Comparison of Online Learning Effectiveness in the Ele During Covid-19 in Malaysia and Indonesia

  • Tiyas Saputri Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya
  • Aslam Khan Bin Samahs Khan Erican Education College
  • Mohammad Abdul Kafi Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on education. It has changed the learning system, from conventional interaction into digital interaction. The lecturers and students in Malaysia and Indonesia are required to master online learning to conduct the teaching and learning processes. However, not many lecturers apply it maximally. This study aims to find out the comparison of online learning effectiveness in English Language Education (ELE) in Malaysia and in Indonesia. This quantitative research used a questionnaire survey to collect data. The data were analyzed descriptively with tabulations and distributions of empirical data. The result reveals that 75% of Malaysian lecturers and 83% of Indonesian lecturers prefer to use synchronous learning; 25% of Malaysian lecturers and 17% of Indonesian lecturers prefer to use asynchronous learning; 65% of Malaysian students and 71% of Indonesian students prefer to use synchronous learning; 35% of Malaysian students and 29% of Indonesian students prefer to use asynchronous learning. For synchronous learning, 58% of the total respondents in Malaysia like virtual meeting as an online learning tool. In Indonesia, 59% of the total respondents like phone call as an online learning tool. For asynchronous learning, 54% of the total respondents in Malaysia and Indonesia like blog as an online learning tool. Online learning has good effects on the English learning skills, especially listening. Academics in both countries agree that online learning is beneficial in the ELE learning and teaching process. It can be generally concluded that the use of online learning and teaching is effective in ELE.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Aslam Khan Bin Samahs Khan, Erican Education College

Aslam Khan Bin Samahs Khan (Dr. HC) obtained his academic and professional qualifications in Malaysia and the United Kingdom. He has also been awarded the Doctor of Excellence (Dr. Honoris Causa) in English Language Education and 21st Century Education. He started his professional career as an English language teacher in a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur. In 1992 he received the National Excellent Teacher Award on Teachers’ Day. Since 1994 he had been a Senior Lecturer, Master Trainer and Consultant in the English Studies Department at the Institute of Teacher Education Specialist Campus (IPGKIK) and Institute of Teacher Education International Languages Campus (IPGKBA),Kuala Lumpur, both under the purview of  the Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia, Ministry of Education Malaysia. He was also the Head of International and Corporate Department at the Institute of Teacher Education International Languages Campus (IPGKBA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 10 years.  In 2008 he was awarded the title, “Excellent Senior Lecturer”. He has received four National Excellent Service Award and one International Excellent Service Award from the Ministry of Education Malaysia. He has vast experience in planning, implementing, coordinating and managing national and international Teacher Education and Professional Training programmes. He was a member of the national steering committee for teacher training twinning programmes between Malaysia and the UK, Australia and New Zealand. He also conducts consultation and advisory work for governmental and corporate organisations and academic institutions, both at national and international level.  He was the Vice-Chair and Coordinator of the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) for 15 years, a Government to Government programme for the training of teachers, lecturers and educators from more than ninety countries. He was the Project Manager of the Malaysia Australia Education Project for Afghanistan (MAEPA), a project to train Master Trainers in Teacher Education from Afghanistan from 2008 till 2013 under the Malaysian Government in collaboration with Australia and Afghanistan. He is frequently invited as a featured speaker at various national and international English Language and Education conferences and also as a reviewer for journal articles. He has contributed quite substantially in seminars, conferences, training, journal articles reviewing and programme development in Indonesia for the past 12 years. He has also served as an Executive Committee and Vice-President of MELTA (Malaysian English Language Teaching Association) for 23 years. He served the Ministry of Education Malaysia for 39 years prior to his retirement. Currently, he is the Executive Vice Chairman of ERICAN Education Group (Malaysia, China and UK) and also a Council Member of NAPEI (National Association of Private Education Institutions), Malaysia. For your information Aslam Khan speaks 12 languages and dialects.

Mohammad Abdul Kafi, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya

Mohammad Abdul Kafi is a fifth semester student of S1 English Education Department of Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya

References

Amiti, F. (2020). Synchronous and Asynchronous E-Learning. 5(2), 11.

Jabeen, S. S., & Thomas, A. J. (2015). Effectiveness of Online Language Learning. 5.

Kurnia, T. (2020). Analis: Malaysia Lockdown Akibat Corona COVID-19, Aksi Pemerintah Cepat dan Tegas. Retrieved on 27 March 2020 from https://www.liputan6.com/global/read/4212670

Means, B., Yukie, T., Murphy, R., & Baki, M. (2013). The Effectiveness of Online and Blended Learning: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature. Teachers College Record, 115, 47.

Mulyono, H. (2020). Using Quipper As An Online Platform for Teaching and Learning English As A Foreign Language. 13.

Rizal, F., Jalinus, N., Syahril, Sukardi, Zaus, M. A., Wulansari, R. E., & Nabawi, R. A. (2019). Comparison of ICT Using in Learning between Indonesia and Malaysia. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1387, 012133. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1387/1/012133

Rudestam, K. E., & Schoenholtz-Read, J. (2010). The Flourishing of Adult Online Education. 28.

Son, J. Bae. (2011). Online Tools for Language Teaching. The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language, 15(1), 12.

Wong, L. (2013). Student engagement with online resources and its impact on learning outcomes. Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 12, 129-146. Retrieved from http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol12/JITEv12IIPp129-146Wong%20FT116.pdf

Yale Centre for Language Study. (2015). Online Teaching Tools and Resources retrieved on 20 March 2015 from: http://cls.yale.edu/online-teaching-toolsresources.
Published
2020-12-31
How to Cite
SAPUTRI, Tiyas; KHAN, Aslam Khan Bin Samahs; KAFI, Mohammad Abdul. Comparison of Online Learning Effectiveness in the Ele During Covid-19 in Malaysia and Indonesia. Pioneer: Journal of Language and Literature, [S.l.], v. 12, n. 2, p. 103-119, dec. 2020. ISSN 2655-8718. Available at: <https://unars.ac.id/ojs/index.php/pioneer/article/view/700>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.36841/pioneer.v12i2.700.
Section
Articles