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Descriptive Study Implementation of Blended Learning During The Pandemic of UMS Undergraduate Pharmaceutical Student
Descriptive Study Implementation of Blended Learning During The Pandemic of UMS Undergraduate Pharmaceutical Student
Descriptive Study Implementation of Blended Learning During The Pandemic of UMS Undergraduate Pharmaceutical Student
http://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/ijolae
Hilda Khairunnisa1, Santi Dewi Nugraheni2, Oktaviani Syafitriana Nur Rizki3, Arifah
Sri Wahyuni4
1,2,3,4
Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia
DOI: 10.23917/ijolae.vxxx.xxxxx
Received: January 1st, 2021. Revised: January 25th, 2021. Accepted: February 15th, 2021
Available Online: March 20th, 2021. Published Regularly: May 1st, 2021
Abstract
Blended learning combines face-to-face learning (face-to-face/classical) with online learning (through
internet facilities/media). This research aims to describe the perception and assessment of the satisfaction of
students faculty pharmacy UMS on the implementation of blended learning during the pandemic. The
feasibility of this research procedure was requested for approval from the health research ethics committee
of FK UMS. The data collection technique used was a validated questionnaire distributed via google form to
the head of the class. This study involved 150 active student respondents in the 2020/2021 academic year
registered in the 2017-2020 class. Blended learning perceptions and satisfaction levels were measured using
a Likert scale, with 18 and 10 question items. The highest rating on the Likert Scale is five, while its lowest
is 1. Based on the accumulated results of the perception assessment and student satisfaction of the Faculty of
Pharmacy, UMS obtained an average of 83.86%±9.80 and 75.787%±12.6 with details of 0% in low
perception; 4.67% in the perception of enough; 95.33% in high perception; 0% in low satisfaction; 61.33%
in reasonable satisfaction; and 33.67% in high satisfaction. Student satisfaction of the Faculty of Pharmacy,
UMS obtained an average of 83.86%±9.80 and 75.787%±12.6 with details of 0% in low perception; 4.67%
in the perception of enough; 95.33% in high perception; 0% in low satisfaction; 61.33% in reasonable
satisfaction; and 33.67% in high satisfaction.
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versity education programs in Korea in 2002 Nuruzzaman (2016) state that the
and 67% in 2003. However, in these coun blended learning method is learning that
countries learning with the blended learning mixes conventional teaching-learning with
system has not fully become a priority in online learning. The current learning process
their education system. Especially in Japan, has changed significantly from offline to on-
Japan is one of the countries that has imple- line learning methods. That is a challenge for
mented a blended learning system, but the pharmacy students because some of the pri-
application is still relatively low. That is be- mary material that should be practiced has
cause this system has not yet become an inte- been delayed for a while, such as a
gral part of national strategic planning. practicum. In addition, pharmacy students
Blended learning focuses on modifying think that the learning provided will not be
the conventional learning method to help stu- optimal, so that it will not produce the maxi-
dents be more active in learning knowledge mum expertise needed to become an expert.
within and without the classroom (Husamah, Network and signal constraints can also hin-
2014). The ultimate goal would be for stu- der the existing teaching and learning
dents to understand better what they are process. In addition, considering that each
learning material shown by increasing the child has a very varied learning style, both
value of the re-designed subjects. visually and audio, the desired learning
According to Graham (2006) and method is a learning method that can still op-
Moskal et al. (2013). Blended learning has timize maximum results in the era of the
helped students learn independently, shifted covid-19 pandemic. With the situation faced,
the paradigm of the teacher center to the stu- learning at the pharmacy faculty must adapt
dent center, and achieved goals for learning. it and be appropriately realized, and maintain
In order to achieve optimal results in blended competence.
learning, the teacher must: know the learning According to Meydanlioglu & Arikan
strategies and the characteristics of students. (2014), the advantages of blended learning
By knowing the characteristics of students, are using more flexible and effective learning
appropriate learning materials can be pre- spaces, maximizing the use of physical re-
pared, both online and offline. Students will sources, and fostering academic excellence
be more engaged with the educational mate- and innovation. In addition, students are to
rials in blended learning. increase the level of student autonomy that is
Due to the increasing number of cases more realistic (control and responsibility)
and deaths of patients affected by the and increase their involvement and interac-
COVID-19 pandemic, the government has tion. Content can be developed to meet the
imposed several new policies to break the needs and styles of various learners. Through
chain of this virus. One of them is by holding the utilization of innovative online resources,
distance learning from various levels of edu- the online component also increases students'
cation ranging from elementary school to independent, facilitates self-reliance, and in-
university. Including FF UMS students, start- creases learning. In other than that, blended
ing from the Even semester of 2019, have learning challenges include students needing
carried out this distance learning. time management skills, physical resources
Distance learning (online) utilizes sci- (computers, high-speed internet), the ability
ence and technology to support teachers and to play an active and collaborative role,
students in carrying out learning and teach- learning using more sophisticated technol-
ing activities. Usually, teachers and students ogy, and a lack of friend contact and interac-
use the direct face-to-face method to carry tion. One significant downside is that proper
out their learning and teaching activities. It is implementation of efficient online learning
different from online learning, which uses will take time.
the blended learning method (Al Aslamiyah This learning model needs to be ana-
et al., 2019). lyzed by students' perceptions in the imple-
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mentation and needs to be assessed for stu- Questionnaire Validity (Perception and
dent satisfaction with the learning imple- Satisfaction)
mented. We hope that students' perceptions The questionnaire is divided into three
of this learning will describe including time parts, sections 1 and 2 are points of percep-
management, independence, and mental tion value, while section 3 contains points
readiness in learning activities. It will change about satisfaction. The perception variable is
the mindset of students in the preparation divided into two parts because, in part 1, the
and implementation of learning in the fol- questions asked are definite answers for the
lowing semester. In addition, obtaining stu- respondents' level of understanding of this
dent satisfaction scores will be a good input questionnaire. While in part 2, it contains
for the Faculty in organizing lectures in the questions whose answers are based on indi-
following semester. As an outcome, it's be- vidual benchmarks. Sections 1, 2, and 3 con-
lieved that this study will help to improve the sist of 5, 15, and 10 questions, respectively,
verbal and numerical descriptions of the by including several questions that have neg-
blended learning system. ative values to test the level of the truthful-
ness of our data. The maximum value for
2. Method each section is 5, 4, and 5, respectively,
This research was conducted at the while for the number of categories in sec-
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Muham- tions 2 and 3, there are 5 and 2 categories, re-
madiyah Surakarta. This research was carried spectively.
out in the even semester of the 2020/2021 The feasibility of this research procedure
academic year for four weeks. Purposive was requested for approval from the health
sampling was used to collect data for this in- research ethics committee of FK UMS with
vestigation. Purposive sampling is a tech- letter number 3597/B.2/KEPK-FKUMS/VI/
nique for selecting samples based on the 2021. The questionnaire was tested on 30 re-
study's goals (Arikunto, 2006). spondents with the same characteristics as re-
The population in this study were some spondents to test their validity and reliability
of the active undergraduate students of the using SPSS statistics 25. Validity tests need
Faculty of Pharmacy, Muhammadiyah Uni- to be carried out to determine whether the
versity of Surakarta, with a total population measuring instrument can measure what is to
of 240 active undergraduate students. The be measured. If the questionnaire already has
data was collected through a questionnaire construct validity, all the question items in
delivered through the class's head of class us- the questionnaire measure the concept that
ing a Google form. The questionnaire con- we measure (Notoatmodjo, 2010). Mean-
tains 30 statements that students must fill out while, a reliability test needs to be done to
based on what they feel during the learning show the level of confidence of a reliable
process using the blended learning method. measuring instrument. It can be interpreted
In the student's perception of the blended that it will give relatively the same results
learning method, the attitudes that must be whenever an assessment tool is used. Ac-
filled include; Very Disagree (1), Disagree cording to Sudjana
(2), Agree (3), and Very Agree (4). Mean- (2004: 16), the reliability of an assessment
while, the level of student satisfaction re- tool is the accuracy or constancy of the in-
garding the blended learning method was as- strument in assessing what it assesses. The
sessed on a scale of Very Dissatisfied (1), results obtained for question items number 9
Dissatisfied (2), Quite Satisfied (3), Satisfied and 10 in part 2 are invalid, so we deleted the
(4), and Very Satisfied (5). question so that in part 2, there are 13 ques-
tions left. Can be seen in Table 1.
Table 1. Learning Attitude Scale Questionnaire Grid with a Blended Learning Method
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Question Items
Part Indicator Amount
Positive Negative
Students can understand
technical instructions or
give teaching
1.2 3 3
materials/discussions/assi
gnments.
Student Students can understand
Perception of the material provided in
Blended the form of teaching 4,5,6 - 3
Learning materials/videos/virtual
Method with meetings
LMS Students can understand
Application the material from the
7.8 - 2
delivery of topics in
discussion forums
Students can work on
assignments/exams given 10 9 2
in the LMS application
Students can manage time
in studying and do
11,12,13 - 3
assignments on time
Satisfaction
with the Satisfaction with
1,2,3 - 3
Blended university and faculty
Learning
Method at the
Faculty of Satisfaction with teachers
4,5,6,7,8,9,10 - 7
Pharmacy and teaching materials
UMS
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Table 4. The Results of The Validity Test Data on Student Satisfaction with Blended
Learning at The Faculty of Pharmacy UMS
Statement R table R count Results
1 0.361 0.717 Valid
2 0.361 0.709 Valid
3 0.361 0.480 Valid
4 0.361 0.657 Valid
5 0.361 0.713 Valid
6 0.361 0.761 Valid
7 0.361 0.671 Valid
8 0.361 0.496 Valid
9 0.361 0.732 Valid
10 0.361 0.585 Valid
In SPSS, facilities are given to mea- Alpha (α) statistic, a constructor variable, is
sure reliability by using the test Cronbach said to be reliable if it gives a Cronbach Al-
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pha value > 0.60 (Ghozali, 2011). Based on in the accumulated value of the perception
the results, the data processing table above obtained. The knowledge perception variable
shows all Cronbach's Alpha values > 0.6. As regarding blended learning has five questions
a result, the measuring device used in this with answer choices No/Do not Know and
study for the three variables may be trusted Yes. The average yes answer was 89.2%, and
(reliable). From these results, conclusions can be drawn
when referring to Ridwan (2010) the
Analysis of Questions to Respondents interpretation of the student's perception
Validity and reliability testing was done score is included in the criteria tall. This
on the questions then distributed to part of shows that the Faculty of Pharmacy UMS
the active student population of S1 Faculty have understood the knowledge about
UMS Pharmacy has as many as 240 students blended learning that will be asked in the
with google forms through the chairman next section of the questionnaire.
class of each class. Obtained as many as 150 Then for the accumulation of values in
students willing to become a respondent of the blended implementation part, overall
this research as indicated by filling out the learning at the Faculty of Pharmacy UMS
sheet willingness to be respondents in our obtained the assessment results, which is
research. The following is the result of quite good with the five indicators tested
calculating the perception of the three parts regarding the mechanism implementation of
being tested presented inTable 6 and Table 7. blended learning that has been implemented.
. In the results of the questionnaire It is shown from the average value of the
calculations in Tables. 6 and 7, the average answers agree on the indicator can
respondents assessed the variable indicators understand the technical instructionsor
in terms of knowledge about blended instructions for giving teaching
learning and variables regarding materials/discussions/tasks (59.56%), can
implementation of blended learning at the understand the material provided is in the
Faculty of Pharmacy UMS. This can be seen form of teaching materials/videos/virtual
meetings (52.44%).
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Can understand the material provided in the form of teaching materials/videos/virtual meetings
4 My level of
understanding of the
material delivered with
narrated video
(asynchronous) is the 1.33% 34.00% 44.00% 20.67% 100%
same as the material
provided with a virtual
meeting (synchronous)
5 During virtual meetings,
I ask things that I don't 2.00% 26.67% 57.33% 14.00% 100%
understand in teaching
materials.
6 The targeted
competencies in each
Constitutional Court can 4.00% 16.00% 56.00% 24.00% 100%
be achieved with the
"blended learning"
learning method.
%Average 2.44% 25.56% 52.44% 19.56 100%
Can understand the material from the delivery of topics in discussion forums
7 I understand the
material given through 3.33% 52.00% 31.33% 13.33% 100%
the module better than
PPT.
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8 I participate in the
discussion forum 0.00% 8.00% 58.00% 34.00% 100%
provided on
synchronous/
asynchronous learning.
%Average 1.66% 30% 44.67% 23.67% 100%
Can work on assignments/exams given in the LMS application
9 I understand the results
of the discussions from
each forum that was 0.00% 12.67% 66.67% 20.67% 100%
followed in the learning
process at FF UMS
10 I can do well on the
exam and maximize the 0.00% 10.67% 67.33% 22.00% 100%
time I have been given.
%Average 0.00% 11.67% 67% 21.33% 100%
Can manage time in studying and do assignments on time
11 I can study
independently during
asynchronous learning 2.00% 38.00% 44.67% 15.33% 100%
sessions according to
the time.
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lectures
6 The lecturer has
prepared a
narrated ppt that is 0.67% 5.33% 24.67% 47.33% 22.00% 100%
easy for students
to understand
The discussion
7 forum prepared by
the lecturer helps
students 0.00% 6.67% 26.67% 42.67% 24.00% 100%
understand the
material given.
8 Lecturers are
willing to be asked
for explanations 0.67% 4.00% 33.33% 44.00% 18.00% 100%
outside of the
online lecture
forums or
discussions that
have been
prepared.
9 Readiness of
lecturers in giving
lectures "blended 0.00% 1.33% 30.00% 52.00% 16.67% 100%
learning."
If there are
10 obstacles during
the learning
process, the 0.00% 4.00% 26.00% 44.67% 25.33% 100%
lecturer can
provide a good
solution.
%Average 0.38% 4.57% 28.38% 45.05% 21.62% 100%
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