Indonesia Open University (UT: Universitas Terbuka) is a large, open university delivering distance education to students throughout Indonesia. An important aspect of its mission is to provide opportunities for Indonesian teachers to improve their education in-service. This includes two courses on classroom action research. In order to assess the effectiveness of these courses and, if necessary, improve them, a team of lecturers from UT conducted an investigation of the challenges teachers were facing in learning to conduct classroom action research through the UT modules. The team found that the modules did not adequately reflect an understanding of the actual characteristics of the teachers they were serving and were thus less effective than they might be in teaching teachers to conduct classroom action research. Changes in both the content and scheduling of the modules are recommended in order to more effectively promote classroom action research in Indonesian schools. AbstrakUniversitas Terbuka atau UT merupakan universitas besar yang menyelenggarakan pendidikan jarak jauh untuk mahasiswa di berbagai penjuru Indonesia. Aspek terpenting dari misi UT adalah menyediakan kesempatan kepada para guru Indonesia untuk meningkatkan kualitas pengabdian mereka di dunia pendidikan. Materi yang ditawarkan UT termasuk dua mata kuliah tentang penelitian tindakan kelas. Dalam rangka mengevaluasi efektifitas kelas ini, dan memperbaikinya jika perlu, tim dosen dari UT meneliti kendala yang dihadapi para guru dalam belajar melakukan penelitian tindakan kelas melalui modul UT. Tim menyimpulkan, modul kelas ini tidak merefleksikan pemahaman yang cukup tentang karakterisktik riil para guru yang diajar, dan karena itu, kurang efektif untuk dijadikan acuan mengajar penelitian tindakan kelas. Tim menyarankan beberapa perubahan pada isi dan penjadwalan modul, guna lebih mengefektifkan kampanye penelitian tindakan kelas di sekolah-sekolah di Indonesia.

This article describes online learning in early childhood education in Indonesia. Particular attention is paid to the Greater Jakarta area, which is a buffer area of the capital city of Indonesia. This study used a survey method with a questionnaire containing five open-ended questions that the respondents could fill in freely. The questionnaire was distributed through an online form to early childhood education teachers and parents of young children. Respondents' answers were grouped based on their similarity and sorted based on the number of answers, then analyzed quantitatively and descriptively. The results showed that online learning is difficult to implement in early childhood education. The enforced application of online learning in early childhood actually creates many obstacles and causes an unfavorable impact on early childhood behavior while learning. However, online learning in early childhood must still be implemented during a pandemic as it is the only option. The solution to increase the abilities and skills of teachers in planning and implementing online learning include the ability to involve parents. The results of this study are expected to be a reference by teachers, parents, and early childhood education providers in implementing effective online learning in early childhood education in a fun way and paying attention to the characteristics of early childhood.

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