Development of Effective Distance Learning in Response to Covid - 19 Pandemic

Abstract

As the COVID-19 Pandemic ravages the world, it is essential to examine the effectiveness of instructional and technological tools for distance education that were developed during the pandemic crisis. This paper provides techniques for effective remote instruction and examples of educational tools used during the pandemic at the United States Coast Guard Academy. The authors posit that distance education should be designed to promote study and investigation within authentic, realistic, relevant, and information-rich contexts; with a focus on instruments that consider students' individual needs and learning styles. Remote learning should encourage student responsibility, initiative, decision making, and intentional learning and cultivate an atmosphere of cooperative learning among students and teachers. This is best accomplished by utilizing dynamic, generative learning activities that promote analysis, experimentation, synthesis, problem solving, and assesses student progress in learning through realistic tasks and performances. The paper presents how effective distance education can be delivered by focusing on learning resources, pedagogy, learner support and management.

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“…Distance learning at the time of the pandemic is still a concern for researchers and practitioners in developing the techniques of learning are effective. There is four Part the nucleus that should be developed in learning distance away to develop learning that is effective that was developed by the Commonwealth of Learning, Burnaby, British Columbia (Zapalska et al, 2020). Four components include learning resources, pedagogy, learner support, and management.…”

“…Tabel 1: Components of distance learning (Zapalska et al, 2020) Based on the table above, it is known that learning support from the environment plays an important role. On learning distance away in the era of a pandemic is the support of the elderly is most needed by the participant students.…”

“…The process of learning and teaching time is changed from previously which are conducted face-to-face into distance-learning or online. Distance learning is a measure of the most secure in the avoid the spread of the virus covid-19 in carrying out the process of learning (Zapalska et al, 2020). Indonesia is also one of the implementers of distance learning through the "learning from home" policy in accordance with the circular letter of the "Mendikbud No 4 of 2020".…”