Evaluating the learning outcomes of a certain course implementation can improve the quality of education. This study is focused on Indonesian EFL undergraduates’ perceptions of the relationships between teacher performance, technological resources, online project-based learning (OPJBL), and ESP learning outcomes. Participants of the study have attended English for specific purposes (ESP) online courses during school closures due to Covid-19. A survey was addressed to 350 undergraduates after a one-semester implementation of the OPJBL. The students were requested to rate their perceptions on validated items using a 7-point Likert-type scale for the data collection. The data were modelled and computed through partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The main findings of the study revealed that teacher performance and technological resources were significant in predicting OPJBL. Similarly, OPJBL was found to play a significant role in affecting ESP learning outcomes. Teacher performance and technological resources were also correlated to ESP learning outcomes. Significant differences were found among students’ locations for all variables. The findings highlight the benefits of the SEM approach for establishing the proposed framework and assessing the links between variables concerning the OPJBL and learning outcomes.

Digital communication technology plays an important role in succeeding the message of the importance of government health communication and public health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nowadays both the Internet, social media and social networks have become an important source of health-related information about COVID-19 and the development of both the latest information, prevention and if exposed to what to do during isolation or communicating with local COVID-19 task force officers and the surrounding community. In addition, information related to COVID-19 is spreading faster than the coronavirus itself, which interferes with communication efforts related to government health, especially hoax and misguided news. Therefore, digital health literacy is the main competency to make the COVID-19 web-based information and service environment better and prevent misinformation received by the community. This paper tries to review the digital information literacy obtained by Open University students during exposure to covid-19, on whether there are obstacles received by UT students, what information they are looking for, how the search pattern of information and access to information used, and how the student can still attend lectures at the Open University both through webinar tutorials, online tutorials and UAS Take Home Exam despite exposure to covid-19.   Teknologi komunikasi digital memainkan peran penting dalam mensukseskan pesan pentingnya komunikasi kesehatan pemerintah dan otoritas kesehatan masyarakat selama pandemi COVID-19. Saat ini baik Internet, sosial media dan sosial network telah menjadi sumber penting informasi terkait kesehatan tentang COVID-19 dan perkembangannya baik informasi terkini, pencegahan dan jika terpapar apa yang harus dilakukan selama isolasi atau pun berkomunikasi dengan petugas satgas COVID-19. Selain itu, informasi terkait COVID-19 menyebar lebih cepat dari virus corona itu sendiri yang mengganggu upaya komunikasi terkait kesehatan pemerintah khususnya berita hoaks. Oleh karena itu, literasi kesehatan digital merupakan kompetensi utama untuk membuat lingkungan informasi dan layanan berbasis web COVID-19 lebih baik dan mencegah misinformasi yang diterima oleh masyarakat. Tulisan ini mencoba mengulas literasi informasi digital yang didapatkan oleh mahasiswa Universitas Terbuka, apakah ada kendala yang diterima oleh mahasiswa UT, informasi apa yang mereka cari, bagaimana pola pencarian inforamasinya dan akses informasi yang digunakan, serta bagaimana mahasiswa tersebut tetap bisa mengikuti perkuliahan di Universitas Terbuka baik melalui tutorial webinar, tutorial online, dan UAS Take Home Exam meskipun terpapar covid-19.

This paper describes and give insight about the use of Facebook to assist learning in Jakarta and several countries outside Indonesia. There are so many problems that will arise based on the factual sight such users tend to find difficulties in searching, analyzing and accessing information that they need, particularly materials in their academic life. This paper explores how social network site (Facebook) has the potential to creating new resource in information and technology to assist learning in groups for finding information needs and also in distance learning system of Universitas Terbuka's students who live in Jakarta, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Generally, most of students are working from Monday to Friday and even on Saturday and Sunday, they really have problems in having face to face tutorial or even try to get information about their academic life. This paper was conducted with several communities of Facebook groups, the result showed that they specifically used Facebook group to assist them to finish their academic life such as tasks, examination, group discussion or even information. As the most popular social network in Indonesia, Facebook which accessible, effective and efficient is one of many communities to assist students in making new friends and tutors as well as keeping in touch with information on upcoming events, competitions, seminars, library announcements, new books materials, registration, online tutorial, webinar, examination and other general information.

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