.